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Think as someone connected to a 'rival' you are always going to be questioned when commenting on another rider.To be fair France has no real speedway tradition or competition so to progress it was wise to move.But you should also know it isn't an easy route for parents to travel the distances the Lamberts do to give their son the competition they think is best for him.All those miles and staying in a camper or hotel takes its toll.Not easy at all i would say

Don't quite agree with all of this.The easier route would have been to let him ride in GB against other 14 or 15 year olds.They chose to go the route where Robert was riding against the likes of current GP rider Smolinski or other international riders.And he didn't sink,but swam quite well.And if he goes into the world championships through GB or Germany makes no real difference.It is obvious GB would pick him.And either way he has to beat people to progress.If he doesn't,it makes no difference who he is representing

Another side to this is the German team manager was given an ultimatum.Stop assisting Lambert or stand down from the german job.He stood down last week.The German authorities thought it wasn't fitting for the German manager to be helping out a "foreign" rider.It seems the connection between the two will continue.So expect to see Lambert carry on in Germany.He is very thankful for the support he has received here.Push him too far and i wouldn't be surprised to see him jump.Sure he could get rides in various countries and doesn't really need GB meetings Not sure about the "ain't going to see much international action riding for Germany" statement

You don't need to be a journalist at all to evaluate or seek further reference and understand those comments.Obviously have far too much time on your hands now the planned forum has failed and no-one much apart from yourself bothers commenting on your other proboard things.

Stop trolling,trying to make problems where there aren't any.Those comments were made over 7 years ago and haven't caused any trouble so far and i don't think will.in the future because most people have a sense of humour and know they were not in anyway meant to be nasty.Comments from you get criticised because they deserve it more often than not..........

Think Bast + Penhall had a few laps after a meeting once.Before they appeared in one of those old world championship qualifying rounds.Might have been an Intercontinental final at White City a few days after the Wimbledon meeting.

Looks like the initial title really means...."Discuss anything about speedway" As we are also on "Will there ever be a more loyal rider than Steve Lawson?",off the top of my head i'd name Bjarne Pedersen at Holstebro + Nicki Pedersen at Holsted who must be hot on or have passed Lawsons "record" and still going.....

No.I can see Matthias Kröger,who has ridden for Brokstedt from 1984 until the present day has a few years to do to catch up with Stevie

In the end it didn't matter if it was Firley or Fierlej,as he didn't ride!!! Was a very enjoyable meeting.Like i thought,very evenly balanced with a few great heats and a wonderful 6 man final after the meeting on this very wide track.5-1 in the last heat clinched the meeting for the home sideThe crowd seemed sparse to me,but at the end they announced it was a record crowd.Not sure if that is just for the new promotion or all time record.I guess the former Team Wölfe Wittstock 63: 1. Christian Hefenbrock (3,2,2,3,2) 12 2. Kai Huckenbeck (3,3,3,3,3) 15 3. Marcin Sekulla (0,2min,0,R,1) 1 4. Steven Mauer (0,0,1,1,3) 5 5. Zdenek Holub (3,3,1,1,3) 11 6. Matthias Kröger (3,1,1,0,1) 6 7. Roberto Haupt (0,1,1,3,0) 5 8. Tobias Kroner (1,3,2,2,0) 8 Team Polen 57: 9. Mariusz Staszewski (2,3,3,2,1) 11 10. Stanislaw Burza (1,2,3,2,1) 9 11. Rafal Fleger (2,R,0,2,2) 6 12. Tomasz Rempala (2,2,3,1,2) 10 13. Andriy Kobrin (1,D,R,N,N) 1 14. Lukasz Kret (1,1,2,1,3) 8 15. Piotr Dziatkowiak (0,1,0,0,2) 3 16. Tobias Busch (2,2,2,3,0) 9 U21: 1. Jan-Lukas Dittner 11Pkt. 2. Dennis Pedersen 10Pkt. 3. Hannes Gast 10Pkt. 4. Maximilian Pott 7Pkt. 5. Michal Kordas 0 (fell in first heat and pulled out of meeting )

Well that would probably be my only chance of watching them,personally.But Germany has borders with a few countries and i think the tv channels cross the border.I know one of my friends who lives a bit further north than me used to be able to watch danish tv and get the GPs.I also know some people over in Berlin who watch Polish tv.Maybe people down in Bavaria can pick up a foreign channel that shows speedway?That really covers the main speedway areas in Germany anyway.The middle of the country,away from the borders isn't really big on speedway.Tbh i don't watch much.Eurosport is enough and i will try and tune in tomorrow to see how Smoli + Kevin go

