iris123 20,979 Posted August 22, 2019 Who was the person(s) behind this project ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted August 22, 2019 On 8/21/2019 at 5:21 PM, JOS50 said: It's documented on the Speedway Museun Online, tracks beginning with F. Here's the SMO Link you refer to JOS50: http://www.speedwaymuseumonline.co.uk/f tracks.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JOS50 150 Posted August 22, 2019 13 minutes ago, gustix said: Here's the SMO Link you refer to JOS50: http://www.speedwaymuseumonline.co.uk/f tracks.html Thanks for that, have'nt seen it since yesterday. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 20,979 Posted August 22, 2019 5 minutes ago, JOS50 said: Thanks for that, have'nt seen it since yesterday. You know you are dealing with a strange poster when you tell them about something and they later post to inform you about it.....you’ve just been gustixed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JOS50 150 Posted August 22, 2019 6 minutes ago, iris123 said: You know you are dealing with a strange poster when you tell them about something and they later post to inform you about it.....you’ve just been gustixed Not for the first time, mind you, it's nice to see Faringdon listed, a great place to have fun, back then. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted August 22, 2019 (edited) 50 minutes ago, gustix said: Here's the SMO Link you refer to JOS50: http://www.speedwaymuseumonline.co.uk/f tracks.html 35 minutes ago, JOS50 said: Thanks for that, have'nt seen it since yesterday. My apologies for quoting you JOS50. I posted the Link because I thought there may have been other members interested in your comment and possibly may have wanted to follow what initially appeared a useful reference by you. Obviously not - but then we are on the BSF after all! Edited August 22, 2019 by Guest Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 20,979 Posted August 23, 2019 19 hours ago, JOS50 said: Not for the first time, mind you, it's nice to see Faringdon listed, a great place to have fun, back then. This is even more surprising for me, as I can't recall the track and it was during the years I was quite active as a fan. Whereas the New Forest track was before I was born, so I have an excuse there!! Was the Faringdon track set up and used by the Oxford promotion? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,723 Posted August 23, 2019 3 minutes ago, iris123 said: This is even more surprising for me, as I can't recall the track and it was during the years I was quite active as a fan. Whereas the New Forest track was before I was born, so I have an excuse there!! Was the Faringdon track set up and used by the Oxford promotion? Swindon i think- Malc Holloway 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve roberts 9,246 Posted August 23, 2019 4 hours ago, iris123 said: This is even more surprising for me, as I can't recall the track and it was during the years I was quite active as a fan. Whereas the New Forest track was before I was born, so I have an excuse there!! Was the Faringdon track set up and used by the Oxford promotion? I have no recollection of the Oxford Promotion using Faringdon Raceway although I recall Steve Purchase (one time Oxford Promoter) talking of looking at another venue (Faringdon was discussed) rather than Cowley but it never gained any momentum. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cityrebel 2,960 Posted August 23, 2019 I saw Faringdon ride at Iwade in the late 1980's in a junior challenge match. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spinkox 37 Posted August 24, 2019 I think Matchams Park was running - maybe for just a year - around 1970. I visited once. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JOS50 150 Posted August 24, 2019 19 hours ago, iris123 said: This is even more surprising for me, as I can't recall the track and it was during the years I was quite active as a fan. Whereas the New Forest track was before I was born, so I have an excuse there!! Was the Faringdon track set up and used by the Oxford promotion? Search Faringdon on this forum and there's several posts, notably MARK 245's, also I see Bryn lists it as a track he's visited. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yesterdaysman 9 Posted September 5, 2019 George Major says: I went there a few times in '58/9. It was not so much a track as an oval thrashed out in the bracken. it was accessed through an opening between the trees, there were several of these, all looking very much the same. I don't know how my dad managed to find the right one. From memory, there never seemed too much organisation, sometimes none at all. I think there was a notice saying only three riders on the track at one time, so I guess it was a bit on the narrow side. I don't remember any established S A L riders ever being there, so probably all wobbler's, like I was and not many fast laps going on, but not too sure on that, as a long time ago. It has to be remembered, there was not much happening in Speedway at that time, so we were glad to ride on anything resembling a track. Here are a couple of old pics, a family member would have taken with an old box camera or "Brownie 127" . Not very clear, but might give you some idea. 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hedders 5 Posted September 6, 2019 Yesterdaysman's post and pictures got the old grey matter working. Mike Cake and myself used to cycle there on a Sunday from Parkstone to watch etc. I think the name of the person running it then was Fred Pike. Not many riders (junior/novice) would turn up. Very deep sand on the bends. For our moral support we were each rewarded with a cloth sew on blazer badge bearing the name and logo. Track at St. Ives, Matcham Park is not very far away, 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
badgerdiditin63 1 Posted December 20, 2019 On 9/5/2019 at 1:36 PM, yesterdaysman said: George Major says: I went there a few times in '58/9. It was not so much a track as an oval thrashed out in the bracken. it was accessed through an opening between the trees, there were several of these, all looking very much the same. I don't know how my dad managed to find the right one. From memory, there never seemed too much organisation, sometimes none at all. I think there was a notice saying only three riders on the track at one time, so I guess it was a bit on the narrow side. I don't remember any established S A L riders ever being there, so probably all wobbler's, like I was and not many fast laps going on, but not too sure on that, as a long time ago. It has to be remembered, there was not much happening in Speedway at that time, so we were glad to ride on anything resembling a track. Here are a couple of old pics, a family member would have taken with an old box camera or "Brownie 127" . Not very clear, but might give you some idea. Thank you very much for posting the photographs, i have visited the site and by using an old 1972 ariel photograph, can get a feel for the old track. Great memories for those that saw some action there. Although no meetings were held there, the 'team' did race a restricted heat challenge at Aldershot in 1959 under the name of the 'Ferndown Flyers'! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites