steve roberts Posted November 21, 2019 Report Share Posted November 21, 2019 2 hours ago, iris123 said: Same in 1973 when Autrey and McKnight appeared in a second half. Plus Penhall had an after meeting ride along with Mike Bast before their White City UK debut ...whose family had a connection with the Greyhound Bus franchise in the States if memory serves? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted November 21, 2019 Report Share Posted November 21, 2019 (edited) I can remember seeing Roy Trigg in the second halfs at New Cross and thinking that he looked good and then seeing Dave Jessup as a 15 year old in the second half at West Ham and thinking he looked even better. Also remember Barry Thomas in the second half at West Ham. Malcolm Simmons was another second halfer at West Ham, though didn't show the promise of the others at that time. Then there was the memorable John Holder - memorable because he always came at least half a lap behind everyone else even in the novice and junior races. But I suppose the rider I remember most from the second half was Ron Johnson in 1960, attempting to make yet another comeback at the age of 53. Sadly, it didn't work out. Edited November 21, 2019 by norbold 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted November 22, 2019 Report Share Posted November 22, 2019 7 hours ago, norbold said: I can remember seeing Roy Trigg in the second halfs at New Cross and thinking that he looked good and then seeing Dave Jessup as a 15 year old in the second half at West Ham and thinking he looked even better. Also remember Barry Thomas in the second half at West Ham. Malcolm Simmons was another second halfer at West Ham, though didn't show the promise of the others at that time. Then there was the memorable John Holder - memorable because he always came at least half a lap behind everyone else even in the novice and junior races. But I suppose the rider I remember most from the second half was Ron Johnson in 1960, attempting to make yet another comeback at the age of 53. Sadly, it didn't work out. Saw both Colin Richardson and Michael Lee, when both 15, giving second half 'demonstration' match races at Cowley...also a fifteen year old Alastair Stevens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted November 22, 2019 Report Share Posted November 22, 2019 19 hours ago, chunky said: I don't actually remember what he looked like, but I remember a second-half race in the early seventies. He was against Rocky Coutts, Ian Fletcher, and Graham Crook, and in four separate incidents, all four had fallen before reaching the back straight on the first lap... He was blonde with glasses, not your average looking speedway rider! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted November 22, 2019 Report Share Posted November 22, 2019 1 minute ago, cityrebel said: He was blonde with glasses, not your average looking speedway rider! Well, I figured that from your 'Milky Bar Kid" reference! Thing is, he never achieved any real success (I know he made a few appearances for Scunny), so it wasn't like there were that many pics of him doing the rounds. Thinking about it, I could say the same about a lot of the riders mentioned on here! Unforgettable ones for me were Nigel Rackett and Mark Fordham... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted November 22, 2019 Report Share Posted November 22, 2019 8 minutes ago, chunky said: Well, I figured that from your 'Milky Bar Kid" reference! Thing is, he never achieved any real success (I know he made a few appearances for Scunny), so it wasn't like there were that many pics of him doing the rounds. Thinking about it, I could say the same about a lot of the riders mentioned on here! Unforgettable ones for me were Nigel Rackett and Mark Fordham... Fordham had a few decent meetings. I only saw Rackett ride a few times when i was a kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinkox Posted November 23, 2019 Report Share Posted November 23, 2019 Nigel Rackett rode at the same period as Gordon Kennett - around 1970/71. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frigbo Posted November 23, 2019 Report Share Posted November 23, 2019 http://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/2442/nigel-rackett http://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/968/mark-fordham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted November 23, 2019 Report Share Posted November 23, 2019 5 hours ago, spinkox said: Nigel Rackett rode at the same period as Gordon Kennett - around 1970/71. He was the son of the clerk of the course I think ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinkox Posted November 25, 2019 Report Share Posted November 25, 2019 Yes - son of clerk of the course - and ex pusher off person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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