History of the SPEEDWAY WORLD PAIRS (1969-93) Trailer

HISTORY OF THE WORLD PAIRS ON DVD
FROM the competition's low-key origins in the late 60s to its demise in 1993, this is the story of the FIM's third-ranked annual World Championship speedway event in a unique triple-disc set spanning six hours . . .
* Superb racing from Poland, Sweden, Denmark, Australia, Germany, Italy, Czech Republic, Yugoslavia and the UK.
* Venues include Belle Vue (Hyde Road), Bradford, Rybnik, Katowice, Wroclaw, Leszno, Poznan, Bydgoszcz, Eskilstuna, Gothenburg, Vojens, Liverpool (Sydney, NSW), Rodenbach, Pocking, Abensberg, Landshut, Lonigo, Pardubice and Maribor.
* Exclusive filmed interviews with some of the stars who made the headlines, including: BARRY BRIGGS, OLE OLSEN, PETER COLLINS, CHRIS MORTON, ERIC BOOCOCK, RAY WILSON, TERRY BETTS and SIMON CROSS.
* Contemporary interviews with: BARRY BRIGGS, BILLY SANDERS, BOBBY SCHWARTZ, DENNIS SIGALOS, OLE OLSEN, PETER COLLINS, KENNY CARTER, KELVIN TATUM, COLIN PRATT, HANS NIELSEN, ERIK GUNDERSEN, JAN O. PEDERSEN and TOMASZ GOLLOB (in Polish!).
* Audio interviews with: MALCOLM SIMMONS, DAVE JESSUP and KELVIN TATUM.
* BOB ANDREWS, who partnered IVAN MAUGER to glory for New Zealand in the first official World Pairs Final in 1969, reveals why it took him 48 years to finally get his hands on the trophy.
* Dramatic six-man races - hear what serious injury victim Simon Cross says about the controversial format that almost left him paralysed.
* Rare 8mm colour cine footage of previously unseen semi-finals and finals.
* Action featuring all-time greats and many other favourites from speedway's last golden eras, including:
From England: PETER COLLINS, DAVE JESSUP, RAY WILSON, JOHN LOUIS, MALCOLM SIMMONS, MICHAEL LEE, CHRIS MORTON, KENNY CARTER, KELVIN TATUM, JEREMY DONCASTER, SIMON WIGG, SIMON CROSS, PAUL THORP, ANDY SMITH, GARY HAVELOCK, JOE SCREEN, MARTIN DUGARD.
From New Zealand: IVAN MAUGER, BARRY BRIGGS, LARRY ROSS, MITCH SHIRRA, DAVID BARGH, ALAN RIVETT, MARK THORPE.
From Sweden: ANDERS MICHANEK, SOREN SJOSTEN, TOMMY JANSSON, BERNT PERSSON, BENGT JANSSON, JAN ANDERSSON, PER JONSSON, TOMMY NILSSON, JIMMY NILSEN, HENRIK GUSTAFSSON, TONY RICKARDSSON.
From Denmark: OLE OLSEN, FINN THOMSEN, HANS NIELSEN, ERIK GUNDERSEN, TOMMY KNUDSEN, JAN O. PEDERSEN.
From Australia: PHIL CRUMP, JOHN BOULGER, BILLY SANDERS, GARY GUGLIELMI, STEVE REGELING, LEIGH ADAMS, TODD WILTSHIRE.
From USA: BRUCE PENHALL, BOBBY SCHWARTZ, DENNIS SIGALOS, SHAWN MORAN, KELLY MORAN, SAM ERMOLENKO, RONNIE CORREY.
From Scotland: GEORGE HUNTER, JIM McMILLAN.
From Poland: JERZY SZCZAKIEL, ANDRZEJ WYGLENDA, ZENON PLECH, EDWARD JANCARZ, ANDRZEJ HUSZCZA, GRZEGORZ DZIKOWSKI, ROMAN JANKOWSKI, PIOTR SWIST, TOMASZ GOLLOB, JACEK KRZYZANIAK, PIOTR BARON.
From Germany: EGON MULLER, GEORG GILGENREINER, KARL MAIER, KLAUS LAUSCH, GERD RISS.
From Russia: VLADIMIR GORDEEV, GREGORI CHLINOVSKY.
From Czech Republic: JAN HOLUB, JIRI STANCL, ALES DRYML, ROMAN MATOUSEK, TONI KASPER, BO BRHEL, ZDENEK TESAR.
From Finland: KAI NIEMI, ARI KOPONEN, OLLI TYRVAINEN.
From Norway: REIDAR EIDE, DAG LOVAAS, EINAR KYLLINGSTAD, ROY OTTO.
From Italy: ARMANDO CASTAGNA, ARMANDO DAL CHIELE, VALENTINO FURLANETTO.
From Bulgaria: NIKOLAI MANEV, ANGEL EFTIMOV.
From Hungary: ZOLTAN ADORJAN, ANTAL KOCSO, SANDOR TIHANYI.

