ch958 Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 Excusing your comedy gold with old Gustix, can you both either contribute to the thread or do one ? Your holier than attitude does fall down on a thread like this. what an unpleasant post 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customhouseregular Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 I dropped off the forum for a couple of months as the back-biting and snide comments became too tiresome. I see little has changed during my absence. Thankfully the well-mannered and interesting people on here make up for it, hence my return . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor... Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 Very good I like it! Eh! This thread (which I started) was about Dave Parry's coach firm and his subsequent connection with Crayford, Crewe and Hans Nielsen. What's the point that you are trying to make? What did Catford speedway have to do with it then ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMcCaffery Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 (edited) What did Catford speedway have to do with it then ? (Sigh). Since you are too busy being a 'hard man' to actually read the postings this thread started as an amiable conversation about Dave Parry and his connections with Crewe and Crayford speedways, two tracks enormously different in size. It was explained that Crewe was a very large track due to the fact it was built around a cricket pitch. I commentated there once and yes it was immense. The conversation then wandered in a friendly way to talks of track records on large tracks and it was mentioned that there were proposals to build an equally huge track around a cricket pitch in Catford. People then discussed a modern contrast in track sizes. On another tangent it was confirmed that Dave Parry had reversed his decision to sell-up and retire. It was an interesting, friendly conversation. Then you turned up. Well done. Don't waste your time with one of your nasty responses - sadly you've made a pleasant thread toxic and I won't be returning to it. If this forum had balls you'd have been banned ages ago, Edited December 10, 2015 by rmc 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midland Red Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 I first met Dave Parry in 1967 when I was commuting between Coventry and Liverpool Lime Street and he was a BR steward One Thursday he served me with coffee whilst I was reading the new edition of Speedway Star, which he saw and then introduced himself to me I helped him out in the pits after he fell at Blackbird Road while second-halfing and did his collar-bone Good man who has done well for himself - well done Dave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor... Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 (Sigh). Since you are too busy being a 'hard man' to actually read the postings this thread started as an amiable conversation about Dave Parry and his connections with Crewe and Crayford speedways, two tracks enormously different in size. It was explained that Crewe was a very large track due to the fact it was built around a cricket pitch. I commentated there once and yes it was immense. The conversation then wandered in a friendly way to talks of track records on large tracks and it was mentioned that there were proposals to build an equally huge track around a cricket pitch in Catford. People then discussed a modern contrast in track sizes. On another tangent it was confirmed that Dave Parry had reversed his decision to sell-up and retire. It was an interesting, friendly conversation. Then you turned up. Well done. Don't waste your time with one of your nasty responses - sadly you've made a pleasant thread toxic and I won't be returning to it. If this forum had balls you'd have been banned ages ago, Yeh ok Rob.. can remember having a discussion with you a while ago when you were caught out and started bleating and whining. I don't profess to being a hardman at all, i just dont like certain folk and won't tolerate their nonsense. Your recent posts on another thread disgusted me to the point where i actually was close to posting a grossly offensive message to you but i thought better of it just in the nick of time. Anyway, you're nothing to me, so i wont waste anymore time on this post. I hope you have a really really enjoyable Christmas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_martin Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Believe it was Barry Meeks? I spoke to Ian Cartwright a couple of years ago (rode for Crewe during the seventies) and he confirmed that it was big 'un...around a cricket pitch! So when does a speedway track become a Long Track? Or if it's that big, why isn't/wasn't it a Long Track? (Bear in mind that a year or two ago, the FIM World Long Track Championship had a round at Rzeszow speedway track in Poland) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_Jones Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 So when does a speedway track become a Long Track? Or if it's that big, why isn't/wasn't it a Long Track? (Bear in mind that a year or two ago, the FIM World Long Track Championship had a round at Rzeszow speedway track in Poland) The FIM recommended lengths are 260m - 425m for speedway tracks and 350m - 1300m for long and grass tracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphrey Appleby Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 So when does a speedway track become a Long Track? Or if it's that big, why isn't/wasn't it a Long Track? (Bear in mind that a year or two ago, the FIM World Long Track Championship had a round at Rzeszow speedway track in Poland) I think the historical FIM definition was 285-400 metres for a speedway track, and anything above was a long track. However, the minimum size for a speedway was reduced to 260 metres to accommodate indoor GP circuits, and the upper size was raised to 425 metres at some point, possibly to accommodate proposed Australian GP circuits. There were always domestic exceptions though, such as Claremont which I think was over 500 metres. These days though, it seems anything goes for longtrack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reviresco Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 And on Saturday, we have the New South Wales State Championship being contested on a 180 metre track... http://entertainmentvenues.com.au/events/544/NSW_SOLO_SPEEDWAY_CHAMPIONSHIPS/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevePark Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Berwick and Plymouth would be a modern equivalent. Has anyone ridden for both of these teams? Paul Starke springs instantly to mind 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphrey Appleby Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 And on Saturday, we have the New South Wales State Championship being contested on a 180 metre track... Domestic rules can be different. I think there's no maximum or minimum size for tracks specified in the SCB regulations, and possibly Australia is the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smod Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 As opposed to Plymouth, at 207m? Not that much of a difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 (edited) Teterow Bergring,which isn't a classic flat grass track is 1877m long,but in the 50s there were other large tracks in Germany.Ludwigslust was 1600m,Magdeburg was 1870m and Boxberg was a massive 2200m .The Czech Golden helmet meeting first started out on a 2400m track in Pardubice!!!! Edited December 11, 2015 by iris123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ancient mariner Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Paul Starke springs instantly to mind And Ben Barker - although only briefly until his injury 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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