Nevs Posted September 9, 2003 Report Share Posted September 9, 2003 Sue Cook!!!!---Colin was cool as a cucumber but she was real tough--no one badmouthed her hubby--seen her banging on the refs door before and having to be held back--Rotweiller springs to mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pirate paul Posted September 22, 2003 Report Share Posted September 22, 2003 The late great Kenny Carter. Rode a world final with a broken leg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted September 22, 2003 Report Share Posted September 22, 2003 Ronnie Moore WON the World Final with a broken leg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff. Posted September 22, 2003 Report Share Posted September 22, 2003 The late great Kenny Carter. Rode a world final with a broken leg. Â He is late and he was great but he didnt make a World Final in the years he broke his leg. In 1984 he made it to the Inter Continental Final, where he was eliminated. He actually won the British Final that year not long after the accident that broke the leg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howling gorgon Posted September 22, 2003 Report Share Posted September 22, 2003 Gary Guglielmi  Tough & slightly mental, fantastic to watch, remember when he first arrived at Brandon, he could'nt stay on for 4 laps, battled his way to the brink of being a top class rider.......then sadly blew it all, last I heard he was a furniture polisher.  A proper racer who was a pleasure to watch  Any idea what he is doing now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehone Posted September 22, 2003 Report Share Posted September 22, 2003 Gary Guglielmi Any idea what he is doing now? Â probably putting nothing but engine parts into his engine... Â GG was a good rider but sadly let himself down as many others tended to do round about the same time. and you're right HG...he was hard as nails Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin palmer Posted September 23, 2003 Report Share Posted September 23, 2003 Norbold....Think Ronnie Moore won the World Final with broken Toes, not a broken leg. Still amazing though. My fondest memory of a "Toughie" was Colin Goody. Alway tough on the track, and always ready for a Punch up off the track. Seem to remember some good scraps between him and Les Owen......Those were the days... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted September 23, 2003 Report Share Posted September 23, 2003 A crash at Natestved in Denmark mid way through the 1954 season left Ronnie Moore with a leg in plaster and his knee broken in five places. After two months out of action Ronnie managed to qualify for his fifth World Final despite the handicap of a still mending leg. On World Final night itself he was wearing a metal brace to support his broken knee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B52 Posted September 23, 2003 Report Share Posted September 23, 2003 Kenny McKinna - one of the hardest riders i've ever seen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mIcK50 Posted October 4, 2003 Report Share Posted October 4, 2003 I have to put one of our home town heros in this thread. Chum Taylor. Not the greatest rider in the whole world, but he certainly came back from some terrible injuries. Â Apart from the usual assortment of broken bones that most riders endure during their career, Chum overcame nerve damage in his left shoulder that left him with a withered shoulder and a degree of paralysis in his arm. He also suffered a broken neck early in his career and continued riding once he had recovered! Â Earlier in his life, he was almost accidently shot! The bullet just missed him and hit a friend standing near him, passing through his cheek! Â He was almost not going to be here for all the pain that was to follow, because just before he was born, a stolen car crashed through the front fence of his parents home and knocked his mother down! Â Inccidently, during a television interview, Chum nominated Barry Briggs as the toughest man he had ever seen in speedway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the brick Posted October 4, 2003 Report Share Posted October 4, 2003 crazy jack millen,brian foote,bobby mcneil,dave kennett and any eastern block riders from the 70's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandman Posted October 6, 2003 Report Share Posted October 6, 2003 well done brick, especially the eastern bloc riders from the 70's, all in the same mold as Vaclav Verner. I heard that ever since he got jumped by Googi at coventry, he always had a hammer nearby to make sure it never happened again. Just ask Middlo! 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted November 5, 2003 Report Share Posted November 5, 2003 on the subject ,i was just flicking through Briggo`s bio and along with Fundin he rated Ron How as a tough rider and also has a special mention for Hasse Holmqvist .Michanek is also rated a"hard customer". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Posted December 1, 2003 Report Share Posted December 1, 2003 I know this is from way back when - but, how aboutJimmy Squibb Mike Broadbanks Ivan, Briggo and Ove !! I suppose they are all tough really. You don't get to be a Speedway Rider unless you are. D C I worked for Jimmy Squibb over 20 years ago. He was in his mid sixties then and still as hard as nails. He was about 5'4" and yet drivers half his age and twice his size were terrified of him. I think he rode Speedway until he was in his fifties and when I knew him he was still driving Rallycross. He judged Split Waterman to be the toughest feller he knew ( as in hard - not a dirty rider) and although he generally had little time for modern riders he did rate Bruce Penhall as the most talented he had ever seen and Ivan Mauger the best all round rider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shazzybird Posted December 2, 2003 Report Share Posted December 2, 2003 I worked for Jimmy Squibb over 20 years ago. He was in his mid sixties then and still as hard as nails. He was about 5'4" and yet drivers half his age and twice his size were terrified of him. I think he rode Speedway until he was in his fifties and when I knew him he was still driving Rallycross. Watched his Son round Lydden Circuit during a Rallycross championship and if he's anything to go by............. he must get his ambition from his Dad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Richard Posted December 2, 2003 Report Share Posted December 2, 2003 Hope I've got these two names right from the 50/60's .. but I seem to remember these guys being as hard as nails on the track. Â Harry Bastable and Charlie Barsby ... I'm sure Gem will correct me if I am wrong, but think that both rode for Leicester in the McKinlay/Elliott era. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Posted December 2, 2003 Report Share Posted December 2, 2003 Watched his Son round Lydden Circuit during a Rallycross championship and if he's anything to go by............. he must get his ambition from his Dad In those days Barry was one of the best Rallycross drivers in Europe, I think he is still running a hotel in Torquay. I did hear that Jim had died a little while ago but don't know if that is true. It would be good if anybody knows for sure, he was a stroppy old bugger but I liked him and we got on pretty well most of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Posted December 3, 2003 Report Share Posted December 3, 2003 Have to agree with all those who have nominated the late Jack Millen. Â I well remember Ivor Brown and Harry Bastable from the Cradley Heath side of the 60s but how about Douglas 'get out ma bloody road' Templeton? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin king Posted December 8, 2003 Report Share Posted December 8, 2003 Eric Broadbelt kenny Carter Reg Wilson Steve Gresham Arnie Haley Henny Kroeze Gary Gugliemi  All Iron MEN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandman Posted December 8, 2003 Report Share Posted December 8, 2003 would agree, Broadie, Carter, Wilson, Gresham and Guggi. However Henny and Arnold were actually quite civilised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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