From the World Team Cup's origins in Poland in 1960 until its demise in 2000, this is the story behind the sport's biggest team championship . . .
*Two discs = four hours of pure nostalgia.
*100+ races . . . great action from Wembley to Wroclaw, Katowice to Kumla, Leszno to Long Beach and beyond.
*100+ riders . . . interviews with the men who made the headlines.
*Re-live the glory days when Great Britain and England ruled the speedway world.
*Admire the professionalism of the Swedes and Danes, the razzmatazz of the colourful Americans, the pride of the Poles and shock victories by Australia and New Zealand. Film or audio interviews with: Ivan Mauger, Barry Briggs, Ole Olsen, Erik Gundersen, Hans Nielsen, Tommy Knudsen, Jan O. Pedersen, Ray Wilson, John Louis, Malcolm Simmons, Peter Collins, Michael Lee, Chris Morton, Dave Jessup, Kenny Carter, Simon Wigg, Gary Havelock, Norman Hunter, John Boulger, Mitch Shirra, Larry Ross, Bruce Cribb, Trevor Redmond, Bruce Penhall, Bobby Schwartz, Kelly Moran, Shawn Moran, Sam Ermolenko, Per Jonsson.
Look at this galaxy of 100+ international stars who feature in action and pits footage from 26 different WTC qualifying and final meetings in 19 countries across the globe:
FROM ENGLAND: Peter Collins, John Louis, Malcolm Simmons, Dave Jessup, Martin Ashby, Terry Betts, Michael Lee, Chris Morton, Kenny Carter, John Davis, Gordon Kennett, Simon Wigg, Jeremy Doncaster, Richard Knight, Gary Havelock, Simon Cross, Mark Loram, Sean Wilson, Paul Thorp, Chris Louis, Joe Screen, Martin Dugard, Carl Stonehewer.
FROM SWEDEN: Ove Fundin, Bjorn Knutson, Gote Nordin, Anders Michanek, Tommy Jansson, Bengt Jansson, Bernt Persson, Christer Lofqvist, Soren Sjosten, Tommy Nilsson, Soren Karlsson, Per Jonsson, Jimmy Nilsen, Mikael Blixt, Henrik Gustafsson, Tony Rickardsson, Mikael Karlsson, Peter Karlsson.
FROM DENMARK: Ole Olsen, Erik Gundersen, Hans Nielsen, Tommy Knudsen, Preben Eriksen, Jan O. Pedersen, Bo Petersen, John Jorgensen, Brian Andersen, Jesper B. Jensen.
FROM USA: Bruce Penhall, Bobby Schwartz, Kelly Moran, Shawn Moran, Sam Ermolenko, Scott Autrey, Steve Gresham, Dennis Sigalos, Lance King, John Cook, Greg Hancock, Billy Hamill, plus team manager John Scott.
FROM AUSTRALIA: Phil Crump, John Titman, Billy Sanders, Phil Herne, Gary Guglielmi, Mick McKeon, Danny Kennedy, Steve Regeling, Troy Butler, Stephen Davies, Mick Poole, Craig Boyce, Jason Crump, Leigh Adams, Todd Wiltshire, Ryan Sullivan.
FROM NEW ZEALAND: Barry Briggs, Ivan Mauger, Larry Ross, Mitch Shirra, Bruce Cribb, Wayne Brown, David Bargh.
FROM POLAND: Edward Jancarz, Zenon Plech, Jerzy Szczakiel, Pawel Waloszek, Andrzej Tkocz, Andrzej Jurczynski, Jan Mucha, Jerzy Rembas, Marek Cieslak, Boguslaw Nowak, Ryszard Fabiszewki, Roman Jankowski, Leonard Raba, Tomasz Gollob, Piotr Protasiewicz.
FROM RUSSIA: Igor Plechanov, Vladimir Gordeev, Valeri Gordeev, Gregori Chlynovski, Vladimir Paznikov, Viktor Trofimov, Alexander Pavlov, Anatoli Kuzmin, Viktor Kalmykov, Mikhail Krasnov.
FROM CZECH REPUBLIC: Ales Dryml (snr), Vaclav Verner, Jan Verner, Petr Ondrasik, Jiri Stancl, Tony Kasper, Bo Brhel, Zdenek Tesar, Roman Matousek.
FROM GERMANY: Egon Muller, Karl Maier, Georg Hack, Tommy Dunker, Gerd Riss, Klaus Lausch.
And not forgetting Laszlo Bodi (Hungary) and Atle Knudsen (Norway).
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