Can you identify these?

[Guest]

There was a site packed with information that was taken down rather than just dying. I refer to the The Speedway History Forum. At the time of its demise there was still member action - then without warning it was gone! One of the great mysteries I suppose as to what happens on the Internet? I think this site may have been established by the speedway artist Jim Blanchard?

[Andrew 125]

I tried running the web addresses though the Internet Archive Wayback Machine

 

https://archive.org/web/

 

 

And it found the following pages

 

https://web.archive.org/web/20060425011734/http://freespace.virgin.net:80/pete.craven/index.htm

 

https://web.archive.org/web/20080106105858/http://www.ove-fundin.com/

 

https://web.archive.org/web/20020206211001/http://freespace.virgin.net:80/barry.briggo/index.htm

 

https://web.archive.org/web/20070203044814/http://speedwayhistory.proboards67.com:80/

 

https://web.archive.org/web/20070205133504/http://www.legtrailerart.com:80/

 

The pages take a little while to load and may not have all the images,but the text seems to be all there.

[Guest]

http://freespace.virgin.net/pete.craven/index.htm Peter Craven (gallery updated recently with new photo's)

http://freespace.virgin.net/barry.briggo/index.htm Barry Briggs

http://freespace.virgin.net/mirac.moore/index.htm Ronnie Moore

http://www.ove-fundin.com Ove Fundin

http://www.art-in-motion.co.uk New Cross Speedway (Unfinished more photo's and memorabilia from Mike Kemp to be included)

 

Interesting to see your one though.

 

 

 

Over the years - this was originally posted some 13 years ago - these sites appear to have "...vanished into the ether..." Out of interest, can any other BSF member manage to enter them? They look extremely interesting and I would like to view what is on offer. My profound thanks for any advice.

 

 

I tried running the web addresses though the Internet Archive Wayback Machine

 

https://archive.org/web/

 

 

And it found the following pages

 

https://web.archive.org/web/20060425011734/http://freespace.virgin.net:80/pete.craven/index.htm

 

https://web.archive.org/web/20080106105858/http://www.ove-fundin.com/

 

https://web.archive.org/web/20020206211001/http://freespace.virgin.net:80/barry.briggo/index.htm

 

https://web.archive.org/web/20070203044814/http://speedwayhistory.proboards67.com:80/

 

https://web.archive.org/web/20070205133504/http://www.legtrailerart.com:80/

 

The pages take a little while to load and may not have all the images,but the text seems to be all there.

 

That's excellent work on your part Andrew, and I loaded up by following your advice and had a fairly good response. And I see the sites are the work of renowned speedway artist Jim Blanchard.

Now, I wonder if there is some way the other 'lost' sites listed on here might be traced via the same source? The snag is that in most cases there is only a forum name but not a full forum website address for them.

Edited June 7, 2017 by Guest

[Guest]

Here is a list of speedway history sites as shown on SpeedwayPlus website. I have no idea how many of these are still functioning.

Nostalgia / History Sites:

Speedway Researcher http://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/
International Speedway http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/index.html
Vintage Speedway Forum http://speedwayhistory.proboards67.com/index.cgi
Vintage Speedway Magazine http://www.retro-speedway.com/
Backtrack Magazine http://www.retro-speedway.com/
Dick Barrie http://www.dickbarrie.co.uk/
In Memoriam http://www.speedwayinmemoriam.yolasite.com/
Just Solos http://www.justsolos.homestead.com/
Vintage Speedway http://www.vintagespeedway.com/
New Zealand History http://www.historicspeedway.co.nz/
Old Time Speedway http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/oldtimespeedway/
Defunct Speedway http://www.defunctspeedway.co.uk/
Magro's Historic World http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~stvmagro/pages/mainindex.htm
London Speedways http://londonspeedways.proboards.com/index.cgi
Speedway Champions http://www.speedwaychampions.com/
Blast From the Past http://www.vintagespeedway.co.uk/
Scottish Open Licence Seasons http://scotopen.tripod.com/
W.S.R.A http://www.world-sra.co.uk/

Edited June 8, 2017 by Guest

[Guest]

Here is a list of speedway history sites as shown on SpeedwayPlus website. I have no idea how many of these are still functioning.

Nostalgia / History Sites:

Speedway Researcher http://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/

International Speedway http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/index.html

Vintage Speedway Forum http://speedwayhistory.proboards67.com/index.cgi

Vintage Speedway Magazine http://www.retro-speedway.com/

Backtrack Magazine http://www.retro-speedway.com/

Dick Barrie http://www.dickbarrie.co.uk/

In Memoriam http://www.speedwayinmemoriam.yolasite.com/

Just Solos http://www.justsolos.homestead.com/

Vintage Speedway http://www.vintagespeedway.com/

New Zealand History http://www.historicspeedway.co.nz/

Old Time Speedway http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/oldtimespeedway/

Defunct Speedway http://www.defunctspeedway.co.uk/

Magro's Historic World http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~stvmagro/pages/mainindex.htm

London Speedways http://londonspeedways.proboards.com/index.cgi

Speedway Champions http://www.speedwaychampions.com/

Blast From the Past http://www.vintagespeedway.co.uk/

Scottish Open Licence Seasons http://scotopen.tripod.com/

W.S.R.A http://www.world-sra.co.uk/

 

I have checked the Links provided on the SpeewayPlus website. Most are still functional - the exceptions are:

 

Vintage Speedway Forum http://speedwayhistory.proboards67.com/index.cgi

Dick Barrie http://www.dickbarrie.co.uk/

Magro's Historic World http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~stvmagro/pages/mainindex.htm

 

​However, in regard to the Dick Barrie Link while it does materialise it does not carry any speedway information but appears to now be an outlet for mainly women's footwear.

[waiheke1 4,295]

Wonder if they ever considered sponsoring a rider, and if they did whether the rider's name would appear in the programme or "dickbarrie womans wear"?

[Guest]

 

​I could be completely mistaken here - I usually am (old age and all that!) - but I seem to have memories from about 10-12 years ago of a history site run by a person in Italy!

Again, I could be wrong, but I am certain the websites title included the word MARS in it (...and don't 'bar' me for that comment!). I have tried a GOOGLE search but nothing came forward.

 

I have found the site I was looking for. I knew it had a chocolate bar connection and thought it was MARS. Instead it turns out to be MILKY SPEEDWAY, But it is still up and running - here's the Link to it:

http://themilkyspeedway.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/

Edited June 22, 2017 by Guest