I am looking for heat results from the first meeting held on 31st March 1934 at Crystal Palace. I am also looking for any other pre-war race dates for Crystal...
At the first Crystal Place meeting, on March 31, 1934, RG Nash is credited with winning a race on the quarter-mile track in a 1500cc Anzini Nash at a speed of...
In 1951 Trevor Davies started the season with Norwich Stars and held a team place in the Kemsley Shield matches until injury hit him. When he was fit again...
In 1934, cars like the Austin were soon challenged when Jean Reville and Alvin 'Spike' Rhiando came up with cars better-suited for speedway-type racing on...
Hi Bryan In my old autograph book from that era I have 8 autographs for the Norwich team. Unfortunately I didn't date it but the names are : Paddy Mills...
Re the new U S A photo I seem to remember a photo like this from many years back .... Is it Johnny Speigelhoff ???? or a name like that. Bryan Tungate ... ...
Hi Bill Together with Syd Littlewood these men were the 1950 Norwich team riders - Syd & Ted were legtrailers and packed up at the end of the 1950 season....
Thanks for that Bryan. I will now date the pages, 58 years later! Cheers Bill -- In oldtimespeedway@yahoogroups.com, Bryan Tungate ... riders - Syd & Ted were...
Hi Bryan: I thought that I had seen the photo before as well. Johnny Spiegelhoff (or similar) does ring a bell with me as well. Could it be we saw the same...
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The first Crystal Palace meeting took place on March 31. The drivers included Tommy Sulman, who was later to be involved in big circuit grand prix racing. Isle...
For those of you interested in Tommy Sulman, I have just found this on the web. Rod P. Tom Sulman Complete name: Tom Sulman Birth date: 25.Dec.1899 Birth...
Bill Walsh has sent over three photos of the pre-war Belle Vue rider Jack Hargreaves, now in an album Veteran Riders Pre-1939. He was a cousin of Norman...
CLASSIC SPEEDWAY magazine First issue June 10 2008:::: Welcome to issue 1 and the exciting launch of another new magazine from Retro Speedway. Classic Speedway...
There have been some interesting Posts in this thread dedicated to 'Dutch' Holland - sadly about other riders! Does anyone know his speedway background?...
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Jack was one of the regulars at Belle Vue during the early war years. He was killed in a motor cycle accident during a close season. ... From:...
Just read the file on Sprouts Elder and it does seem larger than life. I have some programs from the States where he was the referee and it says in those...
There are previous mentions of Sprouts Elder - at least nine. To find them when in messages, go top of page to SEARCH and code in Sprouts Elder. Then scroll...
Sad news, from Igor Kalashnik: Russian legend Vladimir Paznikov has died. His body was found on his boat, on the Obi River near his hometown Novosibirsk....
Apart from recalling Vladimir Pazikov as a member of the then Soviet Union World Cup team in the era late 1960s-early 1970s, I admit that I am not familiar...
This does happen at times and I am know I am guilty of "mixing" these things. In defence I would guess that people see a name and post about that rider who has...
There's nothing wrong in 'mixing things' Bryan. It all adds to the delight of the association of both riders and teams over the years. I think the comment was...
Regarding the first British midget car meeting at Crystal Palace on March 31 1934. Because of the width of the old Crystal Palace speedway, there were only ...
Further to my previous Post, this is now from Igori on the BSF (with thanks): it reads as follows: "6th place of World final 1973; Bronze title of Championship...
About 25 years ago 17-year old Kenny Carter narrowly missed out on becoming the youngest ever Englishman to represent his country in a test match. On that...
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