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PETER'S CAREER HIGHLIGHTS (con.)
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I remember getting third in the Northern Riders at Belle Vue in 1983. Peter Collins stuffed me in the third place run-off. We'd
had a bad meeting at Wimbledon the night before and we were all
threatened with the sack.
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That year I reached the Final of the European Under-21. I drove out to the
quarter final with the bikes, and I think Neil Evitts flew out. The track was
good in practise, the bike was all right, then me and Neil went out on the town
for the night, and got back in the morning to find everyone working on their
bikes!
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Neil won that meeting, then Steve Baker and I. The next round was in
Czechoslovakia - I broke the track record and scored 14 points. I was one of
the favourites for the final in Italy, but I blew my engine in practise and
used Neil Evitts' spare bike for the meeting.
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I think I scored 8 from my first three rides but then went downhill for some
reason. But I did have a good time!
- I scored a maximum for Belle Vue in the League Cup final against Coventry
and beat Ole Olsen. I beat Ole quite a few times round Belle Vue, I was quite
happy about that.
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