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big thrashing coming up.

Looking forward to this, its live on the BSN, good for Vinnie to get some race time fitness back.

Correct , it’s not about age it’s about Talent.

I did copy and paste it from our ai overlords, I could remember it had happened in the past, just couldn't remember when and who.

You were doing so well until you said that...

Links for Rybnik v Piła: https://vksport.vkvideo.ru/video-53550004_456242684 https://vkvideo.ru/video-234681448_456239234

Politics and Countries is what matters nowadays not the best riders. Trying to make it multi nation event is the aim but it is difficult regarding the number of countries that have real World Class riders.

From 2007 to 2009, the FIM introduced a rule that gave the reigning World Under-21 Champion a direct, automatic permanent spot in the following year's senior Speedway Grand Prix series. Only two riders ever successfully took advantage of that specific golden ticket before the rule was scrapped: Emil Sayfutdinov: He won the Under-21 World Championship in 2007 (and successfully defended it in 2008). Because of the 2007 win, he was handed an automatic full-time spot for the 2009 senior Speedway Grand Prix series. He exploded onto the senior scene that year, winning his very first GP round at Prague and finishing 3rd in the world overall as a rookie. Darcy Ward: The brilliant Aussie won the Under-21 title in 2009, which technically qualified him for the 2010 Grand Prix. However, because he was still so young, he and his management chose to turn down the full-time spot to focus on his development, opting to take a couple of wild card appearances instead. The FIM quickly realized that throwing a 20- or 21-year-old straight into the brutal, high-pressure world of full-time Grand Prix racing could sometimes do more harm than good to a young rider's career. It was a massive financial, physical and mental jump, and if a rider wasn't truly ready, a tough year in the GPs could completely shatter their confidence. By 2010, they reverted back to the system we have today: making the juniors qualify through the senior GP Challenge or earn it via performance-based wild cards. Parnitskyi has, of course, been given his spot due to DJ Woffy pulling out.

Michael Lee never suffered riding against experienced guys and there're been plenty of others, it's not about age at all. Parnitski is a gater and that's what he did in GP2, simply needs to learn how to race.

When you think Tom is the best we have got at 24 it puts into perspective the shortage of young GB triders who could compete at GP level.Think we are really relying on Cairns,Rushen and Harrison to come through in the future but they are still young and along way behind the level .Meanwhile the Danes and Poles have a handful just of the pace.

Rybnik v Pila now starting at 1.10pm UK time

IMO the track is one of the best in the world ,over two nights it provided excellent racing and last nights final was "out of the top drawer" (even though I am a BZ fan ) Kurtz was a worthy winner .

The GP's serve up, easily, some of the best racing I have ever watched... A ridiculous level of ability shown these days by the top riders... Reactions are hair trigger and made whilst doing over 80mph, with other riders within a few yards doing exactly the same... Last night MJJ, 100% was considering a dive bomb, block pass on Zmarzlik into turns one and two when Kurtz came underneath the pair of them like an express train... Amazing racing from all three involved... Zmarzlik almost hit MJJ's back wheel, went straight, locked up, went to last, and still passed Holder within a lap!!! An incredible race, on an incredible track which serves up passing opportunities from front to back in almost every race...

I can speak a fair bit of Polish so can translate some of it .. They said that... "Brady Kurtz was hard charging".. And that he was "coming on strong".... And also, at the end, said "this is Speedway out of the top drawer"... "SPEEDWAYYYYY!!!!!"

A slow start but brilliant racing again once it got going, ending with a superb final. The last two nights have shown how great this sport can be. If only that could be replicated every week across the country.

1 Will Cairns 2 Harry Fletcher 3 Freddy Hodder 4 Senna Summers 5 Vinnie Foord 6 Jody Scott 7 Max Perry 8 Seth Norman 9 Luke Harrison 10 Cooper Rushen 11 Ryan Ingram 12 Harry Sadler 13 Ace Pijper 14 Charlie Southwick 15 Jordy Loftus 16 Ollie Binns Reserves: 17 Stene Pijper 18 Lee Harrison.

It wasn't mentioned at all.

Thought Kelvin’s commentary on that great final was lacklustre, listen to this Polish commentary.

Probably due to weather forecast of rain shorty(which didn’t materialise) spoiled the end of Fri meeting. they can’t win really regarding weather.

from someone who has been to most British GP's...from Wembley, Cardiif, Belle Vue etc....none of them come close to what we are being served up right now, none of them. Instead of people trying to find faults with the last two nights of racing, try and draw on the positives. I for one loved both nights, admittedly I only went to the last night meeting but the atmosphere was very good, the racing was good and dare i say the whole event was run well. Only thing missing was a British rider on the rostrum but the racing made up for that. Cannot wait for next years two rounds at Belle Vue.

With all the adverts and prompts for SWC final tickets during recent GP’s are they struggling for ticket sales?

Last time i went to Bydgoszcz it was a poor meeting, just underlines every track has meetings where the racing isnt up to the usual standard.

There are some on here who cant wait to put the boot into the track, whats happened to the best track in the world etc, to save egg on the face maybe they should actually wait and see how the track develops, conditions affect racing, and there has never been a track anywhere in the world that can produce top class racing every meeting. A bad meeting here still trumps the racing elsewhere.

100% agree. Very few riders get a GP chance so young. Those that do generally struggle, for example Artem Laguta, Tai Woffinden. Even 21 year old Jason Crump generally struggled in his debut seasonl But you know what they all did OK in the end.

His lack of competitiveness has drawn a lot of comment in this forum. He's a 19 year old kid, if there's any criticism due its to the clowns who think these youngsters, however brilliant they may be, can make up for the 10+ years more experience and developed reflexes, coordination and racecraft of genuine GP contestants. Hopefully getting beaten half a lap in these events doesn't destroy his confidence and he can continue to develop and capitalize on his enormous natural talent.