Terry Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 Andy Galvin & Paul Whittaker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney Rabbit Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 Roy Carter and John Davis, 1971 - 73 round EoES. Â OK, probably not the best ever riders to ride as a pair for Panthers but they were virtually unbeatable round the Showground when riding together - and they team-rode. It wasn't just first and second, disappearing out of sight of the opposition, as per NIgel Pearson's view of team-riding these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Leslie Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 These type of "best of all time" questions are always pretty much impossible to answer. How do you compare one era with another? People will be swayed by those they saw the most, or those who rode for their local club. Nostalgia or fading memories make it hard to compare riders from decades apart... Â ...but in this case, it's easy. Best pairing ever? Without a doubt - Peter Collins and Chris Morton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevePark Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 I seem to remember Tom Owen and Greame Stapleton going round Newcastle like they had velcro on at times :-)   Andre Compton and SId Little were pretty good at team riding Brough too  David Bargh and Mark Thorpe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifer sam Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 Armando Castagna and David Steen. Can't remember who it was chasing them, but after they both lost control on the fourth bend at Oxford at the same time while team riding, went flying towards each other, missed each other, but ending up swapping postions, the rider behind them thought "Stuff this" and tootled around making no attempt to go near the two mad men in front of him. Â All the best Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTM Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 1960,s Jimmy Gooch Ron How Oxf Cheetahs my first intro to Speedway as 17 yr old Chris Morton Peter Collins during B/V good times Greg and Billy for and against the bees through out their uk times Tommy Knudsen David Bargh always good for maximum pts early in the meeting So many to choose from like everyone else but I think it has to be Greg and Billy for the simple reason they used to do it against us and then we had the chance at Brandon to watch them do it on a regular for us particularly in ht 15 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Blachshadow Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 For me, Hancock and Hamill. Many a heat 13 and heat 15 5-1. Â What I didn't like was the same pair in a few heat 8 double-tacs. Seeing two of the World's finest outpacing the visiting #2 and #7 just because the visitors had had the audacity to lead by 7 or 8 points by heat 8. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pugwash Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 Tony Rickardsson and Leigh Adams in Masarna during the 2003 season. Same season also at Poole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trees Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 Adams and Rickardsson were very effective when they rode for Lynn. Â Would like to see a pic of NKI and Pepe team riding, they have similar styles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 I'm surprised no-one on here has picked Nicki Pedersen and errrrrrrrrrrrmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!! :shock: :nono: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruiser McHuge Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 Hans Nielsen and any partner took some beating.....from the Cradley glory team Phil Collins and Alan Grahame at 4 and 5 were great together...and Sam Ermolenko was the best team rider I've ever seen in my opinion. You don't seem to get top riders actively looking for their partners as much these days and being prepared to slow the race down to protect them or even bring them through to pass the opponents 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyfan Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 Martin Yeates and Simon Wigg at Weymouth in 81&82 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 I'm surprised no-one on here has picked Nicki Pedersen and errrrrrrrrrrrmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!! :shock: :nono: Don't knock it. Nicki and Jesper Olsen were great together as a team in 1998, as long as Jesper was at the back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halifaxtiger Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 I'd have said Morton & Collins too. Â Niemi & Simmons at Wimbledon in the early 80's were pretty handy. Â Best team ride I have ever seen, though, was at Scunny in 2005 - Richie Dennis & Grant Hayes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Leslie Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 I'm surprised no-one on here has picked Nicki Pedersen and errrrrrrrrrrrmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!! :shock: :nono: Nicki Pedersen and the safety fence. No one has ever managed a successful pass between those two. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffdiamond Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 I'm surprised no-one on here has picked Nicki Pedersen and errrrrrrrrrrrmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!! :shock: :nono: what about,,, Ludvig Lindgren and who ever's fast enough to keep up with him, lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybikespeedway Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 Frank Smart & Craig Watson at Newport in heats 13 & 15 Sheer telepathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stratton Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 (edited) P.C and Mort the best i believe, with the Phil Collins /Alan Grahame partnership up there also Shawn and Kelly were also special as a partnership. Edited July 9, 2014 by sidney 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenga Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 please forgive me if this has been mentioned before. but the word . best PAIRING does not mean . the best 2 top riders in any team.. but who they are PAIRED with on a regular riding/partner/paired with. not the top 2 .. my vote goes to owen ellis owen and george leslie mitchell graham at workington. they rode together at 1 and 2 for a readonable length of time at worky.. the late great ian thomas said he would put these two up against any paird riders from any team.. and the best pairs was born.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruiser McHuge Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 John Cook and Lance King as a pairing were good in the USA test team..Cook blocking opponents with an outstretched leg.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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