Guest Posted January 28, 2019 Report Share Posted January 28, 2019 (edited) Who are - not in riding order or having seen them - your top 10 favourite American riders? Here are mine: Wilbur Lamoreaux, Jack Milne, Cordy Milne, Manuel Trujillo, Lloyd 'Sprouts' Elder, Bruce Penhall, Charles 'Pee Wee' Cullum, Mike Bast, Scott Autrey, Ernie Roccio. Edited January 29, 2019 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waiheke1 Posted January 28, 2019 Report Share Posted January 28, 2019 Shaun Moran, Kelly Moran, Bruce Penhall, Sam Ermolenko, John "cowboy" Cook, lance king, Mike faria, Bobby ott, gino manzares, Steve Lucero, Scott autrey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted January 29, 2019 Report Share Posted January 29, 2019 Wilbur Lamoreaux, Benny Kaufman, Ernie Roccio, Dewayne Keeter, Bruce Penhall, Ron Preston, Dennis Sigalos, Denny Pyeatt, Bobby Schwartz, Buddy Robinson. Steve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waiheke1 Posted January 29, 2019 Report Share Posted January 29, 2019 2 hours ago, gustix said: Who are - not in riding order or having seen them - your top 10 favourite American riders? Here are mine: Wilbur Lamoreaux, Jack Milne, Cordy Milne, Manuel Trujillo, Lloyd 'Sprouts' Elder, Bruce Penhall, Charles 'Pee Wee' Cullum, Mike Bast, Scott Autrey, Ernie Roccio. Why am I not surprised to see the great mike bast on this list speedy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted January 29, 2019 Report Share Posted January 29, 2019 6 minutes ago, waiheke1 said: Why am I not surprised to see the great mike bast on this list speedy? I'm shocked he didn't fill all ten places! Steve 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney the robin Posted January 29, 2019 Report Share Posted January 29, 2019 Scott Autrey, Bruce Penhall,Dennis Sigalos, Kelly/ Shawn Moran, John Cook, Lance King, Sprouts Elder, Mike Bast, Alan Christian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 29, 2019 Report Share Posted January 29, 2019 I would emphasise that the title of the thread is '10 FAVOURITE American riders', not '10 BEST American riders'. I mention this in case there is any confusion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waiheke1 Posted January 29, 2019 Report Share Posted January 29, 2019 I think its pretty clear noone is confused in that regard, given that Greg Hancock hasn't made any lists but others such as Lucero, pyeatt and Alan Christian have? Unless you are implying mike bast would have filled all ten slots if this was a greatest riders list. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney the robin Posted January 29, 2019 Report Share Posted January 29, 2019 24 minutes ago, waiheke1 said: I think its pretty clear noone is confused in that regard, given that Greg Hancock hasn't made any lists but others such as Lucero, pyeatt and Alan Christian have? Unless you are implying mike bast would have filled all ten slots if this was a greatest riders list. What is your opinion of Mike Bast 1.??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 29, 2019 Report Share Posted January 29, 2019 (edited) This thread sadly is going off topic. The status of a rider is not the key theme - it's just a request for the names of a viewer's 10 FAVOURITE American riders. A rider's achievements are immaterial - just name the riders YOU LIKE most. Simple! Going off topic myself this is how Mike Bast is viewed in the USA with recognition in the prestige AMA Hall of Fame: Mike Bast USA speedway http://www.motorcyclemuseum.org/halloffame/detail.aspx?RacerID=125 Edited January 29, 2019 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalterPlinge Posted January 29, 2019 Report Share Posted January 29, 2019 (edited) On 1/29/2019 at 8:10 AM, Sidney the robin said: What is your opinion of Mike Bast ? He thinks he was a leg - end. (doesn't specify which end of the leg) Edited January 30, 2019 by WalterPlinge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted January 29, 2019 Report Share Posted January 29, 2019 Really difficult this one and I have to include Sprouts Elder for his name if nothing else! Based on riders I have seen: Autrey, Kelly & Shawn Moran, Preston, Caruso, Schwartz, Penhall, McKnight, Cook...and dare I say Gresham although he used to annoy the hell out of me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted January 29, 2019 Report Share Posted January 29, 2019 Tbh in most of these categories I am struggling to come up with 10 riders who count as ‘favourites’ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalterPlinge Posted January 29, 2019 Report Share Posted January 29, 2019 3 hours ago, gustix said: An interesting item about Putt Mossman but what relevance has it to do with Mike Bast? Since you wrote it, I (wrongly) assumed you'd be able to read it. But since you've clearly failed to read it properly, I'll explain in simple words... The previous poster asked for your opinion of Mike Bast. I posted a link which clearly showed your opinion was that Mike Bast was (and i quote) a "Leg - End". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted January 29, 2019 Report Share Posted January 29, 2019 3 hours ago, WalterPlinge said: He thinks he was a leg - end. (doesn't specify which end of the leg) Now Dave DeTemple ... there was an American leg-end! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frigbo Posted January 29, 2019 Report Share Posted January 29, 2019 Jeez I must be bored.... In no particular order: McConnell Gresham Sigalos Cook Penhall Autrey Columbo Nutter B.Bast Ott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted January 29, 2019 Report Share Posted January 29, 2019 Kelly & Shawn...I'm with Carter on the rest of 'em. Too much whooping and yee-hawing for my liking. Oh Randy Green, even though he was hopeless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 30, 2019 Report Share Posted January 30, 2019 (edited) On 1/28/2019 at 9:32 PM, gustix said: Who are - not in riding order or having seen them - your top 10 favourite American riders? Here are mine: Wilbur Lamoreaux, Jack Milne, Cordy Milne, Manuel Trujillo, Lloyd 'Sprouts' Elder, Bruce Penhall, Charles 'Pee Wee' Cullum, Mike Bast, Scott Autrey, Ernie Roccio. It's interesting to recap on one's nominees for this thread. I first saw Wilbur Lamoreaux ride for Wembley in a match at New Cross in 1948. I only ever saw Bruce Penhall once- when he won his world title at Wembley in the early 1980s. My first sight of Charles 'Pee Wee' Cullum was as a Belle Vue rider, again at New Cross in 1949. And Scott Autrey as an Exeter rider at Wimbledon in the 1970s. Ernie Roccio when he was a Wimbledon rider in the early 1950s. Of those who I never saw ride the one who I would liked to have seen is Manuel Trujillo - once described by Jack Milne as 'speedway's most spectacular leg trailer'. Edited January 30, 2019 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briggo Posted January 30, 2019 Report Share Posted January 30, 2019 (edited) My favourite 10 are : McKnight, Autrey, Woods, Keeter, Hancock, Nutter, M. Bast, S. Bast, K. Moran and Penhall Was never a fan of Gresham or Siggy Edited January 30, 2019 by briggo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 30, 2019 Report Share Posted January 30, 2019 52 minutes ago, briggo said: My favourite 10 are : McKnight, Autrey, Woods, Keeter, Hancock, Nutter, M. Bast, S. Bast, K. Moran and Penhall Was never a fan of Gresham or Siggy I remember the very brief UK stay by Steve Bast. Didn't he sign for Wembley in 1970, stayed about a week, then went back to the USA claiming it was too cold and damp in the UK and that he didn't like British food. I think his UK mentor was Bert Harkins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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