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  • Birthday 07/15/1962

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  1. chunky

    The Boys Are Back in Town

    Good call! Peter Karlsson began and ended his British career with Wolves, and while I can't specifically state the same for Wayne Carter, he did appear for Wolves in both his first and last seasons. James Grieves is another one at Glagow - and he had several spells back there in between. Martin Yeates at Poole and Les Rumsey at Canterbury. Kevin Hawkins at Peterborough.
  2. chunky

    The Boys Are Back in Town

    Ooh, you disappoint me! He finished his career at Rye House!
  3. chunky

    The Boys Are Back in Town

    With the Eastbourne alumni, you could also include Martin Dugard... Boston's Andy Fisher is another one to add to the list.
  4. chunky

    Eric Hockaday R.I.P.

    Another one from my era gone...
  5. chunky

    Track records

    See, that's what I was thinking too...
  6. chunky

    Track records

    To be honest, I can't say I remember that. Perhaps one of the "older" members on here can answer that? As far as I know, all times were taken from the finish post.
  7. chunky

    Track records

    That was years before. The gate used to be on the back straight.
  8. chunky

    British League:West Ham 1965, Halifax 1966?

    That's correct. They'd messed around with Ede, Stevens, Dugard, Hagon, Wickett, and a couple of one-offs, and then Tony came in - and stayed.
  9. chunky

    British League:West Ham 1965, Halifax 1966?

    Thing is, once Tony was in - he stayed in! Do what you want, it's fine with me; I just posted the figures...
  10. chunky

    British League:West Ham 1965, Halifax 1966?

    Good point - except that I didn't actually include Ted Ede's average in the team total! I just listed those who had an extended spell in the team... To be honest, I was expecting you to jump in and give us the stats!
  11. chunky

    British League:West Ham 1965, Halifax 1966?

    Well, I had a quick run through the 'Ammers from '65 (BL)... Harrfeldt - 10.97 (H) - 9.77 (A) McKinlay - 10.93 (H) - 10.67 (A) Hunter - 10.53 (H) - 8.06 (A) Clarke - 7.2 (H) - 4.00 (A) Simmons - 7.06 (H) - 5.43 (A) Trott - 5.78 (H) - 3.12 (A) Leonard - 4.46 (H) - 2.64 (A) Ede - 2.5 (H) - 3.04 (A) 56.93 (H) - 43.69 (A) ...and Dukes from '66... Boocock - 10.85 (H) - 9.47 (A) Boothroyd - 10.67 (H) - 7.94 (A) Younghusband - 9.94 (H) - 8.37 (A) Roper - 8.18 (H) - 6.70 (A) Kingston - 6.64 (H) - 4.15 (A) Jameson - 6.56 (H) - 4.00 (A) Gavros - 5.49 (H) - 3.09 (A) 58.33 (H) - 44.15 (A)
  12. chunky

    Speedway Season

    And they dictate the condition (and depth) of the track surface...
  13. chunky

    US national championships 20s + 30s

    Well, you know how many unofficial "World" Championships back then, so it wouldn't surprise me if we had some unofficial "US" Championships around. Plus, the history of speedway and the AMA hasn't always been that clear...
  14. Ah yes, I remember that win! Pat Pawson rode that night, and scored a couple!
  15. Oh, okay... Thing is, while I didn't witness any of the fatalities at Hackney, I get the idea that at least a couple of them were kind of "freak" accidents, and the only real issue was the lamp standards. If you look at my website, you will also see that Newcastle had several fatalities. When I commented on that once, I was told that I was being most unfair. The thing is, we know that crashes can be caused by a variety of factors, including collisions. Are these collisions a result of situations caused by the track, or the bikes? I just think that the big problem there was the lamp standards...
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