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1 hour ago, norbold said:

Do me a favour, Sidney, I'm not as old as Gustix! 

I did see him at the end of his career at New Cross in 1961when he won two Individual Trophies, the Tom Farndon Memorial Trophy and the King of the South in 1961, beating Ove Fundin, Barry Briggs, Ronnie Moore, Peter Craven and Bjorn Knutson in the process. I felt quite privileged in seeing Youngie at his best and can only imagine what he must have been like in his prime.

A rider I would have much liked to have seen. Ivan Mauger gave him great credit as regards the help and advice he received from him when he based himself in Australia after his first attempt establishing himself in Britain was aborted.

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6 hours ago, chunky said:

Never could work out why the Internationale was the only thing they wanted. However, in later years Grandstand developed an interest in grass-track, which was surprising, and Murray Walker did those.

Ah, the hypocrite Murray Walker. 

Some years ago, the Wimborne grasstrack club were seeking a new venue and were offered land somewhere near Fordingbridge. The village locals were having none of it and one of the most vociferous opponents was one M.Walker - yes, the very same.

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6 hours ago, Blupanther said:

Listen to what Kenny Carter thinks of Muller's engine at 14.00 ...

 

I've never seen thise version. Must give it a look but quickly located Kenny's interview and he looked gob-smacked by it all!

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29 minutes ago, iris123 said:

The problem with a lot of these situations, is there is a procedure......put your money where your mouth is or keep schtum. Too many make insinuations, but do nothing further

Kenny could never resist talking off the cuff...I always thought that Gary Newbon used to seek him out for an interview as he knew that he would get a reaction from Carter for TV purposes.

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1 minute ago, steve roberts said:

Kenny could never resist talking off the cuff...I always thought that Gary Newbon used to seek him out for an interview as he knew that he would get a reaction from Carter for TV purposes.

For sure. But there have been similar remarks on tv. Thinking at the SWC with remarks from the Danes about the Polish bikes. Or even from Kelvin and the other bloke about Emil's bikes......Darcy and Holder with Smoli's bike another off the top of my head

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9 hours ago, steve roberts said:

I've never seen thise version. Must give it a look but quickly located Kenny's interview and he looked gob-smacked by it all!

Glad to see this again. Not seen this version for years. It was as i remembered, including Kenny Carter's classic interview.

ITV's coverage is quite blatantly "wink, wink, nudge, nudge". Who can ever remember the scrutineer and his nationality ever being mentioned as part of a World Final's coverage before or since? Is it some anti-German/anti-European bias on flagrant display or is it credible evidence of something more sinister? A bit of both I suspect.

Certainly, Mike Lee's insight into the track being completely different in practice to the meeting was evidence of the world's best being kept in the dark to favour their man. And just the racing itself. Even without Dave Lanning's conspiracy laced commentary,  Muller is operating at a different level to the rest. 

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