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speedway 18:41 - Apr 29 with 2229 viewsdigswellhoop

does anyone follow speedway
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speedway on 18:52 - Apr 29 with 2190 viewsstowmarketrange

My future son-in-law follows ipswich witches but I have seen any of it since Ivan major packed up and it used to be shown on world of sport.
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speedway on 18:56 - Apr 29 with 2162 viewsdezzar

Dweebs
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speedway on 19:56 - Apr 29 with 2093 viewsQPRSteve

Yep. Haven't been for ages but followed Wembley Lions and White City Rebels in my youth. Still stream the odd match on the BSN site.
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speedway on 20:07 - Apr 29 with 2085 viewsdigswellhoop

then we same age then im watching gp on tv now
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speedway on 20:07 - Apr 29 with 2083 viewsdigswellhoop

???
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speedway on 20:09 - Apr 29 with 2080 viewsdigswellhoop

0 to 70 and no brakes
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speedway on 20:47 - Apr 29 with 2036 viewsQPRSteve

Miss the smell more than anything.
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speedway on 20:52 - Apr 29 with 2029 viewskernowhoop

speedway on 20:47 - Apr 29 by QPRSteve

Miss the smell more than anything.


Castrol' 'R'. Vegetable oil.
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speedway on 20:53 - Apr 29 with 2028 viewskernowhoop

I watch occasionally on BT Sport.
Went a lot in the 1960s.
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speedway on 21:09 - Apr 29 with 2004 viewsdixiedean

Me too Steve . Used to go to Wembley in the days of Reidar Eide , Dave Jessup, Bert Harkins . When the Lions folded I went to Wimbledon. Isn’t the new Dons FC ground built on the old speedway/ greyhound stadium?
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speedway on 21:18 - Apr 29 with 1989 viewsHarbour

speedway on 21:09 - Apr 29 by dixiedean

Me too Steve . Used to go to Wembley in the days of Reidar Eide , Dave Jessup, Bert Harkins . When the Lions folded I went to Wimbledon. Isn’t the new Dons FC ground built on the old speedway/ greyhound stadium?


Yes plough lane was called the excitement centre! Used to be greyhound racing stock car and speedway same as white city in the 70s
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speedway on 21:21 - Apr 29 with 1985 viewsQPRSteve

So many tracks have disappeared. I'm in Cardiff theses days and my nearest track at Newport folded just as I arrived. I wonder what the nearest track to London id there's days?
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speedway on 21:23 - Apr 29 with 1981 viewsQPRSteve

speedway on 21:09 - Apr 29 by dixiedean

Me too Steve . Used to go to Wembley in the days of Reidar Eide , Dave Jessup, Bert Harkins . When the Lions folded I went to Wimbledon. Isn’t the new Dons FC ground built on the old speedway/ greyhound stadium?


Don't forget Sverre Hartfeldt our super reserve.
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speedway on 21:24 - Apr 29 with 1981 viewsDorse

speedway on 20:09 - Apr 29 by digswellhoop

0 to 70 and no brakes


Easy. Now try it with no saddle and the helmet on backwards.

[Post edited 29 Apr 2023 21:36]

'What do we want? We don't know! When do we want it? Now!'

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speedway on 17:34 - Apr 30 with 1826 viewsdixiedean

Blimey there’s a name I’d forgotten! I’m amazed many tracks survive these days- very low crowds and minimal tv revenue but we seem to be producing some good young riders to compete with the Poles. Amazing that NZ have none after the quality of Mauger , Moore and Briggs.
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speedway on 18:34 - Apr 30 with 1789 viewsRs_Holy

used to go to Wimbledon in the 70's but to be honest the bits and pieces i see on tv now look really boring... almost on a par with F1
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speedway on 04:59 - May 1 with 1667 viewswesty

speedway on 21:21 - Apr 29 by QPRSteve

So many tracks have disappeared. I'm in Cardiff theses days and my nearest track at Newport folded just as I arrived. I wonder what the nearest track to London id there's days?


Not sure if they’ve started at Oxford again. The greyhounds are back there
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speedway on 06:49 - May 1 with 1644 viewsNorthernr

I try but they’re very difficult to keep up with.
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speedway on 08:49 - May 1 with 1573 viewscyprusmel

I have been to Wembley a few times when they used to ride there, didn't like it, It's not for me.
My Auntie Rose used to be the vice captain of the Lions ladies darts team.
Proper sports fan, used to take me to the Rangers games home and away when I was young.
[Post edited 1 May 2023 8:55]
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speedway on 08:52 - May 1 with 1573 viewsozranger

speedway on 21:21 - Apr 29 by QPRSteve

So many tracks have disappeared. I'm in Cardiff theses days and my nearest track at Newport folded just as I arrived. I wonder what the nearest track to London id there's days?


Got a close friend who is a big speedway fan, though he now lives in Oz. He used to do all the Kent tracks. I didn't notice until recently the one at Crayford that is still at least a dogs' track. However, it is also a rather unusual track in that the spectators are all behind a glass wall, which may be good for greyhounds but not really for bikes. As to London, he just told me, at least 20 or 30 years since most operated. Hackney long before the London Olympics, Wimbledon well before that, Wembley and West Ham before that and White City even longer ago. Closest to London still winning 15 years ago Purfleet or Rye House in Hoddesden. Oxford has reopened recently and Poole is still going but a long train ride!

I got into it a few years ago and although have not been to any live, which must be hard these days, but watched some on BT. I do know that there are a number of good Aussie riders.
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