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  1. The quiz ran for 4 weeks from 18th April until 9th May. The numbers grid remained the same. The results of each quiz were:

    18th April - Barry Briggs (12), Ole Olsen (3) and Clive Hitch (48).

    25th April - Jim McMillan (30), Ivan Mauger (1) and Jimmy Gooch (96).

    2nd May - Soren Sjosten (19), Roy Trigg (6) and Bernie Persson (24).

    9th May - Bengt Larrson (11), Bruce Cribb (10) and Ronnie Genz (95).

    Theories:

    1. Entrants made their picks and the promotion simply selected the winners at random and allocated the numbers thereafter.

    2. There was a predetermined list of riders and numbers and it was just your luck whether you were correct or not.

    Either way there was no logic involved.

    Could it have been a mad attempt to encourage programme sales?

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  2. 6 hours ago, TonyMac said:

    28/08/1986    Arena Essex    National League Junior Grand Prix    Junior Individual    Jay Pleece NO RUN OFF
    31/08/1986    Stoke    National League Junior Grand Prix    Junior Individual    Glenn Doyle NO RUN OFF
    14/09/1986    Rye House    National League Junior Grand Prix    Junior Individual    Colin Lampkin - finished level with Stuart Thompson on 12 but unsure if there was a run-off
    17/09/1986    Wimbledon    National League Junior Grand Prix    Junior Individual    Jay Pleece NO RUN OFF
    23/09/1986    Poole    National League Junior Grand Prix    Junior Individual    Will James NO RUN OFF
    05/10/1986    Long Eaton    National League Junior Grand Prix Final    Junior Individual   RUN OFF Stuart Thompson bt Derek Cooper

     


  3. 1 hour ago, TonyMac said:

    Can anyone help, please, by confirming if any of the 1986 individual meetings listed below were decided by a run-off for FIRST PLACE (not interested in run-offs to possibly determine other rostrum placings)? Thank you.

    26/09/1986    Glasgow    National League Junior Grand Prix (North R5)    Junior Individual    Kelvin Jelaca

    Jelaca won the meeting with a 15 point max.

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  4. 39 minutes ago, OveFundinFan said:

    Thanks for the video, fantastic win by Mort...... it might have set a track record but it was'nt at Belle Vue!   I still enjoyed it immensley.  Would love to see the video of BV track record if you can link it, please.

    Sorry wrong link - that video came on right after the BV one :oops:

    HenryW has sorted it out though :t:

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  5. 3 hours ago, OveFundinFan said:

    Hi Steve. Gundersens name was in my mind, but I really don’t know who finally had it.

    According to the 11/10/1987 B.L.R.C. programme the Belle Vue track record was 66.4 shared by Chris Morton (set 29/7/83) and Erik Gundersen (14/10/84). It wasn't beaten in the B.L.R.C. or any of the subsequent matches at Hyde Road which I've found details for so unless it was lowered in the 17/10/87 double header with Oxford & Hackney (the only meetings I haven't been able to check) that's how it stood at closure.

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  6. 8 minutes ago, arnieg said:

    Sorry s/b 2000 and it was Craven Shield Final at K Lynn

    Cheers. Just been having a look at November meetings, thought I had missed one.

    Just to expand on that, I make it only 2 meetings have been run in November since 1989 (not including training track/novelty meetings) so it's hardly a regular occurrence.

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  7. Jon Jon White was part of the Glasgow junior set up from late 1986 to 1989. He was always decked out in black with a tartan scarf. Even his machinery and van were black. His first appearance at Glasgow was in the Junior Grand Prix meeting in 1986 scoring an impressive 10 from 5. He was given a couple of outings for the junior side and was non-riding #8 for the senior side at Rye House. Ever friendly and determined to make it as a rider, this snippet from the Glasgow programme summed up his enthusiasm for the sport:

    "Junior Jon Jon White travelled from his Lake District home to be our #8 at Rye House, did the big end of his van on the way, hired another, and all for a second half ride and the grand sum of a fiver for his troubles!"

    I'm not 100% sure on this but I think a bad accident at King's Lynn in 1990 curtailed his racing career.

    Hans Nielsen appeared at Shawfield in 1988 to take part in a series of match races - he easily defeated Shane Bowes, Steve Lawson and Kenny McKinna. A planned 4-rider race ended up as a match race after Bowes & McKinna piled up at the first corner leaving Hans to defeat Phil Jeffrey in what was then a new track record of 65.6.

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  8. Just noticed your post brianmaxtedfan. Many thanks for the information.

    I don't have the second half results from 28/05 at Halifax - could you provide them please?

    Heat 1 at Sheffield, can you tell me who replaced who in white & yellow/black please?

    And can I just check the time for heat 3 at Sheffield - 89.8?

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