Guest Posted May 14, 2020 Report Share Posted May 14, 2020 I have a recollection that in subsequent years Eastbourne had a long standing track record although I do not have note of that time. It was set in 1936 by American rider Manuel Trujillo and stood until the late !950s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BL65 Posted May 14, 2020 Report Share Posted May 14, 2020 22 minutes ago, gustix said: I have a recollection that in subsequent years Eastbourne had a long standing track record although I do not have note of that time. It was set in 1936 by American rider Manuel Trujillo and stood until the late !950s. Trujillo had a best time of 75.2 in 1936, but George Newton had set a record of 73.8 on 10th May that year, with 'Bill Bennett' recording 73.6 on 11th October 1936. On 28th March 1937 Bennett set a new record of 68.8. 'Bill Bennett' was, in fact, George Newton. This record was still standing in 1950, as indicated in the newspaper report for the meeting on 30th July, when Harold McNaughton went close with 69.4. Subsequent record holders in the 1950s were Vic Ridgeon 68.4 (15.5.55), Mike Broadbank 67.8 (15.5.55), Merv Hannan 67.2 (26.6.55), Eric Hockaday 66.0 (30.6.56), equalled by Jimmy Heard, Frank Bettis (19.5.57), Leo McAuliffe (8.6.58) and Ivan Mauger (28.9.58), before being broken by Colin Gooddy with 65.2 (19.4.59). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BL65 Posted May 14, 2020 Report Share Posted May 14, 2020 17 hours ago, norbold said: Just to add, that when i was researching for my book, "75 Years of Eastbourne Speedway", I spent many happy days at the Colindale Newspaper Library searching through the Eastbourne Gazette and Eastbourne Courier files. I had read Homes of British Speedway, so I started my search for any mentions of speedway or dirt track racing at Arlington at the beginning of August 1928. The first mention I found, was the one I quoted above from 5 October 1928. There was absolutely nothing about speedway or dirt track racing before that. Honest, guv. Did you ever see a copy of the programme for the first meeting Norbold, with the Opening Ceremony referred to? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted May 14, 2020 Report Share Posted May 14, 2020 2 hours ago, BL65 said: Did you ever see a copy of the programme for the first meeting Norbold, with the Opening Ceremony referred to? I have seen a copy of the cover you posted before (in fact I have a copy saved in my "Eastbourne" file), but I have never seen the whole programme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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