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| 26th January 2020 |
Max Grosskreutz and the Golden Helmet ControversyDoug MacFarlane takes us all the way back to 1928 and a controversial meeting in Brisbane. |
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The Internationale 1964 Back to Plough Lane for the 1964 Internationale - Tracy Holmes is our guide. |
"I do wonder about the Luftwaffe pilot who rode at Wimbledon. Seen a few times the name Alfred Rumrich mentioned as a Luftwaffe pilot, but I am sceptical. I have Rumrich's war time record from the official military records in Berlin and he spent the whole of the war as a .......lorry driver !!! Until he ended up as a PoW in France. Now it seems to me to be very strange that a trained pilot would end up being a lorry driver when the Nazis were in desperate need of pilots. He was released from his enternment on 06.07.1945, and according to his Daughter-in-Law, who I spoke to some years ago sadly lost all his personal career clippings etc he had with him during that time." |
| 19th January 2020 |
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The Internationale 1961 A new series from Tracy Holmes, looking back on the Internationale, second only to the World Final in importance for many years. The first staging was in 1961 with Moore, Fundin, Knutson, Young, Briggs and Craven amongst the contenders. |
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The Internationale 1962 The Internationale moved to Wimbledon for its second staging and it was a case of close but no (Bristol) cigar for Briggo. |
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The Internationale 1963 The 1963 Internationale ended in scandal, with accusations of bribery overshadowing the presentation ceremony. |
| 13th January 2020 |
Riders to Remember: Josef Angermuller Peter Heinzl reminds us of the ill-fated 'Speedway Beatle' who was one of Germany's top stars in the 1970s. |
It's All About You: Peter LiparA thoughtful contribution from Peter who watches his speedway in Slovenia. |
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"John Homer was my father, he passed away in 2001. I have fond memories of attending meets and having a great view from the box." "I believe Geoff Mudge of Poole got lessons for a time in the mid 60s but not sure how far he progressed. " "Stumbled on this article, glad to know that people are still playing Skid-o. The game was actually invented by my late father in law. A Mr Sidney Chapman. Who sold the rights to Casell Brothers of Glasgow in 1949, for the princely sum of £100." |
| 5th January 2020 |
Ole Olsen and Coventry Bees : The Glory DaysIan Davey on the years he lived in Coventry, which coincided with Ole Olsen being the top Brandon Bee. |
New Book Project: Riders In The SkyTony Webb is embarking on a new project, aiming to celebrate the speedway riders who also earned their wings. |
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"I will always be grateful that Belle Vue Aces were saved by returning to the dog track when Hyde Road closed but after going to the inaugural meeting and being so disappointed with the stadium I didn't go again until 2015! Yes I was spoiled by Belle Vue itself in its heyday, stadium, fun fair, zoo, music venues, beer Keller, all of this was replaced by a car auction and a bowling alley and housing. My hero Ivan Mauger had retired by the time Hyde Road was demolished and although I remember at the time he did consider buying it, I'm more pleased he decided to retire to Australia's Gold Coast as after the Bradford City fire an all wooden stadium would have cost a fortune to upgrade and time has rolled on, Speedways crowds are now a fraction of what they were in the 1970's so the stadium would have closed. Peter Collins and Chris Morton don't get the recognition they deserve, PC for saving the Aces and moving to the dog track and Mort along side Dave Gordon building the NSS, I went there many times to the site hut as the stadium was under construction and I was there at the opening meeting, we all know what happened that night and the failures of others that caused a chain of events that again the Aces were lucky to survive. I'm a fairly regular visitor now to the new Belle Vue and was thrilled to be present when Dan Bewley broke the track record towards the end of this season. " |