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Post by thebaldeagle1932 on Oct 12, 2012 22:51:16 GMT
Any chance of a scan of the Stoke programme showing the name Igor Baranov? We must look for a program with British qualifications Individual Speedway World Championship, Stoke, June 3, 1961. On Speedway Researcher Igor Baranov is credited with 3 pts - a third and a second, the latter when the other two failed to finish.
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Post by Administrator on Nov 1, 2012 16:31:32 GMT
By John Hyam in 'Classic Speedway' 2009: THE name of early 1960s Russian rider Igor Baranov will mean little to most speedway followers. He turned up amidst much local publicity for a second-half ride at New Cross in the early 1960s. Amidst a lot of ballyhoo by then New Cross boss Johnnie Hoskins, Baranov appeared on what looked to be a newly-chromed bike and wearing a red race jacket complete with the hammer-and-sickle emblem. His arrival at New Cross came at a time when Russian fishing fleets were alleged to be over fishing traditional British areas in the North Sea. So, in his introduction, Johnnie told fans, "Igor has escaped from the Red Herring fleet!" In his race, Baranov was outclassed, but that didn't upset Johnnie. He told supporters, "We have still to see the best of him." But that never happened, and those who bothered to check for further details on the Russian found no evidence of him as a rider in his claimed homeland. Eventually, it leaked out. Igor Baranov was British junior Jack Jones who had been persuaded to take part in another Hoskins' publicity stunt. Those who knew Hoskins better should have spotted the giveaway clue when Johnnie mentioned the words 'Red Herring.' Jones was not seen again, but he did have outings at Stoke and Wolverhampton in the early days of the Provincial League in the 1960s.
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Post by artmiester on Feb 1, 2013 20:57:58 GMT
Wow just found this site and page Igor was a great friend of my dads (Arty). Does anyone have any pictures Or copies of programmes etc.
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Post by Administrator on Feb 5, 2013 8:54:18 GMT
Wow just found this site and page Igor was a great friend of my dads (Arty). Does anyone have any pictures Or copies of programmes etc. Forwarded message: :::::::::: On 5 Feb 2013, at 08:38, Jim Henry wrote: Igor was really a guy called Jack Jones who had been a novice at Edinburgh in 1953. Jim Henry.
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Post by Administrator on Jan 4, 2016 18:26:28 GMT
Has the Stoke programme under debate in regard to Igor Baranov yet come to light?
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Post by Administrator on Jan 4, 2016 18:28:56 GMT
Any mpre details in regard to Igor Baranov or whoever he was at the Scottish track in 1953?Wow just found this site and page Igor was a great friend of my dads (Arty). Does anyone have any pictures Or copies of programmes etc. Forwarded message: :::::::::: On 5 Feb 2013, at 08:38, Jim Henry wrote: Igor was really a guy called Jack Jones who had been a novice at Edinburgh in 1953. Jim Henry.
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