Falcon1983 Posted May 4, 2020 Report Share Posted May 4, 2020 Never nice to see riders crash and hope on every occasion they walk away healthy as possible. However some are quite spectacular, some are ball breaking and you also see the odd comical ones where the rider may even feel silly. Post a crash thread. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted May 4, 2020 Report Share Posted May 4, 2020 54 minutes ago, Falcon1983 said: Never nice to see riders crash and hope on every occasion they walk away healthy as possible. However some are quite spectacular, some are ball breaking and you also see the odd comical ones where the rider may even feel silly. Post a crash thread. Forgotten how narrow the Poole track once was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple.H. Posted May 4, 2020 Report Share Posted May 4, 2020 That happened at Oxford early 80s in a challenge against an Italian touring side. One of the Italians fell and his helmet came off, they said at the time it was due to his helmet having a chin strap instead of a strap that went under his chin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted May 4, 2020 Report Share Posted May 4, 2020 7 minutes ago, Triple.H. said: That happened at Oxford early 80s in a challenge against an Italian touring side. One of the Italians fell and his helmet came off, they said at the time it was due to his helmet having a chin strap instead of a strap that went under his chin. I missed that match as I was on holiday taking in a meeting at Eastbourne. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehone Posted May 5, 2020 Report Share Posted May 5, 2020 think i was on the centre for this and all i can remember is that helmet going and Colin's head is in it. his wife Sue took toilet roll around after that as she said she rubbish herself .. lovely couple Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatface Posted May 5, 2020 Report Share Posted May 5, 2020 13 hours ago, Falcon1983 said: Never nice to see riders crash and hope on every occasion they walk away healthy as possible. However some are quite spectacular, some are ball breaking and you also see the odd comical ones where the rider may even feel silly. Post a crash thread. Yep, never nice when someone hurts themselves. There were a couple of other crashes around that time involving the Falcons that you couldn't help but smirk at after the riders emerged unscathed. One involved Richard Green (of course), whose cut out failed and the bike chased him across the centre green. The other was Mark Simmonds somehow finding himself sliding astride the Exeter solid steel fence and he took out a red light on the way. He literally had sparks flying from his nether regions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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geoff100 Posted May 5, 2020 Report Share Posted May 5, 2020 was once at exeter must have been when the comets were their after a crash on the first bend a bike still running stood up and was going straight for some people sat in wheelchairs under the rugby posts,their helpers just ran thankfully the bike missed everyone, good to have a laugh about it now but a bit of a scare at the time . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted May 5, 2020 Report Share Posted May 5, 2020 9 minutes ago, Shrimmy said: Blimey! Obviously the cut-out didn't cut-out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigACE Posted May 5, 2020 Report Share Posted May 5, 2020 Worst part of our Sport. As soon as one happens i am there saying, Get up, So i know you are ok. More often than not they get up as if nothing just happened. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screm Posted May 5, 2020 Report Share Posted May 5, 2020 And yes he did get up and walk away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Posted May 5, 2020 Report Share Posted May 5, 2020 It's funny how the vast majority of Speedway fans say they hate seeing crashes and yet crashes and cock ups DVD's outsell all the others by a wide margin. I'm quite happy to put my hand up and say that I like watching crashes if nobody is seriously hurt and that includes my own and those of my kids! Good to see one from a different angle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted May 5, 2020 Report Share Posted May 5, 2020 53 minutes ago, screm said: And yes he did get up and walk away Astonishing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted May 5, 2020 Report Share Posted May 5, 2020 5 hours ago, Shrimmy said: I like the bloke stepping casually out of the way while eating his burger! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSC67 Posted May 5, 2020 Report Share Posted May 5, 2020 1 hour ago, steve roberts said: Astonishing! Not only did he walk away , he came out and beat Havvy next time out 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted May 6, 2020 Report Share Posted May 6, 2020 I seem to remember a rider hitting one of the floodlight posts back in the late 70's or early 80's at Blackbird road and bringing the post down... maybe Mike Lanham or Mike Farrel?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted May 6, 2020 Report Share Posted May 6, 2020 (edited) One of the worse crashes I saw at Cowley was when 'Joe' Gooddy's bike stalled down the back straight. Bobby Beaton was following closely and couldn't avoid him and went over the fence. We were fearing the worse but Bobby was up and riding at Glasgow's next meeting. Tough breed these speedway riders! Edited May 6, 2020 by steve roberts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted May 6, 2020 Report Share Posted May 6, 2020 23 minutes ago, iainb said: I seem to remember a rider hitting one of the floodlight posts back in the late 70's or early 80's at Blackbird road and bringing the post down... maybe Mike Lanham or Mike Farrel?? May have been Mike Lanham? I think Tony Davey's career ended at Leicester after suffering a particularly bad broken leg after not long coming back from injury. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piotr Pyszny Posted May 6, 2020 Report Share Posted May 6, 2020 19 hours ago, Vince said: It's funny how the vast majority of Speedway fans say they hate seeing crashes and yet crashes and cock ups DVD's outsell all the others by a wide margin. I'm quite happy to put my hand up and say that I like watching crashes if nobody is seriously hurt and that includes my own and those of my kids! Good to see one from a different angle! Guy in the lead popping wheelies down the straights. That sort of showboating never ends well! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo Posted May 7, 2020 Report Share Posted May 7, 2020 19 hours ago, iainb said: I seem to remember a rider hitting one of the floodlight posts back in the late 70's or early 80's at Blackbird road and bringing the post down... maybe Mike Lanham or Mike Farrel?? Mike Lanham ran into the back of Gordon Kennett when his bike packed up on the home straight in a Border Trophy meeting against Kings Lynn in 1983. Certainly one of the worst crashes I have seen. I remember Mike Farrell breaking his femur at some point but cannot recall the specific crash. The other one that sticks in my mind was Chris Holder at Coventry. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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