mikebv Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 (edited) One saturday night at bradford, in 1990, the aces were there........ Terry Hardaker was doing the 'honours' on the centre green...... Proudly alongside him stood seven cheerleaders resplendent in their new 1990 uniforms... Each had a square sign which they proudly held above their heads which spelled out 'D U K E S 9 0' to the grandstand, who gave the girls a round of applause...... We on the back straight obviously at that stage didn't have a clue what the signs said until....... Terry then shouted 'that's fantastic girls, now turn round and show the back straight'... This they did in unison and we on the back straight were met with the immortal '0 9 S E K U D' ... And let's be honest, in the 24 years since then, centre green presentation hasn't really got much better than that has it?? Edited May 19, 2014 by mikebv 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Voice Of Reason Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 Terry then shouted 'that's fantastic girls, now turn round and show the back straight'... Great story Mike........albeit I was imagining quite a different finale to that one! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Smith Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 Can the Robert Lambert scenario from yesterday to in this section. Was hilarious what went on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skodaman Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 Can the Robert Lambert scenario from yesterday to in this section. Was hilarious what went on What happened with Robert Lambert then, I didnt see it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ommer Mon Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 With three riders only in the race Rob Lambert retired and had half a wheel through the pits gate when someone waved their arms in the pits and got him to complete the race for a point. He was then promptly excluded for having outside assistance though nobody actually touched him or the bike at any stage. Apparently advice from the pits is now classed as assistance and the Ref got it 100% right. It was a new one on me and had the Sky boys bamboozled for a while too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 With three riders only in the race Rob Lambert retired and had half a wheel through the pits gate when someone waved their arms in the pits and got him to complete the race for a point. He was then promptly excluded for having outside assistance though nobody actually touched him or the bike at any stage. Apparently advice from the pits is now classed as assistance and the Ref got it 100% right. It was a new one on me and had the Sky boys bamboozled for a while too. Which he did doing wheelies ..Whack whack ooops lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldace Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 (edited) One saturday night at bradford, in 1990, the aces were there........ Terry Hardaker was doing the 'honours' on the centre green...... Proudly alongside him stood seven cheerleaders resplendent in their new 1990 uniforms... Each had a square sign which they proudly held above their heads which spelled out 'D U K E S 9 0' to the grandstand, who gave the girls a round of applause...... We on the back straight obviously at that stage didn't have a clue what the signs said until....... Terry then shouted 'that's fantastic girls, now turn round and show the back straight'... This they did in unison and we on the back straight were met with the immortal '0 9 S E K U D' ... And let's be honest, in the 24 years since then, centre green presentation hasn't really got much better than that has it?? The late Terry Hardaker, he put so much into the junior dukes back in the day but there really was no way, even by the pitiful standards of the day, that he should ever have been allowed a centre green microphone Edited May 20, 2014 by Oldace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 The late Terry Hardaker, he put so much into the junior dukes back in the day but there really was no way, even by the pitiful standards of the day, that he should ever have been allowed a centre green microphone Agreed, bless him... Terry used to stand in at BV occasionaly and one night he was introducing the riders... He came down the list of riders till he announced 'and at number six Ales Dryml'... However not pronounced as 'Alice' but 'Ales' as in 'the Bitter'!!!!! Brilliant...... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester Hunter Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 Birmingham's visit to Hackney in 1982 was quite a close run affair until heat 10. With the Hawks two points in front, their pairing of Finn Thomsen and Jens Rasmussen gated and were on an easy 5-1 over their Brummies counterparts of Ales Dryml Snr and Ari Koponen, until Rasmussen's bike went entering the third bend on lap 2. Straightening the bike up, Rasmussen collided with Thomsen, and the pair both fell off. Whilst they were sorting themselves out, the Brummies pair raced past completely unconcerned. Thomsen eventually remounted and proceeded to pootle round, and when the flag came out, he was well over half a lap adrift. However, instead of taking the flag, Thomsen decided to ride straight into the pits, only to be greeted by an irate Len Silver, who told him very loudly, and in no uncertain terms to "Bl***y well get out there and finish the race", which he did. Too late though, as the referee had already switched on the red exclusion light.... The announcer read out the result, and added that "The rider in red has been excluded for leaving the track without the referee's permission"! Priceless! The resulting 5-0 also had great bearing on the final result. The Brummies won 41-36. Happy days! