great upload i loved screen sport thank you for the upload
@adrian-vm7yb3 ай бұрын
hello great upload i loved screen sport i wich it would comeback
@davemurphy75333 ай бұрын
You did really well for a first time out. Brilliant.
@johnbaugh6944 ай бұрын
We used to race back then and bought stew Smith transporter great times
@johnturner10737 ай бұрын
Stuart Hall...lol...creepy as...
@petertr20007 ай бұрын
Brilliant footage. Used to go with my dad when I was a kid. Can't believe this video exists tbh, well done
@Tejvir77 ай бұрын
👍
@jonathanfrost15348 ай бұрын
Good times thanks for that 😊
@davidbentley40329 ай бұрын
I recall Noel Edmonds being MC at a meeting at Wembley, c. 1975, when Stuart showed a clean pair of heals to top rally, Formula 1 and other drivers, going the wrong way around the track in identical Mark 1 Escorts. I think Denny Hulme was the F1 driver and the rally guy could have been Timo Makinen. He couldn't shut up about it on his Radio 1 breakfast show the following Monday.
@Grid5611 ай бұрын
Was wolfie driving Close's car ? I used to go to a pub in Starbotton near Kettlewell and could hear close testing at his premises just behind. I remember mellows car had to have an extra crank in the cab side so he could get in, he was a big lad !
@Grid5611 ай бұрын
I used to love Hyde Road, you could guarantee that at some time during the evening, there'd be a blues and twos going past on the main road ! Best racing though, much missed. A lot less stoppage than modern WFs , a better track ?
@superbrit384511 ай бұрын
Who's the presenter, she's an absolute babe.
@Grid56 Жыл бұрын
Love the old tanks! No tyre problems, put on what ex rally tyres you can. Always liked Northampton as a tarmac, I know it went shale to replace Coventry but i miss the tar, especially F2s were spectacular there. Amazing how many names are still in the sport, all beit different generations. I miss the Smith, Wainman rivalry! Come back Andy!
@superbrit3845 Жыл бұрын
3rd gear? Lol
@barryphillips7327 Жыл бұрын
Yes the Nissan 'Godzilla' Skyline were fast, DJR Ford Sierra's ( 600++ HP 650 BY 92, 290kph on Conrod ) were No slouch!! I was at Bathurst 1999 it is ABSOLUTELY AWESOME seeing on TV is one thing being 'there' is quite another!!!! one year HDT Commodores both broke their timing chain DEAD engine, ( i do not recall the year ).
@nevilleapple629 Жыл бұрын
Haha just outside Sydney,it would be like half way across The UK.
@ajrichar0 Жыл бұрын
This is the 1991 Bathurst, not 1989 as the description has it.
@speeduk7403 Жыл бұрын
Well spotted ! I will amend, thanks.
@jacobmassey3897 Жыл бұрын
@@speeduk7403you still haven't
@nezbitt1469 Жыл бұрын
Great drive by Doug there 👍🏻
@flyingfox7854 Жыл бұрын
Ahhhhh …. Those bygone days when you could go to the Speedway or the Stockcar Races and then go into Belle Vue Funfair and really enjoy an amazing evening …. All gone now helped by the ineptitude of the Manchester Council … we had a World Class Venue … an amazing historical site … the councillors of Manchester City Council in the 1980’s should be absolutely ashamed of themselves …. It should have been declared a grade 2 listed site and saved for future generations to enjoy … I worked at Belle Vue for the best 8 years of my life …met my wife there and we’re still together 39 years later … I left before it closed down because I could see the writing on the wall … especially when Trust House Forte took over and put a bunch of Hotel Managers in charge … they couldn’t run a Piss Up in a Brewery and they totally destroyed Belle Vue …. Sad …. Sad …. Sad ….☹️😕😥🙁
@thomasodonnell4412 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant, that brought back so many precious memories. Best man won. Again..
@Grid5611 ай бұрын
He made up so much ground, the master.
@johngumbar5762 Жыл бұрын
I was a massive Len Wolfenden fan......190..... Happy days, the track I went to Belle Vue👍
@mark4lev Жыл бұрын
They always used to overwater the track back then. If you stood at either end of the track there was a lot of shale being flung. The track in recent years seemed harder dustier shale
@johnbower Жыл бұрын
Good race, pity the camera person decided to point the camera at stationary cars when things were getting hot
@mark4lev Жыл бұрын
Humble guy.
@philward2538 Жыл бұрын
Hello does anyone know the transmission date of this Swap Shop...i maybe able to track down the whole show if it still exists as alot of Swap Shop has been wiped..i might be able to get the master copy
@speeduk7403 Жыл бұрын
Dont know exact date, this is a transfer from an off-air Betamax recording
@philward2538 Жыл бұрын
@@speeduk7403 ok thankyou..ill do some digging about and get back to you
@LesCotton60 Жыл бұрын
I think we’ve narrowed it down to around 8th October 1979. Should have been show the week before, but postponed due to coverage of the Popes visit to Ireland.
