norbold Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 (edited) 1. Sverre Harrfeldt 2. Rune Holta (he was Norwegian once) 3. Reidar Eide 4. Basse Hveem 5. Aage Hansen 6. Lars Gunnestad 7. Dag Lovaas Edited February 4, 2015 by norbold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifer sam Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 Ulf Lovaas? Apparently one of the greatest riders in the wet. All the best Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted February 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 (edited) It's dry today. Edited February 4, 2015 by norbold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 Ulf Lovaas? Apparently one of the greatest riders in the wet. All the best Rob That was Dag. Maybe Old Fluffass was too, but Dag was the real king of the wet track. My knowledge on pre 1974 Norwegians is pretty sparse, but surely Dag Lovaas would be better than 7th?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifer sam Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 That was Dag. Maybe Old Fluffass was too, but Dag was the real king of the wet track. My knowledge on pre 1974 Norwegians is pretty sparse, but surely Dag Lovaas would be better than 7th?? Ah, might have mixed up my Lovaas knowledge. I agree with you that Dag would be right up there in that team, as well. Would he really just be the No 7? He was a 10.00+ man for three successive seasons at least (1973-1975). Mich topped the '73 averages, but I'm pretty sure Racers' No 2 (Lovaas) was fifth or sixth or somewhere around there in the BL averages that year. And the BL was pretty strong circa '73. All the best Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sotonian Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 Ah, might have mixed up my Lovaas knowledge. I agree with you that Dag would be right up there in that team, as well. Would he really just be the No 7? He was a 10.00+ man for three successive seasons at least (1973-1975). Mich topped the '73 averages, but I'm pretty sure Racers' No 2 (Lovaas) was fifth or sixth or somewhere around there in the BL averages that year. And the BL was pretty strong circa '73. All the best Rob And he helped White City win the league in 1977 without even turning a wheel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted February 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 Yes, ok, you've all convinced me. Move Dag up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 Wot about Oyvind Berg(R.I.P.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penny Cross Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 What about 'Oddy Oddy Oddy' Fossengen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 Ulf Lovaas? Apparently one of the greatest riders in the wet. All the best Rob Damn!!! I was going to say that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 (edited) Strange, isn't it? Forty-something years ago, we could rattle off any number of Norwegian riders. And now? Back then, you could add in Ed Stangeland, Per Aulie, Jonny Faafeng, Henry Harrfeldt, Einar Egedius, Jon Odegaard... Steve Edit : Plus Kjell Gimre and Svein Kaasa... Edited February 5, 2015 by chunky 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 (edited) Strange, isn't it? Forty-something years ago, we could rattle off any number of Norwegian riders. And now? Just as strange that back then Denmark were so poor they had to have a combined Norway/Denmark team so they could include Olsen.And now?Same really with USA.It would have been hard to list a decent side without using pre-war riders.And now?Things change.The demise of Norway + New Zealand has seen them replaced by Denmark + USA(who now look to be going the way of Norway........ Edited February 5, 2015 by iris123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted February 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 Meanwhile Australia continues to throw up quality riders on a seemingly never-ending production line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YerRopes Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 Not forgetting Ed Stangeland and Rolf Gramstad either.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 Just as strange that back then Denmark were so poor they had to have a combined Norway/Denmark team so they could include Olsen.And now?Same really with USA.It would have been hard to list a decent side without using pre-war riders.And now?Things change.The demise of Norway + New Zealand has seen them replaced by Denmark + USA(who now look to be going the way of Norway........ Of course, but look at the reasons. In Norway the minimum age limit for racing is - or was - something like 18, or perhaps even older.. Back in the day, that wasn't that much of a problem, but it is now, giving everyone else a few years head start. That particularly applies to the Danish, and obviously, Olsen was singlehandedly the driving force behind Denmark's rise to glory. Even though there were only ever a small handful of world-class New Zealanders, there was an incredible conveyor belt of very capable Kiwis coming in to British speedway during the late 60's and early 70's. I know things go in cycles, as in any sport, but Norway and New Zealand are two of the most extreme cases, along with the Americans now... Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 That was Dag. Maybe Old Fluffass was too, but Dag was the real king of the wet track. My knowledge on pre 1974 Norwegians is pretty sparse, but surely Dag Lovaas would be better than 7th?? dag certainly was a classy rider. As a kid I remember watching him get a 12 point maximum for reading at west ham. He was still a big scorer for oxford in 1975, although the rebels move to white city in 1976 did not do him any favours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 Meanwhile Australia continues to throw up quality riders on a seemingly never-ending production line. Although there was a short period between the end of the Phil Crump/Billy Sanders era and the start of the Boyce/Adams era where the Aussies were struggling to track a decent team. Around the same time as Poland were competing on near equal terms with Hungary and Italy!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
van wolfswinkel Posted February 7, 2015 Report Share Posted February 7, 2015 Sverre Harrfeldt at West Am probably the best Norwegian I saw(did well in World Final), then Berg and Eide. Odegaard, Stangeland and Gramstad were decent riders for Swindon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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