I am a Poole Pirates fan from the 50's and 60's mainly but that did not stop me buying his book "the will to win." I feel I want to apologise to you for the way Ivan was treated at Poole when riding for Newcastle in about 1964. As he came out of the changing rooms and walked across the old football pitch on his way to the pits he was booed all the way by the home fans. Not because he was a dirty rider but that the home fans knew their best riders/ heroes were about to be beaten by him. I was amazed to watch him lay the bike [JAP] down as he crossed the start/finish line, never seen that before! I would say a lot of the home team fans did not enjoy seeing their stars beaten by Ivan but he was probably used to it.