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Hi all, Just sitting here thinking about the World Championship of years gone by.

What ever happened to tracks that used to host rounds of the World Championships,

like Frederica(sp) and the like. Seems a lot of these tracks have either not been

used or have just dissapeared.

 

If anyone can remember that far back on here, do you have any info.

 

I wasn't too sure on where to post this, so stuck it in here, as it is to do with International Speedway in a way.

 

Any info on whether tracks still exist or why they no longer run WC rounds etc

would be appreciated. To be honest, I'm just getting plain bored with seeing the same

old venues year after year for the SWC and SGP series. Maybe, if any of the old

tracks are still running, they might be up to spec for the SWC or SGP.

 

I know its down to the promoters to bid for these events, but surely there must be

more promoters willing to take the risk than the few we keep seeing?

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Fredericia no longer exists.I was talking to Stekkers or Erik Gundersen about that track only in the past year or so.

Leningrad is another major venue that i guess has disappeared :unsure:

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Fredericia no longer exists.I was talking to Stekkers or Erik Gundersen about that track only in the past year or so.

Leningrad is another major venue that i guess has disappeared :unsure:

 

Hi Iris, Thanks for the heads up on Fredericia, thats answered that one for me.

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Just sitting here thinking about the World Championship of years gone by.

What ever happened to tracks that used to host rounds of the World Championships

 

I'd guess there are probably fewer tracks than in the past, and maybe the financial commitments need to stage WC rounds are higher these days.

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Malmo... now there's a blast from the past.

 

Reading on the GP section, about what BSI are asking, or reportedly asking, from

track promotions/councils to run a GP or SWC round, then its no wonder that we

have so few venues to use for these meetings.

 

Its a shame as there were some very good tracks about in years gone bye.

 

And yes Parsloes... you can mention Crayford with pleasure. Laurie Etheridge

still rates as my all time fav Kestrel.

 

Just quickly looking at British speedway in general. So many fans are saying

they get bored with the same teams visiting 2, 3, 4 or more times a season.

Maybe, just maybe one answer lays in the WC rounds.

Back in the years when we had the One Off World Finals, we had a WC qualifying

round at every Division One track and some Division Two tracks, why can't the

FIM and SCB get together and sort this out. What I mean is, it would give EL

tracks more fixtures, thus allowing a league fixture list of one home, one away,

then a WC Qualifier, British Championship qualifiers, Semi's and then we have the

British Final for one lucky track, move that around each year and share it, that

fills in some more dates. Just an idea to try and alleviate the repeated appearance

of EL league tracks. The PL seem to be doing ok, with the Prem Trophy, Shield matches

and their Playoffs too. Don't see many PL teams moaning about seeing the same team

too often in a season.

 

And before anyone starts on about One Off World Finals being outdated etc etc etc, I

only mentioned them due to the qualifiers, it seems the SGP is here to stay for the

foreseeable future, but if we reinstated proper WC qualifiers, it would give more meaningful fixtures to fill the calendar.

Other than that, its going to take a severe case of blackmail to get more Pl teams

to move up.... but I digress from the main topic here...sorry.

 

Anymore defunct or unused former WC tracks about?

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All the W's - Wembley, White City, Wimbledon and West Ham.

 

White City was demolished, Wembley was rebuilt without a speedway track and Wimbledon is still there but with unwilling landlords. What about West Ham?

 

All the best

Rob

west ham was demolished in 1972 to make way for housing. i remember my dad taking me there to the british final in 1970. we sat in the upper tier of the main grandstand with the wooden seats where you got a great view of the whole track. happy days! :cry:

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White City, that was some stadium, fantastic, well it was to me back when I was young

and fuelled by Methanol and Castrol R fumes.. :lol:

Makes you want to weep, remembering so many famous old stadiums

and their now sad demise.

Never had the privilege of going to West Ham to see any speedway, but have seen plenty of

pictures and heard a ton of great stories about the old place.

Wembley to me, was the spiritual home of the World Final, a bit like it is

for FA Cup Finals and the footy. The last Final I went to there, was the 1975 Final,

when John Louis became the first Englishman to get on the podium since the late

great Peter Craven.

Hyde Road was scary, not dangerous scary, but it was such a big daunting track.

Used to love watching my speedway there.

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very interesting reading.

 

Hi Tony - yes indeed and did you look at the Korskro (sub menu of Esbjerg) picture showing the old long track that you once visited and the three newer tracks which have subsequently been built. The 80cc meeting I saw was on the middle sized track of the three.

 

Regards

 

Eddie

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