Good to see you both at the Eagles P&P today. I have added the links for a few of the many “unforgettable” moments in speedways long history to whet your appetite for some real racing.
A race may only be 4 laps and last about a minute but have a look at these to see how much can be packed in!
1. British rider, Chris Harris (blue helmet colour) winning the British GP at Cardiff 2007. I was there.....makes you proud to be British!
http://www.youtube.com/w...CHA&feature=related
2. Speedway is not all glory though. This is from an Elite League match in May 2009 when Eastbourne Eagles were at home to Swindon Robins. The match was being televised by sky sports and it ran over schedule by more than an hour as there were so many accidents and injuries. This clip shows a few of the incidents. You will hear the commentator mentioning Dave “floppy” Norris injuring his wrist in a crash with Troy Batchelor. In fact Dave’s hand was dragged up under the back mudguard by the rear wheel of Batchelors bike which then ripped the sleeve of Dave’s race jacket and flayed the skin of his forearm. Dave had many skin grafts before it finally healed and it ended his career. There will be a testimonial meeting for Dave on Saturday 15th May. Many of the worlds top riders will be racing to show their support for one of the characters of speedway and Eagles top points scorer of all time.
The last part of the clip shows the last lap of the last heat (15). Both teams tracked their top scorers on the night for this heat. Swindon fielded vastly experienced GP rider and captain Leigh Adams(green helmet) with stalwart Travis McGowan(yellow helmet). Eastbourne fielded captain Davey Watt and young hotshot U21 champion Lewis Bridger. In the first attempt (not shown in this clip) Lewis’s bike shed a chain that badly lacerated his leg. The chain then flew through the air and wrapped around team mates Watts wrist causing severe bruising. Both riders were unable to take part in the rerun so “second string” riders Cameron Woodward (red helmet) and Lukas Dryml (blue helmet) were drafted in for Eagles. To add to the drama Swindon riders needed to finish first and second to salvage a league point from the meeting. Adams and McGowan got away to a good start and tried to block the track by team riding. Woodward tried every line for the first three laps but could not get past until the last corner when he rode round the outside of both Swindon riders to take the match bonus for Eagles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Am-rcEykRo
Good to see you both at the Eagles P&P today. I have added the links for a few of the many “unforgettable” moments in speedways long history to whet your appetite for some real racing.
A race may only be 4 laps and last about a minute but have a look at these to see how much can be packed in!
1. British rider, Chris Harris (blue helmet colour) winning the British GP at Cardiff 2007. I was there.....makes you proud to be British!
http://www.youtube.com/w...CHA&feature=related
2. Speedway is not all glory though. This is from an Elite League match in May 2009 when Eastbourne Eagles were at home to Swindon Robins. The match was being televised by sky sports and it ran over schedule by more than an hour as there were so many accidents and injuries. This clip shows a few of the incidents. You will hear the commentator mentioning Dave “floppy” Norris injuring his wrist in a crash with Troy Batchelor. In fact Dave’s hand was dragged up under the back mudguard by the rear wheel of Batchelors bike which then ripped the sleeve of Dave’s race jacket and flayed the skin of his forearm. Dave had many skin grafts before it finally healed and it ended his career. There will be a testimonial meeting for Dave on Saturday 15th May. Many of the worlds top riders will be racing to show their support for one of the characters of speedway and Eagles top points scorer.
The last part of the clip shows the last lap of the last heat (15). Both teams tracked their top scorers on the night for this heat. Swindon fielded vastly experienced GP rider and captain Leigh Adams(green helmet) with stalwart Travis McGowan(yellow helmet). Eastbourne fielded captain Davey Watt and young hotshot U21 champion Lewis Bridger. In the first attempt (not shown in this clip) Lewis’s bike shed a chain that badly lacerated his leg. The chain then flew through the air and wrapped around team mates Watts wrist causing severe bruising. Both riders were unable to take part in the rerun so “second string” riders Cameron Woodward (red helmet) and Lukas Dryml (blue helmet) were drafted in for Eagles. To add to the drama Swindon needed to finish first and second to salvage a league point from the meeting. Adams and McGowan got away to a good start and tried to block the track by team riding. Woodward tried every line for the first three laps but could not get past until the last corner when he rode round the outside of both riders to take the match bonus for Eagles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Am-rcEykRo
