steve19620

Hyde Road : 66.4 set by Chris Morton 29/7/83 & Erik Gundersen 14/10/84 Kirky Lane : 57.8 set by Jason Crump (Who else) 7/8/06

Thank you very much for the heat details. Regards. Steve

Track record at the end of the 1973 Season was held by Lou Sansom (Workington) at 70.8 set on September 24. The Track record at the end of the 1975 Season was held by Cliff Anderson (Crewe) at 70.0 set on March 31 according to my Speedway Stars - track length was increased by 6 Yards to 436.

Does anybody know the reason why the Hackney home league match V Exeter match result was amended in 1975 ? looking thru the Speedway Stars of 1975 there is no mention of why this was amended. Can you help ?

Yes please, it would be appreciated. Thanks.

IF you get them please let me know. I asked for these on the forum about 3 weeks ago with no success.

Missing Info - Part 2 Overseas Final Bradford 14/7/85 1.Andy Smith 12323 11 q 2.Kenny Carter 23333 14 q 3.Shawn Moran 33332 14 q 4.Lance King 03333 12 q 5.Les Collins 00000 0 6.Kelvin Tatum 30223 10 q 7.John Davis 22322 11 q 8.Phil Crump 12122 8 q 9.Rick Miller 010r0 1 10.Sam Ermolenko 32011 7 q 11.Dave Bargh 10001 2 12.Chris Morton 20211 6 13.Phil Collins 13110 6 q 14.John Cook 31202 8 q 15.Neil Collins 21110 5 16.Stan Bear f1121 5 Heat times 1-59.4(track record) 2-60.5 3-61.0 4-60.4 5-60.3 6-60.4 7-60.4 8-60.8 9-60.8 10-60.4 11-60.8 12-61.4 13-60.5 14-60.5 15-60.5 16-61.5 17-61.0 18-61.2 19-61.1 20-62.0 Run off 4 1st Place: Moran beat Carter 61.7 Run off 4 10th Place: P.Collins beat Morton 61.7 Commonwealth Final Belle Vue 4/6/1989 (Not necessary in riding order) Alan Grahame 22120 7 q Andy Smith 02312 8 q Andy Phillips 31003 7 q Martin Dugard 11t23 7 q Neil Collins 32313 12 q Stephen Davies 20131 8 q Kelvin Tatum 11232 9 q Darren Wilson 0 0 Andy Grahame 31311 9 q Simon Wigg 23323 13 q Troy Butler 12032 8 q Glenn Doyle 000x0 0 Mitch Shirra 32313 12 q Jeremy Doncaster 23201 8 q Gary Allan 1013x 5 Les Collins 03201 6 Carl Stonehewer (res) x110 2 Mike Lewthwaite (res) 00 0 Heat times - 1-60.0 2-60.2 3-60.4 4-60.6 5-61.1 6-60.6 7-61.4 8-60.6 9-60.9 10-60.9 11-60.1 12-61.1 13-61.3 14-61.5 15-61.7 16-61.4 17-61.3 18-61.7 19-61.9 20-61.3 Run Off 4 2nd Place: Shirra beat N.Collins Time Not known

