Hard to believe they got up and came out for the restart... Different class Speedway riders, I'm convinced they are made out of old Tour de France riders... A pro footballer gets a slight clip from another players hand and he's on the pitch for 10 weeks rolling around in agony

@buckaroo1949

2 жыл бұрын

Soccer is for pussies.

@piotrgrzelak4757

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly mate

@prestcoldandy910

2 жыл бұрын

Martin ashby best rider ever

@jamescourt4703

2 жыл бұрын

@@prestcoldandy910 up the robins, be back soon hopefully!

@MadDaCube

Жыл бұрын

This comparison will never not be dumb. In this sport here you gain nothing from falling on the ground. In football you get rewarded for theatrics with free kicks and getting opponents send off. That's why it's happening. Has literally nothing to do with actual physical strength.

Tough guys. A footballer gets an eyelash brushed and he goes down like he's been shot by a sniper.

@tersan8547

2 жыл бұрын

Fortunately, all injuries can be fixed with a little ice spray and a dash of water.

@stevesolo16

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, when a porno star can't get up and blames the fluffer. Am I right? Hell yeah. These riders are tits above all riders! Just super dudes here, super,...

@lukebarton3974

2 жыл бұрын

They are generally very bad actors those soccer players break a finger nail they get stretchered off

OH MY!!!!!!!!!!!! Conny Ivarsson is incredible!! I can't believe he walked away from that first accident!! I thought for SURE his back was snapped!!! Then to re-run the heat, and WIN?!?!?! That's a whole new level of BEAST MODE!!!!!!!!!!!

Great content as always Martin ,thank you.

Hard to believe that number 2 guy made the restart

When I was much younger I raced motorcycles on a flat track, wearing a steal skid shoe. It was at circle 8 rodeo, on the north side of Houston. It was a smaller oval dirt track. A lot of fun!

@westboundbadger

2 жыл бұрын

I remember back in the 70,s when the Americans came to Europe to race in Grand Prix's and the Trans Atlantic series in the UK,..People like Stevie Baker,Kenny Roberts,Pat Hennen and Freddie Spencer among others that all started out on dirt tracks,...They shook everyone up and were incredible to watch,great days !

When you become a speedway racer you have to be best of the best. I used to go to them back in my younger days. They have no fear. Hope the injured rider is Ok.

@thatmanstumototours2270

2 жыл бұрын

He won the re-start...

This is speedway....I love I love it. Greetings from Poland .

@martynhepworthArchiveSpeedway

2 жыл бұрын

Me too Piotr.

@piotrgrzelak4757

2 жыл бұрын

@@martynhepworthArchiveSpeedway We are speedway fans

Good to see two Birmingham riders in Koponen & Jorgensen

That was actually a very difficult call for the referee, Jorgensen never drifted off the line, I guess you could say he went into a gap that wasn't there, or did Ivarsson go to block him when not far enough in front?

“Horrific” might be a bit much…

Balls to the wall........with not a dimes worth of brakes!!!!!

I was medical rescue on many of these races in San Bernardino; these guys were tough, but a few needed immediate care, and we got them to the trauma center QUICK.

I wanted to go see a motorcycle race in Norway - but I couldn’t a-fjord it!

@tersan8547

2 жыл бұрын

We who live here can't either. A gallon of fuel is 10 dollars.

@deconteesawyer5758

2 жыл бұрын

@@tersan8547 That is as it should be. You socialists are all suffering equally. You will have nothing and like it. The beatings will continue until morale improves.

Very hard to pull up quickly when you have no brakes.

@grahamjordan1040

2 жыл бұрын

Einstein

@neilhamill318

2 жыл бұрын

@@grahamjordan1040 Einstein wouldn't have know those bike's run with no brakes. Smartarse.

I love Jethro adding his comments

Ivarsson was a pretty tough guy to take that hit and just get back on the bike and almost casually win the race. Nice work Ironman of olden days

@jarnosaarinen4583

2 жыл бұрын

For sure, but he was extremely lucky he was just facing away from the impact. If he was facing the bike when it hit him he wouldn't of got up like that!

I was like-That crash wasn't so ba...HOLY SHIT!!!!

Yeah, I feel for number 10. Sure it was a dirty move performing a classic roundhouse kick to dismount number 2 as he passed. But the level of difficulty involved was extreme and the bloke deserves some recognition for athleticism, originality and skullduggery. So, bravo number 10!!! Bravo to you!!! Oh yeah, and well done to number 2 also, you done okay I suppose.....even if you did bung it on a bit to try and make number 10 look bad.

they're like that the swiss innit

Horrible absolutely Horrible, hopefully you wouldn't have put it up ,now I see it was rerun unbelievable how tough these men are

@kenegerton7512

2 жыл бұрын

The bike weighs less that the rider. But still at 50 mph it's gotta hurt. And I know it will really hurt 25 years later. Still , flat track motorcycle racing, in all its forms is the best.

I love a rider who always tries but you do need the space to pass not get to hot headed and take someone out.

