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22 minutes ago, moxey63 said:

There was a Csaky (Christian name, Laszlo) that rode the 1990 Hungarian Championship, according to Loader's Annual for 1991 (covering 1990 season). 

 

8 minutes ago, iris123 said:

Many thanks to you both. Always pleased to plug a hole in my database, however small!

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On ‎18‎.‎03‎.‎2018 at 11:50 PM, 25yearfan said:

Interesting photos!

 

What became of the speedway track in Leningrad?

Not quite sure what beacme of it, but it definitely gone now and the grounds have been built on with probably houses or a super market, I can't remember exactly what it was.

But for certain this speedway track in St. Petersburg (formerly Leningrad) does not exist anymore. 

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On 9/23/2017 at 2:05 PM, iris123 said:

1955 was the year the Aces ventured behind the iron curtain to Poland.The first team from Britain to do so.Ron Johnston was almost arrested as he stepped off the plane as he pulled out a cine camera!!Austrian riders Fritz Dirtl and Jozef Kamper were involved as a 60,000 sell out crowd,with an estimated 20,000 outside saw the Aces win in Wroclaw with 38 to Polands 21 and the Austrian Motor Rennklub last with 12.

Belle Vue won a second meeting in warsaw 66-42.One Polish qualifier for a later world final said he hoped Peter Craven would win as he was the idol of all polish children....

 

Belle Vue team wasPC,Ron Johnston,Ken Sharples,Dick Fisher,Bob Duckworth,Peter William,Fred Rogers and Arthur Wright from Bradford as a 'guest' :P

In Wroclaw Arthur Wright scored 12 and PC 11

In Warsaw PC 16,Johnston 14,Sharples 11 and Williams 9.Sharples and Johnston stood down from their last rides to allow Fisher and Brand(??)their first and only rides of the tour

 

taken from the book The Wizard of Balance

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A bit of footage of a 1957 meeting in Vienna which was billed England v Continent,but the commentator say's it is the Belle Vue team and looking on Brian Collins site it looks like it with Booey.The piece starts at 9:00.The Continent team includes Josef Seidl,Olle Nygren and Karl Killmeyer and a decent crowd too..

https://www.filmothek.bundesarchiv.de/video/584227?q=dirt+track+speedway&xm=AND&xf[0]=_fulltext&xo[0]=CONTAINS&xv[0]

http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/autengvcont.htm

 

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