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Re: Who's who of Speedway past
« Reply #75 on: May 31, 2011, 12:45:23 am »
The 4 gents in the Showground pits are, Ricky Day, brother Carl and Phil Herne with Brum legend Graeme Warren.
Ricky is a driving instructor these days and is taking my daughter for a lesson tomorrow, Herney is still a proffesional motorbike rider, a postie out at Minto and is the regular starter at the NSW SRA club days at Nepean.
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« Reply #76 on: May 31, 2011, 12:53:11 am »
And i reckon in that shot on the cover your Bro is waring a red shower cap as he left his helmet colours at home and you had to pop over to the local shot and grab a packet of mixed shower caps......  hehe  ;D
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« Reply #77 on: May 31, 2011, 01:01:43 am »
Sorry Freaky, I think that's John Titman on the cover.
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« Reply #78 on: May 31, 2011, 06:59:31 am »
Top stuff , Freaky
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« Reply #79 on: May 31, 2011, 12:55:55 pm »
It's well known that two of Victoria's best motocrossers Rod HUNTER and Gary FLOOD
 graduated to teams speedway in England, mid-70s ... I've heard several stories about them.

But I've never seen a photo (alas) of either guy in UK on a slider.

Can anyone post some stuff on Hunter and Flood over there, please ..?
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« Reply #80 on: May 31, 2011, 02:21:47 pm »
Some great footage of Melbourne 1985.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGbYoU1i8wg
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« Reply #81 on: May 31, 2011, 03:39:01 pm »
Cracker, Stan!

Loved the Wigg monos   :-)
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« Reply #82 on: May 31, 2011, 07:06:26 pm »
yeah great stuff Stan, thanks for posting, i never knew those Mr Melbourne meetings were filmed. i went to that one as well as a few more.

i even got to ride the support class one year on my MkIV Weslake, such a big fast track, loved it.
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« Reply #83 on: May 31, 2011, 10:37:32 pm »
Hi Alison,

A good mate of mine is Lionel Van Praag's son, Cliff. He lives in Bondi.
He still has a lot of historical info on that era, I can have a chat to him about it if you like?

Cliff still does a lot of work for me on my bikes and also a few others.

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« Reply #84 on: May 31, 2011, 10:53:42 pm »
Wow Mark ( auscobul ) that really is a link to the very early days of Speedway.
I'm sure there is some fantastic stuff there.
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« Reply #85 on: May 31, 2011, 11:37:43 pm »
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« Reply #86 on: May 31, 2011, 11:40:05 pm »


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« Reply #87 on: June 01, 2011, 07:09:16 pm »
Quote from: auscobul on May 31, 2011, 10:37:32 pm
Hi Alison,
A good mate of mine is Lionel Van Praag's son, Cliff. He lives in Bondi.
He still has a lot of historical info on that era, I can have a chat to him about it if you like?
Cliff still does a lot of work for me on my bikes and also a few others.
Cheers,
Mark

Good to see you auscobul-hope your attending CD8,need to catch up for longer and not just dream over that KXsr250 on display  ;D  8)
Are the Van Praag family still riding ? So many Pandora box's out there right at our feet  :P
I have a few British Speedway people that email me information about there fantastic lives with bits and pieces they have experienced.Its one era that I missed by a few years.  ;)There is actually a name for people like me ,who get heavly involved in an era they never lived in.It was on the ABC radio,but I missed it  ;D
cheers A
Had a look at this website.Note the nobs on the bike tryres, ??? lost a few now days.
http://www.lionelvanpraag.com/Site/Welcome.html

The latest book 
The Golden era of Speedway
http://www.bookdepository.com/Golden-Age-Speedway-Philip-Dalling/9780752458311
The post-war era was British speedway's golden age. Ten million spectators passed through the turnstiles of a record number of tracks at the sport's peak. With league gates as high as 80,000, speedway offered a colourful means of escape from the grim austerity of the times. A determinedly clean image, with no betting and rival fans mingling on the terraces, made speedway the family night out of choice. The sport thrived despite punitive taxation and Government threats to close down the speedways as a threat to industrial productivity. A three-division National League stretched from Exeter to Edinburgh and the World Championship Final attracted a capacity audience to Wembley. Test matches against Australia provided yet another international dimension. Even at the height of its popularity, speedway was a sporting edifice built on unstable foundations, which crumbled alarmingly as the 1950s dawned and Britain's economic and social recovery brought competing attractions like television.
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« Reply #88 on: June 01, 2011, 07:18:45 pm »
Alison, I'm pretty sure there are no Van Praag's riding today.
Lionel's other son, Barry, was paralized in a prang at that bloody Syd Showground in 73, sadly he passed away several years ago.
What is that name for someone like you?
Because a lot of us fall into the same category.
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Re: Who's who of Speedway past
« Reply #89 on: June 01, 2011, 07:43:13 pm »
Hey, Slides
That's Booey sittin on the bike with the Street engine in the showground shot, Jimbo will have something to say about that engine, I see he's hovering tonight.
Dont know who the other guys are , but I think one of them is Terry Betts.
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