Post by Administrator on Mar 6, 2009 15:36:11 GMT
The current edition, just out, includes these features of special interest to London supporters:
‘CLASSIC SPEEDWAY’
LATEST ISSUE, No.4
Spring 2009
Welcome to issue 4 of the latest magazine from Retro Speedway. Classic Speedway is committed to bringing you compelling, in-depth interviews with many of the sport's leading riders and personalities from the past and look what we've got for you this time...
WIMBLEDON'S TREVOR HEDGE - EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
A regular Great Britain and England international from the 60s, Trevor Hedge talks exclusively to Classic Speedway about his early days at Norwich before brief spells with Hackney and Leicester led him to Wimbledon, where he attained legendary status and even out-scored the great Ronnie Moore for two seasons.
The unassuming, ever-modest ‘Hedgey' looks back in detail at his career, including the 1969 campaign, his best in the sport, when he recorded 17 full maximums for the Dons.
The highlight was winning the annual Wills Internationale but he reveals why he felt such an undeserving winner of this once prestigious FIM meeting that was settled by his controversial run-off victory against Ivan Mauger.
"I didn't feel that I had any right to even be there. I didn't feel good enough to win those sort of meetings," he says with a remarkable candour so sadly lacking in most modern-day sports stars.
Trevor, the reluctant hero, talks of his respect for and relationship with Wimbledon supremo Ronnie Greene, while Pam Hedge recalls the special bond that existed between the riders and their respective wives.
The pity is that Trevor Hedge never earned the money from racing that his undoubted skills warranted. Indeed, he and Pam recall their conversation with Ronnie Moore that revealed the huge gulf in earnings between the two former Wimbledon stars.
WEST HAM'S JACK YOUNG - and his 1951 World Final-winning bike
Whatever happened to the JAP that Aussie champion Jack Young rode to victory in the 1951 World Championship at Wembley? Well, thanks to an avid collector of vintage machinery on the other side of the world, we can now reveal the truth . . . and show you new pictures of this beautifully restored bike.
BILLY LAMONT
The latest subject in the Legends series, takes a close look at the hair-raising exploits of the spectacular pre-war Aussie racer known as ‘Cyclone'. In the 1930s Lamont rode for London tracks Wembley, Wimbledon and Clapton.
AND FOR NEW CROSS SUPPORTERS.
John Hyam analyses the career of Ray Moore - a rider who failed to achieve his initial potential to be an all-time great in the sport..
PLUS MANY MORE ARTICLES ON THE SPORT IN THE 1950s and 1960s.
Order your copy from:
Retro Speedway, 103 Douglas Road, Hornchurch,Essex, RM11 1AW.
Cost: £3 (UK postage 50p; overseas £2).
‘CLASSIC SPEEDWAY’
LATEST ISSUE, No.4
Spring 2009
Welcome to issue 4 of the latest magazine from Retro Speedway. Classic Speedway is committed to bringing you compelling, in-depth interviews with many of the sport's leading riders and personalities from the past and look what we've got for you this time...
WIMBLEDON'S TREVOR HEDGE - EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
A regular Great Britain and England international from the 60s, Trevor Hedge talks exclusively to Classic Speedway about his early days at Norwich before brief spells with Hackney and Leicester led him to Wimbledon, where he attained legendary status and even out-scored the great Ronnie Moore for two seasons.
The unassuming, ever-modest ‘Hedgey' looks back in detail at his career, including the 1969 campaign, his best in the sport, when he recorded 17 full maximums for the Dons.
The highlight was winning the annual Wills Internationale but he reveals why he felt such an undeserving winner of this once prestigious FIM meeting that was settled by his controversial run-off victory against Ivan Mauger.
"I didn't feel that I had any right to even be there. I didn't feel good enough to win those sort of meetings," he says with a remarkable candour so sadly lacking in most modern-day sports stars.
Trevor, the reluctant hero, talks of his respect for and relationship with Wimbledon supremo Ronnie Greene, while Pam Hedge recalls the special bond that existed between the riders and their respective wives.
The pity is that Trevor Hedge never earned the money from racing that his undoubted skills warranted. Indeed, he and Pam recall their conversation with Ronnie Moore that revealed the huge gulf in earnings between the two former Wimbledon stars.
WEST HAM'S JACK YOUNG - and his 1951 World Final-winning bike
Whatever happened to the JAP that Aussie champion Jack Young rode to victory in the 1951 World Championship at Wembley? Well, thanks to an avid collector of vintage machinery on the other side of the world, we can now reveal the truth . . . and show you new pictures of this beautifully restored bike.
BILLY LAMONT
The latest subject in the Legends series, takes a close look at the hair-raising exploits of the spectacular pre-war Aussie racer known as ‘Cyclone'. In the 1930s Lamont rode for London tracks Wembley, Wimbledon and Clapton.
AND FOR NEW CROSS SUPPORTERS.
John Hyam analyses the career of Ray Moore - a rider who failed to achieve his initial potential to be an all-time great in the sport..
PLUS MANY MORE ARTICLES ON THE SPORT IN THE 1950s and 1960s.
Order your copy from:
Retro Speedway, 103 Douglas Road, Hornchurch,Essex, RM11 1AW.
Cost: £3 (UK postage 50p; overseas £2).