Speedway Grande Prix Final - 5 Oct 1977 At White City

[misteron]

HI

 

Can any one tell me if Chris Morton won this meeting ? I only visited White City twice.Once was i think the VW / Daily Mirror event ,was that event held every year that the Rebels where there ? and a Rebels vs Coventry meeting, i again think Ole Olsen broke the track record , anybody know if that was 1976 ?

 

cheers Misteron

[moxey63]

1978

[misteron]

Thanks Moxey63.After you said it was 1978,i found clips on you tube.Enjoyed watching it even though i remembered none of it haha

 

cheers misteron

[The White Knight]

Thanks Moxey63.After you said it was 1978,i found clips on you tube.Enjoyed watching it even though i remembered none of it haha

 

cheers misteron

 

.........................are you Captain Black??

[moxey63]

Love answering questions I know the answers to... that's why I don't post that much.

[Parsloes 1928 nearly]

Result from that memorable night at the White City in '77:

 

Volkswagen Grande Prix Final

1^st. Ole Olsen (Denmark & Coventry) 13 (after r/o); 2^nd. John Louis (England & Ipswich) 13; 3^rd. Malcolm Simmons 11 (after r/o) (England & Poole); 4^th. John Davis (England & Reading) 11; 5^th. Dave Jessup (England & Reading) 10; 6^th. Gordon Kennett (England & White City) 10; 7^th. Michael Lee (England & King’s Lynn) 8; 8^th. Steve Bastable (England and Cradley Heath) 7; 9^th. Ivan Mauger (New Zealand & Exeter) 7; 10^th. Ila Teromaa (Leicester & Finland) 7; 11^th. Finn Thomsen (Denmark & Wolverhampton) 6; 12^th. Ray Wilson (England & Birmingham) 5; 13^th.= Larry Ross (New Zealand & Wimbledon) 4; 13^th.= Eric Broadbelt (England & Poole) 4; 15^th = Tony Davey (England & Ipswich) 2; 15^th. = Doug Wyer (England & Sheffield) 2; 17^th. Chris Morton (England & Belle Vue) 0

 

Olsen overtook Tiger on the final bend of the run-off final and that won him the overall title from Louis too. I was bitterly disappointed as a big Tiger fan and NOT of the Great Dane! My real favourite though PC was unable to defend his GP title due to the injury he'd picked up just days before the WF..

[moxey63]

Result from that memorable night at the White City in '77:

 

Volkswagen Grande Prix Final

1^st. Ole Olsen (Denmark & Coventry) 13 (after r/o); 2^nd. John Louis (England & Ipswich) 13; 3^rd. Malcolm Simmons 11 (after r/o) (England & Poole); 4^th. John Davis (England & Reading) 11; 5^th. Dave Jessup (England & Reading) 10; 6^th. Gordon Kennett (England & White City) 10; 7^th. Michael Lee (England & King’s Lynn) 8; 8^th. Steve Bastable (England and Cradley Heath) 7; 9^th. Ivan Mauger (New Zealand & Exeter) 7; 10^th. Ila Teromaa (Leicester & Finland) 7; 11^th. Finn Thomsen (Denmark & Wolverhampton) 6; 12^th. Ray Wilson (England & Birmingham) 5; 13^th.= Larry Ross (New Zealand & Wimbledon) 4; 13^th.= Eric Broadbelt (England & Poole) 4; 15^th = Tony Davey (England & Ipswich) 2; 15^th. = Doug Wyer (England & Sheffield) 2; 17^th. Chris Morton (England & Belle Vue) 0

 

Olsen overtook Tiger on the final bend of the run-off final and that won him the overall title from Louis too. I was bitterly disappointed as a big Tiger fan and NOT of the Great Dane! My real favourite though PC was unable to defend his GP title due to the injury he'd picked up just days before the WF..

 

Really loved this competion, the early days of it. It was a massive new tournament for 1976 when, I think it was over a wee or so, every top flight track (was it 19 then?) staged a round. In 1977 I remember Speedway Star magazine contained the scoregrids for every round and, as a enthusiastic kid, I would get each morning's Daily Mirror and fill in each score.

The competiton died out after 1978, they cut the qualifying process, and I think the last GP staged was 1980.

Edited September 19, 2012 by moxey63

[cityrebel]

the 1980 grand prix final brings back many memories for me. it was run at wimbledon in torrential rain, i can remember those photos of alan grahame covered in wet shale with just his eyes visible! . those were the days.

[BluPanther]

On 9/19/2012 at 2:39 PM, Parsloes 1928 nearly said:

Result from that memorable night at the White City in '77:

 

Volkswagen Grande Prix Final

1^st. Ole Olsen (Denmark & Coventry) 13 (after r/o); 2^nd. John Louis (England & Ipswich) 13; 3^rd. Malcolm Simmons 11 (after r/o) (England & Poole); 4^th. John Davis (England & Reading) 11; 5^th. Dave Jessup (England & Reading) 10; 6^th. Gordon Kennett (England & White City) 10; 7^th. Michael Lee (England & King’s Lynn) 8; 8^th. Steve Bastable (England and Cradley Heath) 7; 9^th. Ivan Mauger (New Zealand & Exeter) 7; 10^th. Ila Teromaa (Leicester & Finland) 7; 11^th. Finn Thomsen (Denmark & Wolverhampton) 6; 12^th. Ray Wilson (England & Birmingham) 5; 13^th.= Larry Ross (New Zealand & Wimbledon) 4; 13^th.= Eric Broadbelt (England & Poole) 4; 15^th = Tony Davey (England & Ipswich) 2; 15^th. = Doug Wyer (England & Sheffield) 2; 17^th. Chris Morton (England & Belle Vue) 0

 

Olsen overtook Tiger on the final bend of the run-off final and that won him the overall title from Louis too. I was bitterly disappointed as a big Tiger fan and NOT of the Great Dane! My real favourite though PC was unable to defend his GP title due to the injury he'd picked up just days before the WF..

I remember it well, Tiger suffered an engine failure on the final bend, having built up a big lead over Olsen in the run-off. A group of us on the 2nd bend were gutted...

[bruno]

Look at that for a line up with plenty missing as well