"Who remembers the great training track in Linlithgow? The fantastic "Linlithgow Lightning" It brought through the likes of Blair scott, Barry campbell, William Lawson, Derek sneddon to name but a few. I spent the latter end of the nineties at the track helping out and had a bike myself "though was never any good" but enjoyed the thrill of being involved in it all. Scottish speedway is surely crying out for a training track to help the youngsters come through!! Not everyone can afford to travel down south every weekend for a good skid on the bike! At the time if it wasnt for the likes of the Alan Robertson's or the Jimmy Smith's of this world I wouldn't of had the great experience of riding a speedway bike. If anyone can relate to this or has a spare field (in Scotland) wanting to be turned into an oval shaped shale bedded track please let us know!! The old track in Berwick (Berrington lough) ( just over the border) came to mind, any thoughts on that one?"

"I have great memories of Linlithgow training track. I used to race with Blair Scott, Barry Campbell and a few others at Shawfield and remember doing the Les Collins junior testimonial at Linlithgow in the 90's. I miss racing very much and got distracted with other things in life that were happening at the time and would love for a second chance to try it again. I remember having a bad crash that day in the race with Barry Campbell and Stuart Coleman and have been trying for years to source a video on this meeting, if there is one i would love to find it. I still return to Ashfield now and again but it brings back memories of what I could have been so tend not to go a lot."  

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