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penny Cross Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 (edited) John Langfield at Poole. He had broken his ankle a week or so before and came out for an interview at the interval. In typical Lango style, he didn't hobble out. He hitched a ride on the tractor, right on the front, complete with crutches. As they approached the tapes, he raised one of the crutches and deliberately broke them! Said the ref had it too easy with without him riding. Poor old Bert Ball, the Start Marshall, moaned about it for weeks. Another Lango classic was at Cradley. We were queuing up outside the main entrance, when we saw Police. Sirens blaring, they swung into entrance, scattering us fans in all directions. Turns out Lango had got lost and got himself a police escort! Great character. Edited May 20, 2014 by Penny Cross Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hulvik Posted May 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 Back in the Day when Belle Vue in Manchester had a zoo , fun fair and concert . The league riders final was held there every year. one year it was rained off. It had been a late call and most fans were there. How ever the same night wrestling was on in the concert hall with some of the big names from the telly on the bill. I don't know who got the bigger surprise the local wrestling fans or the wrestlers themselves to find the place packed with noisy speedway fans complete with air horns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 Birmingham's visit to Hackney in 1982 was quite a close run affair until heat 10. With the Hawks two points in front, their pairing of Finn Thomsen and Jens Rasmussen gated and were on an easy 5-1 over their Brummies counterparts of Ales Dryml Snr and Ari Koponen, until Rasmussen's bike went entering the third bend on lap 2. Straightening the bike up, Rasmussen collided with Thomsen, and the pair both fell off. Whilst they were sorting themselves out, the Brummies pair raced past completely unconcerned. Thomsen eventually remounted and proceeded to pootle round, and when the flag came out, he was well over half a lap adrift. However, instead of taking the flag, Thomsen decided to ride straight into the pits, only to be greeted by an irate Len Silver, who told him very loudly, and in no uncertain terms to "Bl***y well get out there and finish the race", which he did. Too late though, as the referee had already switched on the red exclusion light.... The announcer read out the result, and added that "The rider in red has been excluded for leaving the track without the referee's permission"! Priceless! The resulting 5-0 also had great bearing on the final result. The Brummies won 41-36. Happy days! Good old Finn, always being accused of having an oversized engine but never proved! I remember the night Ole Olsen fenced Bo Petersen with Bo running back to the pits like a madman before being stopped by a wall of trackstaff. They were never the best of friends and I'm sure Ole had a hand in Bo being suspended for a while for turning up late for practice for a meeting at Vojens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OGT Posted May 21, 2014 Report Share Posted May 21, 2014 Guitar Art being chased by Kevin Doolan's bike at Perry Barr was quite funny. Well for those of us watching anyway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Voice Of Reason Posted May 21, 2014 Report Share Posted May 21, 2014 Good old Finn, always being accused of having an oversized engine but never proved!Pity he only ever used it to it's full advantage in the poxy 'Rider of the Night' heats Tel! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KEITH M Posted May 21, 2014 Report Share Posted May 21, 2014 Might have been Stuey Robson with his big off at Brough with David Ruud about 2003.Robbo was okay after that crash as I remember him walking down home straight sharing a joke with Richard Juul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 (edited) maybe apocryphal as this was told to me by a third party (though he is someone who worked in the pits at BV at the time so I would suggest hopefully true).. one night one of the younger riders in the BV team was having a poor match so therefore sought out the advice of the world's best rider who just happened to be his captain..... he asked Ivan Mauger, 'Ivan, what can I do to go faster'? Ivan replied that maybe the young man should consider cutting off two inches from each side of the handlebars on his bike.. the lad looked a bit perplexed so asked Ivan 'but how will that help me to go faster exactly'?.. 'It won't' replied the great man 'but you'll now be able to fit your bike in the bin!!!' Edited May 22, 2014 by mikebv 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ommer Mon Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 Does anyone remember the air brush painting on the back of Preben Eriksen's van? Suffice to say it was of a rather attractive lady with not a lot on and the story was that the Police made him apply sticking plaster to cover bits of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ommer Mon Posted May 24, 2014 Report Share Posted May 24, 2014 I recall a couple of incidents from the early 70s involving starting gates. The first was Rick Timmo riding for Oxford ar Cradley. The tapes went up and got caught under his full face helmet ( a novelty at the time) leaving him dangling in mid air with his legs kicking away. Exactly the same thing happened to Bernie Persson at Newport (Somerton Park) a couple of years after. Strange starting date there. They brought it out and installed it before the start of the match! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifer sam Posted May 24, 2014 Report Share Posted May 24, 2014 Agreed, bless him... Terry used to stand in at BV occasionaly and one night he was introducing the riders... He came down the list of riders till he announced 'and at number six Ales Dryml'... However not pronounced as 'Alice' but 'Ales' as in 'the Bitter'!!!!! Brilliant...... Yup, when Ales first came to Britain, Oxford fans were often amused by the way that away announcers said his name. It's not "Alice" either, that's also wrong. "Al-leesh" is closer. All the best Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Normski Posted May 24, 2014 Report Share Posted May 24, 2014 can remember going on a southern tour in 1987 with Berwick, all the riders and fans were in the same hotel all took some cans to Rob Woffindens room to discover his bike in the middle of the room. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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