by Ross Hollings » Fri Jan 17, 2014 8:24 am
Some good questions there ........As regards surface,sometimes the council could be helpful in doing a bit of grader work but the best surfaces came,especially at Chamberlain Rd from an early shower on the sunday day of racing and it would get progressively smoother if the sun came out.,very much like a sealed road.Times i was at Cossey,s it was quite smooth.The Minimax was built as a far as i know for hillclimbs/sprints etc and not sure if it was used in speedway events.The Firth specials ,designed by Murray Firth were used at speedway but were banned as the way they went around the Springs was totally different to a TQ miget,how they went in and out of corners and they considered them too dangerous to race against.Yes the Max was a lot of fun and quick,considering it ran on mini cooper s rims on the back and 8inch tractor tyres on the front,was a bit tricky on sealed hillclimbs and the club circuit at Puke....lots of understeer.....good memories though.
Some good questions there ........As regards surface,sometimes the council could be helpful in doing a bit of grader work but the best surfaces came,especially at Chamberlain Rd from an early shower on the sunday day of racing and it would get progressively smoother if the sun came out.,very much like a sealed road.Times i was at Cossey,s it was quite smooth.The Minimax was built as a far as i know for hillclimbs/sprints etc and not sure if it was used in speedway events.The Firth specials ,designed by Murray Firth were used at speedway but were banned as the way they went around the Springs was totally different to a TQ miget,how they went in and out of corners and they considered them too dangerous to race against.Yes the Max was a lot of fun and quick,considering it ran on mini cooper s rims on the back and 8inch tractor tyres on the front,was a bit tricky on sealed hillclimbs and the club circuit at Puke....lots of understeer.....good memories though.