iris123 20,912 Posted October 13, 2017 Should have all been so different,but Sweden seemed to lose out just at the time the Danes and Yanks were rising Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chunky 6,068 Posted October 14, 2017 Should have all been so different,but Sweden seemed to lose out just at the time the Danes and Yanks were rising The mid-70's really was a bad period for them. Considering how many good Swedes there were at the start at the decade, it was incredible how they failed to build on that. It wasn't long before we we lost Fundin and Nordin (and Nygren was on a rapid decline), although we did see the emergence of Christer Lofqvist and Tommy Jansson. Of course, they were both struck down tragically early in their careers, and by that time, Michanek, Persson, Bengt Jansson, and Soren Sjosten were all fading. In those two sentences alone, that is a lot of talent to lose in a relatively short period. Jan Simensen was good - although not a world-beater - but he wasn't around long. Had Tommy Johansson and Tommy Nilsson committed to BL racing a little more, they could have perhaps sparked something of a revival, but realistically, Jan Andersson and Richard Hellsen were the two outstanding Swedes to emerge from the 70's. The Christer Sjosten tragedy pretty much sealed a bad few years, but that was followed just four years later by Leif Wahlmann. I was there that night, and it happened right in front of me... We all know speedway goes in cycles, and when Per Jonsson and Jimmy Nilsen came along, they were followed by Rickardsson, the Karlssons, Gustafsson, Jonsson, and a host of others. Steve 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