I suppose this would be the remnant from the board track days. To have lived & seen the racing in the 1920's! Long live Eddie Castrol!!

@mrbillhicks

2 жыл бұрын

Fast Eddie Castro the flying Californian... I'd like to think there's a biker out there called Eddie Castrol though

@ridged8

2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad there's somebody besides me that remembers this man

This was pretty ugly. I did see some ancient footage, where the track had stairs descending on to the track, next to the barricade. A rider rode straight up under those stairs, and made a sudden stop.

@KSparks80

2 жыл бұрын

Never could figure out how anybody thought it was a good idea to put a concrete stairway down the outside wall to the track. It was a pretty gory wreck. To put it bluntly, the poor guy popped like a zit. There wasn't a thing he could do about it after the crash started, except ducking his head down. At least it was quick. RIP. Here's a link to it: kzread.info/dash/bejne/q6CkvNJqmZTdl7w.html

Respect 🙏

Man that accent is so thick I can't make out a single word when he gets excited though its not lost on me that he'd probably say the same thing about me.

How the hell does that "going around the outside" thing work? I mean they're covering MUCH larger distances. Genuinely puzzled.

@RaprapDK

2 жыл бұрын

And much higher speed at the long side...

@andrewsarchus6036

2 жыл бұрын

@@RaprapDK So I guess that's it then. They can maintain higher speed through the curves because they're less tight and pay the greater distance penalty but they then carry that extra speed into the straights which is the same distance for both inside and outside riders. Thanks!

@0utcastAussie

2 жыл бұрын

The shale gets thrown out wide so technically there is more grip. Also the "More you cross up" the slower you go so "Out Wide" quite often is quicker. Evidently it wasn't too slick on the inside run or the 3rd rider had the wrong gearing on.

@philbuell6657

2 жыл бұрын

You can hold more speed, not having to feather the throttle

@mikedehooghblackflagracephotos

2 жыл бұрын

You can keep it wide open on the outside slingshotting around while the bottom has to feather the throttle. It also depends on track condition: you have to ride where the grip is which shifts as the night progresses.

This has to be the first I've ever heard anEnglish announcer say, "He managed to haul ass."

This clip appears to be old. what is the date of this race??

He can walk that off

Definitely bad wreck. I don’t know, I’ve seen motocross racers crash 10 times worse and get up. It all depends on many factors and luck.

Meanwhile, some Italian football diva is bawling his eyes out because someone tugged at his shirt.....

DAMMMMMN, they weren't playing. BadAss racers

Speedway riders are the toughest sportsman by far hands down the bravest to If you haven’t got brass monkeys don’t throw a leg over one of these machines!

@jonelson1983

2 жыл бұрын

Road Racers on the IOM or North West etc may well disagree on that one...

@mymodel6

2 жыл бұрын

@@jonelson1983 Pro rugby players might also disagree...

Playing this at .25 speed really shows how the rider "tasted" that other bike that ran into him, and the commentary by the announcers sounds hilarious, too. Also, if you play this video at 1.75 speed, the announcers sound like they're speaking Japanese....

Balls of steel!!!

Tough as nails! . . . as we say in the U.S. 👍👍

Ouch. And he was ok...!

This sounds like it was narrated by Michael Palin.

He even tried to kinda bunny hop over him

No brakes...that's one excuse eliminated. Next question...

Why does it look like 1990 in this video?

These guys are as hard as nails!

Worse I've seen is Erik Gundersen's at Bradford.

Guys are warriors!)

"What did ya think of that incident?"...... "wellll the dude got ran the Fk over by his homie...and is most likely in a full body cast!"

Жесткое падение!

Racing without brakes, what could go wrong?

I don't think it was any riders fault. Heats of the moments.

Before I was allowed to race, I had to demonstrate, at a speedway event, that I could lay down my bike instantly at the showing of a black flag. No excuse for running over your competitor.

@iangraham3018

2 жыл бұрын

Same here - the compulsory drop!! How was Jorgensen allowed in the re-run?

@pflynn581

2 жыл бұрын

@@iangraham3018 Third lap bunching.🙂

@nobrakesukspeedway

2 жыл бұрын

I’d normally agree but it’s not easy to lay a bike down on the straight.

@happyguy5414

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely no chance, because if he would have laid down his bike both him and his bike would have hit the lad on the deck and probably would have killed him!

@mauibill7233

2 жыл бұрын

@sourand jaded It was on the straight that I was required to demonstrate this skill. Imagine practicing this......which you had to do in order to know how to do it. The idea was to use the tires as a sort of cushion if you had to hit him Not great but better than the foot peg or the frame.

Forerunner of car drifting.

That crash was nothing... 🤭

Why on earth would anyone want to race a motorcycle?

@JoshuaRoberts-kq9cs

2 ай бұрын

I race motorcycles, but the police frown on it out on the highway.

FFS thought you was exaggerating

@martynhepworthArchiveSpeedway

2 жыл бұрын

Modern day Gladiators John.

I’ve seen a lot worse crashes. Bit clickbaity that 😆