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Five riders, no reserves, 25 heats. From http://www.fim.ch/EN/rules/Sportifs/ccpGP/2008/078_en.pdf SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP RACE FORMAT HEAT RED BLUE WHITE YELLOW/BLACK No TEAM TEAM TEAM TEAM Riding N°/Gate Riding N°/Gate Riding N°/Gate Riding N°/Gate 01 1/3 1/1 1/2 1/4 02 2/1 2/2 2/3 2/4 03 3/1 3/4 3/2 3/3 04 4/4 4/1 4/2 4/3 05 5/3 5/4 5/2 5/1 Track Grading 06 1/4 5/1 4/3 3/2 07 2/4 1/1 5/3 4/2 08 3/2 2/1 1/4 5/3 09 4/1 3/2 2/4 1/3 10 5/4 4/3 3/2 2/1 Track Grading 11 1/2 2/3 3/1 4/4 12 2/3 3/1 4/2 5/4 13 3/3 4/4 5/1 1/2 14 4/3 5/2 1/1 2/4 15 5/1 1/3 2/2 3/4 Track Grading & Interval 16 1/1 3/3 5/4 2/2 17 2/1 4/3 1/4 3/2 18 3/2 5/4 2/1 4/3 19 4/1 1/4 3/3 5/2 20 5/2 2/3 4/4 1/1 Track Grading 21 1/3 4/2 2/1 5/4 22 2/2 5/3 3/4 1/1 23 3/4 1/2 4/1 2/3 24 4/2 2/4 5/3 3/1 25 5/4 3/2 1/3 4/1

Thanks smart ar$e. (Couldn't figure out where Balinski got his 12 points from. Pleasantly surprised he made the final of anything.)

Thank you, that makes sense, but what's the Grand Final? The Grand Final of what?

How do assessed averages work in the Bundesliga? I see Adams, Gollob and Andersen are on 15 point averages yet they don't even ride in the league. And surely that's too high to expect any rider to come in on, even in a comparitively weaker league than they are used to? Or is it just to keep out the foreigners?

Schlein should probably have stayed home too.

But Davey never chose to be in this. He opted not to do the Aussie Championships (to get into this event) and stay here instead. As was his choice this time (which I do think is commendable.)

To be fair, Davey was only in this because Theo Pijper got injured.

Is this the complete calendar, and is it still valid? Sportowefakty.pl give something similar, yet only have results for a few of the meetings. Have there been rain offs or cancellations please?

Double figures at reserve, including a retirement - I agree.

And four less than Juan Pablo Montoya.

Ken Bjerre is still not riding in Denmark - I'd be inclined to put Gjedde in instead of him. GB? Not holding my breath.

Vastervik track is 296 metres and is the second smallest track in Elitserien, the smallest being at Rospiggarna (289 metres) and the largest being Gubbangen (387 metres.)

Looks like Nicki got a shove from the rider in yellow.

Agree with everything you said, Keith, though had you asked me a few hours ago my words would have been much stronger.

Beer makes you wise.

How pathetic.

Why, because the referee called it wrong? Yes, blame Nicki, obviously.

9th August.

That would be him. He was at reserve and it would have been the late 80s. You've probably got Gary Rolls and Gary Tagg in the same picture.

Michael Warren used to wear green leathers with tassles, if I remember rightly.

Here.

Rafal Dobrucki joins Nicki at Lejonen.