Wildcards should be scrapped completely. Why should a rider who has ridden in all the qualifiers and come 4th be bypassed by another rider who gets a wildcard pick?
I reckon keep the top 8 for GP as now. Have the GP challenge to be contested without current GP riders with top 3 going through.
The final slots will be a one off meeting with the remaining 7 GP riders and top qualifiers from GP challenge who did not make top 3.
The top 4 will then get the final GP places.
Previous Team
1 Jason Crump 50k
6 Nicki Pedersen 45k
8 Kenneth Bjerre 35k
9 Fredrik Lindgren 35k
15 Tai Woffinden 25k
OUT
Nicki Pedersen,Fredrik Lindgren and Tai Woffinden = 105k
IN
Emil Saitfutdinov (25k). Greg Hancock (25k) and Andreas Jonsson (45k)
NEW TEAM
1 JASON CRUMP
3 EMIL SAITFUTDINOV
4 GREG HANCOCK
5 ANDREAS JONSSON
8 KENNETH BJERRE - CAPTAIN
Firstly thanks to Ballinger for running the competition.
15th place is not bad especially considering it was picked out by my 5yr old son. He's gettingready to take his promoters licence now and with Peter Oakes leaving Coventry he's got a job opening there
Jacques: See Alec before next seasons GP and he said he'll help you choose you team for you!
Not sure if been posted yet but for those who want to see Heat 20 again here it is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw9jAG3XvAY
If ever they needed an advert for speedway then this is what they are after.
Keep these
2 JASON CRUMP
15 EMIL SAYFUTDINOV
7 ANDREAS JONSSON
Riders in
4 GREG HANCOCK £45,000 £45,000
14 SEBASTIAN ULAMEK £20,000 £30,000
Riders out
5 HANS ANDERSEN £45,000 £30,000
11 CHRIS HARRIS £30,000 £20,000
JAson Crump to stay as Capt.
Thanks
I tried sky+ to record the repeats due to having a full listing on days run first time. So far I have not had the speedway on once. Not sure what MotorsTV are doing but usually end up with motox instead. I want to see the meetings but until MotorsTv get their scheduling correct I will be giving it a miss.
I'll go with my son's choice of
2 Jason CRUMP AUSTRALIA £50,000 (CAPTAIN)
5 Hans ANDERSEN DENMARK £45,000
7 Andreas JONSSON SWEDEN £35,000
11 Chris HARRIS GREAT BRITAIN £30,000
15 Emil SAYFUTDINOV RUSSIA £25,000
Total £185,000
By the time heat 15 is over Alec is usually asleep so have to get out quickly. Unless he knows that Rich is doing 2nd halves and then he stays up just to watch him.
The only song I can remember from Brandon during 70's and 80's was Andy Williams "May each day".
Everytime I hear it now all I can think of is walking out through the grandstand tunnel going home.