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Maybe Jack has been watching the Danish speedway as they always had him down as Lokatev

Apparently you pronounce if Shilmakorpi.......never knew that.And after informing us,he continues to call him Kilmakorpi!!!!!

Hope you bought something nice with the money I did pay for them didn't i?Wouldn't buy one of Gustix books,if he wrote one,so that is some comfort lol

Not sure what Norbolds post was bringing to a decent thread.But i just gave him some advice,that's all

Honestly,i have seen some amazing races there.Was talking to Andy Smith a few weeks ago and he said he loved the place "like a little Sheffield",although i have never been to Sheffield so can't say if there is any resemblance at all.Gollob said it was like Ipswich and Nicholls said it was like a small Longtrack......Really is worth a visit once in a lifetime.Nearby Teterow is totally different.Chalk + Cheese and pretty boring track

Is it that you have spelt his name Covatti + Covetti? And you spelt faults as fauts!!!!

To be fair the stadium was probably a bit of a wreck at that time.Only about 7 or 8 years ago the main terracing on the 3rd/4th bend was crumbling away and had to be cordened off at some stage i think.They have done some major work at the stadium most winter breaks for a few years now and the stadium is well worthy of big meetings.I would say that the racing is regularly very good.Last nights meeting wasn't even great for that track.It can often be better

Wimbledons start + finish line thing was due to the track being too small for international meetings,so they needed the extra few yards to meet standards,not for any racing decision.Don't remember the start line being right down by the corner either and guess it provides a problem as to where does the refs box go?start line or finish line.Personally think Güstrow works well.There were quite a few close finishes last night

Oh deary me. Someone asked for help and i have tried to give some.Answered the results question and gave one memory of the Internationale.At the beginning of the 70s it was a massive meeting.By the 80s i think it was finished wasn't ?I was truely surprised at just how big the crowd was for that first one i went to.Not sure what the problem is in mentioning that?

Now you have topped the first comment. We can always rely on you.Have yet to see you say anything positive!!!!

Classic!!!!If your only moan is about the girls outfits then it must have been good

It is a wonder that half of the crowd couldn't be attracted to Bydgoszcz,which isn't That far away really and the German fans are used to travelling over the border.Surely they weren't interested in the womens basketball as well?????

No,but if you go to the newspaper archive you might be able to find out and put it in a book

Great start to the series.Expect more great crowds at Togliatti and Holsted.Both tracks where Nicki goes well.Holsted his home track and sure he won a Lada in Russia before

Well it is the biggest meeting since the last one held at Güstrow or the one at Teterow,both on the Whitsun weekend which got about 6-8,000.It is just the right area for the sport where the major North German speedway population lives.Big meetings there always get big crowds

My first Internationale was in 1973 and it was quite a shock just how big a meeting it was.The cars were parking half way down Blackshaw Rd!!!!!Then when i got to the stadium i couldn't believe how big the queue to get in was.Think by '77 they weren't parking any where near so far down Blackshaw Rd and the stadium queues weren't as big.It was a marker for me that speedway was on the slide(no pun intended).Can just imagine in those early years of the meeting the queues were even bigger as they were in '73.......

Some great racing in front of a super crowd in wonderful weather.What more could you ask for? :t:and it doesn't seem to matter to anyone that the title is "mickey mouse"

Stadium isn't as good as Bayern Munichs though,is it?

Yes.I went there twice.First time i thought "well maybe it was just a bad meeting".After the second meeting was just as bad i have never set foot in the place again

Wasn't the recent European Grasstrack Final held on a sand(long)track????Thought i saw a convo on the net about the meeting.Someone announcing they were going to the Grasstrack Final,someone saying "but that is a sandtrack" and the other guy who was the announcer saying "yes i know,but the title of the meeting is European Grasstrack"!!!!!! Amazing if true

Personally think this system is much better than the one before when a rider got into the final with less points than others and ended up with top points just because he won the final.At least with this system the rider with the most points over the season wins the title,rather than the one who fluked a few finals.I see no problem that every point counts

June '77 we had 02.06-Reading (GBL)42-36 09.06-Wolves(GBL)43-35 16.06-Bristol(KO2)48-30 23.06-White City(Ch)40-38 30.06-Hull(GBL)47-31 and Eddie won the Embassy Internationale on the 6th

I'd agree with you on the U21 series and especially taking it to Argentina.But in a way that goes against what you say in that they lack the mean spiritness.My way of thinking,despite the evidence they just went ahead with that project because it was what Armando wanted.Not sure who is on the CCP apart from Castagna?Olsen? I get what you are saying,but i doubt any of them are poor.No-one sadly makes much money out of speedway apart from the top-ish riders and a few promoters and possibly BSI,Mike Patrick and Phil Rising

Sure it was announced last season(didn't i put a link on here)that Parken wouldn't host any more GPs.This years was a "special" because of the DMU centenary or last years would have been the last one

The FIM are geniuses