wow, i just came acroos this footaqe, brings back some great memories, I was 13, we used to sneak in behind the pits, go home with dirty faces and black teeth from all the dirt and dust....awesome
Hi,justy come across this page and was wondering if anybody was at odsal when a young boy was hurt in the crowd when frankie wainmans car went over the fence and hit the floodlights making one of the lamps fell off and hit the boy on the head
i went to the final at belle vue in 1975 , Smithy started on front row, Chisholm on 3rd row and passed him quite easily , sure Dave Taylor used to race with a jag engine so did really well to be fairly competetive , btw RIP smithy
Who the hell was that 348 harrassing smithy lol Gordon Smith and chissy too, wicked, didnt know Hillam brought that style of car out in 74 what a good engineer he was.
@sspanzer That was Tony Allen. I forget where he was from, but - not long after that - he emigrated to New Zealand (as did Tony Neal (100) the year before).
@sonola1 I'm not familiar with him I was just a little kid then but he was obviously talented with a fast engine, must have been a big meeting getting all them stars going oop North not sure if I saw Dave Taylor as well as Chissy, long trek for them.
@sspanzer He (Tony Allen) was good - and he wasn't scared to mix it with the best of them. I don't know whether that meeting was some sort of qualifier, but Chissy was a credit to the gold roof, attending as many meetings as possible regardless of importance or distance, and usually showing his critics exactly why he deserved to be the Champ. Dave Taylor was also an Aycliffe regular. I was 13 then, but I remember seeing Ray Liddy taking this footage from the top of the commentary box.
@sonola1 Crikey fancy Dave Taylor being a regular at Aycliffe I saw Chissy beat the Maestro at a Belle Vue world final I know I was sulking that night but think the Maestro was further back up the grid. Wish he emigrated later and I got to see Tony Allen racing at the North West tracks he was obviously on par with the very best.
wow, i just came acroos this footaqe, brings back some great memories, I was 13, we used to sneak in behind the pits, go home with dirty faces and black teeth from all the dirt and dust....awesome
593armyguy 3 months ago
Mr Walkie Talkie - Be my boogie woogie baby - Aycliffes start music from the late seventies and early eighties, it brings a tear to my eye!
biddy10960 4 months ago
what is this music?
4forty4 4 months ago
Hi,justy come across this page and was wondering if anybody was at odsal when a young boy was hurt in the crowd when frankie wainmans car went over the fence and hit the floodlights making one of the lamps fell off and hit the boy on the head
MrBigandy123 5 months ago
i went to the final at belle vue in 1975 , Smithy started on front row, Chisholm on 3rd row and passed him quite easily , sure Dave Taylor used to race with a jag engine so did really well to be fairly competetive , btw RIP smithy
swiftyxxx123 6 months ago
excellent video !! have you got film of chisholm's wf wins at coventry and belle vue ?? would love to see those again
swiftyxxx123 8 months ago
Yep - bring it back to Odsal.....
I too was a 229 John Hillam fan - lived not far from him....
blacknight63 1 year ago
I was a Smithy fan as a little kid till I moved into cleckheaton right next door to John Hillams factory . Go 229
Where I worked the bosses mate was a friend of johns pit crew. The guy who put the first wing on a car.
Bring back BRISCA to Odsal Bradford
ukvespa 1 year ago
a truly awesome post.
07504201963 2 years ago
So the tarmac at Aycliffe had ripples in it, the cars were bouncing all over the place.
sspanzer 2 years ago
no it wasnt ripples. its just that back then they used square wheels
mrchrisdavies 2 years ago
WOW
Who the hell was that 348 harrassing smithy lol Gordon Smith and chissy too, wicked, didnt know Hillam brought that style of car out in 74 what a good engineer he was.
Excellent stuff thanks for uploading
sspanzer 2 years ago
@sspanzer That was Tony Allen. I forget where he was from, but - not long after that - he emigrated to New Zealand (as did Tony Neal (100) the year before).
sonola1 6 months ago
@sonola1 I'm not familiar with him I was just a little kid then but he was obviously talented with a fast engine, must have been a big meeting getting all them stars going oop North not sure if I saw Dave Taylor as well as Chissy, long trek for them.
sspanzer 6 months ago
@sspanzer He (Tony Allen) was good - and he wasn't scared to mix it with the best of them. I don't know whether that meeting was some sort of qualifier, but Chissy was a credit to the gold roof, attending as many meetings as possible regardless of importance or distance, and usually showing his critics exactly why he deserved to be the Champ. Dave Taylor was also an Aycliffe regular. I was 13 then, but I remember seeing Ray Liddy taking this footage from the top of the commentary box.
sonola1 6 months ago
@sonola1 Crikey fancy Dave Taylor being a regular at Aycliffe I saw Chissy beat the Maestro at a Belle Vue world final I know I was sulking that night but think the Maestro was further back up the grid. Wish he emigrated later and I got to see Tony Allen racing at the North West tracks he was obviously on par with the very best.
sspanzer 6 months ago