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Nigel De'ath of Oxford and Spencer Timmo

given the choice i would opt for the terraces myself . in the grandstand at coventry the seats are far too close together and if theres a large group of us there the people on the ends of rows get excluded from group conversations ,the view of the racing is better in the stand but the P.A. deafens you. if it means speedway can continue at a track most people don't object to standing up .far better than the alternative in most cases

And those teams which are in stadiums without those facilities ,which they only rent and have no control over will do what exactly ?? close down i suppose . So it's goodbye Stoke,Scunthorpe,Plymouth, And Workington to name just a few who have no seating.

Dont you want to see them riding in the uk next year then ?

Does terry still go to speedway? or have you met him at other events ?

Track Brandon Coventry Start time 7.30 Saturday Team Nigel Boocock, Rick France, Les Owen, Ron Mountford, Tom Ridley, Tony Lomas , John Harrhy March out music Imperial echoes /flight of the bumble bee Team manager MIck Blackburn Promoter Charles Ochiltree Announcer Peter Morrish Bikes to be brought onto track by pushers wearing colour coded overalls and berets . riders walk out to them. Most important The opposition .......Leicester..... featuring Ray Wilson and John Boulger Attendance 5000 3500 Coventry 1500 Leicester Result 40-38 Boocock maximum Golden helmet Boocock retains golden helmet by beating challenger Wilson Closing Music May each day in the week ,Andy Williams

I thought you had emigrated to the usa snapper

TK the greatest bee of all time over nigel boocock ,WHat have you been smoking ? it must be good if you really think that !!!

There was a thread on here about Janno not long ago. I think he was importing race tyres for touring cars and was the main supplier for all scandinavian countries . Came about through a connection he made while riding speedway i believe

There was a thread on here about Janno not long ago. I think he was importing race tyres for touring cars and was the main supplier for all scandinavian countries . Came about through a connection he made while riding speedway i believe

Both systems have their merits and the gp at cardiff is drawing a bigger crowd than were attending the old one offs , What i miss are the qualifiers for the old one off ,a british final that meant something and all the other rounds were equally dramatic. overseas ,continental ,commonwealth ,intercontental.etc, and of course each of these rounds gave riders a chance at a title even if they never got the chance to be world champion

Does anyone know whats going on with the speedway track in malaysia ?.The website has'nt been updated for almost a year and i have'nt heard any mention of the place this season ,It all seemed to be going great guns with the government of malaysia wanting more tracks but since october last year no news .

ron ,rick,and jim lightfoot have all been featured in the coventry program recently jim lightfoot is indeed alive and well at this time and is an oc casional visitor to brandon and rick france was at brandon and wolverhamptons 80 year celebrations this year

spent his last year with coventry and can be found on internet today selling property in australia

Daz Santos was born in england 28/8/71 (from the horses mouth)

can't do the date of birth until i see him next at coventry but daz is english. born and raised in polesworth near tamworth and still living and working in that area ,retired from riding after crashing at peterborough and still suffers from partial paralysis in one arm as a resllt of that crash rode for the long eaton junior team ,the archers in 90 91 and part of 92 with other notables jason reed, mark geary,scott wormleighton,richard webb .will ask his d.o.b next time i see him and post it here for you

good to see him back in the saddle if he takes it easy for a couple of seasons he's still young enough and talented enough to make it back to the big time

dave rattenberry still has some stock of MK souvenirs and probably photos as well pm me for his email address

Thats right gem it was in use. wed night was live music night and i used to stand at the back of the track shop and listen to the local bands in between races

does anyone remember the quiz on radio 1 dead or alive ? that would work really well with speedway . any one out there want to start a game ?

i'd like to see an article on tommy knudsen (the wheelie king)after falling off celebrating a race win at the abbey stadium the video was shown in a loop every time the bees visited swindon for the next 5 years ,even now the swindon supporters like to remind us bees fans of the incident, one such kind fan has even put a clip of it on youtube,

img will want to move in when all the hard work is done and there is money to be made .i do hope the speedway authorities in europe can see the benefit of opening up a whole new continent to the sport and will do whatever they can to help make this venture a success

meetings at vojens are always crap either its slick as a board or waterlogged