[@SuzyQ334]

Fantastic upload for speedway fans. Thank you.

[@stevenhackett5876]

Wow ! I remember most of these guys when I was a kid, especially Bob Andrews at Cradley Heath. Pity the home of The Heathens at Dudley Wood was sold off...what happened to Bernt Persson, Mike Gardner, Bob Andrews, Chris Bass, Roy Trigg, Graham Coombes, Ken Wakefield....a typical line up from 1969.....?

[@nervo6321]

PC and Mort....it meant so much to them.....

[@maverick5695]

Hi - Does the full length version include any interviews / footage of 1978 when Malcolm Simmons and Gordon Kennett won for England in Poland, beating Denmark in a run off?

[@nervo6321]

Nice comments from Kelvin....he is right they did really well as a pair...wish they could have pulled it off...1985

[@robbrownhill312]

the riders should of revolted over the 6 man rider races , these times were the best times of speedway , the hey day as they call it , so many great riders involved in world pairs, and so many riders that deserved to be world champion that just didnt make it for one reason or other,

[@AngloSaxon449]

Crossi one of my favourite riders ommer um cradley

[@leszekjedryk391]

I salute You great riders ✌🌍

[@mtl-ss1538]

Kiwi ;- Ivan Mauger = OBE and MBE. World Champion: 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1977, 1979 - R/Up 1971, 1973, 1974 New Zealand Sportsperson of the Year (Halberg Award) 1977 and 1979. Long Track World Champion 1971, 1972, 1976 R/Up 1974, 1975 World Pairs Champion 1969, 1970 R/Up 1971, 1972, 1978, 1981 Speedway World Team Cup Champion 1968, 1971, 1972, 1979 European Champion 1966, 1970, 1971, 1975 British Champion 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972 9 times World Speedway Champion got a gold-plated Jawa 500 bike, which was done for him by two American fans after winning his third consecutive title. New Zealand Champion 1974, 1981 New Zealand Long Track Champion 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986. World long track speed record. His bike reached 144.666km/h 1986 Auckland NZ New Zealand South Island Champion 1977, 1981, 1983 Australasian Champion 1977, 1981 Australasian Grand Prix winner 1970, 1971, 1972 Sunday Times King of Claremont winner 1973, 1980, 1981, 1983 British-Nordic Champion 1968, 1971 British League Riders Champion 1971, 1973 Embassy Internationale Winner 1970, 1971, 1972 Northern Riders Champion 1964, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1980 Provincial League Riders Champion 1963, 1964 Lubos Tomicek Memorial Trophy Winner 1971, 1972, 1973, 1979 Silver Sash Match Race Champion 1968, 1969 Golden Helmet Match Race Champion 1970 Scottish Open Champion 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973 Scotianapolis Winner 1969, 1970 Welsh Open Champion 1964, 1973 Westernapolis Winner 1968, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975 Leningrad Cup (USSR) Winner 1969 Lokeren Memorial Trophy Winner 1970 Golden Key of Bremen 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975 Australian Long Track Champion 1962 Victorian State Champion (Australia) 1962, 1963 Queensland State Champion (Australia) 1962 Western Australian State Champion 1973 Yorkshire Television Trophy 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980 Lada Indoor International 1979 British Long Track Champion 1980 World Champion of Champions Match Race Series 1989 South Australian 150 Jubilee Trophy 1986 www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/ivan-mauger-speedway-champs-collection-to-be-auctioned-by-bonhams-20170915-gyihwt.html

[@robbrownhill312]

6 rider races was a joke ...more like a lottery than skill

[@landsbergman1594]

Definitely right,remember our local hero rider from 90s suffer massive injury in one of them.That was in Wiener Neustadt(Austria)

[@oo5xk]

@@landsbergman1594 Świst?

[@BarryAllenMagic]

Malcolm Simmons whinging again.......was that guy EVER happy?

[@SuzyQ334]

Simmo is dead. How about you pick on a rider who can fight back?