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| Felton Training Track |
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| Felton, near Amble, Northumberland North
East England, operated as a training facility between 1978-1988 |
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| The Felton track was opened in 1978 by Will Hunter (present day referee)
(updated: Will is no longer with us) and
Ken Marshall at the
Bockenfield airfield about 15 miles up the A1 from
Newcastle. In 1979 they entered a team in the
Scottish Junior
League and finished fourth. Felton no longer operates as a speedway
training venue
which is a pity as the North East needs these facilities
desperately.
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| Felton Line Up |
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| Courtesy of John Spoor |
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Felton Line Up
1980 Or 1981 |
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Courtesy of Wendy Skinner - John Skinner says no relation of mine!
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| John says: A picture from Felton, can you name anyone and say what year it was?
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Tony Richardson says: Is the rider second from the right
Paul McHale?
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| John says: Yes I think so too and like on "Never mind the Buzzcocks"
I think the guy on the right is looking at me with murderous
intent! Who is that desperado?
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| Ian Murdy says: the riders at Felton. On the left is Jimmy
Clarke and the one giving the daggers is Harry Tait and it must be
1980/81 |
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Colin Earl Says: second from the left is Roland Tebbs |
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| Longstone Lions visit Felton |
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Andy Reid says: Hi John Here is a
Longstone Lions team photo taken, I believe, at Felton on 17th
August 1980. The riders in
the team that day included Derek Chalmers, Alan Robertson, Brian
Alexander, Ian McGregor, Niven Munro, Billy Murphy and Brian
McCulloch, though I don't know who is who in the photo. Cheers
Andy
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| Courtesy of Wattie Dunlop |
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| Felton supplied the northern teams youngsters with an
extra venue for training. Have you any pictures etc for this webpage
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Wattie's
Felton Badges |
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| 2 badges from 1980 |
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| 1981 badges |
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| 1981 badge |
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| 1981 Felton Flyers |
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from Nick Short: |
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Nick reminds me that these were the 1981 Felton Fliers who rode in the
Scottish Junior League at Brough.
The picture shows Bruce Penhall presenting the 1981 SJL winners with their
trophies at Belle Vue on October 17th.
Left to right: Eric Dixon Training Track Manager, Paul Mchale, Gary Riddell,
Bruce Penhall, Barry Simpson and Dennis Gallagher.
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Drag Racing
At Felton |
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| Felton is close to the Bockenfield Airfield, which hosted Drag Racing in the 1970s, as shown below |
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| Funny Cars |
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| Road Bikes |
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Alan Sutton's Dodgem Car Dragster |
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| A British Leyland Mini engine shoe-horned into a dodgem car
obtained no doubt,
from the nearby "Spanish City" funfair at Whitley Bay! |
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Alan Sutton says: This is my Dodgem funny car. I'm still daft as a
brush and building weird things down in New Zealand, bit warmer than
Whitley Bay. Have you got any info or film footage of Newcastle's Brough
Park when Mike Parker Had the 'Helldrivers stockcars"? I was number 519,
won 2 trophies which I still have, I raced a Jag then a mini. The engine
from the mini went into the Dodgem when the Helldrivers wound up. I
still have newspaper cuttings from when I won the Northumbria Cup. Mike
Parker said ' it was the best race he had ever seen'. I won it on the
last bend of the last lap and the Jag went across the start/ finish line
sideways!!!. I have searched youtube and cant find any footage of the
Helldrivers. Check out my latest escapades on Youtube. user name "MadGeordie',
oh and subscribe I need the advertising revenue for further projects.
Regards Alan Sutton. NZ |
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Some of
Alan Sutton's
Weird Machines! |
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of Alan's other machines built after he
moved to New Zealand: |
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How did you decide on the wheel sizes Alan? How did it corner? If you think Alan's bike is wacky what about these
machines: |
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Alan's collection of interesting metal. Does the 3 wheeler fly? |
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I know the website is about speedway but Alan's machines are so
interesting I had to include them as he was involved at Felton/Bockenfield
in Northumberland in the 1970s. |
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If you can scan any pictures, programmes or badges send
me an email
John |
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