Midland Red Posted January 3, 2015 Report Share Posted January 3, 2015 As I saw all the riders in the 1950's I would rank Freddie Williams top and Peter Craven second Freddie Williams won two world titles and once runner up compared to Peter Craven's one win and one third. So in terms of achievement Freddie Williams should be top. Williams's wins were on his home track - I wonder if he would have won two titles elsewhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted January 3, 2015 Report Share Posted January 3, 2015 Williams's wins were on his home track - I wonder if he would have won two titles elsewhere? You can only ride where the Event is held. Fortunately for Freddie it was on his own Track. To me that doesn't lessen his achievements one little bit. Â A great World Champion and he was a great man too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customhouseregular Posted January 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2015 Two World Champions who would not have won had the Final been held elsewhere...Muller and Sczackiel. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted January 3, 2015 Report Share Posted January 3, 2015 Two World Champions who would not have won had the Final been held elsewhere...Muller and Sczackiel. Very good point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split Posted January 3, 2015 Report Share Posted January 3, 2015 Two World Champions who would not have won had the Final been held elsewhere...Muller and Sczackiel. And they would never have won the title with the present Grand Prix format! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customhouseregular Posted January 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2015 And they would never have won the title with the present Grand Prix format! I'm not to sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing. The beauty of the old system was an unexpected result could occur and more riders had an opportunity to reach the Final. The GP system is too much of a closed shop for me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split Posted January 3, 2015 Report Share Posted January 3, 2015 I'm not to sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing. The beauty of the old system was an unexpected result could occur and more riders had an opportunity to reach the Final. The GP system is too much of a closed shop for me. The fact is that Müller and Sczackiel. were not in the class of many fine riders who never won the title. Spilt Waterman, Jack Parker and Igor Plechanov come to mind but there are several others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customhouseregular Posted January 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2015 Spot on Split (that does not sound right)...the speedway archives are full of great riders who never won the title, and a smattering of lucky ones that did. My main bone of contention is now, at the beginning of each season, you know the next WC is going to be 1 of 15 riders. Under the old system we started the year's qualifying rounds with a large pool of riders and the unexpected could happen. Â re great riders who never won the title...add Harrfeldt and Nordin (2 of my personal favourites). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split Posted January 6, 2015 Report Share Posted January 6, 2015 Going back to the topic of tracks of yesteryear, I've seen speedway racing at both Wembley Stadium (London) and Wembley Stadium (Johannesburg). The teams at both venues were known as the Lions although league racing in South Africa ceased years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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