Sidney the robin Posted February 19, 2017 Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 I wondered what other forum members had as there three best/worst memories in speedway.?.WORST-1. Briggs not winning the 1972 World Final. 2.Tommy Jansson being killed in 1976.3.Malcolm Holloway being eliminated in the 1982 British Final .BEST. 1..Malcolm Holloway qualifying through the 1982 Birmingham semi final qualifying round. 2.Michael Lee defeating Kenny Carter in the Golden helmet at the shay 2.0 in 1983 ( he won 4.0 on aggregate) 3.Tomasz Gollob beating Jimmy Nilsen in that epic GP race pure class. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 19, 2017 Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 :::: MY WORST (1) The weekend in 1947 when 'Bronco' Wilson and Cyril Anderson died in separate accidents. (2) New Cross' closure in June 1953. (3) The end of speedway in London in 2005 when Wimbledon lost their tenancy at Wimbledon Stadium. :::: MY BEST (1) The dominance of Sweden's Ove Fundin in the world championship in the 1950s and 1960s. (2) The return of American star Wilbur Lamreaux as a Wembley rider in 1948 after he had been absent from UK racing since September 1939. (3) Watching Southern Area League speedway between 1954 and 1956. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HertsRacer Posted February 19, 2017 Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 Best 1. 1st Aug 1961 when my parents took me to my first meeting, Yarmouth v Norwich ‘B’. Hooked ever since. 2. Young England v Young Czechoslovakia at Romford 1970. Best meeting ever seen. The Czechs certainly weren’t afraid of the concrete safety fence. 3. Re-birth of Wembley Lions in 1970. Even the London Evening News brought out a special edition to mark the occasion. Over 30,000 in attendance. Worst 1. As a Wimbledon supporter at the time I agree with Sidney re hearing of Tommy Jansson’s death. It was the beginning of the end for the Dons. 2. Closure of speedway at Romford in 1971. 3. The loss of so many famous stadiums to re-development. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customhouseregular Posted February 19, 2017 Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 Best...West Ham doing the treble in 1965 Bjorn Knutsson winning the World Championship in 1965 Stan Stevens holding off Barry Briggs for 4 laps at Custom House Worst...The Lokeren Tragedy Dave wills' fatal crash at Custom House Tadeusz Teodorowicz's ultimately fatal crash at Custom House Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulco Posted February 19, 2017 Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 Best - Glasgow beating Cradley Heath in the 1992 inter league cup . Glasgow clinching the 2nd division championship in 1993 , first time it had ever happened Robert Nagy winning the division 2 riders championship , again first time a Glasgow rider had done that The Shawfield era of the early nineties was Glasgow's golden age Worst - Svein Kaasa being killed at Hampden in 1972 Glasgow having to ride home meetings at Workington in 1987 Glasgow dropping down a league for the 1974 season and losing McMillan and Beaton as a consequence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney the robin Posted February 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 Best - Glasgow beating Cradley Heath in the 1992 inter league cup . Glasgow clinching the 2nd division championship in 1993 , first time it had ever happened Robert Nagy winning the division 2 riders championship , again first time a Glasgow rider had done that The Shawfield era of the early nineties was Glasgow's golden age Worst - Svein Kaasa being killed at Hampden in 1972 Glasgow having to ride home meetings at Workington in 1987 Glasgow dropping down a league for the 1974 season and losing McMillan and Beaton as a consequence Did Svein (bless him) crash with Martin Ashby Paulco.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted February 19, 2017 Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 My worst moments: i) The closure of Sunderland Speedway in 1964. ii) The closure of Sunderland Speedway in 1974. iii) Briggo failing to win the 1972 World Final - I was there and it ruined my trip home. As you can see - Sunderland has not been a very lucky place for us Speedway Fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted February 19, 2017 Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 Best. Mark Loram becoming world champion. Hackney doing the double in 88. Having the privilege of watching Barry Thomas every Friday. Worst. Vic Harding being killed and Steve Weatherley getting badly injured. Paul Muchene being killed, (thankfully I wasn't there the night of Denny Pyeatt's fatal crash.) Hackney closing midway through the 91 season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney the robin Posted February 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 My worst moments: i) The closure of Sunderland Speedway in 1964. ii) The closure of Sunderland Speedway in 1974. iii) Briggo failing to win the 1972 World Final - I was there and it ruined my trip home. As you can see - Sunderland has not been a very lucky place for us Speedway Fans. Briggo beating Mauger really put him in the driving seat i am convinced he would of won it 14 points i recon even though Ole was flying that night.I would of give anything for Barry to have equalled the GREAT Fundin's record the one that got away eh.!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruth Reddy Posted February 19, 2017 Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 Best - speedway returning to St Austell in 1958, Plymouth in 1959 and Exeter in 1960. Worst - the end of speedway at Par Moor in 1963, Pennycross in 1970 and the County Ground in 2005. