Guest Posted January 23, 2022 Report Share Posted January 23, 2022 (edited) Dave Stevens was a prominent freelance speedway journalist from the mid-1950s into the early 1970s. Much of his work was for the dear old 'Speedway World'. He was also the Publicity Manager in this period for tracks promoted by Len Silver and Wally Mawdsley. At the end of the 1960s I think he was also team manager at Canterbury. After that 'he vanished' from the sport. Can anyone please provide more details about him? Thank you. Edited January 27, 2022 by Guest type face Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted January 24, 2022 Report Share Posted January 24, 2022 Is Dave still with us- I remember him in the famous photo of the 1965 promoters meeting- I think Reg Fearman is the only one on that photo who is still alive unless Dave is. Dave wasn't a promoter but I think he was the secretary of the Promoters Association perhaps. Hey John don't delete your threads- I was about to answer your thread on Jim Heard till it disappeared. I for one am interested in your threads on 1950's riders. Cheers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 24, 2022 Report Share Posted January 24, 2022 6 hours ago, BOBBATH said: Is Dave still with us- I remember him in the famous photo of the 1965 promoters meeting- I think Reg Fearman is the only one on that photo who is still alive unless Dave is. Dave wasn't a promoter but I think he was the secretary of the Promoters Association perhaps. Hey John don't delete your threads- I was about to answer your thread on Jim Heard till it disappeared. I for one am interested in your threads on 1950's riders. Cheers. My apologies for deleting the Jim Heard thread. Here is the restored thread link. http://www.speedwaymuseumonline.co.uk/jimheard.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 24, 2022 Report Share Posted January 24, 2022 7 hours ago, BOBBATH said: Is Dave still with us- I remember him in the famous photo of the 1965 promoters meeting- I think Reg Fearman is the only one on that photo who is still alive unless Dave is. Dave wasn't a promoter but I think he was the secretary of the Promoters Association perhaps. Hey John don't delete your threads- I was about to answer your thread on Jim Heard till it disappeared. I for one am interested in your threads on 1950's riders. Cheers. 11 minutes ago, JohnHyam said: My apologies for deleting the Jim Heard thread. Here is the restored thread link. http://www.speedwaymuseumonline.co.uk/jimheard.html This Link - hopefully! - gives career details of many former riders BOBBATH: http://www.speedwaymuseumonline.co.uk/riders profiles.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 24, 2022 Report Share Posted January 24, 2022 (edited) On 1/23/2022 at 10:21 PM, JohnHyam said: Dave Stevens was a prominent freelance speedway journalist from the mid-1950s into the early 1970s. Much of his work was for the dear old 'Speedway World'. He was also the Publicity Manager in this period for tracks promoted by Len Silver and Wally Mawdsley. At the end of the 1960s I think he was also team manager at Canterbury. After that 'he vanished' from the sport. Can anyone please provide more details about him? Thank you. The thread has deviated from its main theme. It should be in regard to speedway journalist Dave Stevens. Edited January 25, 2022 by Guest spelling error Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted January 24, 2022 Report Share Posted January 24, 2022 I do remember Wally Mawdsley. Sure he was a promoter somewhere. name rings a bell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Central Posted January 24, 2022 Report Share Posted January 24, 2022 I seem to remember a Speedway rider called Stan Stevens. Am I befuddled ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted January 24, 2022 Report Share Posted January 24, 2022 38 minutes ago, Grand Central said: I seem to remember a Speedway rider called Stan Stevens. Am I befuddled ? Yes you are. His name was "Laurel"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 24, 2022 Report Share Posted January 24, 2022 (edited) 19 hours ago, JohnHyam said: Dave Stevens was a prominent freelance speedway journalist from the mid-1950s into the early 1970s. Much of his work was for the dear old 'Speedway World'. He was also the Publicity Manager in this period for tracks promoted by Len Silver and Wally Mawdsley. At the end of the 1960s I think he was also team manager at Canterbury. After that 'he vanished' from the sport. Can anyone please provide more details about him? Thank you. Dave Stevens is IMO one of "speedway's mystery men." And GRAND CENTRAL there was a rider named Stan Stevens. Try this Link for details on him: https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/2796/stan-stevens Edited January 24, 2022 by Guest updated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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