Wildcat

I don’t know what his Swedish league situation is but I wonder if Hans Andersen is a possibility?

1 - Warsaw 2 - Torun 3 - Katowice 4 - Stockholm 5 - Copenhagen 6 - Togliatti 7 - Cardiff 8 - Prague 9 - Riga 10 - Munich 11 - Los Angeles 12 - Sydney 13 - Auckland 14 - Dubai

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?

assume all other venues' contracts expire at end of 2017?

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!

I seem to remember Assen being announced for 5-6 March 2016, during this years event? Has it been put back a week to the 12-13?

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!

What's more likely? Wells and Howarth or Cook and Morris?

Torun or Cardiff 1. Tai Woffinden 2. Greg Hancock 3. Chris Holder 4. Darcy Ward 5. Niels Iversen 6. Nicki Pedersen 7. Jaroslaw Hampel 8. Krzysztof Kasprzak 9. Emil Sayfutdinov 10. Grigory Laguta 11. Andreas Jonsson 12. Fredrik Lindgren 13. Matej Zagar 14. Martin Vaculik 15. Peter Kildemand 16. Kenneth Bjerre - 17. Troy Batchelor 18. Jason Doyle

Does anyone have a link for riders averages in Sweden and Poland? In particular the Elitserien and Extraliga.

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

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

Would need some tweaking, but an awesome idea! Get a letter to BSI as soon as possible! .. They prbs wouldnt read it though, would they?!

Does anyone know anything about any speedway held in Barcelona and/or Valencia around 1996? If anyone has any scoresheets or even a video from either could you post please

Yes, sorry- that is my prediction for end of season results. . . Crumpy winning is not wishful thinking- I just think it may be the case although Nicki will of course be hard to beat

1. Jason Crump 2. Nicki Pedersen 3. Hans Andersen 4. Tomasz Gollob 5. Andreas Jonsson 6. Greg Hancock 7. Leigh Adams 8. Scott Nicholls 9. Fredrik Lindgren 10. Rune Holta 11. Kenneth Bjerre 12. Chris Harris 13. Emil Saifutdinov 14. Grzegorz Walasek 15. Sebastian Ulamek Discuss...

Ditto!! Am looking for both the Italian round and the final round in Bydgoszcz!

For me it should be. . Scott Nicholls Fredrik Lindgren Chris Holder Chris Harris. . Although hope Chris Holder is given another year (the same with Emil Saifutdinov and Jurica Pavlic). . so either Niels K. Iversen or Matej Zagar. . Although Iversen along with Jarek Hampel, Krzysztof Kasprzak, Bjarne Pedersen probably wont stand a chance becuase of their nationalities. .

absolutely shocking idea. . the reason the old boys are there is because there better than any young riders. if the bsi want a load of youngsters they should make the u21 world champs into a series

2 I think cos each rider has to have 3 rides..

Lol! Was to shocked to read that! Hah

It appears the spectacular Emil Saifutdinov will be missing from tonight's World Cup Race Off but no news on why has been announced. . Possibly injured in practice? The following has been copied from www.speedwayworld.tv Following practice, the teams for the 2008 FIM NordicBet Speedway World Cup Race Off tonight have been announced: RED: GREAT BRITAIN 1. Lee Richardson 2. Tai Woffinden 3. Chris Harris 4. Edward Kennett 5. Scott Nicholls (Capt) BLUE: SWEDEN 1. Jonas Davidsson 2. Andreas Jonsson (Capt) 3. Peter Ljung 4. Fredrik Lindgren 5. Daniel Nermark WHITE: POLAND 1. Tomasz Gollob (Capt) 2. Wieslaw Jagus 3. Rune Holta 4. Grzegorz Walasek 5. Jaroslaw Hampel YELLOW: RUSSIA 1. Denis Gizatullin (Capt) 2. Sergey Darkin (DNR) 3. Danil Ivanov 4. Renat Gafurov 5. Grigory Laguta Please note that although Sergey Darkin has been named in the team, he will not ride and the Russians have not been able to replace him.

Having seen the first GP of the year, I have to agree that Nicki P looks good for the title again this year. Crumpy, although not at his best, did well to do aswell as he did considering his first few rides. Hans, Tomasz and Andreas looked the best challengers but are likely to have too many bad rounds as the season progresses. I expect Leigh and Scott to be back in the hunt for a rostrum place within a couple of rounds aswell.

I may have worded it badly...I mean hes likely to get 2 or 3 big scores in the GP series and be medioka in the other rounds. Hope this clears it up!