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Never in Speedway to my knowledge but has happened in horse racing and greyhound racing a fair bit! In Speedway we rarely get dead heats given these days. I have seen about 15 in 49 years of watching of which all but one were over 25 years ago!
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Favourite Rider of All Time
WembleyLion replied to wealdstone's topic in Speedway News and Discussions
John Louis -
Cook, Vissing and Kennett banned.
WembleyLion replied to Steve Shovlar's topic in SGB Premiership Speedway League
and Danny Phillips for his part in the same incident. -
Eastbourne v Glasgow Semi Final
WembleyLion replied to Hunters's topic in SGB Championship League Speedway
Sorry for not responding sooner but I see several others have already adequately answered your question. -
Eastbourne v Glasgow Semi Final
WembleyLion replied to Hunters's topic in SGB Championship League Speedway
Actually based on other accounts he probably should not have been riding his bike at all at that point! My original comment was only relating to the behaviour of the marshall which is the only aspect I can comment on as it is the only aspect I have seen footage of. -
Eastbourne v Glasgow Semi Final
WembleyLion replied to Hunters's topic in SGB Championship League Speedway
There are still many things to clear up but to my mind having seen the video of Cook and the marshall I would blame the marshall for that particular incident. I appreciate there are many other aspects to this as to what happened both beforehand and afterwards. Good job the marshall didn't do it to Martin Dugard back in the day as I reckon he (the marshall) might have ended up a lot worse off! -
The Isle of Wight allow dogs.
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Mark Frost of Oxford who was really Attila Stefani.
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What matches had the biggest attendance in Speedway history?
WembleyLion replied to Kempol's topic in Years Gone By
I was at the Coventry v Hull league decider in 1979 and I think the attendance was given as 23,000. It was certainly a huge crowd and I remember having to park about a mile away from the stadium. -
Very sad - I am fortunate enough to have seen Speedway at Walkerville but when I went in 2017 it was clear that it was struggling to survive and that Flat Track and Quads were much more viable options. Unfortunately, it is a sign of the times with Speedway pretty much worldwide as the same could be said of Canada and even some European countries much closer to home. I'm glad I went when I did as I don't anticipate be able to watch Speedway in South Africa again.
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National Supporters Club Group
WembleyLion replied to Trees's topic in Speedway News and Discussions
This seems to be the case although a large number of Speedway fans I know are not attached to any particular club (often because a club they once followed has long since folded) but they regularly attend a number of different tracks. -
I don't think there will be anything at Champex-Lac as they couldn't get enough people to take an interest in trying to run it! Not sure about Flims though!
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Anyone remember Dalle Andersen?
WembleyLion replied to steve roberts's topic in Speedway News and Discussions
Remember him well. One of the fastest riders around the Crowley track! -
Top Championship poster of 2018 is......
WembleyLion replied to singy13's topic in SGB Championship League Speedway
Yes Jezza all the way! -
Fixture shambles - An annual event
WembleyLion replied to Hawk127's topic in Speedway News and Discussions
You are right about both - Sunday 1 November 1998 was Coventry v Ipswich in the Craven Shield Final second leg. Oxford and Cradley also failed to complete the KO Cup Final second leg in the 80's (1986 I think). I can only recall one official November fixture after the Coventry one from 1998 and that was at King's Lynn on 1 November 2000, however in the 70's and 80's November meetings took place most seasons. The latest meeting a saw was the Nigel Wasley Memorial on 10 November 1979 at Cradley. The latest league fixture I watched was Canterbury v Crayford on 7 November 1981. -
Yes indeed - thank you to all of you for a great job. Really appreciate what you do.
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Calling off meetings like this is a major contributory factor as to why fans have been deserting the sinking Speedway ship! Even if the track was 'unfit' several hours ago it just isn't good enough on a near perfect day for Speedway!
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Swindon v Belle Vue. Thursday 27/09/18.
WembleyLion replied to Sidney the robin's topic in SGB Premiership Speedway League
The average dropping was pretty blatant last night and I felt really sorry for the Swindon fans parting with their hard earned money and having to watch it! I think one of the problems with league Speedway these days is that (unlike the fans who follow their team) many riders have little or no real affinity to the club(s) they ride for. -
I know what you mean but you are also lucky to get Speedway in the Summer months at some tracks these days!