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All i said is that Zorro deserves to be there on merit, but too many on here are concentrating on his age and not his ability.He won through, and deservedly so.Greg is still good for his age , and so is Zorro.Do you really think he should give up his GP chance just because he's 37/38 ?

Good enough to win this event.Who knows in the GP's ? He's earned his crack.Suppose you want Hancock out the GP's due to his age as well ? He's there on merit , end of.

Apparently Ole was asked to prepare the track tonight, but after one look thought it would take too long to remove the shale

Well done to the qualifiers.Holder is class, and deserves to be in the GP's.A lot will knock MZ , but as proven again tonight , can beat anyone when in the mood.Bought his ticket , and won a prize .

What a tosh post.You said yourself Gollob is still a top rider.So are at least a dozen of the current GP riders.Are you advocating that when a rider reaches the top of his profession he should just drop out by virtue of being a 'top rider' ? The top guys are still there because they are the best.How many of the top riders have had to qualify via the GP challenge ?

Theres bound to be at least one Brit in the GP's , but why , oh why can none of them ever gate consistently or have quick machinery ? When was the last time we had a brit who could gate like a ferret with his arse on fire , and have speed to match ? Take Nicholls and Harris , both have talent, but cant gate for toffee.Surely , if it were you or me with their talent , wouldnt you spend every spare hour(if they have any), trying different things to improve their starting techniques, set ups etc ? Or , because they are so busy , is it a case of they dont care because they are earning good cash as it is ? Even Loram , who won the World Championship without winning a GP, was a crap gater(effing fab from the back tho).I think our up and coming riders need to master the art of gating first, and be consistent at it , beacause if they dont , GB riders will be in the wilderness for years.

Scott Autrey would have made the very top under the current system, and maybe the one off finals.His big fall-out with the AMA ended his ambitions, and ultimatly his love affair with speedway.Better than Penhall in many's eyes.

You might just have twisted my arm ! Anything speedway which gives a good insight into the sport i've followed for 35 years rocks my boat, need to get out more i think ! (prob lemo's testimonial next for me)

Would not give the man any of my hard earned , after the years of paying at Exeter to see him ride and get fobbed off by a feeble excuse every time he was due to visit

Gotta say its a shame, Mr Clean has been a fantastic rider for god knows how long, but he aint done for yet hopefully.Never been a world champion, but one of the best , most consistent riders there has ever been.The Jimmy White of the speedway world perhaps ?

My thoughts exactly.Why oh why cant at least the starting gates and a 30yd run up to the first bends be covered up by tarpaulin or similar so the gates arent so biased as in this case.The cost would surely be quite minimal, and prevent the gating monopolies we see so often.

If he qualifies he will have done so on merit.Then we will find out.How would you like to be told you're too old to be competent at your job ?

If the likes of Zorro and PK got through , good luck too them , its not their fault that the rest of the entrants werent good enough.If you dont buy a ticket , you cant win the raffle

Someone please remind me. How old is Emil ? Its been a couple of hours since i last heard

You dont look at the mantlepiece while your stoking the fire !!!

Not booing him now !! great last ride , but Poland blessed with great gate positions in the last few heats , which proved vital

Well, Pearson is there and does a good job i think. Do all the whingers need a commentator when actually go to a match ? I think the answer is no. If you dont like him , press the mute button and commentate to yourself. Or , if live speedway on Sky dissolutions you so much , then just dont watch . Simples really

Poland will win easily.Last time they won , it appeared as tho they were on rocket ships.extra drive and power no-one else had . Conspiracy theories anyone ???

Why does that 'A' have a golfball on top of it , and how did it get there ??

What it is Ashie , is that for some reason Orion cant stand Danny King or the team GB manager. I've lost count of the times he said rico should take his place, but now , cant bring himself to say King did well and was well worth his place. Many posters on here , to their credit , have put their hands up and said they were wrong. Some though , just cant do this

How can it be a different set of 5 involving 3 of these ? Is it me or does that not make sense ? And please , if you have a problem , attack the post not the poster . An idiot i am not , thanks .

Change all 5 ? It will be last place no matter who we put in . What 'change 5' do you have in mind ? cant wait to hear this

So , why are you still slagging off who was by most peoples accounts our best rider tonight ? i cannot for the life of me see your argument

Conveniently forget to mention the ef , and the fact he rode his nuts off.What did Rico do last year ? Naff all . King was given his chance , and took it , and did himself credit. If you cant see that , you might as well give up watching speedway

Have to agree Ashie , best meeting i've seen for yonks, a track with plenty of racing lines , hard at times but fair, If only the GP tracks were like this