old track pics

[steve]

wigan
-me ickle bro in front

hayes start?

isleworth- date?

tplworth - the water jump - the trophies, bigger than your head!

milton keynes 16 may 1984 - there was a national on this day elsewhere, so we went trophy hunting
-ah u did actually win another race-crashed other 2 moto's

westway-earlydays -errol mclean -frnkie romain-yellow helmet-freston mack(in the air)-fink so, he was the only one with vdc bars

i am sure this is birmingham wheels 1984 national-thats freston!
i won the novice final - a podium pic to show my kids would earn you£££££££££££££
?

w1



the wife ,

[Stu uk Liverpool]

STEVE THEY ARE GREAT MATE


STU

[Nosnod]

Excellent pics mate ... brings it all back

[stuntmaster]

i remember checking out  westway in the early 90`s when latimer road ramp was around and boy was that a small track .
cool to see tolworth track or surbiton as it was called as never rode then but heard all about it and again did go there in the 90`s when it was closed and the first section was still there.
cool pics

[oldmankev]

I got one of those big trophies from that track,is it the one
with the sliding door for the waterjump, just dug out trophie
it says Surbiton Tolworth Tomahawks May 1984.

[steve]

ha ha - you forget how old you really are!!!

[oldmankev]

I came 3rd in 16 experts that day, you must of been in 14"s Steve.

[muttley]

Where was Tolworth track then, i lived in Surbiton from about 82 to 84 and we had to race in the woods 

[stidds]

Steve

You would have raced in my age group.


I posted these on the old forum, but here are some of me racing.

Me riding for JMC at Southampton (how cool was I with my Oakley goggles, Oakley 1/2 mask and no mouth guard?  )


Frome - again riding for JMC


Scene of my 1st National win - UKBMX National Hounslow (I think) 1983 (I am lane 2, still JMC)


Picture of riders parade - NBMXA riders championship 1983 Derby Greyhound stadium


Aww bless -  Decent trophy haul from 1984 - Wimborne track in Dorset (riding for Curtis at this point)


Me riding for GT - UKBMX National Bournemouth 1985


Finally that water jump at Surbiton, complete with rubber ducks.

[oldmankev]

Thats the one Sean, i am so glad you are back on, were
you in the age group who had to jump it ? certainly
sorted the men from the boys, wasnt it 14+ had to
go over it.

[stidds]

Yeah, I was in the age to jump it Kev, frightened the bloody life out of me as in practise the sliding door wasn't open.  Was a bit daunting at 1st but as soon as you went over it once you kind of forgot about it. 

Always had more trouble with the water jump at Hounslow as you had to get loads of speed to get up the berm.  Must say though the funniest (read crapest) water jump was at Oxford, it was about 1 ft across.

[oldmankev]

Yeh i remember that one, Farnham had a fairly small one as well, talking
of Hounslow you got that Action Bike with Lee picking his Ku out of it.

[steve]

what edition and mag is that surbiton  report in,
as thats me near my dads old mk2 escort estate-rear, with the custom wooden roofrack
-that day, me dad won a set of flight cranks in the raffle, and the wife crashed really badly-
-thats the father in law (close) pulling the lid back
or could you scan it 600dots and send it to me?
-i think that is me with you on the isleworth gate-blue helmet-black top
-i think the day before, i got some maxi cross cranks, swapped my renthals for some of those bars with the cross bar nearer the top?-what were they?

[stidds]

Yeh i remember that one, Farnham had a fairly small one as well, talking
of Hounslow you got that Action Bike with Lee picking his Ku out of it.

Yeah, I have that one Kev, really funny to see podgy old Summers going for a swim.

Steve pm me your address and I will send you the mag with that picture in.

[BuffaloUK]

Bloody marvelous pics, is that one from Milton Keynes at the Speedway? I used to love that track with its super gnarly start, the drop off that was so steep you couldn't ride up it. (As featured in Dave Spurden's BMX book, on a day I was racing there with all my friends).

Do you mean the Deddington track water jump? I've got a pic of it but am having a mare with my hosting place. I'll sort it later.

[HUTCHFACTORYSIMON]

BIG UP BRUNSWICK BOYS CLUB!

nice one Steve-those pictures are a piece of my memory too.

RIP Winnie.

Great to see you and the Mrs back in the sport.

Simon Hayes

[Flying_fox]

Bloody marvelous pics, is that one from Milton Keynes at the Speedway? I used to love that track with its super gnarly start, the drop off that was so steep you couldn't ride up it. (As featured in Dave Spurden's BMX book, on a day I was racing there with all my friends).

Thats the Speedway track at Milton Keynes (Bleakhall), those doubles were on the last straight. The race in the Dave spurdens book was in August 1983, it was my first ever race! My Dad even got in some of the pictures in that book, I was gutted, I didn't.

[RATTY]

As we are all talking about old tracks this week, I found this thread and I thought  it worthy of resurecting

[nic968]

Where was Tolworth track then, i lived in Surbiton from about 82 to 84 and we had to race in the woods 

 Does anyone know if it's survived??