BOBBATH Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 Does anyone know who the oldest person to appear ina World Final was-could it be Jack Parker ? Secondly does anyone know the oldest age for a World Final first appearance.?If anyone knows this I will buy them a beer!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frigbo Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 (edited) Maybe Henny Kroeze for oldest debut?? Edited December 2, 2011 by frigbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stratton Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 Maybe Henny Kroeze?? maybe Jan mucha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stratton Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 maybe Jan mucha Probably more older going back before 1960? Mucha was 37, Ken Mckinlay 41 , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 My first thought is Aub Lawson who was 46 when he rode in the 1960 final Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie B Posted December 2, 2011 Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 My first thought is Aub Lawson who was 46 when he rode in the 1960 final But Aub Lawson did qualify for the 1939 World Final. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted December 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 Reckon Aub Lawson at 46 must be the oldest person ever to appear in a World Final Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stratton Posted December 2, 2011 Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 Reckon Aub Lawson at 46 must be the oldest person ever to appear in a World Final Think you are right BOBBATH looked everywhere ,Lawson was 46 and Jack Parker was 44 also Mckinlay 41. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted December 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2011 Another mystery solved-reckon I owe you a beer Sydney!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stratton Posted December 4, 2011 Report Share Posted December 4, 2011 Another mystery solved-reckon I owe you a beer Sydney!! Na, you new it anyway,BOBBATH, next time you come to Swindon i will buy you a pint .I enjoyed scurrying through my books learned alot Lawson must of been good to compete at that level at that age some doing also Mckinlay aged 41 also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted December 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2011 If I make it to Blunsdon will still get you a beer Sidney-btw anyone know the oldest rider to make a first time appearance-one vote for Henny Kroeze so far!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted December 4, 2011 Report Share Posted December 4, 2011 If I make it to Blunsdon will still get you a beer Sidney-btw anyone know the oldest rider to make a first time appearance-one vote for Henny Kroeze so far!! Hang on Bob; didn't we say a few weeks ago that Goochy was 37 when he made his World Final debut? That would make him two years older than Henny, who was born in 1952. Of course, he also qualfied as reserve for Norden in 1983... Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 Lawson must of been good to compete at that level at that age some doing also Mckinlay aged 41 also. Yes, couldn't imagine a 41 year old rider being able to compete at that level these days.... Oh, hang on a minute..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 (edited) Oh i could quite imagine it Norbold.The GPs are full of old guys.Having read some of Parsloes posts it is quite obvious that the modern day World Title is contested by rider much much older than in previous decades.In fact i am led to believe by Parsloes that the old one day World Finals were contested by teenagers and riders in their twenties mainly with a few guys around the early 30s.I think at about 33 or 34 in those days you were given a bobble hat and put out to pasture Edited December 5, 2011 by iris123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted December 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 Hey Steve you are right about Jimmy Gooch and his World Final debut at 37-can anybody beat that-sounds right to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifer sam Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 Oh i could quite imagine it Norbold.The GPs are full of old guys.Having read some of Parsloes posts it is quite obvious that the modern day World Title is contested by rider much much older than in previous decades.In fact i am led to believe by Parsloes that the old one day World Finals were contested by teenagers and riders in their twenties mainly with a few guys around the early 30s.I think at about 33 or 34 in those days you were given a bobble hat and put out to pasture Stop it Post-war, there were a lot of older riders about. For starters, I believe Vic Duggan made his World Final debut (indeed only appearance) in 1950 at the age of 39. Anyone older than him? All the best Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 You are of course correct, Rob. I think we could be struggling to beat Vic, now... Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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