south west scorpions

[alfie]

i found this at my mums
thats me 2nd from the left  , taken just before british champs 1985 i think

[selfpreservation]

wheres that then newton abbott racecourse ?

[stidds]

Wow, that takes me back.  I raced there so many times.

[selfpreservation]

where?

[alfie]

your right its newton abbot 

[Cashy]

I took a huge fall there once, parents took brother back to Exeter for a birthday party while I spent half an hour with the first aid. Lad fell off in front of me 'out in the country' on the doubles. As I took off, he crashed and I went right over him. Bloody hurt and still have scare two inches above a very painful area shall I say (this was obviously before I won everything!!)

NIce little track though, smooth as and you could hire some shocking bikes there on Sat's. What was the bloke who ran it? Think he always had a baseball cap on 'Convoy - rubber duck' style

[selfpreservation]

that was a complete guess LOL

[alfie]

Eric Leason he imported some bikes from japan , can't remember how to spell it , but it began with a M

[Cashy]

Marharishi or something wasn't it. Mates Darren Bowden and Nick Ewing had them in my age group

[stidds]

Marharishi or something wasn't it. Mates Darren Bowden and Nick Ewing had them in my age group

Nicky Dalton raced for them before he went to Redline.

[oldmankev]

It was Maruishi guys.

[Cashy]

That's the one, didn't take much notice as I had my JMC at the time as was too far out in front!!!