| West Ham 'Hammers' v Sheffield 'Tigers' |
British League |
22nd June 1971 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ref: K.J. Hill | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Tot+Bp |
| 1. Olle Nygren | 1' | 2 | 2 | 2' | 7+2 | |||||||||
| 2. Mick Handley | 2 | 1' | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | |||||||||
| 3. Christer Lofqvist | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1' | 13+1 | ||||||||
| 4. Preben Rosenkilde | 2 | 1' | 0 | - | 3+1 | |||||||||
| 5. Reg Luckhurst | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||
| 6. Alan Belham | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 7. Alan Sage | 1' | 0 | - | 1+1 | ||||||||||
| Howdy Byford | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | |
| West Ham 'Hammers' | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 30 | 35 | 38 | |
| Sheffield 'Tigers' | 3 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 25 | 29 | 33 | 36 | 37 | 40 | |
| Terry Thornhill | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1. Malcolm Simmons (g) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | |||||||||
| 2. Bob Paulson | 0 | 0 | 2' | 1' | 3+2 | |||||||||
| 3. Bengt Larsson | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 4. Doug Wyer | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 2 | |||||||||
| 5. Arnie Haley | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |||||||||
| 6. Brian Maxted | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | ||||||||||
| 7. Bob Valentine | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||
| Track record = 70.2 Ray Wilson, 8th April 1969 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 73.6 | 74.6 | 74.4 | 73.6 | 75.2 | 74.8 | 73.0 | 76.2 | 74.6 | 74.0 | 72.6 | 74.4 | 74.0 |
Another home defeat for West Ham for whom only Christer Lofqvist won a race.
The spectacular Swede did it four times, but when called upon to do it again
in the last heat his exertions caught up with him. Guest Malcolm Simmons took
the flag and thus earned Sheffield their first away victory.
Sheffield alwys looked that much more willing to try their arm. Simmons was
a smart relacement for Jim Airey and Arnie Haley challenged well - but the real trump card
was reserve Bob Valentine. The fact that he made the gate in heat 13 proved as
valuable as any of his three heat wins as he managed to hold up Lofqvist for
three laps
The real sparks came off the track as West Ham riders and officials
clashed over the state of the track - another symptom of the general Custom
House discontent these days.
(by Martin Rogers)
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