The Most Controversial Speedway Race Ever - Penhall v Carter 1982

I raced jr speedway 91-94 with Ryan Fisher ,Jimmy Fishback etc my first set of leathers came from old Ken Maele who got them from Bruce Penhall . Same leathers he’s wearing here 🤘🏻💯

I've been watching speedway for over 40 years and I've never seen Ivan Mauger loose his temper like that. He was a gentleman.

It didn't rob Kenny of the world title - it robbed Les Collins of the world title.....

Bruce Penhall dominated all the SoCal tracks back in the 70s before he went to Europe to ride in the big leagues. He was the only rider to start 50 yards back in a handicap race and be in the front and pulling away by the third lap. In a scratch race...forget about it! I sure miss those days of buying a ticket for 2 to 3 bucks on a Wednesday night at IMS in San Berdoo . Good times!

1:17 - 1:21 - great tv director there, completely missing the action.

There is actually film footage of the incident that proved Kittleson made the right call. Carter went down on his own. Phil Crump who arguably had the best seat in the house agreed with Carter's exclusion.

Speedway world final in LA. How times have changed. I really hope a US GP is added to the calendar sometime soon.

I've never seen this perspective before. I remember the race very well as I was in the stands just above the crash. I remember when it happened I was really unhappy as I was sure Bruce was going to get excluded, then shocked when the other guy was. Bruce would occasionally show up at our/his local which was the OC Fairgrounds. That summer I raced the Jr class, but preferred MX. By sheer luck I beat Greg Hancock in my first race, I never made a main event after that. I wound up selling my bike to Billy Hamill - it was his first speedway bike.

Damn Dave Despain is everywhere!!

Personally, I think Penhall was correct that when he passed Carter that he was not in his peripheral view, therefore, Carter had to make a better decision to get the bike away from Penhall. Great Race. Great Times. I sure miss being a little kid watching these races in San Bernardino in the late 70s. Bring back these bikes.

Dave Despain reporting!

lol Carter was shoving Penhall all over the place and then fell barely being touched (if at all)

Would have loved to see how this World Championship meeting would have finished up if nobody had been excluded.

Certainly the right decision

Awww Carter poor baby ....lost to Surfer Boy from Chips

Penhall cut his teeth on a tough racing circuit, in southern California. Carter did not. That is why he was not able to intimidate Penhall.

I believe the video is quite telling. Penhall and Carter were battling to go after the Leader, both wanted to win this race. In the turn leading up to the crash, Penhall was not going to let Carter pass on the outside so Penhall having a slight lead pushed Carter into to wall. Carter had no where to go without letting off of the throttle. Two professional racers going at it. Great race.

Speedway rules changed that day... no balls!

Carter to me will forever be remembered by what he did on 21 May 1986 he might have been a good rider but horrible person.

Carter seemed to put a move on Penhall ?! Penhall took it well , ran on by and Carter caught the bad end of his own deal ... 🤙