wimbledonwomble Posted May 25, 2004 Report Share Posted May 25, 2004 (edited) Tonight we were discussing where Rossi sits in the scheme of things, when compared to Hailwood and Agostini. In Speedway, who are the top seven greatest ever. Here is my greatest ever top seven. If you like my dream team of all time. 1. Gundersen 2. Fundin 3. Craven 4. Moore 5. Briggs 6. Mauger 7. Rickardsson What is your top seven.? Edited May 25, 2004 by wimbledonwomble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shazzybird Posted May 26, 2004 Report Share Posted May 26, 2004 1. Unc. 2. Mudlark 3. Cocker 4. Barney 5. Mark 6. Ashley 7. Banksy Seriously in no particular order 1. Mark Loram 2. Michael Lee 3. Tony Rickardsson 4. Erik Gundersen 5. Hans Nielsen 6. Ivan Mauger 7. Barry Briggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted May 26, 2004 Report Share Posted May 26, 2004 Every time I do this I think I finish up with something different. But here goes: 1. Ove Fundin 2. Ivan Mauger 3. Tom Farndon 4. Vic Duggan 5. Vic Huxley 6. Tony Rickardsson 7. Barry Briggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mart W Posted May 26, 2004 Report Share Posted May 26, 2004 1. Ivan Mauger 2. Ove Fundin 3. Tony Rickardsson 4. Barry Briggs 5. Hans Neilsen 6. Peter Craven 7. Freddie Williams Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shazzybird Posted May 27, 2004 Report Share Posted May 27, 2004 The Greatest Seven riders ever, your top riders Surely that is Hackney Hawks they were known as the "Magnificent Seven" close enough don't you think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-DelBoyRodders- Posted May 27, 2004 Report Share Posted May 27, 2004 Best I've seen in my time: 1. Anders Michanek 2. Peter Collins 3. Erik Gundersen 4. Hans Nielsen 5. Per Jonsson 6. Tony Rickardsson 7. Phil Crump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wackie Posted May 27, 2004 Report Share Posted May 27, 2004 (edited) 1. Per Jonsson 2. Tony Rickardsson 3. Hans Nielsen 4. Erik Gundersen 5. Simon Wigg 6. Jimmy Nilsen 7. Mark Loram Edited May 27, 2004 by Wackie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave the Mic Posted May 27, 2004 Report Share Posted May 27, 2004 The best I have actually seen:- 1 Mauger 2 Nielsen 3 Rickardsson 4 Gundersen 5 PC 6 Olsen 7 Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SwineTown Posted May 27, 2004 Report Share Posted May 27, 2004 (edited) Best 7 i've seen: 1. Jason Crump 2. Leigh Adams 3. Phil Crump 4. Jimmy Nilsen 5. Greg Hancock 6. Hans Neilsen 7. Erik Gundersen edited after norbold's suggestion immediately below! Edited June 10, 2004 by SwineTown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted May 27, 2004 Report Share Posted May 27, 2004 I think we need two categories here: 1. Best of all time 2. Best I've actually seen Otherwise it sems to suggest that there were no top class riders before about 1980..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shazzybird Posted May 27, 2004 Report Share Posted May 27, 2004 huh? wasn't Ivan in the 70's and Ove and............ think you should change the date there Norbold to read 1970's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted May 27, 2004 Report Share Posted May 27, 2004 You know what I mean..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoddy Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 Best I've ever seen... 1. Hans Nielsen 2. Erik Gundersen 3. Kenny Carter 4. Jan O Pedersen 5. Gary Havelock 6. Tommy Knudsen 7. Sam Ermolenko The Danish WTC side at their best had Nielsen, Gundersen, Knudsen and Pedersen which has to be my best ever real team I've seen. My stab at top 7 ever (in order of world titles won) ... 1. Ivan Mauger 2. Ove Fundin 3. Tony Rickardsson 4. Hans Nielsen 5. Barry Briggs 6. Ronnie Moore 7. Vic Huxley Particularly tough on Gundersen, Olsen and Craven who would make my personal top 10. Can't not mention Vic Duggan and Tom Farndon just to keep Norbold smiling! Best rider never to win the world title - Jason Crump, so far! Best rider never to finish higher than 5th - Kenny Carter (I admit I just put this one in to get a mention for my favourite rider) Honourable mentions to a couple of riders who may get overlooked purely for being from an older generation - Bluey Wilkinson, Jack Parker, Jack Milne, Wilbur Lamoreaux and Bjorn Knutsson. I think these all have a decent claim to be top 7 when they were at the peak of their form. