OF all the riders that lit up the world speedway stage in the late 70s, throughout the 80s and early 90s, none were more spectacular than the little Californian idol Kelly Moran, who sadly left us all too soon in April 2010.
But thanks to this wealth of video footage spanning from 1979 until 2003, including rare and previously unseen clips, the memories of one of the sport's greatest showmen will never fade.
Hell-raiser off the track and a bundle of dynamite on it, the former Hull, Birmingham, Sheffield and Belle Vue favourite - the 'Jelly Man' no less - delights us here racing his heart out for club and country while rarely losing his cheeky smile and sense of fun.
This near four-hour double-disc DVD set includes:
* Kelly competing in 108 races, over 56 meetings, at 26 different venues, across seven countries, including England, USA, Poland, Sweden, Germany, Czech Republic and South Africa.
* Relive the drama and thrills as Kelly races wheel to wheel with and against some of the sport's greats: Mauger, Olsen, Penhall, Collins, Lee, Carter, Nielsen, Gundersen, Pedersen, Sigalos, Ermolenko, Hancock and , of course, his younger brother Shawn.
* Also featuring: Chris Morton, Bobby Schwartz, Simon Wigg, Phil Crump, Billy Sanders, Anders Michanek, Bo Petersen, Dave Jessup, John Davis, Gordon Kennett, Malcolm Simmons, Les Collins, Kelvin Tatum, Simon Cross, Andrew Silver, Gary Havelock, Martin Dugard, Neil Evitts, Richard Knight, Mark Loram, Ronnie Correy, Tommy Knudsen, John Jorgensen, Larry Ross, Mitch Shirra, John Titman, Joe Owen, Bruce Cribb, Frank Auffret, Finn Thomsen, Jan Andersson, Jimmy Nilsen, Peter Ravn, Tony Briggs, Dave Kennett, Bernie Leigh, Ari Koponen, Steve Bastable, Doug Wyer, Paul Woods, Rob Ashton, Richard Hellsen, Preben Eriksen, Borge Ring, Mike Lanham, Nigel Flatman, Alan Grahame, Andy Grahame, David Bargh, Kai Niemi, Jimmy Nilsen, Peter Nahlin, Brian Karger, Jan Staechmann, Mikael Blixt, Todd Wiltshire, Glenn Hornby, Paul Thorp, Neville Tatum, Alun Rossiter, Steve Schofield, David Walsh, Andy Hackett, Andy Smith, Paul Smith, Armando Dal Chiele, Zenon Plech, Vaclav Verner, Edward Jancarz, Jiri Stancl, Zdenek Kudrna, Antonin Kasper, Roman Matousek, Bo Brhel, Zdenek Tesar, Robert Slabon, Roman Jankowski, Karl Maier, Christoph Betzl, Mikhail Starostin, Wojtek Zabialowicz, Antal Kocso, Zoltan Adorjan, Sandor Tihanyi, Hans-Otto Pingel.
Kelly riding with his British League team-mates: Neil Collins, Sean Wilson, Peter Carr, Gordon Whitaker, Ian M. Stead, Peter Ravn, Joe Screen, Carl Stonehewer, Bobby Ott.
From the USA: Rick Miller, Denny Pyeatt, Gary Hicks, Mike Faria, Brad Oxley, Alan Christian, Sterling Cogar, John Foster, Randy Blevins, Paul Orlandi.
* Contemporary interviews that remind us of Kelly's fun-loving (and at times no-nonsense) nature and what made him such a much-loved character all round the world, on and off the track.
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