@philward2538 Жыл бұрын
@@LesCotton60 thankyou
@philward2538 Жыл бұрын
@@LesCotton60 6th October 1979 says the programme still exists in full....
@mark4lev Жыл бұрын
Over watered track?
@johnhydrive5880 Жыл бұрын
One of the great World Finals.
@Grid5611 ай бұрын
Would have been good to hear the cars though .
@DavE-bh8lz Жыл бұрын
Smith was the greatest. #1
@D...Charger Жыл бұрын
After the Bradford football stadium fire,where a small fire ripped through a wooden stand so fast,many people lost there lives,many others long term injures all wooden stadiums then come into question.Most of the Bigger british stockcar stadiums were so had no chance.Unless massive ground up rebuild and investment.Alot had greyhound tracks too and animal welfare made the front pages at the time.Wasnt nice.But i still go eatbourne watch some stockcars.
@raymondwalker6822 Жыл бұрын
It was a dinosaur, had to go, can you imagine todays crowd levels in a place like that, it had had a good run & served it's purpose well, but upkeep would have been prohibitive.
@davidbalmer712 Жыл бұрын
1st time seen this version of this.£4000 then now equilifent of just under £26000
@thomasruck6646 Жыл бұрын
I was wrapped up in a blanket...only a baby...but still recall the ashes and dirt....and the Buitiful Smell of Castrol R 40 vegetable based oil .. Those were the days ..
@robw7676 Жыл бұрын
I was there but on the day I didn't notice that Lundy passed 29 cars with no stoppages - some drive on tarmac that.
@petercrawford4920 Жыл бұрын
Happy Memories as a young boy, Hartlepool Stock car racing track
@laurencescaysbrook4936 Жыл бұрын
What really happened Fred Mitchell Don Evans era at Coventry opposite end from pits ,Stuart was young ambitious when several cars piled smashed caught in a mele, i saw Stuarts car climbing or attempting to climb over cars when the Stadium lights were switched off, through the half light i saw drivers running towards the pile up one was Fred Mitchell , when the lights came on Stuart was parked opposite Start Line by Grand Stand ,what happened that night any one willing to explain.
@imgoingtocountdownfromthir45802 жыл бұрын
I remember when I was a kid in the 1970s going home on Sunday nights from my Nans house in Old Trafford back to Stretford, passing by White City and seeing the greyhounds on the arch, lit up in a sequence to make it look like they were running, I never got to see a greyhound meeting there, however I used to ride my bike around, after it was left like it is on this video, a fascinating place to play in, as a teenager in the mid 80s
@trudyclarke12572 жыл бұрын
Happy fond memories dating back to the early 70’s my hubby was a devoted Stu Smith fan - I was 199 Mike Close fan and when he retired I became a 212 Frankie Wainman fan also watching his young son Frankie in mini stox - fab fab years followed 1994 my hubby died and have only been to a handful of meetings since then. x
@kevinroome82862 жыл бұрын
Go Frankie go😁👍
@scaone272 жыл бұрын
Excellent but far too short. Cars (and a track) with character.
@andrewtownend45112 жыл бұрын
His that the same stadium that F1 stock cars used to race up until late 70's?
@speeduk74032 жыл бұрын
Yes, Brisca F1 / F2 were there until early 1980s.
@prf762 жыл бұрын
Legend! ‘79 was the year I started watching so I caught the back end of Stuart Smith’s career. I remember very well Odsal being like that. Thanks for sharing.
@alexhatcliffe93632 жыл бұрын
Rip Belle Vue Stadium. Was a great track, had many enjoyable midweek meetings there. :(
@stugill45132 жыл бұрын
whaT YEAR WAS THAT stuart looked so young and slim
@speeduk74032 жыл бұрын
2005, I think
@stugill45132 жыл бұрын
laffing all the way threw this but by the end that bloke was driving the car well
@stugill45132 жыл бұрын
again i was there thanks 4 posting
@superbrit38452 жыл бұрын
What the hell is that 198 car in heat 1?
@christophereaves71082 жыл бұрын
Called little Monster
@superbrit38452 жыл бұрын
@@christophereaves7108 Thanks, never seen anything like it before. Looks like a midget rather than an F1.
@kevinroome82862 жыл бұрын
Nice one Frankie, Nice blonde aswell 😁😉
@superbrit38452 жыл бұрын
Yeah I'd rattle her one with my camshaft...........lol
@prf762 жыл бұрын
Had many great nights there watching Stock Car racing. Sad day when it closed 😞