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Do not forget David Bargh ​​who, apart from a couple of seasons, rode in the UK from 1978 until his retirement in 1992. A very entertaining and consistent rider.

On 22 May 1948 Wilf Jay, Alec Grant and Charlie Spinks all scored twelve point maximums in Newcastle's 55-29 win at Edinburgh. On 4 August 1983 Rod Hunter and Joe Owen both scored paid 21 point maximums in Newcastle's 49-47 win at Oxford. In the same season they both scored full 21 point maximums - Owen at home against Mildenhall on 25 July and Hunter at Weymouth on 2 August

Yes. Heat 2 of the meeting v Mildenhall at Brough Park on 3 April 1978.

Thanks ever so much.

Can anyone supply heat details for this meeting please?

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Thanks for this Dave. Can anyone else provide the missing heat details please?

Waloszek rode for Leicester in 1961

Thanks Dave. Much appreciated.

Can anyone supply heat details for this meeting please?

It's amazing the lengths people go to to get a ride!!

Thanks ever so much. Keith is it?

Thanks.

Received my copy today. Excellent, highly recommended.

Walter and Fred Creasor also achieved this for Newcastle in the English Dirt Track League in 1929 although riders had only three races a match in those days.

Mauger also won both of his second half rides in each of the team matches and his Silver Sash race against Ken Sharples resulting in him riding a total of three meetings at Sunderland with seventeen wins from seventeen races.

I wouldn't say it's crap but the journalism, at times, leaves a lot to be desired. After my earlier post re Chris Holder being the youngest World Champion I find Craven, Moore, Collins, Lee and Woffinden were all younger. Does the editor actually check articles before they appear?

Speedway Star this week says that on 6 October 2012 Chris Holder shocked the world by becoming the youngest World Champion. Surely Michael Lee, for one, was younger? Just got to the end of the article and see the interview was for Monster Energy. Perhaps this explains the inaccuracy.

I checked and could "only" find 50 tracks he had appeared at. The highest for riders who I don't think have been mentioned that I have found appears to be Ross Gilbertson with 58.

It's in a review of the DVD in this week's Speedway Star. Remarkable that Heat 9 is not covered.

North & Midland league tables appear in the 1963 Speedway Star Digest North 1. Sheffield 8 6 1 1 366.5 255.5 13 2. Middlesbrough 8 4 0 4 316 305 8 3. Edinburgh 8 3 2 3 303 318 8 4. Newcastle 8 4 0 4 293.5 327.5 8 5. Bradford 8 1 1 6 274 347 3 Midland 1. Wolverhampton 6 4 0 2 242 226 8 2. Cradley Heath 6 3 0 3 263 205 6 3. Leicester 6 3 0 3 226 242 6 4. Stoke 6 2 0 4 205 263 4

There are two books compiled by Alan Robertson - History of British Speedway Leagues 1991-2014 and The History of British League Speedway 1946-64 - which cover the periods before and after Peter Oakes book.

With no punishment for doing so now a precedent has been set?

Would it not have made more sense to have one division with all teams meeting each other once with a points limit of 45?

Thanks for the response Philip. Hancock had enough points to win the World Championship. He did not need anymore so let Holder past - simple as that. He was rightly excluded from the race. So I don't understand the point you are trying to make. In years gone by most of the Star's reporters (and I am aware some had more than one name) had articles on finals. I just think Paul is biased towards Hancock (Grin) and that your magazine is also biased because of this. No reference at all to Nikki Pedersen's thoughts which I believe were before your printing deadline. Monster Energy have too much influence with sponsoring (or perhaps running) a competition and sponsoring three riders who appear therein. This should not happen.