g13webb Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 The best race I’ve ever seen is an impossible task. Over the years I have seen some truly magical races, even from riders you wouldn’t believe. There have been many times when I’ve wished the rider to miss the gate, knowing full well he would win from the back, and you imagine the excitement before it actually happened. So I started to reason what makes a race so special, Be it an impossible task, or the value of the race, the execution of the overtake, the consequences of winning, the value of the race, does riding for your team make it more important than riding for your own being. One race that includes all those attributes was back in 2012, heat 15 when Lynn held a narrow lead against Poole, and needing 3 pts to be assured of victory. Guesting for the injured Darcy Ward, Davy Watts with Chris Holder shot from the gate. Niels, with Magic in tow, gave chase. Losing 5-1 would have been disastrous. Coming out of the 4th bend, lap1, Niels takes Watts and goes after Holder. L2 B1, Magic joins the party relegating Watt to last place, giving us the 3 pts we need for an impressive win. As they start L3 the gap between Holder and Niels has halved, with Janowski not far behind. Holder is looking round in amazement as the posse closes in. As they start the last lap, Holder chooses a tight line going into bend 1, Niels goes high. Holder sees Niels line and moves out to block, but Niels is aware and he himself cuts back inside. Side by side down the back straight they go into B3. Both are going too fast and are forced to take the high line, but Niels has a narrow advantage and edges ahead. To put the icing on the cake, Magic takes advantage of the out-of-shape Holder, and moves into second for a memorable victory that was against all the odds. No, Poole didn’t have Darcy that night, but Holder was on the verge of being World Champion. Nobody had expected him to beaten that race after he had established a healthy lead. But to be relegated to 3rd was an unbelievable achievement by both Niels and Janowski, giving the Kings Lynn Stars a welcomed victory against the all conquering Pirates. A race that had it all ………. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynnboy Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 Kings Lynn vs Ipswich where Shane Parker split the Ipswich pair in heat 15 to win the meeting I think it was against Rickardson and Louis 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney the robin Posted September 18, 2018 Report Share Posted September 18, 2018 2008 Abbey Stadium Adams v Crump. Crump won heat 1 taking Adams from the back slipping through on the inside, then Adams had his revenge twice one race holding a charging Crump at bay there races were awesome. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willstaxi Posted September 19, 2018 Report Share Posted September 19, 2018 Without a doubt that the best race I can remember was the run off at Coventry for 4th place in the British championship between Ray Wilson & Martin Ashby , which decided the last place in the 1975 World Final. I have watched to race on DVD many times since and even today it still thrills me 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waiheke1 Posted September 19, 2018 Report Share Posted September 19, 2018 Hsmpel vs Emil and Emil vs Ward at NZ GPs. Gundersen's heat 20 ride at the 85 world final. Countless superb races at hyde rd over the years, but not one which shines above the others (maybe Mort beating Carter at the 83 northern league riders, or Andy Smith beating Mike Lee in the league in the same season). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner85 Posted September 19, 2018 Report Share Posted September 19, 2018 On 9/17/2018 at 4:55 AM, nw42 said: Been done to death many times but Collins v Michanek, 73 KO Cup Final run off, all square after 2 legs, Mich on Bernie Leigh's bike, PC with a broken wrist meaning he had to have the clutch lever mounted on the throttle side, lead changed hands every bend of every lap with PC claiming victory on the run to the line. My choice definitely... 16 passes in 4 laps.... one on each corner !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovalman Posted September 26, 2018 Report Share Posted September 26, 2018 2007 SGP final, Cardiff..HARRISSS!!! Sending 40000 Brits wild. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinMills Posted September 26, 2018 Report Share Posted September 26, 2018 Parker passing and re-passing louis/rickardsson in craven shield round kings lynn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavan Posted September 26, 2018 Report Share Posted September 26, 2018 Loram v Louis British Final run off 1997. After following Mark and sponsoring him since the age of 15 to see him lift his first British crown was great and the race was hard but fair. Wasnt there but go on you tube and watch Mark v the Gollobs in 2001. They try to team ride and twice Tomasz almost fences Mark only for him to get them both. Not often Mark showed emotion on track but he did crossing the line in that one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pointsmeanplayoffs Posted September 27, 2018 Report Share Posted September 27, 2018 On 9/17/2018 at 7:14 AM, g13webb said: The best race I’ve ever seen is an impossible task. Over the years I have seen some truly magical races, even from riders you wouldn’t believe. There have been many times when I’ve wished the rider to miss the gate, knowing full well he would win from the back, and you imagine the excitement before it actually happened. So I started to reason what makes a race so special, Be it an impossible task, or the value of the race, the execution of the overtake, the consequences of winning, the value of the race, does riding for your team make it more important than riding for your own being. One race that includes all those attributes was back in 2012, heat 15 when Lynn held a narrow lead against Poole, and needing 3 pts to be assured of victory. Guesting for the injured Darcy Ward, Davy Watts with Chris Holder shot from the gate. Niels, with Magic in tow, gave chase. Losing 5-1 would have been disastrous. Coming out of the 4th bend, lap1, Niels takes Watts and goes after Holder. L2 B1, Magic joins the party relegating Watt to last place, giving us the 3 pts we need for an impressive win. As they start L3 the gap between Holder and Niels has halved, with Janowski not far behind. Holder is looking round in amazement as the posse closes in. As they start the last lap, Holder chooses a tight line going into bend 1, Niels goes high. Holder sees Niels line and moves out to block, but Niels is aware and he himself cuts back inside. Side by side down the back straight they go into B3. Both are going too fast and are forced to take the high line, but Niels has a narrow advantage and edges ahead. To put the icing on the cake, Magic takes advantage of the out-of-shape Holder, and moves into second for a memorable victory that was against all the odds. No, Poole didn’t have Darcy that night, but Holder was on the verge of being World Champion. Nobody had expected him to beaten that race after he had established a healthy lead. But to be relegated to 3rd was an unbelievable achievement by both Niels and Janowski, giving the Kings Lynn Stars a welcomed victory against the all conquering Pirates. A race that had it all ………. Goosebumps thinking about that! Scenes at Lynn not seen since until last week versus Swindon. Place was jumping. Only right to mention how dignified and gracious in defeat both Middlo and Holder were in the pits immediately afterwards. They were class acts that night. Davey was gutted understandably! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.N.T. Posted October 1, 2018 Report Share Posted October 1, 2018 Harris at Cardiff 2017 Max v Sullivan at Peterborough Max v Andersen at Monmore Green Nielsen v Jessup at Birmingham Lindgren v Doyle at Warsaw Rempala at Poole Ermolenko and Correy many times Emil many times Woffinden many times Lindgren many times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willowman Posted October 1, 2018 Report Share Posted October 1, 2018 Hopefully I've got this correct: Somerset vs Rye, Heat 15, BradyK & JoshG vs EdK & NBJ. Blanket job. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScunnyDan Posted October 1, 2018 Report Share Posted October 1, 2018 The past 2 heat 15's at Scunny Heat15 Scunthorpe v Somerset (PL Playoff Final 2012) Josh Auty and Nick Morris v Jesper B Monberg and Richard Hall... Great team riding by Morris and Auty to give the Scorpions the league title with Hall on their tails for all 4 laps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted October 1, 2018 Report Share Posted October 1, 2018 Poole's race to the play-offs from being bottom of the Premiership!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bald Bloke Posted October 4, 2018 Report Share Posted October 4, 2018 (edited) On 10/1/2018 at 3:20 PM, Skidder1 said: Poole's race to the play-offs from being bottom of the Premiership!! Lynn's race to topping the league by 6 points, when written off at the start of the season, hitting bottom. Oh and making the play off final !! Edited October 4, 2018 by Bald Bloke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur54 Posted October 4, 2018 Report Share Posted October 4, 2018 Any race that had Darcy Ward in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g13webb Posted October 5, 2018 Report Share Posted October 5, 2018 9 hours ago, Arthur54 said: Any race that had Darcy Ward in What a ridiculous comment, As good as Darcy was, I saw him have a few shockers. I thought the title of this thread was quite explicit. It asked for the best race, that poster's had witnessed . I was hoping to read people account of a great race they remembered, but all we seem to be getting is anything else but. Having seen all the great riders and witness some truly wonderful races, I had to recount and remember one that was special. It wasn't difficult, just took some application, What a pity others can't do the same.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiveusaB Posted October 5, 2018 Report Share Posted October 5, 2018 1981 Penhall Olsen and Penhall Knudsen races (Wembley World Final ) hard to split which one was better ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaColette Posted October 5, 2018 Report Share Posted October 5, 2018 6 hours ago, g13webb said: What a ridiculous comment, As good as Darcy was, I saw him have a few shockers. I thought the title of this thread was quite explicit. It asked for the best race, that poster's had witnessed . I was hoping to read people account of a great race they remembered, but all we seem to be getting is anything else but. Having seen all the great riders and witness some truly wonderful races, I had to recount and remember one that was special. It wasn't difficult, just took some application, What a pity others can't do the same.. Calm down! Try not to be quite so condescending in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur54 Posted October 5, 2018 Report Share Posted October 5, 2018 (edited) 8 hours ago, g13webb said: What a ridiculous comment, As good as Darcy was, I saw him have a few shockers. I thought the title of this thread was quite explicit. It asked for the best race, that poster's had witnessed . I was hoping to read people account of a great race they remembered, but all we seem to be getting is anything else but. Having seen all the great riders and witness some truly wonderful races, I had to recount and remember one that was special. It wasn't difficult, just took some application, What a pity others can't do the same.. It's not a ridiculous comment at all, it would take to many pages up to name all the races, the list is endless Edited October 5, 2018 by Arthur54 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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