chunky 6,094 Posted January 26 (edited) Here is the updated list after the sad passing of Rick France... 01 - Arthur Payne - 28/08/23 02 - Chum Taylor - 04/04/27 03 - Ian Williams - 04/08/31 04 - Ove Fundin - 23/05/33 05 - Dan Forsberg - 25/03/34 06 - Josef Hofmeister - 17/06/34 07 - Brian Crutcher - 23/08/34 08 - Mike Broadbank - 25/09/34 09 - Barry Briggs - 30/12/3410 - Bob Andrews - 27/10/1935 11 - Reg Luckhurst - 11/11/193512 - Sverre Harrfeldt - 23/11/1937 13 - Leif Larsson - 16/02/193814 - Bjorn Knutson - 27/04/38 15 - Gunnar Malmqvist - 25/12/1940 16 - Andrzej Wyglenda 04/05/194117 - John Louis - 14/06/194118 - Jim Airey - 19/08/194119 - Bengt Jansson - 09/01/194320 - Anders Michanek - 30/05/194321 - Trevor Hedge - 30/08/194322 - Terry Betts - 15/09/194323 - Howard Cole 29/12/194324 - Martin Ashby - 05/02/194425 - Jan Simensen - 26/07/194426 - Zygfryd Friedek - 19/10/194427 - Jerzy Trzeszkowski - 10/01/194528 - Eric Boocock - 02/02/194529 - John Boulger - 18/06/194530 - Hasse Holmqvist - 18/06/194531 - Jim McMillan - 03/12/194532 - Soren Karlsson - 23/10/194633 - Ole Olsen - 16/11/194634 - Ray Wilson - 12/03/194735 - Doug Wyer - 16/08/1947 36 - Grigori Khlinovsky - 11/11/4737 - Egon Muller - 26/11/194838 - Christoph Betzl - 13/02/194939 - Jiri Stancl - 18/11/194940 - Viktor Kuznetsov - 27/11/194941 - Georg Hack - 20/02/195042 - Marek Cieslak - 28/06/195043 - Alois Wiesbock - 31/07/195044 - Tommy Johansson - 21/10/1950 45 - Vladimir Gordeev - 30/11/195046 - John Titman - 26/01/195147 - Dag Lovaas - 25/02/1951 48 - Jan Verner - 03/03/195149 - Petr Ondrasik - 08/10/195150 - Phil Crump - 09/02/195251 - Henny Kroeze - 11/03/195252 - Valery Gordeev - 28/08/195253 - Dave Jessup - 07/03/195354 - Ales Dryml - 10/06/195355 - Scott Autrey - 09/07/195356 - Robert Slabon - 15/09/195357 - Peter Collins - 24/03/195458 - Larry Ross - 15/06/195459 - John Davis - 10/11/195460 - Finn Thomsen - 16/02/195561 - Mikhail Starostin - 24/02/195562 - Tommy Nilsson - 10/03/195563 - Jan Andersson - 07/05/1955 64 - Kai Niemi - 15/09/195565 - Jerzy Rembas - 18/04/195666 - Chris Morton - 22/07/195667 - Steve Bastable - 16/09/195668- Bruce Penhall - 10/05/195769 - Karl Maier - 24/08/195770 - Roman Jankowski - 05/10/195771 - Bo Petersen - 21/02/195872 - Les Collins - 24/05/195873 - Mitch Shirra - 27/09/195874 - Michael Lee - 11/12/195875 - John Cook - 18/12/1958 76 - Richard Knight - 26/05/195977 - Dennis Sigalos - 16/08/195978 - Erik Gundersen - 08/10/195979 - Hans Nielsen - 26/12/1959 80 - Olli Tyrvainen - 11/01/1960 81 - Phil Collins - 02/06/1960 82 - Sam Ermolenko - 23/11/1960 83 - Rick Miller - 12/01/1961 84 - Jeremy Doncaster - 16/06/1961 85 - Tommy Knudsen - 09/11/1961 86 - Zoltan Adorjan - 15/11/1961 87 - Shawn Moran - 19/11/1961 88 - Peter Ravn - 16/03/1962 89 - Zenon Kasprzak - 10/05/1962 90 - John Jorgensen - 18/07/1962 91 - Antal Kocso - 22/12/1962 92 - Sandor Tihanyi - 28/04/1963 93 - Lance King - 13/08/1963 94 - Armando Castagna - 22/09/1963 95 - Kelvin Tatum - 08/02/1964 96 - Marvyn Cox - 11/07/1964 97 - Zdenek Tesar - 30/07/1964 98 - Mikael Blixt - 08/08/1964 99 - Paul Thorp - 09/09/1964 100 - Tony Olsson - 13/03/1965 101 Gerd Riss - 17/03/1965 102 - Conny Ivarsson - 15/04/1965 103 - Simon Cross - 31/05/1965 104 - Bohumil Brhel - 10/06/1965 105 - Slawomir Drabik - 06/02/1966 106 - Per Jonsson - 21/03/1966 107 - Andy Smith - 25/05/1966 108 - Jan Staechmann - 05/06/1966 109 - Ronnie Correy - 08/11/1966 110 - Jimmy Nilsen - 16/11/1966 111 - Brian Karger - 09/02/1967 112 - Jan O. Pedersen - 27/07/1967 113 - Craig Boyce - 02/08/1967 114 - Troy Butler - 22/09/1967 115 - Piotr Swist - 20/06/1968 116 - Todd Wiltshire - 26/09/1968 117 - Gary Havelock - 04/11/1968 118 - Stefan Danno - 10/02/1969 119 - Martin Dugard - 18/05/1969 120 - Gert Handberg - 30/05/1969 121 - Chris Louis - 09/07/1969 122 - Billy Hamill - 23/05/1970 123 - Greg Hancock - 03/06/1970 124 - Henrik Gustafsson - 14/08/1970 125 - Tony Rickardsson - 17/08/1970 126 - Mark Loram - 12/01/1971 127 - Tomasz Gollob - 11/04/1971 128 - Leigh Adams - 28/04/1971 129 - Josh Larsen - 12/05/1972 130 - Joe Screen - 27/11/1972 131 - Jason Crump - 06/08/1975 Edited January 28 by chunky Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frigbo 518 Posted January 26 Sadly, Gordon Kennett needs to come off the list. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chunky 6,094 Posted January 28 On 1/26/2024 at 3:33 AM, frigbo said: Sadly, Gordon Kennett needs to come off the list. Sorry, don't know how I missed him. Thanks. Just scary to think of riders of his/my generation leaving us... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Split 179 Posted February 1 (edited) On 1/29/2024 at 12:24 AM, chunky said: Just scary to think of riders of my generation leaving us. I only have to go down to Ray Wilson at number 34 to find a rider younger than I am - that's really scary! Edited February 2 by Split Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BOBBATH 467 Posted February 2 Split I am in an even worse shape than you, I gotta go to young Jim McMillan at #31. I can recall watching Jim's older brother, Bill, and seeing Jim starting out. Class bloke!! Wot about others of our generation e.g. Norbold, BL65 where would you rank!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chunky 6,094 Posted February 2 1 hour ago, BOBBATH said: Split I am in an even worse shape than you, I gotta go to young Jim McMillan at #31. I can recall watching Jim's older brother, Bill, and seeing Jim starting out. Class bloke!! Wot about others of our generation e.g. Norbold, BL65 where would you rank!! Well, I'm just a puppy... John Jorgensen is the first world finalist younger than I, and he's way down at 90! He was born three days after me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
norbold 7,114 Posted February 3 2 hours ago, BOBBATH said: Split I am in an even worse shape than you, I gotta go to young Jim McMillan at #31. I can recall watching Jim's older brother, Bill, and seeing Jim starting out. Class bloke!! Wot about others of our generation e.g. Norbold, BL65 where would you rank!! Doug Wyer is the first one younger than me. I feel like quite a youngster now compared to you and Split! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frigbo 518 Posted February 3 Stefan Danno for me. I'm barely past being a foetus 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
salty 2,202 Posted February 3 Slot in at No 85. Just in front of Tommy Knudsen, who in my minds eye is still that fresh faced youngster riding into 3rd at Wembley in 1981. So that makes me feel ok. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BOBBATH 467 Posted February 3 Sheesh- Tommy Knudsen-great World Final 1981. I woz there. I recall his great racing- finished in top 3 in his first WF!! Last one at Wembley!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chunky 6,094 Posted February 4 10 hours ago, BOBBATH said: Sheesh- Tommy Knudsen-great World Final 1981. I woz there. I recall his great racing- finished in top 3 in his first WF!! Last one at Wembley!! Still seems like yesterday to me. I was 19 at the time! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
salty 2,202 Posted February 5 21 hours ago, chunky said: Still seems like yesterday to me. I was 19 at the time! Ditto. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BOBBATH 467 Posted February 6 Ditto and I was 35 then!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Split 179 Posted February 7 Just noticed that there are seven swedes in the top twenty and three of them won the World Championship with one runner-up. Maybe it's the saunas that keep them fit and well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chunky 6,094 Posted February 7 3 hours ago, Split said: Just noticed that there are seven swedes in the top twenty and three of them won the World Championship with one runner-up. Maybe it's the saunas that keep them fit and well. Or the women... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