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 My stab at top 7 ever (in order of world titles won) ... 1. Ivan Mauger 2. Ove Fundin 3. Tony Rickardsson 4. Hans Nielsen 5. Barry Briggs 6. Ronnie Moore 7. Vic Huxley Can't not mention Vic Duggan and Tom Farndon just to keep Norbold smiling! Thank you Shoddy. Have I convinced you about Vic Duggan yet!!!??? Top 7 ever in order of world titles won...Vic Huxley? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 (edited) won less than Mirac ,so i see the reasoning And i guess the Danish side would be during a period when they were all talking to each other,not threatening to take out a British license,not being dropped by the manager,etc..... Edited June 1, 2004 by iris123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 Best I've seen: 1. Ivan Mauger 2. Bruce Penhall 3. Barry Briggs 4. Tony Rickardsson 5.Leigh Adams 6. Kenny Carter 7. Jason Crump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoddy Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 My stab at top 7 ever (in order of world titles won) ... 1. Ivan Mauger 2. Ove Fundin 3. Tony Rickardsson 4. Hans Nielsen 5. Barry Briggs 6. Ronnie Moore 7. Vic Huxley Can't not mention Vic Duggan and Tom Farndon just to keep Norbold smiling! Thank you Shoddy. Have I convinced you about Vic Duggan yet!!!??? Top 7 ever in order of world titles won...Vic Huxley? I mean my personal top 7 but I ranked them in the order of the titles they won rather than my 1 to 7. Maybe better punctuation would have been..."My top 7 ever, ranked in order of world titles won" Purely on the 'big stage' stats I can't see the numbers to back up Vic Duggan but I believe his record in league form was pretty convincing to say the least!!! I know riders can only beat who is around to beat and his peak years came in a bad period to judge him - I'm just going on world final (and equivalent)!!! He only won the once and made the rostrum that one time. Sorry but I am a numbers guy after all!!! Do you really think Tom Farndon was that good or is it a bit of an emotional choice??? Either way he qualifies as an all time great in my book, even from the sadley curtailed career he had - you know I have a soft spot for another rider and I find it very hard to judge just how good he was!!! Whatever there are some more dubious names mentioned in this thread than any of these!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 (edited) Sorry, Shoddy, I see what you mean now about your top 7. As far as Tom Farndon is concerned I don't think it is an emotional choice. After all I never saw him ride - I'm not that old - even though today is my first Official day of retirement! My view of Farndon is based on his achievements and what other riders said about his riding. Anyone who held every National League track record simultaneously can't be bad. He won the 1933 Star Riders' Championship and was favourite for the 1935 Final which, of course, he never competed in due to his fatal accident the night before. He was also unbeatable in the British Indivdual Match Race Championship and made the title his own beating off challenges from the likes of Vic Huxley, Dick Case, Max Grosskreutz and Ron Johnson. So much so that after his death the title was suspended until after the War. He also won the London Riders' Championship twice at a time when the title was second only to the Star Riders. He was also a regular for the England Test team. His team mate Ron Johnson said that Farndon could ride the white line as fast as other riders rode the outside of the track. Who knows what he might have achieved had he lived. Edited June 1, 2004 by norbold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian H Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 Best of all time (in no particular order) Ove Fundin Ronnie Moore Peter Craven Tom Farndon Jack Young Bjorn Knutsson Tony Rickardsson Best I have seen: Ove Fundin Ronnie Moore Barry Briggs Peter Craven Hans Neilsen Erik Gundersen Kenny Carter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlietheplasterer Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 All, the best 7 riders I have seen in no particular order are, Per Jonsson Hans Nielsen Erik Gundersen Tony Rickardsson Tomasz Gollob Bruce Penhall Shawn Moran Cheers Charlie Sharp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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