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted February 19, 2017 Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 Briggo beating Mauger really put him in the driving seat i am convinced he would of won it 14 points i recon even though Ole was flying that night.I would of give anything for Barry to have equalled the GREAT Fundin's record the one that got away eh.!! Yes Sid - once he had beaten Mauger I thought - that's it. He looked really good and so fast. I will never forgive Persson for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulco Posted February 19, 2017 Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 Did Svein (bless him) crash with Martin Ashby Paulco.? Yes he clipped Ashby's back wheel . Ashby totally blameless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted February 20, 2017 Report Share Posted February 20, 2017 Best1. Seeing West Ham beat Wimbledon away in the KO Cup, 14 August 1965. The day Malcolm Simmons became a star. 2. Being at Cradley to see West Ham complete the treble in 1965. 3. Seeing Ove Fundin win the 1967 World Final as I had taken along some college chums from Norwich, who had never been to speedway before, on the (dubious) promise that Ove would win. Worst 1. The Lokeren Disaster 2. Seeing Tadeusz Teodorowicz's fatal crash 3. New Cross closing in 1963 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave the Mic Posted February 20, 2017 Report Share Posted February 20, 2017 Three best:- 1. The day I came back from a holiday to learn that PC had become world champion. I was 9. He was my first hero. 2. Havvy winning the world title in 1992 & I was there to see it. He was my latter day hero 3. My beloved Exeter winning the PL title at Workington in 2000 Three worst:- 1. Witnessing Tony Sanford losing his life at Exeter. It happened right in front of where I used to stand 2. Exeter speedway closing down 3. Any rider losing his life as a result of a track crash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waiheke1 Posted February 20, 2017 Report Share Posted February 20, 2017 Three worst: 1. Hyde rd closing 2. Darcy's career ending injuries 3. Nz gp discontinued after 3 seasons Best: 1. Aces win the bl in 1982 2. Speedway gp comes to nz 2012-2014 3. PC and mort win the world pairs in 1984. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted February 20, 2017 Report Share Posted February 20, 2017 Just off the top of my head, so may well be different and half past 5. Best: 1. Going to Poland in 1976 and seeing Peter Collins win the World Championship. 2. Swindon signing Andrew Silver after a sensational year as a number 8. I was so chuffed! 3. Standing on the grass of bends 1&2 and watching my first ever Swindon meeting in 1974. Worst: 1. Losing to Oxford any time - but particularly when they hammered us and Per Sorensen scored a paid maximum. 2. Going to a Swindon v Glasgow PL meeting having not been to Swindon for several years and feeling very sad at the tiny crowd, lack of atmosphere and boring meeting. 3. Martin Ashby coming fifth in the 1975 British Final. An awful lot of Swindon stuff going on there!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney the robin Posted February 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2017 Just off the top of my head, so may well be different and half past 5. Best: 1. Going to Poland in 1976 and seeing Peter Collins win the World Championship. 2. Swindon signing Andrew Silver after a sensational year as a number 8. I was so chuffed! 3. Standing on the grass of bends 1&2 and watching my first ever Swindon meeting in 1974. Worst: 1. Losing to Oxford any time - but particularly when they hammered us and Per Sorensen scored a paid maximum. 2. Going to a Swindon v Glasgow PL meeting having not been to Swindon for several years and feeling very sad at the tiny crowd, lack of atmosphere and boring meeting. 3. Martin Ashby coming fifth in the 1975 British Final. An awful lot of Swindon stuff going on there!! Was there Wilson beating Crash in a run off Wilson qualifying even after a fall in his first ride.What a line up that British Final was in 1975. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted February 20, 2017 Report Share Posted February 20, 2017 Was there Wilson beating Crash in a run off Wilson qualifying even after a fall in his first ride.What a line up that British Final was in 1975. What a line up the British Final was in those days full stop. Not like nowadays sadly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted February 20, 2017 Report Share Posted February 20, 2017 Best Sheffield winning the PL title in 1999/02 Sheffield winning the KO Cup in 02 Shawn Moran beating Kenny Carter in a runoff for the 1985 Overseas Final title Worst Witnessing Erik Gundersen's career ending and life changing crash at 1989 WTC at Bradford Sheffield closing in 1989. Losing the KO cup semi to Edinburgh in a last heat decider in 1999,Cost the Tigers the quadruple! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Downes Posted February 21, 2017 Report Share Posted February 21, 2017 Best. Mark Loram becoming world champion. Hackney doing the double in 88. Having the privilege of watching Barry Thomas every Friday. Worst. Vic Harding being killed and Steve Weatherley getting badly injured. Paul Muchene being killed, (thankfully I wasn't there the night of Denny Pyeatt's fatal crash.) Hackney closing midway through the 91 season. Agree 100% with your best choices Terry but as the Harding/Weatherley crash was before my time my worst 3 1) Paul Muchene killed at Hackney 2) Leif Wahlmann killed during the Euro Under 21 Final at Kings Lynn 3) Crayford 1983/Hackney 1991 closures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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