It's no diffrent than when Bob Hannah was shown on his pit board to" let Broc bye" in motocross by their Yamaha management

Im english but bruce and his fellow americans were what made british speedway what it was in the late 70s early 80s, entertainment

I like the interviews. These guys were reserved and had class.

To me it looks like Bruce took one for the team and was ORDERED to do so. He looked gutted about it and didnt blame the management.

I'm proudly British and as a speedway fan from back in the day the US riders (especially Penhall, Sigalos and the Moran brothers) were universally liked by English speedway fans and their UK team-mates. Bruce Penhall  in his day blew every other rider off the track. When he won the world championship he totally deserved it. Anyone who calls him a cheat is an idiot.

Bruce could have had an imaginary engine failure , but didn't.  He showed loyalty too his friends. Top man .

BP was classy & honest in his interview ...

What the hell else could he do but help out his buddies? If it was an English rider doing it he would have been given a standing ovation, in the early eighties apart from Michael Lee and to a lesser extent Carter no English rider could hold a candle to Penhall....as for all the Muppets in the crowd and in the press that slaughtered him at the time calling him a cheat etc, the fact he threw away 3 points in his last ride meant an English rider won the meeting...this fact seems to have passed everybody by.....

He was honest about it. Credit there.

Bruce had a brilliant riding style l watched him win his first world title he was certainly no cheat but an American rider who was missed when he retired.

Dave Lanning - THE voice of speedway!

It's not a sport, it's a business and sentiment has no place in business. Putting country above personal gain is a noble gesture.

Competition invites injury, if you don't need the points, stay off the throttle.  Less chance of needless mishap to yourself or your teammates.  No dishonor in that at all.

I remember being at this final everyone was booing Bruce

Thanks for sharing this Martyn Hepworth. Great memories for an old speedway fan. Bruce Penhall was never a cheat. xx

All you had to do is qualifier for next round.

Let me in that race ...... I show them how to come in last

The last heat was the best, criss-crossing lines, excellent.

Kenny Carter the best British speedway rider I've ever seen.

Away from the controversy for a moment, I think the White City stadium is now the Westfield shopping centre.  No doubt you can hear the ghostly roar of the bikes as you circulate among the Armani, Hugo Boss and other assorted cathedrals of consumerism.  Sigh...