racers and royals

Really enjoying this-Scott is a natural. Just another reminder that points are NOT scored in the race-off heat 21 however they are in the final heat 22.

Update -Freddie did the practice this morning and is riding.

Nothing on the normal websites to say he isn`t- so we will have to wait and see

It gets better- quote from Jurica Pavlic on SEC website : "To be in this extraordinary lineups is a great honour" Anyone needing a stream-please PM me

I do try and be subtle in my links to start girls photo`s/video`s 25zl is more league pricing than GP-3/4 times that for GP.

Maybe the heater blew a fuse at the treatment it received and leaked

Try and keep up -post 88 Gdansk price was 25 zl

Lot of hype going on prior to 1st round-quote from Emil on SEC website Russian international speedway rider says plenty of good things about the SEC organizers. - I want to say big thank you again for the organizers for doin' a really good job with puttin' so much heart into this project to creat so good competition. God bless them. It's a really huge thing. Thanks to Eurosport television so many people will watch live speedway and our battles on tv. Some of them probably will have such an opportunity for the first time in their lives. So they can learn speedway at all. This is really important for us riders and of course for whole dyscypline - he thinks.

Jason Doyle was once chucked out of a Somerset v Reading meeting for attacking Tom P Madsen whilst he was lieing on the track after they had clashed going down the back straight-the ref on this occasion watched the video and then made his decision.

From what I remember of watching Gdansk `s televised home meetings in the extraleague last season it is not one of Poland`s best race tracks-hope I`m proved wrong but don`t expect too much overtaking on Saturday.

Harry Findlay

You cannot touch the start girls-however little the touch is

See the Speedway star have really gone to town on the preview for the finals in this weeks edition-conspiracy theorist`s might well think they have been got at by one of the warring factions to give this event as little publicity as possible.-no doubt the star will say it was all about lack of space ! It all kicks off on Eurosport live on Saturday night at 5.30 pm uk time. Just a reminder that after the 20 heats-the top two go to the final direct and riders 3 to 6 in the final reckoning go in the race-off(heat 21)top 2 go into the final(race 22) points are NOT scored in race 21 but are in the final(3210).

We have Rico on the forum who is a Bydgoszcz fan.

Short video to whet our appetites before Saturday`s 1st round. http://www.speedwayeuro.com/news/n/74/watch-how-sec-girls-are-presenting-in-gdansk--video-.html

Round 16 TV matches Sunday 4th August announced 3pm uk time Rzeszow v Gorzow 5.30pm uk time Leszno v Tarnow

He was interviewed on the Polish speedway coverage on Sunday with a cast on his wrist/hand. Edit he`s had an operation on his injured hand-won`t ride again until September.

The announcement seems to have slipped under the radar(edit announced on the 17th July !!) wildcard Nicolas Covatti Reserves Nicolas Vicentin Paco Castagna This GP starts at the later time at 7pm uk time

If it happens it surely will replace Bydgoszcz-stadium needs major re-building.

Dave -Balinski had a short spell with Swindon in 2007

Kumla`s normally a decent racetrack so should be a decent meeting tonight-bring it on !!

Shouldn`t think it`s a hanging offence if named-so can someone name them ?-Kyle Howarth will be one.

To be fair to the competition the UEM(now FIM/Europe)has been around for years and so has the euro championships-previously very much a 2nd tier competition however ONE SPORT.PL have decided to re-vamp it-throw some decent prize money in the pot and all of a sudden top riders have become interested-something else to watch on 4 Saturday`s I suppose.The most interesting thing In all this is the hostility between BSI and One sport.Snippets have appeared in the polish press and this feud could run and run.

Gdansk draw-courtesy of the SEC website Starting line-up: 1. (5) Emil Sayfutdinov (RUS) 2. (16) Krystian Pieszczek (POL) 3. (4) Nicki Pedersen (DEN) 4. (8) Grigorij Laguta (RUS) 5. (3) Fredrik Lindgren (SWE) 6. (11) Maciej Janowski (POL) 7. (10) Andriej Karpov (UKR) 8. (2) Tomasz Gollob (POL) 9. (14) Kjastas Puodzuks (LAT) 10. (7) Roman Povazhny (RUS) 11. (1) Ales DRYML (CZE) 12. (12) Hans Andersen (DEN) 13. (15) Tai Woffinden (GBR) 14. (9) Martin Vaculik (SVK) 15. (13) Sebastian Ulamek (POL) 16. (6) Jurica Pavlic (CRO) 17. (17) Robert Miskowiak (POL) 18. (18) Artur Mroczka (POL) Heat after heat: 1. Emil Sayfutdinov, Krystian Pieszczek, Nicki Pedersen, Grigorij Laguta 2. Fredrik Lindgren, Andrij Karpov, Maciej Janowski, Tomasz Gollob 3. Roman Povazhnyi, Ales Dryml, Kjastas Puodzuks, Hans Andersen 4. Sebastian Ułamek, Martin Vaculik, Jurica Pavlic, Tai Woffinden 5. Tai Woffinden, Emil Sayfutdinov, Fredrik Lindgren, Kjastas Puodzuks 6. Martin Vaculik, Roman Povazhny, Krystian Pieszczek, Maciej Janowski 7. Ales Dryml, Sebastian Ułamek, Andrij Karpow, Nicki Pedersen 8. Grigorij Laguta, Tomasz Gollob, Hans Andersen, Jurica Pavlic 9. Maciej Janowski, Jurica Pavlic, Emil Sayfutdinow, Ales Dryml 10. Hans Andersen, Fredrik Lindgren, Sebastian Ułamek, Krystian Pieszczek 11. Tomasz Gollob, Kjastas Puodzuks, Nicki Pedersen, Martin Vaculik 12. Tai Woffinden, Grigorij Laguta, Roman Povazhny, Andrij Karpov 13. Andrij Karpov, Hans Andersen, Martin Vaculik, Emil Sayfutdinov 14. Krystian Pieszczek, Tai Woffinden, Tomasz Gollob, Ales Dryml 15. Jurica Pavlic, Nicki Pedersen, Roman Povazhny, Fredrik Lindgren 16. Kjastas Puodzuks, Maciej Janowski, Grigorij Laguta, Sebastian Ułamek 17. Emil Sayfutdinov, Tomasz Gollob, Sebastian Ułamek, Roman Povazhny 18. Kjastas Puodzuks, Krystian Pieszczek, Andrij Karpov, Jurica Pavlic 19. Nicki Pedersen, Hans Andersen, Tai Woffinden, Maciej Janowski 20. Fredrik Lindgren, Martin Vaculik, Ales Dryml, Grigorij Laguta

Sportowefakty are reporting that negotiations are at an advanced stage for a GP to be held in the Polish national football stadium in Warsaw in 2014.A possible date of june 28th has been mentioned.