1972 World Final
In an unprecedented and somewhat controversial move Belle Vue staged the 1972 World Championship meeting on August Bank Holiday Monday.
The big race was heat 3 and basic camera technology at the time was unable to cope with the available evening lighting. As a result there's only the couple of pits photos taken before the meeting to commemorate the event. There's one on track image that has been subjected to manipulation to get to a usable standard.
1972 World Final pits scene
Ray Watkins 362, Brian Wignall 102, Stu Smith 391 and Dutch driver H1 Jack Straver lining up for the 1972 World Final
1972 World Final pits scene
Frank Bourne 16
28th August 1972
World Final
1st 391 Stu Smith
2nd 306 Mick Noden
3rd 396 Doug Cronshaw
4th 100 Tony Neal
5th 102 Brian Wignall
6th 362 Ray Watkins
7th 252 Dave Chisholm
8th 7 Darkie Wright
9th 318 Dave Fox
10th 212 Frankie Wainman
A higgledy piggledy set
Scanned images from prints just thrown together
Danny Clarke 203
Danny Clarke 203 & Paul Sumner 273
Bill Gill 28
Andy Stott 160
Doug Cronshaw 396
Richard Ainsworth 354
Jayne Bean 309
Reds on the move
A trio of Daves
Dave Tapping 412, Dave Berresford 260 & Dave Mellor 304
Blues lining up
Keith Riley 323, Mark Taylor 490, Des Chandler 213 & Rob Bradsell 265
