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If only the Aces could respectfully and tastefully capitalise on this!

Those white boots! RIP Olle.

Good book, well worth buying.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDWQLWHXY0Y ...near the end of episode

Thanks for that.

Wouldn't minding getting this book but from where? Perpetually unavailable from amazon.

How many of you knew that Plech was Vice Champion of London? Check this article out, presumably translated form Polish - it's absolutely hilarious. https://www.world-today-news.com/zenon-plech-is-dead-a-man-to-whom-the-english-bowed-the-waist-and-he-had-no-equal-in-the-polish-league/

A couple of years ago I happened across a model car racing circuit in West Vale near Halifax and, lo and behold, 'the smell' was immediately apparent. Therefore the cars presumably use Castrol R which means an obvious thing to do would be to watch speedway on your tablet whilst in attendance at one of these model car tracks!

At 6.24, a young lad in the centre is wearing a visor remarkably similar to what many are wearing now in the corona virus crisis. How come no-one thought of manufacturing those back in the day? At tracks where receiving a faceful of shale was always likely, they would have sold like hotcakes!

I obviously didn't spot your earlier post iris123. Just thinking, in the 50's, 60's & 70's, most towns in the UK will have had their own amateur cine society's. Most of the films they made would have been shot on 16mm, far superior in quality to vhs videotape which came along to replace cine in the 80's. I wouldn't mind betting there is a goldmine of high quality amateur speedway footage languishing in many vaults.

Belle Vue NSS is the template for what is possible if there is the enthusiasm, the council support and the finance. Would be wonderful if Coventry were to become the 'Belle Vue' of the midlands.

https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/5853 Glorious footage.

Despite the claim of BV to a world class venue - mainly true - the highly visible sight of cars parked around turns 3 and 4 does it give that 'track in a field' look which doesn't do much for the image and status of the place. If not terracing, it desperately needs something to block out those cars. Even advertising boardings would look better.

Will this be the first year in Belle Vue's entire history when no racing will take place?

Just watched an old meeting from the dog track - BV v oxford 1988. Does anyone know when the stand on the back straight was demolished and why was it demolished? Possibly an illusion but the clip appeared to make the place look like a top class venue.

Great film of Middlesborough here. http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/middlesbrough-speedway-1979-1981

It reminds me in some way of the Titanic, a once great and glorious thing, now resting and rusting at the bottom of the speedway ocean!

Remember him circling the track on the Halifax tractor during his time there. RIP.

The drone work on this is excellent, and personally I find the content to be both compelling and gruesome at the same time.

Sadly, they wouldn't. Belle Vue sees racing like this (and much better than this), every week on the best track in the UK but the crowds are not returning to the terraces in any significant numbers.

Surprised (but pleased), to see it on sale in a branch of WH Smiths yesterday. I thought Smiths had long since stopped selling it.

...great speedway pic included. Scroll down. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-8095877/The-pictures-shortlisted-Sony-World-Photography-Awards-youth-student-categories.html

I've got Mcafee anti virus, so I'll be ok.

Every year at the Grand National, horses are killed for 'our entertainment'. Not much difference between this and greyhounds in my view.

Please tell me the stock cars won't move to the NSS.