Dons67 0 Posted March 9, 2006 Further to Kevin Hammonds post, i note on the excellent site http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/intspeedway/index.htm that there was an international challenge series held in 1964 on PL tracks between England, Overseas, Scotland and Wales. Scotland included Les McGillivaray Howdy Byford (surely a cockney) Geoff Penniket Vic White Wales included Jon Erskine Pete Vandenberg (Dutch/Australian??) Alby Golden Norman Strachan (pronounced strawn) Is this another case of promoters "artistic" license or were all these actually those nationalities????? I'm sure all you clever clogs will know Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
speedyguy 20 Posted March 10, 2006 Further to Kevin Hammonds post, i note on the excellent sitehttp://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/intspeedway/index.htm that there was an international challenge series held in 1964 on PL tracks between England, Overseas, Scotland and Wales. Scotland included Les McGillivaray Howdy Byford (surely a cockney) Geoff Penniket Vic White Wales included Jon Erskine Pete Vandenberg (Dutch/Australian??) Alby Golden Norman Strachan (pronounced strawn) Is this another case of promoters "artistic" license or were all these actually those nationalities????? Apart from Peter Vandenberg, I am certain they were all English. I remember meeting Peter when he first arrived in England. His name on bike was Peter van den Berg. He was the son of Dutch emigrants to Australia. There was an early row over whether he was a Dutchman or an Aussie - in the end the latter was agreed by the authorities here. I'm sure all you clever clogs will know <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chunky 6,118 Posted March 10, 2006 I'm total agreement with speedy guy. They are all English except for Vandenberg. Steve Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
