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SPEEDWAY 73

SPEEDWAY 73

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£18 + £2 (UK P&P)

* 4-hour double disc set
* Rare and previously unseen footage
* Interviews with top riders of the day – Ivan Mauger, Anders Michanek, Peter Collins, Ray Wilson, Zenon Plech, Eric Boocock, Malcolm Simmons and Scott Autrey, plus promoter Martin Rogers

THE 1973 season really was a golden time for British speedway . . . two thriving leagues of 18 teams, upright two-valve Jawas, tracks with shale on them, the TV explosion, national press interest and the groundbreaking summer highlight of the Daily Mirror International Tournament won by England in the most dramatic style.

Len Silver’s hungry Lions returned to Wembley in September to create more history by becoming the first all-English side to win the World Team Cup. Belle Vue’s Peter Collins, 19, scored a brilliant maximum.

Sweden’s Anders Michanek, who led Reading to the BL first division title and won the World Pairs with Tommy Jansson, dominated the domestic and international scene for most of the season.

But it was Jerzy Szczakiel who sensationally snatched glory in the World Final, defeating the ill-fated Ivan Mauger in a run-off for the crown in front of a 100,000-plus home crowd at Chorzow.

Now you can re-live this memorable season with our four-hour production that simply oozes nostalgia . . .

FEATURED MEETINGS FROM A GOLDEN ERA
ENGLAND v SWEDEN at SHEFFIELD (9 heats)
ENGLAND v SWEDEN at WEMBLEY (13 heats), including the dramatic run-off
WORLD FINAL at KATOWICE (10 heats), plus extensive footage from practice
WORLD TEAM CUP FINAL at WEMBLEY (11 heats)

RIDERS IN ACTION INCLUDE
Ivan Mauger, Anders Michanek, Peter Collins, Ray Wilson, Terry Betts, Malcolm Simmons, John Louis, Martin Ashby, Eric Boocock, Reg Wilson, Bernt Persson, Bengt Jansson, Christer Lofqvist, Soren Sjosten, Tommy Jansson, Hasse Holmqvist, Bengt Larsson, Zenon Plech, Edward Jancarz, Jerzy Szczakiel, Pawel Waloszek, Jan Mucha, Gregori Chlynovski, Gordeev bros, etc.

AROUND THE TRACKS
Previously unseen colour home cine film from the British-Nordic Final at Coventry (six heats).
Plus colour clips of racing from Belle Vue, Oxford, Exeter, Poole, Workington, Teesside, Canterbury, Eastbourne, Hackney and Sunderland.

Riders captured (some more fleetingly than others) in this cine segment include:

EXETER: Ivan Mauger, Scott Autrey.

OXFORD: Hasse Holmqvist, Gordon Kennett, Malcolm Ballard, John Dews, Rick Timmo.

COATBRIDGE: Jim McMillan, Bobby Beaton, Christer Sjosten, Kjell Gimre, Alistair Brady.

BELLE VUE: Alan Wilkinson, Ian Hindle.

POOLE (Blue Riband): Martin Ashby, Terry Betts, Christer Lofqvist, Antoni Woryna, Anders Michanek (winner).

WORKINGTON: Lou Sansom, Malcolm Mackay, Taffy Owen, Mitch Graham, Bernie Hornby, Darrell Stobbart, Steve Watson, Ian Thomas (promoter).

RAYLEIGH: Tiger Beech, Allan Emmett, Dingle Brown, Pete Wigley, Terry Stone, Trevor Barnwell, Les ‘Red’ Ott.

ELLESMERE PORT: Graham Drury, Barry Booth.

BOSTON: Carl Glover, David Gagen.

TEESSIDE: Frank Auffret, Bruce Forrester, Roger Wright, Tim Swales.

CANTERBURY: Peter Murray, Dave Piddock, Ted Hubbard, Trevor Jones, Johnnie S. Hoskins (promoter).

EASTBOURNE: Neil Middleditch, Bobby McNeil, Dave Lanning (promoter).

PETERBOROUGH: John Davis.

SUNDERLAND: Brian Johnston (in his one and only official match for the Stars).

BIG MEETINGS: In an era when every track proudly staged at least one crowd-pulling individual meeting, the then King’s Lynn general manager MARTIN ROGERS recalls his major coup in persuading the Polish governing body to allow Poland’s top two riders, Zenon Plech and Edward Jancarz, to compete in the Pride of the East, in front of 10,000 rapturous fans at Saddlebow Road on the last Saturday in October.

OVERSEAS: Hackney’s Barry Thomas practicing at Sydney Showground on the 1972-73 British Lions’ tour, Peter Collins in action at Leszno and Czestochowa against the Young Poles, and Ronnie Moore, Barry Briggs and Ivan Mauger all racing in the same meeting at Hamilton, New Zealand, against the likes of Chris Pusey, Tommy Sweetman and Bob Andrews.

Plus . . . As well as hours of action, we recall all of the main news stories of the year: winners, losers, walk-outs, track openings and closures, newcomers, record transfers, Rider Control moves, career-ending injuries, suspensions, sackings, retirements and, sadly, tragic deaths.

HYDE ROAD CLASSIC: You can also listen to the evocative radio commentary of THAT classic, unforgettable (but sadly un-filmed) British League KO Cup deciding run-off at Belle Vue’s Hyde Road between Peter Collins and Anders Michanek – and hear the views of both protagonists. They’re still catching their breath in Manchester!

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