Phil The Ace 2,860 Posted November 17, 2019 (edited) Sadly colin has passed away in a freak accident at birmingham wheels last night. Colin was a massive supporter of speedway and a brilliant sponsor to many speedway riders and speedway events. Sending my love to all his family and friends Edited November 17, 2019 by Phil The Ace 2 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wtf 621 Posted November 17, 2019 23 minutes ago, Phil The Ace said: Sadly colin has passed away in a freak accident at birmingham wheels last night. Colin was a massive supporter of speedway and a brilliant sponsor to many speedway riders and speedway events. Sending my love to all his family and friends Really sad news about Colin. RIP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crabba59 156 Posted November 17, 2019 Very sad news I've known colin for a lot of years and a gentleman will be a big loss. RIP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dornier 795 Posted November 18, 2019 (edited) i didn`t know Colin North at all but this year at the British Final I parked up behind a car on the road side. A man got out of the car and opened the boot, I could see it was full of TengTools merchandise of which I spotted some TengTools caps. He picked up some caps and other stuff and began walking off to the stadium, I asked him were the caps for sale he pondered a second and said here you can have one. So I was shocked to see the photo of him on Twitter I will always remember that moment, it was a nice gesture. everytime I put my TengTools cap on I`ll think of him. Edited November 18, 2019 by Dornier fixer 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ray Stadia 1,071 Posted November 19, 2019 RIP I had no idea of the man, but very sad. I just Googled and apparently he was struck by a recovery vehicle, so presume he was in the pits or something. As I recall, that is the track Joe Owen had his accident and ended up in a wheelchair. Also very sad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wee Eck 703 Posted February 8, 2020 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-51428182 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bagpuss 10,780 Posted February 8, 2020 Astonishing that in an age where health and safety is generally so strict that something like this can happen. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Panthers99 434 Posted February 8, 2020 Been to several stock car meetings there and always astonished by the amount of people walking round. Always half a dozen members of the public (sponsors) handing out trophies aswell as photographers as the tractors are taking away strictened cars. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve roberts 9,246 Posted February 8, 2020 16 minutes ago, Bagpuss said: Astonishing that in an age where health and safety is generally so strict that something like this can happen. I used to be a Safety Rep at both my Department and here in York and I found the whole incident and circumstances unacceptable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
00000 1,279 Posted February 9, 2020 18 hours ago, Wee Eck said: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-51428182 Amazing. I expect H and S officers for speedway clubs will have taken note, though to be fair, speedway these days does nothing like what was mentioned in that report. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BangerBoy 47 Posted February 10, 2020 If speedway did this then there would be nobody left in the stands Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wee Eck 703 Posted February 10, 2020 8 minutes ago, BangerBoy said: If speedway did this then there would be nobody left in the stands I don’t follow. What does this mean, please? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites