Ivan Mauger: 15 times Speedway and Long Track World Champion 

Those were fantastic days at Newcastle. You just knew there was something very special about Ivan and some of his battles against other top class Number 1's were unbeatable in terms of excitement - Ivor Brown, Charlie Monk were classics!

I first went to Wimbledon Speedway taken by my Dad to I think the first post war meeting there and I followed the sport ever since. I remember Ronnie Moore always immaculate with a silk scarf fluttering in the wind and there were none better. Promoter Ronnie Green brought Ronnie over from Australia followed by Barry Briggs and then Ivan Mauger. That was the Golden Age and I attended the World Final in the early fifties won by Jack Young (his second successive final win). The Champion was decided in those days on one night following early qualifying rounds and because you knew it would be decided on that night the atmosphere was electric and was one of the great sporting experiences of my life. They are regrettably all dead now but I’ll never forget the enjoyment they gave us. Apart from Ronnie, the greats included Jack Young, Ivan Mauger, Barry Briggs, Ove Fundin, Jack and Norman Parker and one not many will remember Ernie Rocco from the USA who tragically died at West Ham in 1952 whilst riding for Wimbledon who would’ve been one of the greats. A wonderful sport which gave me so much pleasure over many years and still does.

I was watching the same team as. You .. brilliant speedway

@@petercarrington2560 It was...and that tune at the start... look up Tokyo Melody by Helmut Zacharius and tell me you dont still get butterflies. I do. I can smell the Castrol R

ZZTHANKS FOR THE MEMORIES