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How so, IMO neither rider was at fault, just a racing incident.

Nobody’s fault there but if someone has to go it’s pedersen for me

Hats off to all the editorial and production staff bringing us a quality magazine in these very trying times for all. Well done guys

I seem to remember in the early days of the Mail there being two separate sellers at Hackney, and both would be extolling you to buy either the Star or the Mail as you queued to get out at the end of the meeting. "Get your this week's Star" would be followed by "Get your Mail here". Then a wag in the crowd would shout out "Get (or was it Got?!) your Female Here!" Happy days.

Repeating my own post, doubt anyone will mind: That's a blooming shame, he guested for Hull a few times as Ian Thomas said "I booked Wilkie because you know what you will get; total effort, no more and no less". I was at his 'benefit' at Belle Vue in 1979, 'The Wilkie 4's' and such was his standing in speedway I don't think one rider, certainly none of the stars, dropped out - it was a seriously wet meet too riders covered in wet sludge, but they still rode. RIP....

Glad we are back talking about speedway-all I wanna do here is learn about Old Time Speedway (or as I am beginning to think VERY old Time Speedway). Re the post mentioning Ken McKinlay in the 1956 World Final- I have the Maurice Jones book"World Speedway Final -A History from 1929" Great book easy to read and ended with the World Final of 1978( it was published in 1979). So I am aware of Ken McKinlay's outstanding performance in the 1956 WF. In 1979 I had moved to Calgary in my so-called oil industry (boo) career. I used to have to travel to all sorts of places in Saskatchewan- remember being in Kindersley, Sask and reading this book at a local steakhouse ( I dined alone but you are never really alone if you have a book to read)- however I digress. My main point is does anybody in forumland recall this WF and did they think Ken McKinlay was bound to be a World Champion one day . BTW -a tip to those in a restaurant dining alone who are trying to catch the eye of a waiter-just pull out a book start reading it like you don't give a s**t how quick the service is and it looks like you are taking root there- they're over like a shot to take your order. Trust me it works(if you want super fast service pull out a copy of "War and Peace"!!). As an aside is Maurice Jones still with us or has he checked out to the big publishing house in the sky??

We move on to tomorrow`s 2 matches Sunday July 26th Grudziadz v Gorzow programme starts 3pm 1st race 3.30pm N sport and Premier Sport 2 ( 3.30pm) Sunday July 26th Czestochowa v leszno programme starts 6pm 1st race 6.15pm N sport and Premier Sport 2 (6.15pm) Links http://spedway.ucoz.lv/ https://daddylive.live/embed/stream-75.php http://www.drhtv.com.pl/drhtv-3.html Racecards Grudziadz v Gorzow pages 18 and 19 https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:2cac2bff-db69-4e97-98ff-7fb71964e015#pageNum=1 Czestochowa v Leszno pages 30 and 31 https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:8b3be8dc-8f4d-4574-ac18-f395ca5e2dde

I always thought that Alan Wilkinson, like Bob Kilby, was the epitome of what a speedway should be. A hard solid but fair rider,

That's the way I seen it trouble is had that been Niki on the outside people would still have blamed Niki

He is box office. In most races there is something to talk about. We'll miss him when he is retired.

Tommy Miller appeared in the same Bulls team as Ken McKinlay at the Bothwell (Glasgow) training track at the end of 1949, where he was discovered by White City. He proceeded to top score for the Tigers in Division 2 in 1950 with 251 league points and a 9.78 average. Miller upped his average to 10.70 in 1951, then achieved 10.91 and 10.81 in the next two seasons. In the 1953 league season he only dropped 3 points at home. Miller outscored McKinlay in each of the 4 seasons they rode together for White City. When White City closed, Miller joined second division Motherwell for a fee of £1,500 in 1954. His league average dipped to 7.70 and it was said that he was not popular with the fans, so he moved on to Coventry, also in Division 2, part-way through the season, for a much-reduced fee, managing to average 9.90 for the Bees in the league. A significant dip in his scores followed in 1955 and 1956, with his average dropping to 7.47 and 6.69 respectively. Coventry fans blamed Miller for the poor performance of the team and he was released, before joining 2nd Division Oxford for the latter part of the season, where his average was just 4.29. With White City closing at the beginning of 1954, Edinburgh pulling out of the league early on and Motherwell struggling on to the end of the season before closing, Tommy Miller had no choice of tracks north of the border and maybe this was a contributory factor in his rapid departure from the sport.

Gollob and Lindgren in the past were amazing

Ostrow 49 Daugavpils 41

It’s always been like that but the fence line has been a great source of passing in the past

I'm really getting into Polish Speedway. Was always a quick skim in the past to see if any Eastbourne riders got a mention. Following it now and reading the heat details.

Yeah you can't play the same card twice, won't work, oh well. Maybe next year though ....

Your were too busy ordering Panto tickets.

Sequence of events: Heat 9 takes place in heavy rain. Rain continues. Racing suspended for extensive track work. Sun comes out as the TV returns. Still work to do. It is possible for a heavy rain shower to be followed by sunshine.

Me or we too, in addition to the nearby Scunny we had plans to take in Sheffield, Belle Vue, maybe Redcar & Peterborough and possibly Wolves. Though Peterbrough soon became a 'prob not' due to the disabled parking issues; no iffs or buts sadly it would likely have been too far for my mate's dad to walk from the parking area to the stand, or at least the stadium section. One solution for you, Iris123, though would be to take your partner to Wittstock speedway for a birthday treat you would both 'just happen to enjoy'. Go on, you know you want to and you may just 'get away with it' . (English humour in the realms of a disppointing situation for speedway)....

Maurice Jones died some time ago. All his speedway archive was auctioned off.

I saw Ken ride for my local team during his last year in Division One (before dropping down to star for Scunthorpe) and despite not being anything like the force he once was he still caught my imagination with his immaculate black leathers and bobble hat and still favouring the JAP engine, His World Final record was certainly impressive and I personally think that he is often overloooked when talking about the "Stars of Yesteryear". I have the same book and as you say it's a joy to read....simple yet straight forward. Shame that it's never been updated.

Gotta go with the National Champion, surely

Everyone has things in their life that as they get older they remember 'as clear as day' even as the years advance. . Wilkie's crash that night is one that I can still see unfold to this day.. One that even as a young kid I had seen happen dozens of times before... One that 999 times out a 1000 the riders get up from and walk away.. Truly tragic that Alan never did walk again following that crash.. But truly inspirational the way he reacted to it, and lived with it. I suppose you either have that strength of character, and the courage needed to go with it, or you don't... And as he proved over his racing years, and the many years since that night , he had both in abundance..

Congratulations to Scunthorpe`s Tero Aarnio on becoming Finnish Champion today.

Top 5- he will be be top 3 - no problems