nigelb Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 Thanks to all for your rapid responses. Spoke to Finn at length tonight and although his memory of his speedway career is hazy, he came out with plenty of interesting stuff that will be in the next Backtrack. He smiled at the memory of his 21-point max for Wolves at Swindon, but admits he was "bloody angry" when he broke his ankle at the Swindon press/practice day in '86 (it was junior Nick Bates who was also involved in the crash). Although I mentioned previously about having rarely seen him crash, he pointed out that he broke his thigh at Monmore Green in 1976 and dioctors told him his racing career was finished. A year later he finished 5th in his first World Final. Finn seems to recall that he reared up and hit one of those horrible, old lamp standards at MG - can anyone recall the details of the incident, please? He confims that it was his choice to miss the entire '85 season, to focus on his family life (his second son was born that year). He admits he lacked the hunger and sheer desire to become world champion and said that there was always "a little bit lacking" in him. It was by the starting gate where he hit the post if my memory serves me well at full pelt - many saying his bike was too powerful for a small track - lol; we went from top to bottom four by end of year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew117 Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 I vaguely remeber Finn's crash but I smiled at the comment about the ladies loving him because as youngster I remember going to the old Royal Hospital with some older girls to visit him......I remember taking him chocolates! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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