YeOldPitGate Posted July 29 Report Share Posted July 29 10 hours ago, marko said: There is a long list of riders who people thought might break through but ultimately never did, in recent times you have had riders like Zack W who still does grass and long track, Ashton B who has also gone to other two wheeled disciplines. Its easy to look back through rose tinted glasses, but I miss the days when you had a junior meeting after the main 4 vs 4 over 6 heats. So very true was it Justin Elkins who was another that big things were hoped for but never happened, I used to enjoy the junior meetings you could always spot the ones who might make a career out of the game like Ray Morton, Sean Wilson and who was the lad who led the Wolves juniors around mid 80's also can't remember his name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulnolan Posted Wednesday at 11:43 AM Author Report Share Posted Wednesday at 11:43 AM Loved watching Justin Elkins as the Knights' mascot around Elfield Park! I wish we still had second-half junior racing. Just my opinion, but I think you can probably trace the decline of British speedway talent to the switch to a third division. A connection with clubs was lost that seemed vital for development. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedball Posted Wednesday at 11:45 AM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 11:45 AM 4 hours ago, YeOldPitGate said: So very true was it Justin Elkins who was another that big things were hoped for but never happened, I used to enjoy the junior meetings you could always spot the ones who might make a career out of the game like Ray Morton, Sean Wilson and who was the lad who led the Wolves juniors around mid 80's also can't remember his name. Andy Phillips? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko Posted Wednesday at 04:08 PM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 04:08 PM 4 hours ago, paulnolan said: Loved watching Justin Elkins as the Knights' mascot around Elfield Park! I wish we still had second-half junior racing. Just my opinion, but I think you can probably trace the decline of British speedway talent to the switch to a third division. A connection with clubs was lost that seemed vital for development. Justin ended up becoming infamous for his engine failures and I don’t mean giving up and pulling onto the centre green like so many riders do now, these were genuine and led of course to people wondering what wasn’t he doing to take care of his equipment such was it so unreliable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldPitGate Posted Wednesday at 04:23 PM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 04:23 PM 4 hours ago, Speedball said: Andy Phillips? That's the lad he was a very good trapper and had a tidy style but wasn't one for coming from the back much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted Wednesday at 04:28 PM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 04:28 PM 19 minutes ago, marko said: Justin ended up becoming infamous for his engine failures and I don’t mean giving up and pulling onto the centre green like so many riders do now, these were genuine and led of course to people wondering what wasn’t he doing to take care of his equipment such was it so unreliable. I thought his full name was... Justin Elkins EF..... Given it was written so many times in the Speedway Star... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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