1987 World Final

[stevehone 3,425]

We stayed in Groningen, Steve.  Breda is too far south.

 

Steve

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oh well ... i was on the Wimbledon supporters coach both years

 

i have pictures somewhere from our day in Amsterdam ..

[captaingeesh 0]

i thought you rode in the 87 final steve

 

must of being another rumour!

[Shadders 4,134]

For some photos,go to

 

http://www.speedwayplus.co.uk/

 

Click on ''stadia pics''

 

Hope that helps.

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Thanks, it does. Still needing to know the track length please, if anyone has the info.

[captaingeesh 0]

403 m rings a bell

[KevH 257]

hmmm ... wonder if this was the one i went to 

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Actually Steve, it was that one which I went to, too.

[Bavarian 765]

It was a permanent speedway track in that Amsterdam Olympic Stadium, not a temporary one. They had staged speedway there on an a more or less annual basis before.

[Topcat 58]

I used to go to the Golden helmet meetings in the late 70's and there were go cart races between heats,and ans a finish around midnight.

[rusky 113]

I seem to remember that this was an 8.7 track in terms of sprockets (I'm sure that was what Per Jonsson used around there), which would make it pretty big, although I couldn't tell you the exact measurement,

 

I for one think that this would be a good venue for a GP, as like Cardiff, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Gothenburg it was a location in which you could make a really good weekend of it. It certainly had a good atmosphere when the world final was there - I remember there was a flower parade organised to coincide with the final.