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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.
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Ooh, you disappoint me! He finished his career at Rye House!
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With the Eastbourne alumni, you could also include Martin Dugard... Boston's Andy Fisher is another one to add to the list.
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Another one from my era gone...
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See, that's what I was thinking too...
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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.
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That was years before. The gate used to be on the back straight.
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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.
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Thing is, once Tony was in - he stayed in! Do what you want, it's fine with me; I just posted the figures...
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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!
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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)
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And they dictate the condition (and depth) of the track surface...
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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...
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Ah yes, I remember that win! Pat Pawson rode that night, and scored a couple!
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Graham Miles article Speedway Star
chunky replied to HGould's topic in Speedway News and Discussions
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...