1978 British League Riders Championship

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Martyn Hepworth

4 жыл бұрын

Raced at Hyde Rd on a cold and wet evening in October. coverage by BBC Grandstand.

Пікірлер: 7

@paulsowney771 9 ай бұрын

Thank you martyn for this. Great to see my all time favourite simmo rip always seemed so chilled out !! I do believe he was not a fan of wet meetings ? Always had time for a fan see him regularly at Wimbledon really nice fella. Do you know martyn if he had any favourite tracks ? Would love to know. Ole Olsen well he was such a brilliant rider team man. The line up is incredible. Especially when you look back how many were not riding as were number 2 at there clubs many thanks martyn

@dannywlm63 4 жыл бұрын

Some of the best riders ever

@mtl-ss1538 3 жыл бұрын

Kiwi ;- Ivan Mauger World Champion: 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1977, 1979 - R/Up 1971, 1973, 1974 New Zealand Sportsperson of the Year (Halberg Award) 1977 and 1979. Long Track World Champion 1971, 1972, 1976 R/Up 1974, 1975 World Pairs Champion 1969, 1970 R/Up 1971, 1972, 1978, 1981 Speedway World Team Cup Champion 1968, 1971, 1972, 1979 European Champion 1966, 1970, 1971, 1975 British Champion 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972 9 times World Speedway Champion got a gold-plated Jawa 500 bike, which was done for him by two American fans after winning his third consecutive title. New Zealand Champion 1974, 1981 New Zealand Long Track Champion 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986. World long track speed record. His bike reached 144.666km/h 1986 Auckland NZ New Zealand South Island Champion 1977, 1981, 1983 Australasian Champion 1977, 1981 Australasian Grand Prix winner 1970, 1971, 1972 Sunday Times King of Claremont winner 1973, 1980, 1981, 1983 British-Nordic Champion 1968, 1971 British League Riders Champion 1971, 1973 Embassy Internationale Winner 1970, 1971, 1972 Northern Riders Champion 1964, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1980 Provincial League Riders Champion 1963, 1964 Lubos Tomicek Memorial Trophy Winner 1971, 1972, 1973, 1979 Silver Sash Match Race Champion 1968, 1969 Golden Helmet Match Race Champion 1970 Scottish Open Champion 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973 Scotianapolis Winner 1969, 1970 Welsh Open Champion 1964, 1973 Westernapolis Winner 1968, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975 Leningrad Cup (USSR) Winner 1969 Lokeren Memorial Trophy Winner 1970 Golden Key of Bremen 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975 Australian Long Track Champion 1962 Victorian State Champion (Australia) 1962, 1963 Queensland State Champion (Australia) 1962 Western Australian State Champion 1973 Yorkshire Television Trophy 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980 Lada Indoor International 1979 British Long Track Champion 1980 World Champion of Champions Match Race Series 1989 South Australian 150 Jubilee Trophy 1986

@karllapworth1268 4 жыл бұрын

I still remember this meeting with the rain and soaking wet track, but there was some great racing especially that Heat 20, with Ole and Peter exchanging the lead. Being a Coventry Bees fan I was very pleased with the result. I was excepting Steve Bastable to win that race as he had been great all night and was on the outside gate, no one had won a heat from gate one all night, but Ole showed what a great rider he was. Also, it is a shame that, that track closed down as you always got great racing there.