mickmetcalfe Posted May 3, 2013 Report Share Posted May 3, 2013 Just been announced in this weeks Speedway Star magazine that Toni Bou is part of the pre meeting entertainment for the British Speedway Grand Prix. This is on Saturday June 1st at the Millenium Stadium in Cardiff and is backed by Monster Energy - hence the link. With Dougie Lampkin doing similar things with his R*d B*ll videos, this a great chance for trials skills to be showcased before a wider audience (40,000 people are expected to be there). Be interesting to see what he does but I'm just worried the whole scale of the stadium will swamp him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel dabster Posted May 3, 2013 Report Share Posted May 3, 2013 needs careful planning and a big screen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrym Posted May 3, 2013 Report Share Posted May 3, 2013 Phil Disney used to do trials displays at Bradford Speedway years ago. I guess he wasn't available for Cardiff so they had to go with Bou. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironbelly Posted May 5, 2013 Report Share Posted May 5, 2013 I saw the main man Jason Finn there (Millenium Stadium in Cardiff), a couple of times, he had the crowds going wild, its a great event, it would be awesome to go and see Toni Bou in action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickmetcalfe Posted June 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 Well, the event is now history and I have to say that Toni did a great job in front of around 40,000 people. They had set up a fairly standard indoor hazard of a variety of large steel boxes and triangles. Toni did his stuff back riding over them from various angles, riding on the back wheel and so on. That part of the show finishes with a backwards hope DOWN from some 8 - 10 feet, landing on the back wheel and riding away. It finished with hops over/across etc a somewhat bemused presenter (although clearly rehearsed!). The crowd showed their appreciation with a great fanfare of air horns. All in all a good advert for the sport and Toni came over very well in the interview afterwards. I was also lucky enough to get within touching distance of the bike in the pits and have to say it is everything you expect of a works HRC machine. The engine cases look to be sandcast rather than the production diecastings and the frame looks different in several areas. Oh, and it sounds fantastic (but not that good that I would give up a two-stroke!) Thanks to Toni, Montesa HRC and Monster for making it happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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