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Veterans The Veteran Speedway Riders Association (VSRA) is active within the Speedway Museum and on invitation they will put demonstration races on at any current speedway track. Our senior riders are still doing their bit to promote the sport. I hope to receive items to display on this page of their activities. 2009 President Terry Stone
I have asked Terry to supply info about this bike, watch this space:
The picture of me the Gnome on the big
bike this picture was taken at The National Motorcycle Museum .
Nabiac . New South Wales . Australia.
Erik Gundersen at VSRA, Leicester Dinner
WSRA Trophy
Thought you would
like these pics of myself WSRA President, (Terry Stone) presenting the
Trophy to Bomber Harris. This is the WRSA Trophy for the winner of the
British Final won last May (2009) at Poole.
167 Rudge Dirt Track ridden by Brian Cooper
at Sherfield English, SCGTRA. (Photo: Unknown)
Douglas Dirt Track
277, Douglas Dirt Track ridden by Jonathon "Burt" Clarke, photographed on 31st July, 2005 at Schwarme, Germany part of the "Coffin Splutterers" Demonstration Ride / Exhibition. (Photo: Brian Winch) Jonathon "Burt"
Clarke
Douglas Dirt Track ridden by Jonathon "Burt" Clarke, photographed at
SCGTRA, Winchester demonstrating how to leg trail on a DT Douglas.
(Photo: Unknown)
Old Timer! (Gentlemen Unknown!)
Douglas Dirt Track at the BMF Rally at Peterborough, year unknown.
(Photo: Withheld)
Peter Clarke
177, Rudge Dirt Track ridden by Peter
Clarke, photographed on 31st July, 2005 at Schwarme, Germany part of the
"Coffin Splutterers" Demonstration Ride / Exhibition. (Photo: Brian
Winch)
177: Peter Clarke and 303: John Taylor Terry Stone
111, Rudge Dirt Track ridden by Terry
Stone, photographed on 31st July, 2005 at Schwarme, Germany part of the
"Coffin Splutterers" Demonstration Ride / Exhibition.
(Photo: Brian Winch)
111 is Terry Stone: 31 is Chris Sindole on a 500 2V Jawa. He is wearing the Osnabruck Race bib given to all the English riders who raced there... hence half Union Jack and half Gernan Flag (Mine will also have the famous LCS badge on it!)
Terry Stone and Lew Coffin relaxing in the
Bar after a memorable day out on 31st July, 2005 at Schwarme,
Germany "Coffin Splutterers" Demonstration Ride / Exhibition. (Photo:
Brian Winch)
John Taylor
303, Douglas Dirt Track ridden by John
Taylor, photographed on 31st July, 2005 at Schwarme, Germany part of the
"Coffin Splutterers" Demonstration Ride / Exhibition. (Photo: Brian
Winch)
WSRA Re-union 2009 The President and his first lady. The Rolling Stones! Jean and Terry Stone, Terry is president of the WSRA 2009. A real honour Terry, enjoy your year you deserve it. I asked Terry why the chain of office has changed. Terry says: THE CHAIN HAS CHANGED BECAUSE THE OLD ONE IS FULL. THERE ARE THREE NAMES ON THIS THE NEW ONE .IVAN....BERT HARKINS AND MYSELF. I AM ABOVE IVAN MAUGER!!! THE OLD CHAIN HANGS IN THE SPEEDWAY MUSEUM.
Jimmy McMillan, Dougie Templeton and Jimmy Tannock
Terry Stone says: Joe Hicks New Zealand in back of my van. New Zealand Veterans 2008 Re-union
I can name 5. Pete Gay, Giffy, David Bargh, Ronnie
Moore and Ivan Mauger. I am looking forward to hearing who the rest
are so send me an email John
Hi John, I will try to put names to the faces!!!
Back row standing. Ron Lancaster, Auckland, Dave Whittaker, Plymouth?
Joe Hicks, Glasgow. Bruce Ovenden, Glasgow. Brian Clements, Southampton.
Couch level, Tommy Sweetman, Wolves, Ronnie Moore,
Dons. Keith Lancaster, Auckland. Bob Andrews, Dons etc David Bargh,
Diamonds, Roy Trigg with bottle, Hawks. Sprouts (Ivan Mauger) Diamonds.
Ground level, Kevin Hayden, Cardiff. Pete Gay,
Coventry, Dave Gifford Diamonds
Napier New Zealand January 2009
Gold Coast Classic 2006
Bill Bryden & Mitch Shirra
The Maestro asking for Nick Morris's autograph or was it the other way around? No doubt to young Nick Ivan is just another old guy at the track?
Ivan suited and booted in 2006. Seems like yesterday when he was sitting in the Brough Park pits way back in 1963. 43 years ago Badgers v Bloaters
Alan
Hodkinson (Jawa) is in the Brafield Badgers race jacket. I
don't know who is in Y/B or the race jacket, perhaps Alan can tell us? John More from Alan:
The JAP could be a real handful, it was like
riding a three legged camel, The power and sound with that 2" open pipe
is awesome, when you opened the throttle nothing much seemed to happen,
then all of a sudden the power came in and your head would jerk
backwards, if you closed the throttle too fast, because of the high
compression engine the bike would almost stop and your head would now
jerk forward, it was like whiplash.....that's a bit exaggerated, but you
know what I mean, the 2 valve Jawa was smoother than the JAP, well,
that's how I found it
The modern day lay down is a lot smoother still, I
haven't ridden them much, as team manager, after a win I would borrow
one of the lads bikes and go round with them on the victory parade, then
I used to try and have a lap burning round before I went back to the
pits.
Just to put you in the picture, I've been a
Mechanic to Bob Humphreys, Start Marshall at several tracks, Team
Manager, (Oxford, Skegness) and Co Promoter at Skegness, But, I was
never a contracted rider, I rebuilt an old JAP and progressed riding
from there, unfortunately at Skeggy more money was needed and there were
riders to pay, so had to sell the JAP as it was worth more than the Jawa, I
still have the Jawa I'm pleased to say.....before all that I was in the
theatre business, touring the old Variety Theatre's.
Here we have a Douglas and Rudges blasting off at Rye House
Kenny Smith has been in touch, he says the riders in this photo are: -
A jigsaw puzzle JAP found by Terry Stone and after a lot of work the bike was whole again. Terry felt that as Ivan Mauger had a gold bike he should have one too
All together now. Anything you can do I can do better!
Terry Stone in action at Ipswich on his 1929 Douglas.
Terry is wearing his Raleigh Rockets jacket. How come Rye House wear a
similar race jacket now?
Peter Collins having a blast on a Douglas at Peterborough. Now come on mate you are supposed to be dressed in black
A committee meeting at Peterborough 2 VSRA members and a fan. Ginger Abigail and Kenny Smith are the ones who almost look human. Kenny is a butcher and Ginger is a Haulage contractor. The girl in the middle is now Mrs Abigail..
Man in Black Jim Gregory on his Rudge going fast enough to throw his scarf out at the back. Jim started at Rayleigh 1948 and is still at it aged 81 in 2008. Good stuff Jim. 3 pictures of Terry Stone
Terry Stone 111 in Germany leading an unknown Englishmen. So who was it with the Union Flag on his chest?
Terry Stone aged 68 in 2006 Germany
Terry Leg trailing on his Douglas
If you can scan any pictures, programmes or badges send me an email John
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