customhouseregular
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7 hours ago, PotteringAround said:Imagine there's no Osborne
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to fib or lie for
And no Russell, tooImagine there’s no Speedway. It could happen to you. No Poole or Ipswich. And no Kings Lynn too.
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A tad confusing maybe. Every team meets every other team nome and away. Top team at end of season wins the league. The way it always was for many a long year.
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7 hours ago, BOBBATH said:Great and most fascinating post Chunks-thanx for posting. I'll look up where Roseville, Illinois is having spent 2 years in Champaigm-Urbana!!
My eldest son lived in C-U Illinois and hated it.
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As a said… in the main, I was not including Dan and Robert in the 12. I worded it badly. I still feel you could replace most of this year’s field with previous GP winners and medalists without weakening the series. Happy Friday be proved wrong.
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Speedway GP markets itself as world’s best 15. Kvech? Huckenbeck?. No Laguta or Sayfutdinov. Take away the top 3 from last year and we have 12 who in the main could be replaced with another 12, no disrespect to Dan and Robert.
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4 hours ago, OveFundinFan said:No, not seen it. Any good? Where is it available?
Still looking for a
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1965 then every Wembley final after.
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Have any forum members seen the 1933 film Money For Speed, featuring Lionel Van Praag?.
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Good report on your meeting on ITV local news tonight.
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1 hour ago, norbold said:They've not been the same since Tony Hancock retired....
Or was it Greg?
It was Matt Hancock. Health Secretary was a part-time job.
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1 hour ago, chunky said:I'm beginning to realise that "speedway fans" actually aren't interested in "speedway". They just want everything their way - the way it was 60 years ago...
Please don’t include me in your not interested in speedway group. I am very interested in speedway but just found it more enjoyable in the 60’s and 70’s. I am not alone in holding this view.
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26 minutes ago, Lefty said:They're doing a great job in getting us back to the one off World Final
Suits me sir
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3 hours ago, OveFundinFan said:The printed race card that R&R provides shows track at 391 metres, which is 428 yards. Belle Vue was 418 yards and I think Norwich was similar to BV. So it may be one of the biggest currently but not exceptional…which took me by surprise. What is exceptional is its width. Last night thy used whole track width for the 4 starting grids. I have seen that curtailed to a more “standard” width in the past, leaving a large part on te outside unused.
West Ham originally 440 yards, reduced to 415 at Jack Young’s insistence.
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Terenzano held several GP’s and unless I am mistaken, the capacity was only 4,000. Many GP’s over the years have been held in stadia housing less than 10,000.
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8 hours ago, chunky said:Since the last GP, it has been mentioned several times how nice it is to see three British riders in the Top 8, and it would be nice to see them stay there. Taking mid-September as a good time (usually around the time of the World Final), let's look at how many times that has happened in the final standings.
For a start, it hasn't happened since 1993! You will also notice that there was a lengthy period between 1956 and 1975 where we couldn't manage three in the Top 8.
The most we've had in the Top 8 was six (in 1949), although to be fair, no fewer than TEN of the World Finalists were British! There were also ten home riders in 1937, 1938, 1950, 1951, and 1952, and we achieved the feat of at least three on each of those occasions.
Jack Parker and Split Waterman were involved in this feat four times, while Bill Kitchen, Freddie Williams, Peter Collins, and Dave Jessup have three each
1993 - Chris Louis (3), Andy Smith (5), Gary Havelock (6)
1989 - Simon Wigg (2), Jeremy Doncaster (3), Kelvin Tatum (5), Andy Smith (8)
1982 - Les Collins (2), Kenny Carter (5), Dave Jessup (6)
1980 - Michael Lee (1), Dave Jessup (2), John Davis (6), Peter Collins (7)
1978 - Gordon Kennett (2), Dave Jessup (4), Malcolm Simmons (6), Michael Lee (7)
1976 - Peter Collins (1), Malcolm Simmons (2), John Louis (6), Doug Wyer (7)
1975 - John Louis (3), Peter Collins (5), Malcolm Simmons (7)
1956 - Arthur Forrest (3), Peter Craven (4), Ken McKinlay (5), Brian Crutcher (8)
1954 - Brian Crutcher (2), Split Waterman (5), Eddie Rigg (7), Fred Brand (8)
1953 - Freddie Williams (1), Split Waterman (2), Jeff Lloyd (7), Arthur Forrest (8)
1952 - Freddie Williams (2), Bob Oakley (3), Dick Bradley (7), Jeff Lloyd (8)
1951 - Split Waterman (2), Jack Parker (4), Louis Lawson (6), Eddie Rigg (7)
1950 - Freddie Williams (1), Wally Green (2), Tommy Price (5), Jack Parker (6), Split Waterman (7)
1949 - Tommy Price (1), Jack Parker (2), Louis Lawson (3), Norman Parker (4), Bill Kitchen (6), Ron Clarke (7)
1938 - Bill Kitchen (5), Alec Statham (7), Eric Langton (8)
1937 - Jack Parker (4), Ginger Lees (5), Frank Charles (6), Bill Kitchen (8)
1936 - Eric Langton (2), Frank Charles (5), Jack Ormston (7)Having trouble sleeping? Try watching fishing. Seriously though, well researched.
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2 hours ago, mc131 said:4 unlikely? Well he is not bad there so after last 2 rounds he's got a chance
Granted.
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I probably missed something somewhere but why was Bradford ruled out?. Wasn’t White Hart Lane rumoured a while back?.
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4 hours ago, chunky said:My predictions for Saturday.
1) Rain
2) Crap racing
3) Steve Shovlar will come on here whining
4) Win for Bewley!
1) probably 2) definitely 3) hmm! 4) unlikely.
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1 hour ago, Fortythirtyeight said:Standard procedure is 7 tyres issued to each team prior to the start of the meeting , tyres which are checked by the referee from an official batch from the BSPL stock ( a garage proprietary in Lincolnshire ) and distributed at random to each rider to be fitted at the track.
Riders will have a used tyre on their second bike which can only be used, when checked and authorised, in an emergency situation.
Your explanation is much appreciated.
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I’m a tad lost over this. Are riders limited to the amount of tyres they can use?. Do the promoters/team managers allocate tyres?. I expected riders would carry spares in their vans.
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From memory of my only visit, it was pretty small then.
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17 minutes ago, Bavarian said:not quite, as Denmark won, Czech came second, and GB only sixth, ahead of Norway.
Odd that. I read the results on Sportowefacty. Perhaps they amended it later. Sorry for mis-information.
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7 hours ago, iainb said:To be fair they did post it on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/SpeedwayGB/status/1563632925299527680
I fail to see how it was a fabulous night for British Speedway though, it was a fabulous night for British Riders.
... and have you seen the results from the European pairs championships last night? Literally, have you seen them, can't find them anywhere.
Czech winners, GB fifth.
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1 hour ago, Gambo said:220000 Two Hundred and Twenty Thousand???
Leprechauns…4 to a seat
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Graham Miles article Speedway Star
in Speedway News and Discussions
Posted
Sadly many at Custom House in the mid/late. 60’s. Wills and Teodorowicz come to mind.