Guest Posted April 13, 2022 Report Share Posted April 13, 2022 (edited) Wednesday, April 17, 1946. Challenge Match. New Cross 46 The Rest 37. Heat 1: Ron Johnson (New Cross), Phil Bishop (New Cross), Ron Clarke (The Rest), Jack Parker (The Rest, e.f), 61.8 seconds. ***What are your first race memories? Edited April 13, 2022 by Guest spelling error Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midland Red Posted April 14, 2022 Report Share Posted April 14, 2022 My first race memory - WOW!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 14, 2022 Report Share Posted April 14, 2022 3 hours ago, Midland Red said: My first race memory - WOW!! ...please? Who? When? Where? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midland Red Posted April 14, 2022 Report Share Posted April 14, 2022 4 riders, no brakes, Brandon, 1960s - WOW!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midland Red Posted April 14, 2022 Report Share Posted April 14, 2022 55 minutes ago, JohnHyam said: ...please? Who? When? Where? Jack Biggs, Terry Betts, Bryan Elliott, Eric Boothroyd - 29 June 1963, WCQR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted April 14, 2022 Report Share Posted April 14, 2022 Monday June 17th 1968 Reading Racers v Nelson Admirals- only know 2 riders in it Nelson`s Fred Powell won it and Reading`s Dene Davies ** ** Thanks to Arnie Gibbons excellent book " Tears and Glory" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wealdstone Posted April 14, 2022 Report Share Posted April 14, 2022 Cant recall total line up but one was Bill Kitchen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryten Posted April 14, 2022 Report Share Posted April 14, 2022 1st June 1985 - Belle Vue v Swindon at Hyde Road. Morton, Simmons, Yeates, Blackbird (f). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waiheke1 Posted April 14, 2022 Report Share Posted April 14, 2022 I was at that meeting. Were you an Aces fan or a Robins fan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frigbo Posted April 14, 2022 Report Share Posted April 14, 2022 Swindon v Ipswich 1974. Ashby, Louis, Nygren, Leigh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted April 14, 2022 Report Share Posted April 14, 2022 Saturday 13th June 1964, Southern League Newport v. Long Eaton. Heat 1. Alby Golden, Jon Erskine, Ken Adams, John Mills. A 5-1 to Newport and Alby broke the Somerton Park track record at 68.4 seconds. I was sold on the sport. Jon is the only one still with us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted April 15, 2022 Report Share Posted April 15, 2022 Before I saw my first race live, I had followed speedway in the newspapers, in sports annuals and on television. My two favourite riders before I actually went to speedway were Split Waterman and Aub Lawson because I thought they had such romantic sounding names. Anyway, on to my first race. It was at New Cross on 11 May 1960, a Britannia Shield match against Norwich. The race finished 1. Aub Lawson 2. Jimmy Gooch 3. Split Waterman 4. Harry Edwards. Time 61.6. How strange was that, eh? Incidentally, with regard to John's initial post, Ron Johnson took part in the second half of my first match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andout Posted April 15, 2022 Report Share Posted April 15, 2022 My first race.....New Cross August 19th, 1959......Ronnie Moore, Peter Craven, George White, Cyril Brine.........Do I remember it? NO! But my childhood hero was in it.....Peter Craven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Downes Posted April 15, 2022 Report Share Posted April 15, 2022 Think it was April 14th 1980 Crayford verses Young Sweden at London Road Tommy Nilsson won the heat I believe - not sure of second swede, think the Kestrels pairing was Alan Johns and R/R Laurie Etheridge but that's a guess Certainly remember the riders from the second meeting more - verses Nottingham Outlaws - Mike Sampson went thru the card for a 15 point full max Looking at the date, if correct, it was 42 years ago yesterday - off for a large G&T to get over the shock of that date .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chadster Posted April 15, 2022 Report Share Posted April 15, 2022 1960, Liverpool v Shefield Bruce, Dodd, Skyner, Robinson (ns) 95.8 Can't remember it at all, but it may well have been the slowest race I've ever seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted April 15, 2022 Report Share Posted April 15, 2022 Is Dave Dodd still alive ?- last I heard a few years ago he was living in Sterling, Ontario, Canada. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burton1 Posted April 17, 2022 Report Share Posted April 17, 2022 7th July 1979 Stoke v Edinburgh Turner,gledhill,trownson,b Collins 5_1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff100 Posted April 17, 2022 Report Share Posted April 17, 2022 April 3 1970 opening meeting comets v berwick won by andy meldrum in something like 83 secs, when comets won everything in 2018 they were doing 20 seconds faster! Seem to remember Lou Sansom fell off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longlivefrankie Posted April 19, 2022 Report Share Posted April 19, 2022 (edited) Newport v Halifax 1965 Alby Golden, John Erskine, Eric Boocock, Dave Younghusband My family was sat next to Eric Boothroyd's wife (or so my late father said) in the grandstand at Somerton park I remember the elephant on the race jacket! Edited April 19, 2022 by longlivefrankie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midland Red Posted April 19, 2022 Report Share Posted April 19, 2022 On 4/15/2022 at 3:34 PM, Andy Downes said: Think it was April 14th 1980 Crayford verses Young Sweden at London Road Tommy Nilsson won the heat I believe - not sure of second swede, think the Kestrels pairing was Alan Johns and R/R Laurie Etheridge but that's a guess Certainly remember the riders from the second meeting more - verses Nottingham Outlaws - Mike Sampson went thru the card for a 15 point full max Looking at the date, if correct, it was 42 years ago yesterday - off for a large G&T to get over the shock of that date .... Looked at Speedway Researcher… Tommy Nilsson, Alan Sage, Alan Johns, Hasse Danielsson 58.2 3-3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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