steve roberts Posted May 14, 2023 Report Share Posted May 14, 2023 16 minutes ago, chunky said: Okay, I hadn't really woken up when I responded! Still, that average would make him a heat leader today! EDIT: Just checked, and I didn't realise Einar only averaged 0.63 for you. Scored 3 points in 19 rides... ...I was at Swindon the afternoon he registered a full 15 point maximum for King's Lynn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted May 14, 2023 Report Share Posted May 14, 2023 6 minutes ago, steve roberts said: ...I was at Swindon the afternoon he registered a full 15 point maximum for King's Lynn! The only one he ever scored! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted May 14, 2023 Report Share Posted May 14, 2023 29 minutes ago, chunky said: The only one he ever scored! If I remember one time "Robin" Edgar Stangeland explained to him the best way to ride the track? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted May 14, 2023 Report Share Posted May 14, 2023 Les Owen - muscles - came to a sad end! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted May 15, 2023 Report Share Posted May 15, 2023 Niss Nielsen (not sure if I've spelt his name correctly?) who had trials with Oxford in 1974. If I recall he went on tour with the "Rebels" to the Netherlands? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyMac Posted May 15, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2023 On 5/11/2023 at 11:24 AM, salty said: Predictable afraid, but as a Cradley fan i have to go with Erik and Janno. Erik was a Dudley Wood legend with 3 World titles under his belt, but also blessed with a lovely character which meant he was (afaik) popular with most in the sport. His accident at Odsal finished his career but in typical Erik fashion he has maintained a great outlook on life and it is good to see him still involved in the sport. Janno took a bit longer to get to World class status but by the time of clinching his World title was clearly well deserving of the Championship. Sadly we will never know how many other titles he could have accrued as he was another who retired prematurely through injury. Finally, special mention to Kristian Praestbro, who was, (for Dan McCormick) a fairly unsung signing from Belle Vue in 1978. Not only did he have 2 excellent point scoring seasons as a Heathen, he also played a massive role in helping Erik in his formative time at Cradley. Great point about Kristian. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyMac Posted May 15, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2023 On 5/11/2023 at 11:49 AM, chunky said: I remember a lot of the early Danes, like Godtfred Andreasen at Oxford, Erik Tilgaard (Newcastle), the Boghs, Kurt and Ernst, King's Lynn's Jan Henningsen, and Finn Thomsen's buddy at Wolves, Leif Berlin. Amazing to think that in those days, we needed a combined Norway/Denmark team as the Norwegians greatly outnumbered the Danes! Later on, we had world-beaters like Sheffield's Flemming Rasmussen, Rene Christiansen (Eastbourne), and the worst speedway rider most of us have seen, Claes Jensen. Surprised there is no mention of Klaus Lohmann above... Unfortunately, we couldn't find any decent available footage of Klaus (or the others you mention), otherwise he would be on the DVD. Nice bloke - it was a pleasure to meet him in Denmark for an interview for our Memories of Halifax Speedway DVD. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted May 15, 2023 Report Share Posted May 15, 2023 1 minute ago, TonyMac said: Unfortunately, we couldn't find any decent available footage of Klaus (or the others you mention), otherwise he would be on the DVD. Nice bloke - it was a pleasure to meet him in Denmark for an interview for our Memories of Halifax Speedway DVD. Yeah, well he wasn't really around for that long, and of course, we didn't have all the footage accessible back then. Sorry to say, most of the others were pre-Lohmann, or just too poor to receive any coverage! At least Klaus was decent... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split Posted May 15, 2023 Report Share Posted May 15, 2023 On 5/14/2023 at 12:20 PM, steve roberts said: Was it a "coming together" with Les Owen as Owen was one who was never that well received at Cowley from what I remember in the latter years. Yes, I think it was Les Owen who was the other rider involved in that crash. Ironically Owen later had a crash which left him paralysed down one side and with brain injuries and short term memory loss. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted May 15, 2023 Report Share Posted May 15, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Split said: Yes, I think it was Les Owen who was the other rider involved in that crash. Ironically Owen later had a crash which left him paralysed down one side and with brain injuries and short term memory loss. I last saw Les at the British GP at Brandon four years before he passed, and it was heartbreaking to see... Edited May 15, 2023 by chunky 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyMac Posted May 23, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2023 (edited) The first Dane I saw was Ole Olsen starring for Wolves in the opening meeting of the 1971 season at Hackney. Within days I saw Preben Rosenkilde, who had low-key spells for both Hackney and West Ham in '71. Later, we had Finn Thomsen, Bo Petersen and Jens Rasmussen at The Wick. Finn was a class act and a good team-man - an excellent skipper always helping his team-mates and shrewd mechanically. But I always felt that he rode within himself in league and other domestic meetings, saving his best efforts for the World Championship. Maybe that is being a bit harsh on him, but that's how it appeared to me. Perhaps the broken thigh he suffered at Wolves in 1977, the year before he joined Hawks, was in the back of his mind? He did, though, always get fired up when competing against Billy Sanders. There was history there. Edited May 23, 2023 by TonyMac 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted May 23, 2023 Report Share Posted May 23, 2023 2 hours ago, TonyMac said: The first Dane I saw was Ole Olsen starring for Wolves in the opening meeting of the 1971 season at Hackney. Within days I saw Preben Rosenkilde, who had low-key spells for both Hackney and West Ham in '71. Later, we had Finn Thomsen, Bo Petersen and Jens Rasmussen at The Wick. Finn was a class act and a good team-man - an excellent skipper always helping his team-mates and shrewd mechanically. But I always felt that he rode within himself in league and other domestic meetings, saving his best efforts for the World Championship. Maybe that is being a bit harsh on him, but that's how it appeared to me. Perhaps the broken thigh he suffered at Wolves in 1977, the year before he joined Hawks, was in the back of his mind? He did, though, always get fired up when competing against Billy Sanders. There was history there. Preben Rosenkilde replaced the ill-fated Svein Kaasa at Cowley on the recommendation of Garry Middleton if I recall. He didn't last that long and re-appeared briefly for Newport in 1976 if I remember? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frigbo Posted May 23, 2023 Report Share Posted May 23, 2023 4 hours ago, steve roberts said: Preben Rosenkilde replaced the ill-fated Svein Kaasa at Cowley on the recommendation of Garry Middleton if I recall. He didn't last that long and re-appeared briefly for Newport in 1976 if I remember? https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/2451/preben-rosenkilde 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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