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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2008 19:11:36 GMT
I've emailed the Speedway Star and got no response, so I was wondering if any weirdo's can help.
Does anyone know when the Star introduced Track Reviews to their winter issues?
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Post by admin on Dec 26, 2008 19:21:00 GMT
Well, I only go back to 1982 and they were there then.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2008 20:06:46 GMT
Thanks Sube, any advance on 1982?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2008 21:45:11 GMT
Surely they go back further than that . I can definitely remember them in the mid to late seventies .
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2008 0:30:52 GMT
I've got some in my 1960's editions...I can have a gander at some point tomorrow to let you know for definite.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2008 9:47:32 GMT
I have a Speedway Star from December 15 1956 and it has a Southampton track review in it, so they obviously go back much further than 1982!
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Post by Genghis on Dec 27, 2008 11:38:56 GMT
I think the track reviews go right back to the start of the Speedway Star in 1952. I will have a check through - I've got every Star except about 20.
In the early years, they are somewhat inconsistent, e.g. I don't think there's one for every club every winter. And it's only from around 1966 that you get averages calculated in the accepted sense. The stats tend to be more accurate in the period where the Star had a dedicated person to work on them, e.g. Bryan Seery or Dave Welch. Although the stats these days are still 99% accurate and actually no less accurate than the official Green Sheets, which are based on referees' proggies and also contain mistakes.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2008 11:48:41 GMT
Thanks to everyone for your help.......far more helpful in fact, than the Speedway Star itself.  |
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Post by Genghis on Dec 27, 2008 11:54:15 GMT
Thanks to everyone for your help.......far more helpful in fact, than the Speedway Star itself. Kev, if you emailed them prior to Christmas, it's probably not the best timing. Two Speedway Stars are both put together in the course of one week to meet Christmas printing and posting schedules. P.S. Haven't seen your reaction to the Travel Plus Swedish trip in the Swedish section?  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2008 12:20:18 GMT
They definitely start in October 1952.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2008 13:00:18 GMT
They definitely start in October 1952. Brilliant, thanks Oogie. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2008 13:12:49 GMT
Haven't seen your reaction to the Travel Plus Swedish trip in the Swedish section? To be honest, I'm a little disappointed that it's based in Vastervik again Genghis. I would have prefered a different location and to have visited a different EL track, but that's life. The trip to the former GP track at Linkopping and the meeting at Stockholm should be good, and naturally the GP at Malilla should prove to be one of the best in the series again. I'm also dissapointed that there will be no European Tour in 2009 as that really was one of the highlights of my year. |
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Post by Genghis on Dec 27, 2008 15:18:21 GMT
Kev, I'm in two minds whether it's a good thing or not going back to Vastervik. I really like the location, but I've already seen speedway there. I think it's good that there's two different tracks this time for the Wednesday and Thursday meetings. And, as you say, Malilla is likely to produce one of the best GPs of the year - I think it's definitely one of the better GP racetracks, although it would be even better if Ole stayed away. And I think I'll have to take you on and beat you at the Crazy Golf this time. ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2009 22:34:28 GMT
I feel it's only fair to update this and say that Andrew Skeels of the Speedway Star did indeed contact me and the answer is during the winter of 1951-52!!! Genghis was rig............ Genghis was rig....... Genghis was close. ;D |
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Post by Genghis on Jan 5, 2009 22:37:23 GMT
I feel it's only fair to update this and say that Andrew Skeels of the Speedway Star did indeed contact me and the answer is during the winter of 1951-52!!! Genghis was rig............ Genghis was rig....... Genghis was close. ;D Kev - but the Speedway Star was first published at the start of the 1952 season, it wasn't being published during the 1951-1952 winter. So Genghis was right.  (Just as he is about the number of matches on the other thread. ;D ;D ) |
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