Spotted last night

[Asmith61]

650 spotted last night at Ipswich speedway

[nigel s]

Is that Foxhall Asmith61?
I used to live in Waldringfield ,just outside Ipswich and went to Foxhall on occasion.
Sometimes I helped a mate set up a boxing ring there for demonstrations and bouts.
30 plus years ago mind 

Ho Hum

[Asmith61]

It is indeed nigel s
I started going to watch the witches in 1972 absolutely love speedway. I am ashamed to say last night was our first visit this year. We watch it on Eurosport now they show league matches on a Monday and The GPs on a Saturday.
My friend is 7 times British champion and is still riding at the age of 46 in fact he was guesting at number 1 for Ipswich last night.
I have one of his GP bikes.

[nigel s]

That is SOOO cool.

[crump]

Loved speedway as a kid, followed Cradley for many years till their stadium was sold from under them. Didn't go for ages till a couple of years ago when they started up again riding at Monmore Green. Unfortunately that didn't last so started going to watch Wolves....now also defunct, think I may be a jonah.

[Asmith61]

Crump  you are so right. Last season we lost both Wolverhampton wolves, and the Peterborough panthers, and mildenhall tigers have taken a year out. And in resent years we have lost the Coventry bees, lakeside hammers, Eastbourne  eagles. Back in the day (from 1972 ) we used to go to Ipswich on a Thursday Hackney on a Friday kings Lynn on a Saturday mildenhall on a sunday.  all in my brothers Morris traveler 🤣

[Asmith61]

A couple of pictures

[Ianmc]

   I used to go to watch all of the Wolves home matches about 1962 onwards,then after I got married and lived in the East Midlands we used to go and watch Long Eaton,sadly Long Eaton had to stop because the local residents on a new housing estate complained about the noise.Surely they knew about the speedway stadium when they bought their houses !!
   I went to the World Speedway final at Wembley about 1965(I think),the M1 hadn’t been open long and it was quite deserted there and back,but what a fabulous spectacle in the old Wembley Stadium.

[crump]

Any of you speedway fans had a go at the speedway experience (Ride it and Skid it)run by the Collins family?
My kids bought me a day there for my 60th. Had a nice chat with Les Collins anout the old days.Absolutely brilliant. I was the oldest there by some distance but managed to hold my end up. Used to be at Buxton but think it's moved further North now.

[Asmith61]

Ianmc  yes you are right can  you believe some people they buy a house next to a speedway stadium, or race track, or moto cross track and then complain    I used to work with a man who’s brother lives in the nearest village to Snetterton race circuit and they are offered free tickets per family to hopefully stop them complaining.

Crump  I did buy a 2 valve Jawa in the early 80s and used to go to Hackney training school on a Saturday morning and mildenhall training on a Monday evening as you know it is not easy at all  I was not the right build at all for speedway at all 🤣
I used to show my speedway bike at the celebration of speedway at broxbourne but since my knee injury I haven’t been able to. But the ride and slide school are always there with a stall

[Asmith61]

A few pictures

[Asmith61]

A few more. Including our local show with my old mate Chaz with his 2 lovely Nortons he build up from boxes of bits.