Speedway

[xgorton]

Do any of you follow the Sport ?. I have just finished watching the GP. I am a massive Aces fan.

Went back in the 60s Mauger,Sjosten,Fundin,Maidment,yes my spelling is shite.After the Speedway on the Bob's later would have been about 15 at the time.

 

[PPT]

Ha,
used to love standing on the corners so you’d get battered by the shale as Ivan Mauger came roaring into the first bend .
No brakes
Mental .

Tommy Roper - who always seemed to conk out as he was leading on the final lap! Soren Sjosten was my Aces hero.

 

[TinFoilHat]

My uncle raced in his prime.

Even in his 60's he went to Germany to compete in their seniors grass speedway events.

He tried to get me into riding and failed miserably trying to train me to control the skids.

I still remember him bollocking me for coming off the bike.

:)

 

[Two Gun Bob]

Then there was the stock cars…

Stu Smith all the way. One of Rochdale greatest sportsmen.

 

[bavarian blue]

I used to clean Ole Olsen's bikes for him in a garage in Whalley Range , before he sped off to a meeting in Wolverhampton.

 

[surrounded by idiots]

I used to clean Ole Olsen's bikes for him in a garage in Whalley Range , before he sped off to a meeting in Wolverhampton.

A lad I knew in Heywood years ago had an old bike of Peter Collins just sat in his backyard under a cover, it meant nothing to him, I was so jealous....The Prick (him not Collins)

 

[nmc]

Used to go to Hyde Road as a young child on a Saturday night… loved it. Was addicted to the smell of speedway bike fuel. Used to go in the pleasure gardens afterwards. Great days… some of my best childhood memories, the Bobs and the water shoot.

 

[When The Levee Breaks]

 

[mcfcinprague]

I used to clean Ole Olsen's bikes for him in a garage in Whalley Range , before he sped off to a meeting in Wolverhampton.

Ivan Mauger used to live on Withington Road

 

[bavarian blue]

Ivan Mauger used to live on Withington Road

He and Gary Pietersen used garages at the back of an empty house ,owned by Mike Parker, the promoter.
Unfortunately, Gary was killed while riding for Cradley Heath.