TonyMac 720 Posted July 26, 2009 (edited) There will be a strong Scottish flavour to our next issue (No.33), on sale in early August. Richard Bott has interviewed former Scottish No.1 Bobby Beaton, who had successful spells with Glasgow and Edinburgh at either end of a career that also took in Hull. Martin Neal is interviewing Bob's father, Jimmy Beaton snr, on his years as Glasgow Tigers boss. He will also be photographing each of the Tigers' different venues with a resume of each stadium - from Hampden, to Coatbridge, Blantyre, Shawfield, etc, etc, and, sadly in some cases, what became of them. Mike Hunter will be presenting his 'Scottish Dream Team'. Which seven riders do you expect to be included in it? Remember, it's the Backtrack time scale of 1970-90. Edited July 26, 2009 by tmc Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Humphrey Appleby 13,955 Posted July 26, 2009 There will be a strong Scottish flavour to our next issue (No.33), on sale in early August. Snyper will be pleased. I must I enjoyed the Bob Radford article about the Norwegian riders in the last edition. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
salty 2,202 Posted July 26, 2009 Suppose you can't look past McMillan, Beaton, Hunter and Collins from the 70's. Throw in a McKinna (or 2) and maybe even Bert Harkins who was a heat leader in the British League for the first half of the 70's. Hope there is something about Jim Beaton Jnr as the way he came back after his serious arm injury was some story. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kaiser 3 Posted July 26, 2009 Got to be Kenny Mckinna for me. He always gave 100 percent when he rode for the aces. We could do with a few like him now in the side!!! Sure he was never a world beater, but as a reliable 2nd string he was top draw. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
martinmauger 584 Posted July 26, 2009 Yay! Gotta include the Templeton brothers, George Hunter and Hurri-Ken Mckinlay; tricky.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mervjankefanclub 48 Posted July 30, 2009 (edited) More or less picks itself I think, although his powers were on the wane, the fact that Ken McKinlay was still around in the early 70s makes him eligible and the others mentioned are a given, ie; Jimmy McMillan, George Hunter, Pogo Collins, Bobby Beaton, Bertola Harkins and Kenny McKinna. With a nod to the likes of the Templetons, Benny Rourke, Chas and Martin Mckinna, Scott Lamb and wee Colin Caffrey Looking forward to reading it though, especially what auld Jimmy Beaton has to say, what a character he was I think it is safe to say that if it was wasnt for him the Tigers would have folded many moons ago. The hard work and money he has ploughed into Scottish speedway down the years should never be underestimated. How the club survived the Craighead Park years I will never know. Edited July 30, 2009 by mervjankefanclub Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ianmartin 7 Posted August 5, 2009 How about Eddie Argall, Alistair Brady, Maury Robinson and Alan Mackie - I think (hope) that all of these are Scots. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mervjankefanclub 48 Posted August 5, 2009 How about Eddie Argall, Alistair Brady, Maury Robinson and Alan Mackie - I think (hope) that all of these are Scots. Eddie Argall was an Aussie, Ian. Brady is obviously a Scot and so too was Mackie, I believe. Not too sure about Robinson, but I get the feeling he was from south of the border Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dirt 0 Posted August 6, 2009 former scottish champion Bill Llandels would be no 1 unless his time was too early. Evan in the 70s he could beat all other riders mentioned. sorry. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chewbacca 653 Posted August 7, 2009 I was hugely impressed with Bobby Beaton when he was a Diamond. For the first six weeks of his career with us I used to stand there thinking "where on earth is he going now?" as he covered every square inch of the Brough Park track but he was just sussing out out all of the possible lines and he later became capable of passing people on lines that no-one else had ever used around the place. Great rider. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ali C 1 Posted August 18, 2009 Just got Backtrack in the post yesterday. Great read as ever. However being an Edinburgh fan I particularly enjoyed the interview with Bobby Beaton who was one of my favourite Monarchs. Also enjoyed reading about Mike Hunter's dream team. Just one little error on the Monarchs team photo though. Toni Franchetti was the promoter but it is in fact Martin Buck who is pictured. Martin was team manager for a spell along with Eric Boocock that season. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kaiser 3 Posted August 18, 2009 Recieved my copy yesterday, top read again, like the article about Bobby Beaton, plus Paul Thorp winning the NLRC. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
martinmauger 584 Posted August 18, 2009 Recieved my copy yesterday, top read again, like the article about Bobby Beaton, plus Paul Thorp winning the NLRC. Same here, s'pecially the stock car racing with Dennis Sigalos & Kelly Moran; wonder whose idea that was, LOL!... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kaiser 3 Posted August 18, 2009 Same here, s'pecially the stock car racing with Dennis Sigalos & Kelly Moran; wonder whose idea that was, LOL!... Kelly Moran mad as a hatter, but a total legend!!!!! If only the aces had a rider with half his talent now, rather than that tosh i watched lastnight!!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Humphrey Appleby 13,955 Posted August 20, 2009 (edited) I think Backtrack has been a great publication, and I must admit I've quite enjoyed the past couple of issues. However, it's perhaps starting to take on a bit of fanzine feel, with slightly ad-hoc articles that don't obviously fit into the overall theme of a particular issue. It's not really a criticism as such, as I appreciate it must be difficult to constantly find interesting material, let alone find willing contributors, but one does wonder whether the best stuff has now mostly been covered... I would say that I think Malcolm Simmons could be a good addition, as I thought his autobiography was surprisingly good and was up there with the Berry tomes. Usually the books of sportspeople are deathly dull, but his was a rare and enjoyable exception. Edited August 20, 2009 by Humphrey Appleby Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
