Southern Classic Speedway Bikes Some Memories of other great Teams, Riders and Tracks from the pre 4 Valve days of Speedway MEMBERS BIKES  ~  GUEST BIKES ______________________________________________________________________ Wembley 1954 World Individual Speedway Championship Heat 20: Fred Brand, Olle Nygren, Ronnie Moore, Eddie Rigg Every Riders dream, and a dream come true for Ronnie Moore who won that night. 1.Ronnie Moore NZ 3 3 3 3 3 - 15 2.Brian Crutcher GB 3 2 2 3 3 - 13 3.Olle Nygren S 2 3 3 3 2 - 13 4.Jack Young AUS 3 1 3 3 1 - 11 5.Split Waterman GB 2 1 3 1 2 - 9 6.Barry Briggs NZ 1 2 2 2 2 - 9 7.Eddie Rigg GB 0 3 2 2 0 - 7 8.Fred Brand GB 3 1 0 2 1 - 7 9.Jack Biggs AUS 1 3 1 1 1 - 7 10.Arthur Forrest GB 0 1 0 1 3 - 5 ...... and look who is in 15th and 16th places respectively...... 11.Tommy Price GB 1 0 2 0 2 - 5 12.Geoff Mardon NZ 2 2 1 0 0 - 5 13.Trevor Redmond NZ 0 2 1 1 1 - 5 14.Aub Lawson AUS 2 0 0 2 0 - 4 15.Peter Craven GB 0 0 0 0 3 - 3 16.Ove Fundin S 1 0 1 0 0 - 2 Two of the Sports Greatest ever Legends, Peter Craven and Ove Fundin Clearly everyone worked their way up the ladder of success even then, and 1954 was Ronnie's first World Title having finished 10th, 4th, 4th, and 6th, in 1950, '51, '52, and '53 respectively. 1954 was the first time either Craven or Fundin had appeared in a World Final, and 1955 would see Peter Craven crowned World Champion for the first time, whilst Ove Fundin would win his first World title the next year in 1956. ______________________________________________________________________ Barry Briggs and Yuri Chekranov We think this is Great Britain v USSR 1965 ______________________________________________________________________ The undeniable King of 'The Firs' for many years ~ Ove Fundin ______________________________________________________________________ Twice World No 2 ~ The Great Igor Plechanov Anyone who saw the Russians race will immediately recognise those handlebars ~  Bolt Ons half way down the front forks unique at that time to the USSR Touring Team. ______________________________________________________________________ Classic action shot of Jimmy Gooch in England Colours _____________________________________________________________________ Another great action photo ~ Jim Tebby ______________________________________________________________________ We asked if anyone could identify these 2 Riders for us? Phil Pratt could - it's Ronnie Moore and Colin Goody. ______________________________________________________________________ The Red Devil ~ Mike Broadbank in Swindon Robins Colours ______________________________________________________________________ Sverre Harrfeldt going up the inside of what looks like a Saints Rider. ______________________________________________________________________ The great 'Split' Waterman The Meeting ? ~ A World Championship Qualifier is our guess?______________________________________________________________________ The 'Wizard of Balance' Peter Craven World Champion in 1955 and 1962 Peter made 10 consecutive World Finals before he so tragically lost his life in a crash at Edinburgh's Meadowbank Stadium on September 20th 1963 ______________________________________________________________________ Can anyone identify the Rider on this flying JAP was the question. Phil Pratt reliably informs us it is Ronnie Moore. Thanks Phil. ______________________________________________________________________ Barry Briggs and Cyril Maidment ______________________________________________________________________ Leo McAuliffe ______________________________________________________________________ Little Boy Blue ~ Nigel Boocock in England action ______________________________________________________________________ Peter Moore riding for the Swindon Robins ______________________________________________________________________ Leif Larsson riding for Ipswich ______________________________________________________________________ Classic Ove Fundin that inspired the famous painting of him ______________________________________________________________________ Bob Andrews leads the way for the Wimbledon Dons ______________________________________________________________________ Remember ~ new photos are arriving all the time, so please visit us again soon. ______________________________________________________________________ If you have any old photos of your Speedway Track anything pre-laydown - Riders or Bikes please send them in to us HERE