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  2. Posted

    I'd have found a place in the top 20 for Bruce Cribb and Garry Middleton.

     

    Bruce was a heat leader in the top flight throughout the decade as well as notching a WTC medal.

    Middleton may have lost his way as the decade wore on but for the first half of the 70's he was a top rider in the British League.

    Nothing against Bob Valentine, who was a big favourite of mine when he appeared in Heathens colours, but I don't think he did as much as the two above.

     

    Great to see the super article on Jim Wells in the BackTrack Magazine. Thanks again Martin Neal for a first class piece.

    A lot of old British League Division Two Supporters will appreciate articles like this. Come on Tony - let's have more of the same. :):):)

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    Because unfortunatly some people are just childish and bear grudges and some comment out of childish track/team/rider rivallry. As a Middlesbrough/Teesside fan I hated Joe Owen when he wore the diamonds race jacket but that didnt change the shock of what happened to him and team apart I have never felt the need to doubt his character or dislike him as a person then or now because he was a great rider and good for the league etc.

    To my knowledge Bruce was always good with the fans etc and great for British speedway thats all that counts and I do understand why people blame him for everything because he tells it the way he sees it as does Simmo but nobody criticises him. This is NOT directed at you obviously.

     

    Hello Stavvy - we meet again.

     

    My comments regarding Penhall were just my opinion of his awful Column in BackTrack. His Articles are not very good as far as I am concerned. I don't like to see a Rider like Penhall being lionised on here, because, Bruce Penhall was very much a flawed diamond. There were rumours of drugs, fixed Races, the way he left the Sport in such disgraceful circumstances all of which is unacceptable to me. Now he is back writing Articles about the Sport he treated so shamefully.

    Rod Haynes however did not have this sort of reputation. He wrote of the 'good old days' and HIS pieces were incisive and interesting. He is sadly missed - by me anyway. As a scribe he was a far better read than Mr. Penhall will ever be.

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    I haven't read it, but I can take or leave his column and I find Malcolm Simmons to give a much more interesting rider's perspective.

     

    Even so, I don't quite understand the diatribe by some against the bloke for wanting to do something other than ride speedway, nor blaming him for the decline of American speedway. It might well be the case that American speedway was never quite the same again, but that's hardly the fault of one rider...

     

    At last - someone who agrees with me on this. :approve::approve:

     

    Bring back Rod Haynes to BackTrack. :approve::approve:

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    Looking at the above would not appear so, supposed the one thing going against Lemon is that Newcastle already have two riders.

     

    Wonder if we will find out Joe's replacement before Sunday? :unsure::unsure:

     

    Don't know when!! This IS SPeedway after all. :rolleyes:

     

    I just hope that the BSPA make a better job of the Programme than they did in the 'Pairs'. Far too many mistakes. :angry::angry:

  9. Posted

    I have no problem with what Bruce did that day, it happens, it was not his fault he was drawn against his fellow countrymen in that heat.

    I find it strange how people slag him off for it yet the run off with the team riding Collins brothers(no problem with that either) goes unmentioned!!

     

     

    Were they fooling about doing 'Wheelies' making it blatently obvious they were not trying - I don't think so.

  10. Posted

    I have to say that Penhall was never the same to me after that 'Fixed Race' with the Americans.

     

    Can't understand why BackTrack dropped Rod Haynes who's Articles were always a good read, for an American who deserted the Sport at the moment of triumph AND was known to have FIXED Races. That raises a bit of a morality problem for me.

     

    Sorry Tony - but - that's how I feel.

     

    I still love the Magazine though - apart from the ramblings of the infamous Penhall.

  11. Posted

    You could ask BP whether he regrets his decision to walk away the way he did - and - due to his singular lack of success as an Actor why he did not return to Speedway.

     

    Just asking the question - not to be contraversial but I really would like to know the answer.

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