g13webb Posted October 5, 2018 Report Share Posted October 5, 2018 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Arthur54 said: It's not a ridiculous comment at all, it would take to many pages up to name all the races, the list is endless I appreciate your comment, but the thread was requesting the BEST RACE you have witness. Having been a supporters for many years, I too could fill a book with ALL the brilliant races I had seen, so you have to be focused and pick one from the many, that Darcy rode in... Edited October 5, 2018 by g13webb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur54 Posted October 5, 2018 Report Share Posted October 5, 2018 1 hour ago, g13webb said: I appreciate your comment, but the thread was requesting the BEST RACE you have witness. Having been a supporters for many years, I too could fill a book with ALL the brilliant races I had seen, so you have to be focused and pick one from the many, that Darcy rode in... Ok then, gp in Poland, between Ward, Hancock, Gollob and Harris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starman2006 Posted October 5, 2018 Report Share Posted October 5, 2018 3 hours ago, Arthur54 said: It's not a ridiculous comment at all, it would take to many pages up to name all the races, the list is endless And some say Speedway is just from the front.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie17 Posted October 8, 2018 Report Share Posted October 8, 2018 Am with Willtaxi on this one.. Ashby v Wilson was best race I have ever seen. Ashby to much a gentleman gave him room outside when many wouldn’t. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted October 8, 2018 Report Share Posted October 8, 2018 3 hours ago, charlie17 said: Am with Willtaxi on this one.. Ashby v Wilson was best race I have ever seen. Ashby to much a gentleman gave him room outside when many wouldn’t. Oh God! That race! It nearly killed me, as a Swindon fan. I went to a Swindon v Ipswich meeting many years ago and there was a race between Jimmy Nilsen and Jeremy Doncaster that I thought was so good that I bought the video. I later put it on YouTube. This is it - back from the days when Swindon gave us great racing: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customhouseregular Posted October 8, 2018 Report Share Posted October 8, 2018 Not really a classic and most people would not even consider it, but as a die-hard Hammers fan...Stan Stevens holding off Barry Briggs for 4 laps at Custom House. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PC63 Posted October 8, 2018 Report Share Posted October 8, 2018 Woffy in the second semi on Saturday night, still in Bydgoszcz celebrating ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adonis Posted October 8, 2018 Report Share Posted October 8, 2018 (edited) best race I ever saw. Cooper v Agostini 1970 race of the year mallory park Edited October 8, 2018 by adonis 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szkocjasid Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 Chris Harris winning the Final at Cardiff springs to mind! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packerman Posted October 20, 2018 Report Share Posted October 20, 2018 The best race I have seen live was between Mark Loram and Billy Hamill at Poole in a meeting live on sky. They were all over the track for the whole race. At a slightly lower standard Marcus Bisson and Gordon Kennett heat 8 of a National League fixture around 1985 or 86 also at Poole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted October 20, 2018 Report Share Posted October 20, 2018 (edited) 5 hours ago, packerman said: The best race I have seen live was between Mark Loram and Billy Hamill at Poole in a meeting live on sky. They were all over the track for the whole race. At a slightly lower standard Marcus Bisson and Gordon Kennett heat 8 of a National League fixture around 1985 or 86 also at Poole. Where Loram and Hamill crashed into each other bend 4. That race is around. Either youtube or on Loramski dvd. Found it I think, though not the Sky camera version. Onto 2 hours 29 mins. Edited October 20, 2018 by Steve Shovlar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g13webb Posted October 21, 2018 Report Share Posted October 21, 2018 On 10/8/2018 at 11:01 PM, adonis said: best race I ever saw. Cooper v Agostini 1970 race of the year mallory park Yeah, I remember it well. Whether I would rate it as the best would be debatable. If this question was opened up to other sports I am sure Road Racing would have far more candidates then we get from Speedway. Hailwood Vs Agostini (Post TT meeting), and Sheene V Baker ( Anglo America Challenge) would also come into consideration. What about Rossi in the pouring rain at Doddington, all brilliant races that linger in the memories.. Probably if I was asked about the best race I had ever seen, I would pick Dave Bickers in the Trophy De Nations meeting at Shrubland Park in 1962 This was a meeting where all the best riders in the world were representing their country. A packed venue eagerly awaited the start, only to be dismayed to see home favourite Dave Bickers struggle to get his bike going. He was a 100yds last as they disappeared into the woodland circuit. It took 2 laps before he had caught up with the pack, and in the proceeding 45 mins, he waltz his magic through the entire field of 45 riders. to be in contention as they started the last lap. Jeff Smith had been battling with Torsten Hallman for supremacy the whole race, but from no-where, Bickers came and conquered all in that final race to the line. Such was the victory, the 30,000 crowd created a Buzz that everyone could feel. They had witnessed something really special but no one believed it... A truly, awesome performance, that in my eyes placed Bickers on a pedestal few have ever managed to reach.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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