ONE of the all-time greats, Ole Olsen put Denmark on the speedway map when he became his country's first motorsport World Champion in 1971.
The inspirational former Newcastle, Wolverhampton and Coventry colossus paved the way for a new generation of young Danes to follow in his illustrious tyre tracks before his retirement from racing at the end of 1983.
Here's your chance to re-live many of Ole's most important races and key moments of a great career that brought him every major title worth winning.
This four-hour, double-disc set will be released on August 10, 2015 and includes:
* 100-plus races featuring Ole from England, Denmark, Poland, Sweden, Germany, Australia, Czech Republic and Norway.
* See him in action from 50-plus different meetings at 30 venues throughout Europe, including rare, previously unseen footage.
* Watch Ole win his three individual World Championship titles and lead Denmark to World Team Cup and World Pairs glory.
* Re-live his classic battles with main rival and former mentor Ivan Mauger, as well as titanic tussles with Anders Michanek, Peter Collins, Michael Lee, Bruce Penhall, John Louis, Hans Nielsen, Erik Gundersen, Tommy Knudsen, etc.
* Big meeting controversies.
* Contemporary interviews with speedway's first Great Dane.
* Action and speeches from his last-ever meeting in 1983. RETRO SPEEDWAY . . . keeping great memories alive!
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