Here's your missing info - time for Ht 20 for Intercontinental final at White City 1977 was 71.8 (q) - qualified for next round Commonwealth Final Wimbledon 29/6/80 1.Larry Ross 11112 6 2.Dave Jessup 32333 14 (q) 3.Ivan Mauger 23133 12 (q) 4.Chris Morton 03222 9 (q) 5.Michael Lee 32211 9 (q) 6.John Titman 0130r 4 7.Mitch Shirra 22122 9 (q) 8.John Davis 12323 11 (q) 9.Billy Sanders 33031 10 (q) 10.Peter Collins 10321 7 (q) 11.Mel Taylor f0210 3 12.Phil Collins 21002 5 13.Phil Crump 10001 2 14.John Louis 23233 13 (q) 15.Gordon Kennett 31110 6 (q) 16.Reg Wilson 00000 0 Res 17. Phil Herne dnr 18. Bobby Beaton dnr Heat times 1-59.4 2-58.6 3-59.6 4-59.6 5-59.3 6-59.7 7-60.0 8-59.8 9-60.0 10-59.0 11-59.3 12-59.8 13-59.6 14-59.4 15-59.9 16-60.1 17-60.2 18-60.0 19-61.1 20-61.1 Run-ff 4 10th Place :Kennett, Ross ® Time not known Overseas Final Belle Vue 17/7/1983 1.Mitch Shirra 22133 11 (q) 2.Billy Sanders 3331f 10 (q) 3.Peter Collins r0102 3 4.Andy Grahame 11232 9 (q) 5.Michael Lee 23111 8 (q) 6.Dennis Sigalos 02223 9 (q) 7.Chris Morton 12312 8 (q) 8.Larry Ross 32230 10 (q) 9.Glyn Taylor r1001 2 10.Les Collins 20031 6 11.Phil Collins 13323 12 (q) 12.John Davis 30001 4 13.Mike Faria 001fr 2 14.Shawn Moran 11320 7 15.Lance King 21212 8 (q) 16.Kenny Carter 33023 11 (q) Res 17.Paul Woods dnr 18.Alan Mason dnr Heat times : 1-70.0 2-69.7 3-71.5 4-72.0 5-71.4 6-71.7 7-71.5 8-70.7 9-71.9 10-70.6 11-71.1 12-71.4 13-70.8 14-70.3 15-71.1 16-70.6 17-70.6 18-70.4 19-69.8 20-70.5 run-off for 2nd place Carter beat Shirra 69.8

Here's the info you want, I have only listed the riders who rode regularly. If you need more details then let me know. IPSWICH 1982 Dennis Sigalos 10.10 Preben Eriksen 8.53 John Cook 7.78 Kevin Jolly 6.98 Jeremy Doncaster 6.07 Nigel Flatman 5.79 Andy Hines 5.67 Mike Lanham 5.16 1983 Dennis Sigalos 10.75 Billy Sanders 9.70 Jeremy Doncaster 6.79 Preben Eriksen 6.73 Georg Hack 5.88 Nigel Flatman 4.82 Andy Hines 4.51 Carl Baldwin 4.08 Andy Hibbs 4.05 Andy Nightingale 0.35 1984 Billy Sanders 9.69 John Cook 8.83 Jeremy Doncaster 8.17 Kai Niemi 7.98 Richard Knight 7.43 Nigel Flatman 5.29 Carl Blackbird 4.97 1985 Billy Sanders 11.53 John Cook 9.33 Jeremy Doncaster 9.12 Richard Knight 8.12 Kai Niemi 6.13 Louis Carr 5.47 Dennis Sigalos 5.16 Nigel Flatman 5.10 Alan Farmer 3.08 Andy Hines 2.38 1986 Jeremy Doncaster 10.38 John Cook 8.50 Kai Niemi 8.00 Richard Knight 7.80 Jens Rasmussen 5.69 Louis Carr 4.90 Paul Woods 4.71 Roman Matousek 4.57 Robbie Fuller 4.17 Alan Farmer 3.79 1987 Jeremy Doncaster 9.67 Armando Castagna 8.00 Kai Niemi 7.61 Gerd Riss 6.40 Andy Hines 5.03 Louis Carr 4.58 Martin Hagon 4.05 Robbie Fuller 3.97 Jamie Luckhurst 2.20 1988 Jeremy Doncaster 9.34 Kai Niemi 6.87 Armando Castagna 6.76 Carl Blackbird 6.19 Gerd Riss 6.07 Steve Regeling 5.40 Paulo Salvatelli 4.97 Robbie Fuller 2.50 Jon Cooper 1.45 WOLVERHAMPTON 1978 Hans Nielsen 8.96 Jim McMillan 8.66 Dave Morton 8.50 Ed Stangeland 4.08 Hasse Danielsson 3.84 Brian Woodward 3.75 Knud Ellegaard 3.62 Steve Lomas 2.56

