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Smoli v Robert Lambert Smoli v Tobi Kroner

Egon was hailing it as the future.I remember being at an indoor speedway meeting in Denmark and he was interviewed saying he wanted Smoli to ride it in the meeting,but it was too powerful!!! Then the internet site announced the coming of the,i think,european electric speedway league and it died a death even quicker than the FIM Champions League thingmy..... The site now appears to be dead and there is one for 'electricspeedway' with nothing on it now about speedway at all.Egon seems more interested in plugging his new cd and audio story of his life.... http://www.bahnsporttechnik.de/body_electricbike.html http://www.electric-speedway.com/electric-motorbikes/

Probably could.I was looking at the report about the ice skaters from south Korea where the womans top almost came off and ok she was born in the US,but has Korean parents.Her partner though is American through and through and just got his citizenship for the Olympics.Then today in the paper it was mentioning some German woman who couldn't break through in the national team and has now changed to South Korea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aileen_Frisch

Sure they have two riders.After all a couple of years ago they even had a league of sorts.But what is the point?And do they have the money to support sending two riders to get a hiding?I'd have thought Castagna would be more in favour of a pair from Argentina anyway

Without sounding too negative I suspect after a few seasons the novelty will wear off and we might see a combined Czech-Slovak team as Phil Rising hinted at or like you say some Poland II or as has happened in other comps a made up team(Adria or Europa)

Absolutely!!!

Sure if Klano was riding then Cz would have been above Germany leaving Finland a way behind.having said that it is a weakened Finnish trio

Think Slovakia are restrictive on dual citizenship,unlike other countries.Might be easier for Vaculik an a.n.other to get citizenship for Kuwait,Turkmenistan or some other dodgy country and get some financial backing

Hungary were traditionally a better team than anyone else,but not sure of their current strength.They didn't even enter the Euro pairs,so maybe have few riders or no money

Not really improving anything.Swapping one problem for another,particularly giving Poland two teams!!!!

Not sure,but going by the photos all the teams are present including managers,apart from Austria.Only Franky and Charly in the Austrian pic.I was wondering,since Whitey has swapped the delights of Vienna for the shall we say,less salubrious surroundings of Newcastle,i think

Agree with you totally on this Oh no,have I been taken in by this?Good research with that

You got it spot on Bavarian.After all the promises about a brave new world,all we get is a world version of a competition we already have running each year!!! Just slightly changed so we have a two day final.Not sure why it has taken so long for all this when we have a European version anyway.And not sure how big this call for a world pairs is,when we also have the other pairs run by the other mob as well!!!

One of the names along with Berry and Louis that I automatically associate with Ipswich.Sad news RIP

Yes,but that is the two teams,even though one has a junior team as well.I was thinking Romford,West Ham and Dagenham =3 different clubs

Phil rode for Lynn in 1973,but it was a very short season as I think he was out injured as early as April for the rest of the year?

How many motorcars were there in 1645?How many coal burning power plants were there?How many nuclear power plants were there?How many CO2 emmiting aerosol cans were there?When people shopped at the supermarket in 1645 what percentage of the produce was packed in plastic back then?And when one of the 400,000 inhabitants of that metropolis London went to Starbucks,did they get their coffee in a plastic cup?And what was the track record at that village of Wembley in 1645?

Err,you talk about a Grand Solar Minimum then link to a site about a Solar Minimum.You I assume realise that a Solar Minimum happens roughly every 11 years? Just a few weeks ago in the US,plus I know in Hamburg we had one of the warmest January days on record.The US has also broken coldest days recently too of course,but that doesn't change the records on the NASA site https://psmag.com/environment/why-is-winter-suddenly-so-warm https://climate.nasa.gov/ And the report of yet another Grand Solar Minimum lol https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2018/jan/09/the-imminent-mini-ice-age-myth-is-back-and-its-still-wrong

Its a bit of banter.But I am or was sitting here shaking my head yet again at such a statement.How can you say Chris is often forgotten?He was one of the best riders of his era and then didn't disappear,but stayed heavily involved in speedway up until a year or so ago.How can he be forgotten?He was probably in the speedway star more often than most riders of his era up until recently

Not sure where you get your info from,but according to NASA you are wrong. https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/sea-ice-extent-sinks-to-record-lows-at-both-poles So not really worth going into the rest

Be fair,he is well remembered compared to his brother,whatshisname morton

Seems Franky also had big problems at the border and had to spend time getting a new visa,so he can compete in Russia.Sounds like a bit of a nervous time as he was told he would have to fly back to Austria to get one and the problem was,if he did that his transporter would have been confiscated at the Kazakh border as he had to be sitting at the wheel,not his mechanic.He did though eventually get a new one at the Austrian consulate in Astana,so all is well.But he is asking is it really worth all the hassle and the FIM and MFR should assure everything goes smoothly,rather than,as Weber also said,leaving the riders to sort things themselves http://m.speedweek.com/eisspeedwaygp/news/121977/Franz-Zorn-schikaniert-Warum-tue-ich-mir-das-an.html

Oh 'swear word' going from none,to maybe two competitions!!! You getting funded by the EU or where is the money coming from?

Big question seeing as Finland didn't even enter the Europeans,would they consider entering this new comp?Because let's face it,no matter what system they come up with Bulgaria,Rumania and now with Wallner retired (can Austria even get a half decent pair together?) they stand more chance than some of those above named teams

Surely irrelevant what people in England or London think?This is the GP section and not the British League section.It will be more down to what sponsor Monster think and how they think their customers will react.If Monster think it will have some detrimental effect on their business around the world to be associated with Monster girls,then they will be dropped double quick.I also am not really fussed either way,but the monster girls are probably the or some of the best.It is the shabby look of some others in league speedway.Holsted springs to mind.And I am not sure just what they are supposed to bring to the whole package