Post by administrator on Jun 14, 2009 10:23:04 GMT 1
By Jack Brodie: "Short Circuit" magazine:
NaMICSA
THE Iwade speedway training track in Kent refused an application by Namicsa to make use of its practice facilities. An Iwade spokesman said, 'This is one dirt track that prefers to concentrate on speedway bikes'. But British League speedway club Wimbledon stepped into the breach and granted Namicsa its needed facilities.
Namicsa chairman Ian Fraser Kerr also set up arrangements for any interested GP Midget Club drivers to take advantage of the Wimbledon facilities at the same time.
THE Namicsa-sanctioned 'East Anglian Championship' set for Boston on Sunday, May 2, was cancelled because of a clash of commitments by some drivers for meetings in Holland.
TONY STUBBS, a pioneer midget car driver in the early days of the sport's promotion by Spedeworth International, in the late 1960s and early 1970s, is among starters for Namicsa this season. For the past eight years, Stubbs has concentrated on speedway-car racing in Holland, but has been tempted back into British speedway midget car racing
Says Stubbs, 'Going on to the speedway tracks looks like being the best thing that could happen to midget car racing in Britain, especially as the cars are more like those used in other parts of the world, and running with front engines'.
ABROAD
IN the two day holiday meeting at Baarlo, Holland, Namicsa drivers Tony Stubbs and Brian Spicer took a string of minor places - never lower than fourth, with a second for Stubbs and third by Spicer their 'best effort in four qualifying events.
In the main final, Stubbs took the third place while Spicer was fifth home in the race which were for 'speedway cars' powered by 1600cc engines. An estimated 20,000 fans watched the second day's racing on Easter Monday.
NaMICSA
THE Iwade speedway training track in Kent refused an application by Namicsa to make use of its practice facilities. An Iwade spokesman said, 'This is one dirt track that prefers to concentrate on speedway bikes'. But British League speedway club Wimbledon stepped into the breach and granted Namicsa its needed facilities.
Namicsa chairman Ian Fraser Kerr also set up arrangements for any interested GP Midget Club drivers to take advantage of the Wimbledon facilities at the same time.
THE Namicsa-sanctioned 'East Anglian Championship' set for Boston on Sunday, May 2, was cancelled because of a clash of commitments by some drivers for meetings in Holland.
TONY STUBBS, a pioneer midget car driver in the early days of the sport's promotion by Spedeworth International, in the late 1960s and early 1970s, is among starters for Namicsa this season. For the past eight years, Stubbs has concentrated on speedway-car racing in Holland, but has been tempted back into British speedway midget car racing
Says Stubbs, 'Going on to the speedway tracks looks like being the best thing that could happen to midget car racing in Britain, especially as the cars are more like those used in other parts of the world, and running with front engines'.
ABROAD
IN the two day holiday meeting at Baarlo, Holland, Namicsa drivers Tony Stubbs and Brian Spicer took a string of minor places - never lower than fourth, with a second for Stubbs and third by Spicer their 'best effort in four qualifying events.
In the main final, Stubbs took the third place while Spicer was fifth home in the race which were for 'speedway cars' powered by 1600cc engines. An estimated 20,000 fans watched the second day's racing on Easter Monday.