I require the heat details for the following matches, the heat results for these fixtures were never published in the Speedway Star. Any information would be gratefully received, please e.mail me at steve@wilkes1.freeserve.co.uk if can you assist. Wolverhampton V Newport 26/8/66 Middlesboro V Nelson 6/6/68 Middlesboro V Weymouth 12/7/68 Middlesboro V Belle Vue 2 18/7/68 Nelson V Weymouth 24/8/68 Berwick V Rayleigh 31/8/68 Wimbledon V Leicester 5/9/68 Wimbledon V Newcastle 24/10/68 Swindon V Wolverhampton 2/8/69 Swindon V Coatbridge 23/8/69 Middlesboro V Doncaster 25/9/69 Sheffield V Halifax 29/9/69 Newcastle V Cradley 6/10/69 Newcastle V Kings Lynn 6/10/69 Workington V Crewe 16/7/71 Teesside V Canterbury 11/5/72 Newport V Cradley 23/6/72 Scunthorpe V Crewe 20/8/72 Scunthorpe V Teesside 14/8/72 Barrow V Teesside 23/10/73 Rye House V Stoke 18/8/74 Coatbridge V Crayford 22/8/75 Milton Keynes V Weymouth 13/8/78 Ipswich V Wimbledon 25/8/79 Scunthorpe V Canterbury 2/9/79 Coventry V Poole 15/9/79 Boston V Stoke 4/5/80 (KOC) Newcastle V Glasgow 4/8/80 Newcastle V Leicester 4/5/81 (Inter League KO Cup)

Rob Grant (Senior) last competive meeting was for the Stoke Spitfires at Armadale in a Conference league fixture on 1 October 2004 scoring 2 points from 3 rides.

Yes I have plently of memories of the Gunners, I went regularly from mid season 1978 to its closure in 1982 and also in 1985. I did go on and off before this. But my memories are : Jacko (unbeatable at Thornton Road), Finchy (the team man), Louis Carr (My Favourite Gunner) Bad Gater, but probably the fastest Gunner at Thornton Road when his machinery worked properly, Eric Monaghan (100 % trier), Billy Burton (Mr Unreliable (for points scoring)), Joe Owen (National League Kingpin - everybody wanted to beat him), Dave Morton (Will he won't he break the tapes ?) David Walsh (Gutsy rider) and Gary O'Hare (Mr Ellesmere if you cut him open). Team memories : Phil Collins's last bend effort to beat a Peterborough rider to preserve our 100% home record in 1978. Winning the NL fours finals at Peterborough after scraping thru the semi Finals then fighting off a swarm of greenflies and battling thru a thunderstorm to get back on to the coach. Getting thrashed at Newcastle in 1982 KO Final. Attending 5 Ellesmere fixtures in 5 days in 1985, riding at E.Port on Friday, Stoke on Saturday, Eastbourne on Sunday, Exeter on Monday and finally Poole on Tuesday ! Bob Dugard telling the speedway press that even the visiting fans disgreed with the ref's decision. Strange as their was only 3 Gunners fans at Eastbourne that day including my myself and my friend - nobody asked me ! Wonderful memories ! I hope that the Gunners will return one day - probably at a new venue. Is there any promoters listening out there please !!!!!!!!

Yes they did ride against Red Star Prague. Details are : 1977 18 April Newcastle 44 Rsp 34. Tom Owen 14 Phil Kynman 9 Robbie Blackadder 8 Phil Michelides 8 Robbie Gardner 5 Taffy Owen 0 1978 23 April Newcastle 34 Rsp 43. Tom Owen 10 Kevin MacDonald 8 Robbie Gardner 5 Graeme Stapleton 5 Robbie Blackadder 2 Neil Coddington 2 Kenny Carter 2 1979 8 April Newcastle 33 Rsp 45. Robbie Blackadder 13 Tom Owen 10 David Bargh 4 Rod Hunter 3 Graeme Stapleton 3 Neil Coddington 0 1980 25 August Newcastle 44 Rsp 34. David Bargh 14 Rod Hunter 9 Robbie Blackadder 9 Keith Bloxsome 5 Derek Richardson 4 Nigel Crabtree 2 Michael Easton 1 If you want more information, please let me know.