ONTWOMINUTES Posted August 16, 2020 Report Share Posted August 16, 2020 4 minutes ago, steve roberts said: I went to Middlesborough years ago and seeing the AI flyover shown on the clip always makes me try and locate the old site (without any luck) as I use that road quite often as I head upto Sunderland and beyond. Cleveland Park was located almost partly under the flyover on the south side of the water . I remember as a child seeing on a few occasions car's pulling up on the exit of the flyover to have a quick watch of a heat or two before the Copper's turned up to move them on lol. If you look for it now it's five-a-side football pitches ( the cage type). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted August 16, 2020 Report Share Posted August 16, 2020 (edited) 50 minutes ago, steve roberts said: I went to Middlesborough years ago and seeing the AI flyover shown on the clip always makes me try and locate the old site (without any luck) as I use that road quite often as I head upto Sunderland and beyond. Yeah I went the once, really enjoyed it and the thing I remember about it the most was that they had a type of "Briggo Wonder Wheel" years before Briggo came up with the idea. Wasn't the track at the A66/A19 intersection? Edited August 16, 2020 by iainb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted August 16, 2020 Report Share Posted August 16, 2020 16 minutes ago, ONTWOMINUTES said: Cleveland Park was located almost partly under the flyover on the south side of the water . I remember as a child seeing on a few occasions car's pulling up on the exit of the flyover to have a quick watch of a heat or two before the Copper's turned up to move them on lol. If you look for it now it's five-a-side football pitches ( the cage type). Thanks for that! Next time I'm on that stretch I'll look out for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONTWOMINUTES Posted August 16, 2020 Report Share Posted August 16, 2020 9 minutes ago, iainb said: Yeah I went the once, really enjoyed it and the thing I remember about it the most was that the had a type of "Briggo Wonder Wheel" years before Briggo came up with the idea. Wasn't the track at the A66/A19 intersection? Correct on both , Tony swales always prepped a very good track - wonder wheel followed by some sort of wire fencing to scatter the shale material evenly . I don't think many tracks were as good. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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steve roberts Posted August 19, 2020 Report Share Posted August 19, 2020 2 minutes ago, Blupanther said: Never a fan of Shirra but a briilliant tactical ride! Out foxed Ermolenko. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted August 20, 2020 Report Share Posted August 20, 2020 16 hours ago, steve roberts said: Out foxed Ermolenko. Caught with his trousers down , Clive Fisher always had a good turn of phrase 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted August 22, 2020 Report Share Posted August 22, 2020 On 8/16/2020 at 9:33 AM, ONTWOMINUTES said: Correct on both , Tony swales always prepped a very good track - wonder wheel followed by some sort of wire fencing to scatter the shale material evenly . I don't think many tracks were as good. Tony was always developing equipment usually based on agriculture machine equipment. He was an engineer that worked on farming equipment as a living. He used to try things out at Newcastle such as fine sprayers behind a tractor instead go water dripping down, spraying equipment with the long arms out. He wasn't for deep lumpy tracks, but smooth tracks moist on the top, from a good and regular watering. Did the same for Hull and Worky and Redcar. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortythirtyeight Posted August 26, 2020 Report Share Posted August 26, 2020 On 8/16/2020 at 9:05 AM, steve roberts said: I went to Middlesborough years ago and seeing the AI flyover shown on the clip always makes me try and locate the old site (without any luck) as I use that road quite often as I head upto Sunderland and beyond. Cleveland Park Stadium was underneath the A19 ‘ flyover ‘ southbound slip road to the A66 East. if you were on the A1 it’s no wonder you didn’t find it. The site is now a college and because of the sport covenant on the original site they also built a 5-a- side Football multi pitch, that’s how councils get around such clauses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted August 26, 2020 Report Share Posted August 26, 2020 48 minutes ago, Fortythirtyeight said: Cleveland Park Stadium was underneath the A19 ‘ flyover ‘ southbound slip road to the A66 East. if you were on the A1 it’s no wonder you didn’t find it. The site is now a college and because of the sport covenant on the original site they also built a 5-a- side Football multi pitch, that’s how councils get around such clauses. Sorry I did mean the A19...confused or what! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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steve roberts Posted September 7, 2020 Report Share Posted September 7, 2020 5 hours ago, Blupanther said: Brilliant ride...inside and out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chadster Posted September 7, 2020 Report Share Posted September 7, 2020 (edited) On 9/7/2020 at 6:14 AM, steve roberts said: Brilliant ride...inside and out! Was at that meeting. Carter broke the track record in his first ride, which didn't sit well with the crowd. Morton came out the next ride and was obviously going for the record and the crowd really got behind him, though he was ahead by a mile. When it was announced that he'd smashed Carter's record the noise was tremendous. And if it needs saying, what a great track Hyde Road was. Edited September 8, 2020 by Chadster clarification 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluPanther Posted October 16, 2020 Report Share Posted October 16, 2020 A very bad off for Ivan in this one... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenryW Posted October 16, 2020 Report Share Posted October 16, 2020 It's fun to look back at these old videos and compare them with modern times....Lee would have been warned for the ridiculous jump start in the first race of his that they showed and then he would have been excluded with his jump in the second race of his they showed. If he had even still been in the semi final after that exclusion, he definitely would have been gone for tape charging there... Also, much as I love the old Dave Lanning commetary..."It's a very even break" he says, and then tells us Betzl has been left....How is that even when one of the two title contenders is waaay behind the other But, the main thing that I wondered about during that video, as it's something that I have often contemplated when watching these old videos...What were those people typing about behind Dickie Davies? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted October 17, 2020 Report Share Posted October 17, 2020 Was never really a fan of Longtrack racing...too much emphasis on the bike. Interesting archive film all the same and another example of how speedway has missed the attention of "World of Sport" which, personally, I feel was a big reason why speedway began to slide down the popularity polls. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted October 17, 2020 Report Share Posted October 17, 2020 8 hours ago, HenryW said: Also, much as I love the old Dave Lanning commetary..."It's a very even break" he says, and then tells us Betzl has been left....How is that even when one of the two title contenders is waaay behind the other "He looks like a flying hairpin"... you don't get Speedway commentary like that anymore, brilliant! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted October 17, 2020 Report Share Posted October 17, 2020 (edited) 14 minutes ago, iainb said: "He looks like a flying hairpin"... you don't get Speedway commentary like that anymore, brilliant! No "shouting hysterical" commentary that is common place on sports broadcasts nowadays...one reason I don't watch sport on TV. Edited October 17, 2020 by steve roberts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno Posted October 17, 2020 Report Share Posted October 17, 2020 Can't remember Ivan having too many injuries in his career Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted October 17, 2020 Report Share Posted October 17, 2020 1 minute ago, bruno said: Can't remember Ivan having too many injuries in his career I remember he broke an ankle during his time at Newcastle prior to the British Final (?) one season. Seem to recall he broke both wrists after crashing during the 1972 World Pairs Final which didn't apparently hinder him too much. Other than that a pretty injury free career. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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