sandman 0 Posted March 18, 2003 OK Zetters, close but since you are obviously Swede, you could be biased. But to throw a bit of flavour into the mix, probably the one man who is evergreen and leaves all behind is..... Ice Racing Twice World Champ, 25 consequetive World Finals and still a threat at 54... Per Olov Serinius. Top that :!: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KevH 257 Posted March 18, 2003 Gordon Kennett. What else would you expect from an Eagles fan! Martin Dugard maybe? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tigerlouisfan 8 Posted July 23, 2004 Nice to see Tiger Louis and Billy Sanders mentioned Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SuzieQ 0 Posted July 23, 2004 Billy Sanders was my idol in the 70's and early 80's But being a Poole lass there are so many that graced our team over those years, Mike Caruso (spelling) Scott Autrey, Danny Kennedy, Ron Preston, Christer Sjosten,Michael Lee and then obviously JD and Middlo. Moving towards the late 80's and early 90's you would be hard pushed to find any better team riding pair than David Biles and Kevin Smith, they were a dream to watch at Poole! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 21,083 Posted July 23, 2004 Agree with those that mentioned Tommy Jansson and with Grachan`s choice of Martin Ashby,but would also say, in London at least Barry Thomas was great.Don`t know how he went on the northern tracks though Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
boywonder 0 Posted July 23, 2004 If we bring up NL then Joe Owen and Dave Perks were gods. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
longlivefrankie 458 Posted July 23, 2004 does anyone else miss the team riding that seemed to take place a lot more then, there seems to be so few riders who can do this now..even the top riders just blast off in to the distance my picks phil "bionic" crump PC & morton Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest BILLY BURTONS BOOTS Posted July 23, 2004 Les Rumsey Martin Yeates Doug Wyer Scott Autrey Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Star 6 Posted July 24, 2004 My hero's of the seventies were definately Chris Morton,Dennis Sigalos,Colin Cook,Ian Turner,Peter Collins,Kelly Moran, Terry Betts. A finer team of racers than these i cannot imagine Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 3 Posted July 24, 2004 idols.. hmm.. there have been so many.. Vaclav Verner..a whole new meaning to "riding the boards!" Zenon Plech.. pure class.. Bo Petersen.. slow starter but complete racing attitude, and such a laugh in the pits Kelvin Mullarkey.. never give up and never give in Scott Autrey.. never left that white line, but was always first to it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest albeeback Posted July 24, 2004 Have to give a mention to Bob Valentine. When Bob moved from Sheffield to Coventry, a friend, a Tigers fan, took me along to see him. That was my first experience of speedway. Going off on a tangent, Peter Prinsloo was a great guest for the Bees around that time. He used to fly around Brandon. Booey on one of Peter's bikes was even quicker .... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Custom House Kid 45 Posted July 24, 2004 :?: World Champions excluded... Terry Betts.Moran Bros.Phil Crump.. Preston.Siggy.. Morton Bros.. Schwartz..Louis..Lofqvist..Persson @ Simmo.. Any others? :? Sorry missed the 70s 80s and 90s ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Onceadon 0 Posted July 26, 2004 Gordon Kennett, Malcolm Simmons, Roger Johns and Barry Thomas. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DW 11 Posted July 27, 2004 least Barry Thomas was great.Don`t know how he went on the northern tracks though Thomas was superb around both Blantyre tracks,didn't do so well around Shawfield. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wildcat Steve 33 Posted July 27, 2004 You all got me thinking so I went to the cupboard and pulled out my box filled with old programmes here is one I pulled out at random enjoy the trip down memory lane Friday 15th June 1979 prog. price 20p Poole v Coventry 18 heats KO cup meeting 1st leg Poole 59 1.Malcolm Simmons © 3,2,3,3,2. 13 2.Martin Yeates 0,3,2,1,1. 7 3.Neil Middleditch. 2,2,1,3,3, 11 4.Kelvin Mullarkey. 1,3,1,1,0. 6 5.Ron Preston 1,2,2,3,2. 10 6.Danny Kennedy 3,3,2,1,f. 9 7.Pip Lamb 1,0,1. 2 8.Nigel Davis 1,0,0. 1 Coventry 48 1.Ole Olsen© 2,3,3,ef,3. 11 2.Mitch Shirra 3,1,1,2,3. 10 3.Alan Molyneux ns 4.Mick Bell 0,ef,0,2,1. 3 5.Alf Busk2 ,0,1,0,0, 3 6.Gary Guglielmi 1,1,2,2,2. 8 7.Tommy Knudsson 2,3,3,2. 10 8.Phillip Cairn 0,3. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
