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Saw Holub last season at Wittstock/which is the German Pardubice)and he looked good,but doesn't seem t have that extra something.And we have to wait and see with the Polish guys.How often have we heard how some youngster is going to be fantastic and then they end up being only average to good?Bridger is a case for GB.Zabik,Hlib,Dennis Andersson and even Mikka Loppi

http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/wydarzenie/35223 Not so good for Finland so far

All the time promoters think some novelty rule or teams full of guests are going to bring the fans in then there is no helping the sport.The lunatics are running this asylum

Sadly German rider Enrico Sonnenberg died earlier today from internal injuries received after a crash at the Teterow Bergring last Saturday. http://www.speedweek.com/grasbahn/news/75909/Enrico-Sonnenberg-erliegt-inneren-Verletzungen.html RIP

I guess it is partly(mainly?) to do with Morians WW2 RAF exploits,but there are an awful lot of Danish links for him including quite rightly on a website for "Great Danes".Strangely for Arne most things are on English sites rather than Danish,but as your excellent article seems to suggest he maybe had his best years in England rather than in his homeland.There are also lots of articles on one of the other early Great Danes,Svend Aage Engström.This is not meant to take anything away from a very good rider. RIP

Very sad to hear,but I would say Morian Hansen was the original.

Just out of interest here whilst discussing all this Swedish/Danish stuff etc what is Loktaev this year?Russian or Ukranian?Thought he was going to be Russian for a change......

Don't think it was/is a BMW engine.It was built by someone who worked for BMW,but was a private project

So Torun was the old sell the land off to a supermarket and get a new site or stadium at a reduced cost.This has happened before.Think of the Crayford stadium or Dulwich Hamlets.And I don't think they were hoping to host a match in the World Cup or a piece of the Olympics as part of their plan

I'm not sure,but I remember a real speedway rider who stole some gear off another rider.He rode for West Ham funnily enough

http://www.speedweek.com/langbahnwm/news/75203/Marcel-Gerhards-neuer-GTR-Motor-mit-Suter-Design.html pretty sure there was a site one of my 'friends' on FB liked this week that had an engine with some details listed,but it is now lost in the depths of Facebook,never to be found again........

Wouldn't disagree,but I think the nutcase half came more to the fore when subedei took over

Bila Hora wasn't just a "guy" he was half Superman,half Einstein

Don't think he needs a ticket,he has a pass

To be honest I am with Ghostie,you are comparing chalk + cheese here.You might have a good point if you were comparing say the Danish(Mikkelsen + Bech maybe....) + Swedish 80cc riders a few years back who rode a test match in Vojens in really appaling conditions.Tha track was just pure mud and the riders were absolutely covered,but they just got on with it and rode.That is the youngsters who are just riding for fun and the pride in representing their country.Now compare that to when they grow up and it becomes a business......then it might be a thread of some merit Seem to recall a meeting last year in Germany where the juniors went ahead with their races,but the more experienced riders wouldn't do theirs.......think it was at Teterow

That for me is where the argument falls down.Ok one or two Polish tracks could build a decent stadium with GPs in mind,but once you get to 4 or 5 then you have too much competition in your country to be assured of getting big meetings regularly.So the theory can't really explain the amount of tracks.And like I already mentioned Togliatti is "this sort of stadium" and hasn't held a GP.You then end up building a great stadium hoping to host GPs etc and and half decent stadium in another country i.e Vojens,Malilla or Belle Vue gets to host them instead because of the rota.........and like you say the calculations about how much money they must make from the GPs etc has forgotten all about how much they have to pay out to host them

It is funny though when a commentator spontaneously calls them England.Think it might be Tatum that regularly does?????

If they don't want to ride for Russia we could put them in,like we did with Schlein

Nice ride from Max

Then it looks like we are lucky with this one.Hope no more rain comes along,although it say's Indianerna is also up to heat 5

Looks a lovely sunny day.....

Can't for the life of me understand how Matze Bartz gets anywhere near this meeting!!! Surprise that they don't have anyone in Bavaria better than him anyway.It is like Denmark selecting Thomas Sorensen

I know gustix was moaning about you listing the thread "Bank holiday Monday 18" Not a bank holiday and which month do you mean etc,so he is still around and still the same

Not sure I agree with you,especially on the last bit.Togliatti is a great stadium and has never hosted a GP and I doubt that the hosting of a GP once a year comes close to the Polish league meetings which are the true foundation and bring big crowds in regularly.It would be madness to build a stadium in the hope of hsting a GP once a season when other polish clubs also have a stadium to rival it.Belle Vue on the other hand has no competition in this country and you are probably right on that one

Yes I have been to Pardu and Prague(not for the speedway though),the trouble with your idea is that Pardu don't want a GP.They are happy with what they have.You can't force a track to host a GP if they don't want it,which is where any list of the 10 best tracks falls down.....