grampyboy Posted April 19 Report Share Posted April 19 Just now, grampyboy said: Very sad to hear, the start of my interest in speedway when he was riding for Cardiff Speedway a very long time ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andout Posted April 20 Report Share Posted April 20 I do remember him quite well. Article here: https://www.speedwayillustratednews.com.au/2025/04/20/australian-speedway-passing-of-chum-taylor-98/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STANBATH Posted April 22 Report Share Posted April 22 Sorry that Chum has passed, I remember seeing him in1966 riding for CH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STANBATH Posted April 24 Report Share Posted April 24 ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS50 Posted May 21 Report Share Posted May 21 On 10/23/2024 at 12:59 AM, BOBBATH said: Hi everybody, particularly Chunky, Can you update the list as of October 2024- last one I saw had Ian Williams crossing over to the great track in the sky Had a go at doing this. Just copied the previous list, and removed the names of those who have passed on. Names now missing are Taylor, Bales, Williams, France, Louis, and Kennett. Hope I got it right, let me know if there are any errors. 01 - Arthur Payne - 28/08/23 02- Per Tage Svensson - 16/10/31 03- Peo Soderman - 29/10/32 04- Ove Fundin - 23/05/33 05 - Dan Forsberg - 25/03/34 06 - Josef Hofmeister - 17/06/34 07 Brian Crutcher - 23/08/34 8 Mike Broadbank - 25/09/34 9- Barry Briggs - 30/12/34 10 - Aage Hansen - 13/04/35 11 - Gote Nordin - 02/07/35 12 - Bob Andrews - 27/10/1935 13- Reg Luckhurst - 11/11/1935 14 - Doug Davies - 06/08/1936 15 - Sverre Harrfeldt - 23/11/1937 16- Leif Larsson - 16/02/1938 17- Leif Enecrona - 05/03/1940 18- Andrzej Wyglenda 04/05/1941 19- Jim Airey - 19/08/1941 20 - Bengt Jansson - 09/01/1943 21 - Anders Michanek - 30/05/1943 22 - Trevor Hedge - 30/08/1943 23- Terry Betts - 15/09/1943 24 - Howard Cole 29/12/1943 25 - Martin Ashby - 05/02/1944 26 - Jan Simensen - 26/07/1944 27 - Zygfryd Friedek - 19/10/1944 28 - Jerzy Trzeszkowski - 10/01/1945 29- Eric Boocock - 02/02/1945 30- John Boulger - 18/06/1945 31 - Hasse Holmqvist - 18/06/1945 32 - Jim McMillan - 03/12/1945 33 - Soren Karlsson - 23/10/1946 34- Ole Olsen - 16/11/1946 35 - Ray Wilson - 12/03/1947 36 - Doug Wyer - 16/08/1947 37 - Grigori Khlinovsky - 11/11/47 38 - Egon Muller - 26/11/1948 39 - Christoph Betzl - 13/02/1949 40- Jiri Stancl - 18/11/1949 41 - Viktor Kuznetsov - 27/11/1949 42 - Georg Hack - 20/02/1950 43- Marek Cieslak - 28/06/1950 44- Alois Wiesbock - 31/07/1950 45 Tommy Johansson - 21/10/1950 46 - Vladimir Gordeev - 30/11/1950 47- John Titman - 26/01/1951 48- Dag Lovaas - 25/02/1951 48- Jan Verner - 03/03/1951 50 - Petr Ondrasik - 08/10/1951 51- Phil Crump - 09/02/1952 52- Henny Kroeze - 11/03/1952 53 - Valery Gordeev - 28/08/1952 54 - Dave Jessup - 07/03/1953 55- Ales Dryml - 10/06/1953 56 - Scott Autrey - 09/07/1953 57 - Robert Slabon - 15/09/1953 58- Peter Collins - 24/03/1954 59- Larry Ross - 15/06/1954 60- John Davis - 10/11/1954 61- Finn Thomsen - 16/02/1955 62- Mikhail Starostin - 24/02/1955 63 - Tommy Nilsson - 10/03/1955 64 - Jan Andersson - 07/05/1955 65 Kai Niemi - 15/09/1955 66- Jerzy Rembas - 18/04/1956 67- Chris Morton - 22/07/1956 68- Steve Bastable - 16/09/1956 69- Bruce Penhall - 10/05/1957 70- Karl Maier - 24/08/1957 71- Roman Jankowski - 05/10/1957 72 - Bo Petersen - 21/02/1958 73- Les Collins - 24/05/1958 74 - Mitch Shirra - 27/09/1958 75 - Michael Lee - 11/12/1958 76- John Cook - 18/12/1958 77 - Dennis Sigalos - 16/08/1959 78 - Erik Gundersen - 08/10/1959 79- Hans Nielsen - 26/12/1959 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bavarian Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 