steve roberts 9,241 Posted August 9, 2020 10 hours ago, Blupanther said: "World of Sport"...great friend's of speedway. As I mentioned in another thread one of the reasons why speedway has suffered when the programme was dropped. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve roberts 9,241 Posted August 15, 2020 (edited) 45 minutes ago, Blupanther said: Have this on DVD. Good old days of Screensport! Edited August 15, 2020 by steve roberts Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iainb 4,862 Posted August 16, 2020 14 hours ago, Blupanther said: A lot of things there you just don't see anymore, Middlesbrough for one, touring foreign teams, riders sharing a fag in the pits and most missed of all, by me, a rider wearing a neckerchief! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve roberts 9,241 Posted August 16, 2020 5 minutes ago, iainb said: A lot of things there you just don't see anymore, Middlesbrough for one, touring foreign teams, riders sharing a fag in the pits and most missed of all, by me, a rider wearing a neckerchief! I went to Middlesborough years ago and seeing the AI flyover shown on the clip always makes me try and locate the old site (without any luck) as I use that road quite often as I head upto Sunderland and beyond. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ONTWOMINUTES 104 Posted August 16, 2020 4 minutes ago, steve roberts said: I went to Middlesborough years ago and seeing the AI flyover shown on the clip always makes me try and locate the old site (without any luck) as I use that road quite often as I head upto Sunderland and beyond. Cleveland Park was located almost partly under the flyover on the south side of the water . I remember as a child seeing on a few occasions car's pulling up on the exit of the flyover to have a quick watch of a heat or two before the Copper's turned up to move them on lol. If you look for it now it's five-a-side football pitches ( the cage type). 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iainb 4,862 Posted August 16, 2020 (edited) 50 minutes ago, steve roberts said: I went to Middlesborough years ago and seeing the AI flyover shown on the clip always makes me try and locate the old site (without any luck) as I use that road quite often as I head upto Sunderland and beyond. Yeah I went the once, really enjoyed it and the thing I remember about it the most was that they had a type of "Briggo Wonder Wheel" years before Briggo came up with the idea. Wasn't the track at the A66/A19 intersection? Edited August 16, 2020 by iainb 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve roberts 9,241 Posted August 16, 2020 16 minutes ago, ONTWOMINUTES said: Cleveland Park was located almost partly under the flyover on the south side of the water . I remember as a child seeing on a few occasions car's pulling up on the exit of the flyover to have a quick watch of a heat or two before the Copper's turned up to move them on lol. If you look for it now it's five-a-side football pitches ( the cage type). Thanks for that! Next time I'm on that stretch I'll look out for that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ONTWOMINUTES 104 Posted August 16, 2020 9 minutes ago, iainb said: Yeah I went the once, really enjoyed it and the thing I remember about it the most was that the had a type of "Briggo Wonder Wheel" years before Briggo came up with the idea. Wasn't the track at the A66/A19 intersection? Correct on both , Tony swales always prepped a very good track - wonder wheel followed by some sort of wire fencing to scatter the shale material evenly . I don't think many tracks were as good. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve roberts 9,241 Posted August 19, 2020 2 minutes ago, Blupanther said: Never a fan of Shirra but a briilliant tactical ride! Out foxed Ermolenko. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iainb 4,862 Posted August 20, 2020 16 hours ago, steve roberts said: Out foxed Ermolenko. Caught with his trousers down , Clive Fisher always had a good turn of phrase 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tsunami 10,219 Posted August 22, 2020 On 8/16/2020 at 9:33 AM, ONTWOMINUTES said: Correct on both , Tony swales always prepped a very good track - wonder wheel followed by some sort of wire fencing to scatter the shale material evenly . I don't think many tracks were as good. Tony was always developing equipment usually based on agriculture machine equipment. He was an engineer that worked on farming equipment as a living. He used to try things out at Newcastle such as fine sprayers behind a tractor instead go water dripping down, spraying equipment with the long arms out. He wasn't for deep lumpy tracks, but smooth tracks moist on the top, from a good and regular watering. Did the same for Hull and Worky and Redcar. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fortythirtyeight 835 Posted August 26, 2020 On 8/16/2020 at 9:05 AM, steve roberts said: I went to Middlesborough years ago and seeing the AI flyover shown on the clip always makes me try and locate the old site (without any luck) as I use that road quite often as I head upto Sunderland and beyond. Cleveland Park Stadium was underneath the A19 ‘ flyover ‘ southbound slip road to the A66 East. if you were on the A1 it’s no wonder you didn’t find it. The site is now a college and because of the sport covenant on the original site they also built a 5-a- side Football multi pitch, that’s how councils get around such clauses. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve roberts 9,241 Posted August 26, 2020 48 minutes ago, Fortythirtyeight said: Cleveland Park Stadium was underneath the A19 ‘ flyover ‘ southbound slip road to the A66 East. if you were on the A1 it’s no wonder you didn’t find it. The site is now a college and because of the sport covenant on the original site they also built a 5-a- side Football multi pitch, that’s how councils get around such clauses. Sorry I did mean the A19...confused or what! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites