Seem to remember when it was announced Belle Vue would hold the SWC in 2016, that there was a deal in place for it to be there in 2016, 2018 and 2020. May be wrong?
1. Chris Harris 9.21
2. Rory Schlein 7.17
3. Dave Watt 7.56
4. Troy Batchelor 7.36
5. Kenneth Bjerre 8.22
6. Nikolai Klindt 5.42
7. Josh Bates 5.02
Throw in Adam Ellis if he ends up on his 4.67 average.
This cost cutting exercise the BSPA continue to embark on is going to cost them a fortune as riders like Batchelor and Klindt on low averages, will be able to demand what they want!
There are very different reasons for venues. Clearly Torun has (nearly) everything; great racetrack and good atmosphere. But for size, Cardiff will always better it (a one-off world final should attract vast numbers). Looks like Warsaw would be a potential venue too now. But, as I said, for very different reasons different venues will offer something. You could easily have one-off's at Copenhagen, Stockholm, Gorzow, Mallila, Bydgoszcz. Just depends if you want a good track or a good stadium!
2012 Series
1. G. Hancock
2. J. Hampel
3. J. Crump
4. A. Jonsson
5. E. Sayfutdinov
6. T. Gollob
7. C. Holder
8. K. Bjerre
9. N. Pedersen
10. F. Lindgren
11. A. Lindback
12. B. Pedersen
13. P. Protasiewicz
14. C. Harris
15. D. Ward
Personally, I don't see the BSI taking very long finalising the 2012 line-up.
Chris Holder, Darcy Ward, Troy Batchelor,
Fredrik Lindgren, Tomas Jonasson, Antonio Lindback,
Jaroslaw Hampel, Przemyslaw Pawlicki, Maciej Janowski, Piotor Pawlicki, Janusz Kolodziej,
Kenneth Bjerre,
Tai Woffinden,
Emil Sayfutdinov,
Jurica Pavlic
To anyone who didnt go Steve Shovlar's explanation of "some very good racing in a fairly deep track with plenty of dirt of down" is Poole speak for 'not much passing and slick as a Tarmac road!' for a meeting with so many racers; Nicholls, Harris, Kennett, ward, holder, etc you would expect more overtaking! But with a decent race track..
01. Nicki Pedersen
02. Jason Crump
03. Emil Sayfutdinov
04. Tomasz Gollob
05. Andreas Jonsson
06. Chris Holder
07. Greg Hancock
08. Kenneth Bjerre
09. Fredrik Lindgren
10. Hans Andersen
11. Jaroslaw Hampel
12. Chris Harris
13. Rune Holta
14. Tai Woffinden
15. Magnus Zetterstrom