waiheke1 Posted October 15, 2019 Report Share Posted October 15, 2019 (edited) On 11/1/2016 at 11:47 AM, tmc said: A number of riders have, many years later and usually in the pages of Backtrack magazine, admitted to favouring certain individuals to enable them to progress in World Championship rounds. Dave Jessup told us how he helped his King's Lynn team-mate Mike Lee gain a vital point that saw him through the 1980 British semi-final at Sheffield - and oh how that came back to bite DJ on the backside in Gothenburg four months later. And then there are Simmo's book revelations. I read your 1981 OF example with interest - and would love to know of other instances, that may have slipped under the radar, where favours were done. just going back through some old stars. none other than mr Rising referred to that t20 of the 81 overseas final as "speedway's version of nepotism came into force". and then reference also to "strange happennings between signals and eriksen " in heat 19 of the IC final which saw Eriksen secure a reserve spot for the final having fallen and recounted, but still finishing 2nd ahead of signals who "fell" and lee who fell earlier in the race. obviously common, as a week later in the embassy internationale it is mentioned that Olsen allowed Nielsen to pass him in a "somewhat dubious" heat 9, helping ensure Nielsen's victory (scarcely needed in the end, Nielsen finishing with a max 15, 3 ahead of the runner up) Edited October 15, 2019 by waiheke1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff100 Posted October 16, 2019 Report Share Posted October 16, 2019 I taped the 1990 final at bradford which me and my son went to watch, after standing in a good spot on turns 1 and 2 from 3pm at 6.30 we were all asked to move forward to let the late comers in , a few thousand voices said NO or words to that effect ? When got home went to watch the tape set from 6.55 for 3 hrs an hour of tractor racing and delays as per jonsson and shawn moran drop the clutches in the run off the tape stops , still got it lol. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 On 10/16/2019 at 11:04 AM, geoff100 said: I taped the 1990 final at bradford which me and my son went to watch, after standing in a good spot on turns 1 and 2 from 3pm at 6.30 we were all asked to move forward to let the late comers in , a few thousand voices said NO or words to that effect ? When got home went to watch the tape set from 6.55 for 3 hrs an hour of tractor racing and delays as per jonsson and shawn moran drop the clutches in the run off the tape stops , still got it lol. Jonsson won Geoff. .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff100 Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 19 minutes ago, mikebv said: Jonsson won Geoff. .. Oh f**** had money on moran 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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