10-Aage Hansen passed away 15 November 2023 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aage_Hansen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bavarian Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 14-Doug Davies passed away 8 June 2000 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Davies_(speedway_rider) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bavarian Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 11-Göte Nordín passed away 21 November 2023 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Göte_Nordin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andout Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 2-Per Tage Svensson died 25 May 2008 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per_Tage_Svensson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andout Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 Out of the top twenty that means there are two riders I never managed to see were the number one of course, and Dan Forsberg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 I think Bjorn Knutson is still with us but missing on the list (born 27 April 1938). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andout Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 Not sure the latest list was used above...... The latest list should be (at least I think) on Page 14 supplied by Chunky.......it has Troy Butler at #113 or course he should not be there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andout Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 9 minutes ago, Split said: I think Bjorn Knutson is still with us but missing on the list (born 27 April 1938). And Bjorn is ON the list that Chunky had provided on Page 14......I'll repost it next and if someone wants to update it ...Please do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andout Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 (edited) Here is what I think is latest list (From Chunky) 01 - Arthur Payne - 28/08/23 02 - 03 - 04 - Ove Fundin - 23/05/33 05 - Dan Forsberg - 25/03/34 06 - Josef Hofmeister - 17/06/34 07 - Brian Crutcher - 23/08/34 08 - Mike Broadbank - 25/09/34 09 - Barry Briggs - 30/12/34 10 - Bob Andrews - 27/10/1935 11 - Reg Luckhurst - 11/11/1935 12 - Sverre Harrfeldt - 23/11/1937 13 - Leif Larsson - 16/02/1938 14 - Bjorn Knutson - 27/04/38 15 - Gunnar Malmqvist - 25/12/1940 16 - Andrzej Wyglenda 04/05/1941 17 - Jim Airey - 19/08/1941 18 - Bengt Jansson - 09/01/1943 19 - Anders Michanek - 30/05/1943 20 - Trevor Hedge - 30/08/1943 21 - Terry Betts - 15/09/1943 22 - Howard Cole 29/12/1943 23 - Martin Ashby - 05/02/1944 24 - Jan Simensen - 26/07/1944 25 - Zygfryd Friedek - 19/10/1944 26 - Jerzy Trzeszkowski - 10/01/1945 27 - Eric Boocock - 02/02/1945 28 - John Boulger - 18/06/1945 29 - Hasse Holmqvist - 18/06/1945 30 - Jim McMillan - 03/12/1945 31 - Soren Karlsson - 23/10/1946 (Not a Finalist) 32 - Ole Olsen - 16/11/1946 33 - Ray Wilson - 12/03/1947 34 - Doug Wyer - 16/08/1947 35 - Grigori Khlinovsky - 11/11/47 36 - Egon Muller - 26/11/1948 37 - Christoph Betzl - 13/02/1949 38 - Jiri Stancl - 18/11/1949 39 - Viktor Kuznetsov - 27/11/1949 40 - Georg Hack - 20/02/1950 41 - Marek Cieslak - 28/06/1950 42 - Alois Wiesbock - 31/07/1950 43 - Tommy Johansson - 21/10/1950 44 - Vladimir Gordeev - 30/11/1950 45 - John Titman - 26/01/1951 46 - Dag Lovaas - 25/02/1951 47 - Jan Verner - 03/03/1951 48 - Petr Ondrasik - 08/10/1951 49 - Phil Crump - 09/02/1952 50 - Henny Kroeze - 11/03/1952 51 - Valery Gordeev - 28/08/1952 52 - Dave Jessup - 07/03/1953 53 - Ales Dryml - 10/06/1953 54 - Scott Autrey - 09/07/1953 55 - Robert Slabon - 15/09/1953 56 - Peter Collins - 24/03/1954 57 - Larry Ross - 15/06/1954 58 - John Davis - 10/11/1954 59 - Finn Thomsen - 16/02/1955 60 - Mikhail Starostin - 24/02/1955 61 - Tommy Nilsson - 10/03/1955 62 - Jan Andersson - 07/05/1955 63 - Kai Niemi - 15/09/1955 64 - Jerzy Rembas - 18/04/1956 65 - Chris Morton - 22/07/1956 66 - Steve Bastable - 16/09/1956 67- Bruce Penhall - 10/05/1957 68 - Karl Maier - 24/08/1957 69 - Roman Jankowski - 05/10/1957 70 - Bo Petersen - 21/02/1958 71 - Les Collins - 24/05/1958 72 - Mitch Shirra - 27/09/1958 73 - Michael Lee - 11/12/1958 74 - John Cook - 18/12/1958 75 - Richard Knight - 26/05/1959 76 - Dennis Sigalos - 16/08/1959 77 - Erik Gundersen - 08/10/1959 78 - Hans Nielsen - 26/12/1959 79 - Olli Tyrvainen - 11/01/1960 80 - Phil Collins - 02/06/1960 81 - Sam Ermolenko - 23/11/1960 82 - Rick Miller - 12/01/1961 83 - Jeremy Doncaster - 16/06/1961 84 - Tommy Knudsen - 09/11/1961 85 - Zoltan Adorjan - 15/11/1961 86 - Shawn Moran - 19/11/1961 87 - Peter Ravn - 16/03/1962 88 - Zenon Kasprzak - 10/05/1962 89 - John Jorgensen - 18/07/1962 90 - Antal Kocso - 22/12/1962 91 - Sandor Tihanyi - 28/04/1963 92 - Lance King - 13/08/1963 93 - Armando Castagna - 22/09/1963 94 - Kelvin Tatum - 08/02/1964 95 - Marvyn Cox - 11/07/1964 96 - Zdenek Tesar - 30/07/1964 97 - Mikael Blixt - 08/08/1964 98 - Paul Thorp - 09/09/1964 99 - Tony Olsson - 13/03/1965 100 Gerd Riss - 17/03/1965 101 - Conny Ivarsson - 15/04/1965 102 - Simon Cross - 31/05/1965 103 - Bohumil Brhel - 10/06/1965 104 - Slawomir Drabik - 06/02/1966 105 - Per Jonsson - 21/03/1966 106 - Andy Smith - 25/05/1966 107 - Jan Staechmann - 05/06/1966 108 - Ronnie Correy - 08/11/1966 109 - Jimmy Nilsen - 16/11/1966 110 - Brian Karger - 09/02/1967 111 - Jan O. Pedersen - 27/07/1967 112 - Craig Boyce - 02/08/1967 113 - Troy Butler - 22/09/1967 114 - Piotr Swist - 20/06/1968 115 - Todd Wiltshire - 26/09/1968 116 - Gary Havelock - 04/11/1968 117 - Stefan Danno - 10/02/1969 118 - Martin Dugard - 18/05/1969 119 - Gert Handberg - 30/05/1969 120 - Chris Louis - 09/07/1969 121 - Billy Hamill - 23/05/1970 122 - Greg Hancock - 03/06/1970 123 - Henrik Gustafsson - 14/08/1970 124 - Tony Rickardsson - 17/08/1970 125 - Mark Loram - 12/01/1971 126 - Tomasz Gollob - 11/04/1971 127 - Leigh Adams - 28/04/1971 128 - Josh Larsen - 12/05/1972 129 - Joe Screen - 27/11/1972 130 - Jason Crump - 06/08/1975 Edited May 23 by andout 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 2 hours ago, andout said: Out of the top twenty that means there are two riders I never managed to see were the number one of course, and Dan Forsberg Three for me. Your two plus Josef Hofmeister. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briggo Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 Don’t think Soren Karlsson made an Individual World Final Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted May 22 Author Report Share Posted May 22 Amazing that Ove is second on that list. BTW Although I am posting as STANBATH now , I am the old BOBBATH- I just couldn't figure out how to keep the old name when they asked me to re-register, it kept bouncing me out - put it down to age and the fact that I am a technopeasant. Anyway it looks like Michanek and Hedge make the top 18. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted May 22 Author Report Share Posted May 22 Amazing that Ove is now second Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted May 22 Author Report Share Posted May 22 It looks like I'm Bobbath again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andout Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 3 hours ago, briggo said: Don’t think Soren Karlsson made an Individual World Final You are correct.......World Team Cup yes.....World Final No Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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