jackofdiamonds Posted March 23, 2003 Report Share Posted March 23, 2003 No-one has mentioned Wembley, I have to say the racing was always good. Bloody awful toilets though :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjw ministerofport Posted March 24, 2003 Report Share Posted March 24, 2003 Hyde road was so special, and yes i remember shooting the rapids. I saw Bob Andrews go on there and i'm sure he paid kids price. The best ever race i have seen was at Hyde road. Lets tell you first , my favorite rider is Ivan Mauger, in the greatest race i've seen he finished a long way third behind Bernie Person and Soren Sjosten(pleas excuse spelling). It was the scratch race final, i think they changed places on every lap of the race. it was truely breathtaking, i wonder if anyone else can remember that race? I am and always will be a Cradley fan even though we don't have a home any more.Cradley was a very fair track for all riders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedwayfreak Posted March 24, 2003 Report Share Posted March 24, 2003 DEFINATELY HYDE ROAD, even though i wasn't born when Hyde road stadium was open, but i have heard and seen sources of the old Aces stadium and it looked absoloutly fantasti, for a speedway venue, compared with the ones of today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatface Posted March 26, 2003 Report Share Posted March 26, 2003 This "Hyde Road love in" has got me pining for the old flame again. Has anybody got any videos of Hyde Road meets, particularly from 70s/80s they'd be willing to share/sell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cheetahhawk Posted March 27, 2003 Report Share Posted March 27, 2003 Definitely Hyde Road. Aaaah. Other great racing tracks were Old Meadowbank, Wimbledon and Hackney. Best of today's lot are probably Exeter and Kings Lynn. One common factor (except Wimbledon) - no dog track. In my opinion tracks inside doggie circuits tend to have too (Two) tight bends. :roll: Don't know if I have read it right but are you saying that Hackney wasn't inside a dog track :?: Funny I spent my youth there and there definately was a dog track around the speedway track and one of my mates was akennel maid there. :? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Custom House Kid Posted March 27, 2003 Report Share Posted March 27, 2003 Cheetahhawk wrote:- Ian H wrote: Definitely Hyde Road. Aaaah. Other great racing tracks were Old Meadowbank, Wimbledon and Hackney. Best of today's lot are probably Exeter and Kings Lynn. One common factor (except Wimbledon) - no dog track. In my opinion tracks inside doggie circuits tend to have too (Two) tight bends. Don't know if I have read it right but are you saying that Hackney wasn't inside a dog track Funny I spent my youth there and there definately was a dog track around the speedway track and one of my mates was akennel maid there Are you shure your mate was'nt a Milkmaid :!: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 This "Hyde Road love in" has got me pining for the old flame again. Has anybody got any videos of Hyde Road meets, particularly from 70s/80s they'd be willing to share/sell? Don't have any myself, but try the Video Archive section here: http://www.bellevuezoo.co.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatface Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 Thanks for the link Grachan. The photo of Hyde Road stadium before its final demolition is a very sad sight indeed. :-( Does anybody else know of anywhere else where I could get videos of speedway at Hyde Road :?: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulboy Posted March 31, 2003 Report Share Posted March 31, 2003 There's a dog track at Exeter.... and the bends are not really that tight The dog track's long gone from Exeter now but unfortunately they haven't been allowed to widen the bends on the insides - that would make it a great race track. The dog track at Exeter was of course unusually inside the circuit rather than outside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greyhoundp Posted March 31, 2003 Report Share Posted March 31, 2003 Cradley,White city,Hackney. All these tracks were GOOD to race on,and ALL of them had greyhound tracks outside of them. Its not relevant whether or not there is a dog track there,we like our dog tracks to be RACEABLE to you know,in fact were it not for the speedway,the dogs would have more racing room,so it works both ways you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shazzybird Posted March 31, 2003 Report Share Posted March 31, 2003 There's a dog track at Exeter.... We had a dog track @ Canterbury.......... it was the downfall of speedway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevH Posted March 31, 2003 Report Share Posted March 31, 2003 There's a dog track at Exeter.... We had a dog track @ Canterbury.......... it was the downfall of speedway! It wasn't so much the dog track as the man behind it though was it Shazzy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shazzybird Posted April 1, 2003 Report Share Posted April 1, 2003 There's a dog track at Exeter.... We had a dog track @ Canterbury.......... it was the downfall of speedway! It wasn't so much the dog track as the man behind it though was it Shazzy? Yep your right there Kev we lost the speedway, football, eventually the dogs and after a while he lost the plot!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevH Posted April 1, 2003 Report Share Posted April 1, 2003 What's he doing now Shazz, do you know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addy Posted April 1, 2003 Report Share Posted April 1, 2003 What's he doing now Shazz, do you know? Running a war in North Africa / Middle East? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevH Posted April 1, 2003 Report Share Posted April 1, 2003 What's he doing now Shazz, do you know? Running a war in North Africa / Middle East? There wouldn't be enough personal gain in that for him Addy :!: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shazzybird Posted April 2, 2003 Report Share Posted April 2, 2003 Addy I like that, made me chuckle when my parents get home from New Zealand I will show dad that !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addy Posted April 2, 2003 Report Share Posted April 2, 2003 Addy I like that, made me chuckle when my parents get home from New Zealand I will show dad that !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrizHeathen Posted April 11, 2003 Report Share Posted April 11, 2003 Another vote for Hyde Road, the BLRC's in the early/late seventies were fantastic memories, watching the fans racing on the go cart track before a meeting was also good fun. A full day out..Fantastic memories. Of course Cradley holds many memories as well, and then there were bank holiday Monday trips to the Shay at Halifax a unique track and another one of my favourites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted April 12, 2003 Report Share Posted April 12, 2003 Belle Vue - for all threasons already stated Leicester - lovely racing track, graet viewing Powderhall - saw some great matches there, very friedly home fans and more controversially :-o - wolves and Peterborough (but because they are tricky tracks to ride they are at there best when the home team is not too strong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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