steve roberts Posted August 28, 2019 Report Share Posted August 28, 2019 2 hours ago, hagonshocker said: Great rider absolutely fabulous to watch especially in his prime, I think the most naturally talented Swedish rider since Per and Henka and that's not meant as a dig at Tony R!! Just pure pure natural ability and a lovely guy to boot Never rated Rickardsson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostwalker Posted August 28, 2019 Report Share Posted August 28, 2019 On 8/27/2019 at 5:03 PM, racers and royals said: Andreas Jonsson has announced his retirement- thanks for the memories we will have AJ Some of his merits: 7x Individual Swedish champion, 5x Swedish team champion, 9 grand prix wins, 3x Speedway world cup gold medals. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted August 29, 2019 Report Share Posted August 29, 2019 On 8/28/2019 at 1:25 PM, ChrisSimpson said: Very similar to TK from a Coventry viewpoint and potentially being a World Champion. Charismatic, Dependable and capable of beating anyone in the world day in day out. Happy Retirement AJ While I wish AJ all the best in his retirement, I don't think you can compare him to TK from a Coventry viewpoint. TK was a one club man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArthurRudge Posted August 29, 2019 Report Share Posted August 29, 2019 AJ what a guy great rider all the best to him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigACE Posted August 29, 2019 Report Share Posted August 29, 2019 Good memories of AJ. Happy retirement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyE Posted August 31, 2019 Report Share Posted August 31, 2019 Watching him at Arena when he missed the gate was a joy to behold. Enjoy your retirement AJ - you have left me with many great memories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E I Addio Posted August 31, 2019 Report Share Posted August 31, 2019 The plaudits of the previous posters say it all. Not many riders go through a whole career with barely a bad word said about them but everyone liked AJ. AJ - A massive talent, and thoroughly nice bloke. Leigh Lanham said his favourite times in the sport were riding No 2 at Lakeside with AJ at No1. Fantastic team rider . It was always amusing to see AJ coming off bend 2 and pointing to where he wanted Leigh to go, left or right, Leigh would go there and AJ would bring him home. One thing many people didn’t see was that he was meticulously organised and always treated his mechanics extremely well. All good things come to an end. Sorry to see AJ go but as has been said, he has taken a lot of knocks and I am glad to see him leave in one piece, and while he is still relatively near the top. He still rides at No1 in my dream team though. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry1603 Posted September 1, 2019 Report Share Posted September 1, 2019 Always came across as a thoroughly nice bloke as well as a very talented rider. Maybe not quite good enough to be a world champion (very few are!) but a mainstay in the GPs for many years. Have a long and happy retirement AJ and thanks for the memories. So glad he's come through it relatively unscathed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedwayTShirts Posted September 2, 2019 Report Share Posted September 2, 2019 On 8/29/2019 at 3:37 PM, iainb said: While I wish AJ all the best in his retirement, I don't think you can compare him to TK from a Coventry viewpoint. TK was a one club man I only meant from the point of view of that he could have been World Champion mate. TK was a Bee through and through 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liam Posted September 7, 2019 Report Share Posted September 7, 2019 AJ was always my favourite rider I loved watching him at Lakeside especially watching him not make the start and work his way to the front normally flying around the fence. Top bloke aswell, all in all a real class act. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted September 8, 2019 Report Share Posted September 8, 2019 I can remember AJ coming to Lynn with Coventry three times in 2001 when he hadn’t been racing here long and winning all of his 14 heats, and that was against a Lynn side containing four GP riders at that time. Fantastic rider when on it and ought to have had at least one World title on him with his talent. Best wishes to him for the future. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robinh88 Posted September 9, 2019 Report Share Posted September 9, 2019 (edited) Class act, succeeded the great Tomasz Gollob at Bydgoszcz, and did a very credible job of it. Masterful around Purfleet in 2008? Thankfully came back in 2015, for two seasons and showed his class. He's aged very well: I suspect he won't struggle post racing. Good luck Andreas Jonsson Edited September 9, 2019 by Robinh88 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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