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Anthony and James both started out in British league racing before moving to the US. Ironically, both moved to the St. Louis area where I was based! I used to hang out with James regularly, but then he got into the family thing and I moved to Cincinnati... Of course Britain is responsible for its own demise, and I think it is just not attractive enough for Americans now. Of course, there isn't the quality of American speedway now, but that could be related to the lack of incentive both here in the US, and in Britain. Steve

Learning from Pedersen...

It took you until now to realise that?

Doesn't matter anyway; I'm watching it for the racing, not just the results. Apparently crumpet isn't interested in that aspect of speedway... Steve

Lebedevs on fire, eh?

Go back to the 1980's, and who would have ever thought that France would get a 5-1 over USA??? Steve

OMG! Cook edgy at the tapes...

I thought he was Frenish???

It didn't seem that long to me, but perhaps it was! Thing is, with none of them ready, that should definitely have been a re-run. Steve

Nobody was ready. Even Iversen wasn't 100% ready, and you can see Lebedevs on the inside was totally taken aback also. No idea why, though... Steve

So I see! It looks like dart players are keeping speedway alive in Britain! Steve

Don't forget that we have Mid-America Speedway in Indianapolis too! As is standard over here, it features flat-track and quads too, but we do have a number of riders in the Midwest. Sadly, I haven't been able to make it there (despite constant promises to myself), but I am not sure if Anthony Barlow and James Mann are still racing. Not sure, but I wonder if the demise of the British speedway scene has had a negative impact on the number of Americans riding abroad? Perhaps Poland doesn't have the same appeal, I don't know... Steve

The post I referenced stated that the results were taken from Speedway Mail, so I would tend to go with yours. There were probably quite a few of us forumites there at that final, but it's crazy to think of it being 37 years ago... Steve

Just found this on the BSF from 9 years ago! Final was Schwartz, Knudsen, Dryml, Maier. 71.4 Nothing for the years though... Steve

Dammit! I still have the prog from the WTC, but it's in storage 400 miles away. Sorry... Steve

You sure that wasn't the Isle of Dogs???

Don't know if you remember, Bob, we did have a thread about Gil on here a few years ago, started by Gil's son Mark? Well, Mark did confirm (on the Speedwayplus website) that he did sadly take his own life. Unfortunately, I don't know any more than that. Steve

Hey, you've got nothing to feel bad about; you asked a legitimate question. Steve

Who invented the internal combustion engine? Was it Porky the pig?

Specifically, a higher plane than the average BSF poster!

It's been proved that ants are highly intelligent with a well-ordered society. The last thing they'd go to would be discos... Steve

Why wouldn't you take 'em to speedway? I'm sure they would like Dean Barker, Tai Woofinden, Terrier Betts, and the like. Not forgetting Lassie Bjerre, or most of the Great Danes, actually... Steve

But did they pee and poop where people were walking???

Wow! Hey, I wouldn't part with that either!

I got my copy on Amazon. Cheaper for me to get books and dvd's from Amazon.co.uk and get them shipped over, than to buy them on the main American site! Steve