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Don't normally go on about the commentators and through most of it they did a good job and these were difficult circumstances but Kelv + Nige did come out with 2 blunders last night First I thought "Let's have a look at the highlights....er,the story of the night so far"!!!!!! And at the end "A fitting tribute to a great rider"......personally I think Gollob deserved far better,but we await the Hancock farewell with baited breath Like I said yesterday morning,just how intelligent is it to hold practice on a track that was causing problems anyway?What does it bring other than what we already know from previous experience......break up the track and give them little time to repair the damage!!!!!

Seemed to be a lot of English guys in the mix and one welsh bloke......think Graham Brodie was seen walking across the centre with Jim Lawrence,Tony Steele was in the mix and then Phil Morris also and surely Armando must have been at such an important meeting?

Don't pester the bloke luv.......once is enough I did actually download a photo of Ole yetsrday when this all started with the idea I would Mickey Mouse him up with big ears and a mouse nose in case something happened like this.Then I thought it would be a bit cruel to Ole.Now I am thinking it would be cruel to Mickey.Sad sad day for speedway

In Germany we had Kelvin,Nige and Steve in the pits

The poles are still in good spirits.Fair play to them

At 4 heats per hour,you will be lucky

Got to agree.The stadium look amazing,the track looks decent,the atmosphere is great and the ref is spoiling the whole show!!!!!

Nigel Boocock was the ultimate British Bulldog,but retired to Australia.......

I think Phil has been too long in the hospitality lounge !!!!! Don't forget to re-hydrate before writing your report

Double edged sword though.Guess this will be a very short practice,because how many times has the practice mucked up the track?If they have managed to get it into shape I just hope this won't put them back to square one again

Think the answer is obvious.If it works it is a big success.Great stadium full with 50,000 fans and good speedway.On the other hand if it fails it is a big,big disaster.You have lots of people upset and angry.People like to take chances because the rewards can be good.But by now they shoud have learnt from the many failures.This time there can be no excuses

Don't want to cause any trouble here,but i'd think the task of organising a Sunderland and a Crayford reunion are quite different given the number of years each track staged speedway.Kevin Teager I think lives in Germany now.He seems to ride a fair number of grasstrack events here.

http://www.holsted-speedway.dk/nyheder/endnu+et+afbud_607/ Think I read Kildemand has been given a wildcard through,because of injury.

After 12 Kenneth,Leon,Rasmus and Bjarne all 8.Hans now two wins and a last

Facebook K.Bjerre and Rasmus have 6.Lasse,Leon and Bjarne 5

Hans got a 0 in his first heat

Is that really Tai? Phil will talk to all the riders and i'm sure all will say it will be great or was great and 90% of the track is the best they have ever ridden and what a stadium and the press facilities have to be seen to be believed Ha ha,sorry I couldn't resist.It's in me nature,but I really do hope this goes ahead and is a decent GP

To be honest it would be easy to mock.....all the talk of a brilliant stadium,but the track is poor.Oh no,we have heard that before.But really...........fingers crossed they get this sorted.It would be a big blow if they don't.At the end of the day instead of 5 or 10,000 people going home peeved,we could end up with 50,000!!!! and millions of viewers around the world.........

Also a few post war.Very interesting for me to see these,with some great riders amongst them and some unknowns(to me) http://www.digitalnz.org/records?i%5Bsubject_text%5D=Speedway+motorcycle+racing&page=5

That's all pretty clear.Thanks Will there be a meeting on once they have built their cycles?

Chris still got a couple of hours to go before he reaches the stadium,but it ain't that bad as it is downhill all the way for him now

Probably 50 saying they work for Bahnsport Aktuel.....

As a little background on Ray Tauser and the American scene as a whole this article is very interesting.Not only about the riders themselves,but also the worries about speed making the sport less exciting and more dangerous.... http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/too-much-speed-speedway

Thanks for that.Some very good info there

http://www.speedevent.de/mcg/index.php/2012-03-05-17-34-47/239-an-alle-zuschauer-des-speedway-best-pairs-cup Actually the club wanted the meeting to go ahead,it seems it was called off without any discussion with them