daveallan81 Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 The phrase "walked away from" seems to be taking on a whole new meaning on this thread. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george.m Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 If you want to see the worst Speedway crash ever, imo...then this is it. It's maddening and so dumb...you can't believe it could happen or be allowed. I'll warn you it's not pleasant.... http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6bd_1465779302 That one is truly horrible. I had to re-watch as I simply couldn't believe what I was seeing. Yeah, how could that be allowed? The phrase "walked away from" seems to be taking on a whole new meaning on this thread. As always seems to happen threads go off topic ... guilty! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 If you want to see the worst Speedway crash ever, imo...then this is it. It's maddening and so dumb...you can't believe it could happen or be allowed. I'll warn you it's not pleasant.... http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6bd_1465779302 How the hell can that be on a speedway track!! Literally a stairway to heaven. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawel115 Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 (edited) Zbigniew Raniszewski was his name talk about safety standards in those days what idiot put staircase on track.There is a quite a few fatal speedway crashes on youtube(Zarzecki,Pawlak,Olsson,Sairgajejew) but i thought we were talking about close calls. Edited August 11, 2016 by pawel115 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostwalker Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 (edited) but i thought we were talking about close calls. I think the original idea of the topic starter was to discuss crashes that looks really bad bad where the rider escaped with minor bruises or etc (practically unhurt). Like the KK video I linked. It looked bad but he could walk back to the pits by himself. Edited August 11, 2016 by Ghostwalker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadders Posted August 29, 2016 Report Share Posted August 29, 2016 Tommy Allen v Newport in 2009 https://youtu.be/_6xEdUSU-G0 13:30 in Walked away after a few minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shale Searcher Posted August 30, 2016 Report Share Posted August 30, 2016 Incredible he walked away from that!! Noticed A certain Kyle Newman was in that meeting!! How long has he been in the sport....? 7+ years and still riding as an EDR? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Goddard Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 Peterbro 1998 i think, ross brady & lee driver, awful awful crash, lee driver never rode again, they clashed & driver could not get off hes bike & smashed the 4th bend gate open, never seen a rider pick up so much speed mid bend, it was awful. Sorry to bump a slightly old thread but have been wondering, did Lee fully recover from his injuries? I remember after the crash he never seemed to be mentioned again in the speedway press, anyone know how (and where) he is now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 Dukie Ermolenko going thro the solid wooden 3rd bend fence at Lynn and somehow missing the three thick horizontal wires behind it,, which would have decapitated him had he hit them, ending up complete with bike on the second tier of the terracing. He got up and walked away. 1997. I remember watching from the home straight thinking that he might not get up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shale Searcher Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 Did Peter Karlsson have a real bad one at Lynn as well, in a World Championship Round/test match? A Really bad injury....? Or is that someone else I'm thinking of... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted October 21, 2016 Report Share Posted October 21, 2016 He smashed his thigh in 2001 riding for Lynn against Oxford live on Sky in a first bend crash with Lukas Dryml. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screm Posted October 21, 2016 Report Share Posted October 21, 2016 Did Peter Karlsson have a real bad one at Lynn as well, in a World Championship Round/test match? A Really bad injury....? Or is that someone else I'm thinking of... Do you mean this one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77BhcCbUDkk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shale Searcher Posted October 21, 2016 Report Share Posted October 21, 2016 Do you mean this one. No, so maybe it wasn't PK.. Someone hit the fence turn two, maybe coming out turn two, and ended up with some sort of broken back injury, it was definitely not any sort of league match, could have been an American then, or? It was a hot hot day, intercontinental/overseas Final perhaps, so before GP days....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Posted October 21, 2016 Report Share Posted October 21, 2016 Incredible he walked away from that!! A case where air fences aren't necessarily the best option, personally I think the Rye fence was superb. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerblade Posted October 21, 2016 Report Share Posted October 21, 2016 Just remembered another one ... Jeremy Doncaster ends up practically riding over Les Collins' head on the first/2nd bend in the 1984 Overseas Final at Hyde Road, and is subsequently excluded. Les finally gets up and staggers across the centre green back to the pits looking forty shades of green, few minutes later, comes out and wins the re run! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a4poster Posted October 21, 2016 Report Share Posted October 21, 2016 I remember Richard Green being catapulted over the safety fence on the apex of the first and second bend at the County Ground and ending up down the embankment near the lane that ran near the perimeter of the Stadium. A real heart in mouth moment but thankfully one he walked away from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple.H. Posted October 21, 2016 Report Share Posted October 21, 2016 I remember Richard Green being catapulted over the safety fence on the apex of the first and second bend at the County Ground and ending up down the embankment near the lane that ran near the perimeter of the Stadium. A real heart in mouth moment but thankfully one he walked away from. I thought that was Mark Simmonds 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Beevers Posted October 21, 2016 Report Share Posted October 21, 2016 I think William Gordon Hamill wins this for me. His style sometimes caused him to 'high side' a lot and I remember him twice either live or television, where he was flipped off the bike and over the wooden fence into either a post or into orbit. Amazing how he kept walking away injury free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a4poster Posted October 21, 2016 Report Share Posted October 21, 2016 Apologies, yes you are right. Memory is playing tricks! Who was the rider who went over the fence on turns 3 and 4 and snapping one of the wooden 1 metre exclusion barriers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screm Posted October 22, 2016 Report Share Posted October 22, 2016 Don`t know if any of these have been mentioned already but I saw Josef Franc and Seemond Stephens demolish most of the first bend fencing at Berwick one night in a Berwick v Exeter match, another one was Gino Franchetti being catapulted over the fence and hitting the flood light pylon on the exit of bend two, again at Berwick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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