I do get the impression from some of the discussions that there are people just hoping this all fails.Wait to see them post if anything negative happens.Not saying that SCB is one,but i think a few are here.Pity that some seem to want speedway to fail.Don't think it unreasonable to compare this series with old World Pairs titles as this is a line-up fit for a world title.Just wait for BSI to start an official pairs title......And rather funny that all the talk of it not being necessary to have a European Championship,what do EUFA go and do?They announce yet another football title to add to the Euro Champs!!!!! It is all about money and giving the fans something rather than friendlies.If the fans don't want it they won't go,just like any of the One Sport meetings

No,but we get the One sport meetings on Eurosport for free.Starting tomorrow with the Pairs in which Smoli rides

Was it around the end of the 60s that the japanese changed from dirt tracks to concrete/tarmac?Sure i read somewhere that they thought the dirt tracks were too dangerous.maybe a fatality...... Anyway this thread is really turning into something for the years gone by section ,when speedway even gets a mention!!!

The way i understand it is he only has dual citizenship,not licences.He only has one of those per season,surely?

That is who i thought it was,but not having followed Polish speedway so closely over the past year or two wasn't 100% sure

Quite an interesting line-up without being outstanding.But looks quite even and could potentially be a real good meeting.If the weather is ok i could be tempted to travel over for this one Team Wölfe Wittstock: Christian Hefenbrock Mathias Schultz Kai Huckenbeck Steven Mauer Marcin Sekula Zdenek Holub Matthias Kröger Roberto Haupt Team Polen Mariusz Staszewski Rafal Fleger Stanislaw Burza Patryk Dziatkowiak Mariusz Firley Lukasz Kret Tomasz Rempala Got a feeling Firley is spelt wrong on the Wittstock site

Think this is the situation i explained on the other thread about nationalities.Joonas gets the best of both worlds as i predicted.He gets the benefit of a Swedish licence in Sweden and also gets a wildcard for having Finnish nationality

Finally got round to finding the MotoX meet.It is on the Bank Holiday monday in Tessin,nr Rostock.About 35 minutes away from Güstrow.So you could have 4 days of bike racing in a very small area of Germany.And it is also a very beautiful part of the country with plenty of lakes around and Rostock is well worth a trip too

Well some months have now gone since the poster was so offended,an offer was given and i have looked.It seems the offending riders stats haven't been updated,so i guess no other rider has CL/NL stats added.What went wrong?Did June01 recieve the relevant info but so far has not had the time to update the site? Did Parsloes and his sidekick not compile and send off any riders CL/NL details? I know gustix has had a bit of time on hands over the winter.I have recieved a number of emails telling me of his plans to restart a new rival speedway forum and that despite him telling us how speedway forums are being threatened by his new found love,Facebook!!!! What is the story behind the story?The new season is upon us and the stats will only grow if they haven't been started already.....We need to know

Grachan is the expert on the sport in Japan.He has been there and seen it for himself.But i thought it was on concrete.Not sure.But i do remember as a youngster seeing some film of it at possibly the MCN stand at a London Motorbike show in Earl's Court.I seem to recall the riders came out on the back of a truck which drove them out on this massive track to their bikes.Was all very theatrical.I think this was preceeded by dirt tracks at some point though.Was also,i think the first time i saw Ice Speedway on screen

Looks good to me.Think it was about 1970 or so

There has been ice speedway in China and the Chinese had a delegation at one of the recent Ice Speedway GPs and are in talks about hosting a future Ice Speedway GP A Japanese speedway rider did ride at Wimbledon in the Internationale,but gustix will fill you in on that as i imagine he was there

Just read that even sports clubs are having trouble with noise.One in Hamburg has restrictions on how often it can be used despite a €300,000 6 metre high sound barrier built around it!!!!The boss was saying how absurd it all was when it is trying to attract kids off the street and involve them in sport,yet the kids can't play.......then again we had a case of complaint about a new nursery built in a residential area!!!! Where do they expect nurseries to be built?In the middle of an industrial estate?

Bit of a dodgy weekend in Berlin. Only 1,500 on saturday and i'd say even less today.Poor weather and the loss of Bauer + Zorn probably played a part.Ticket prices i guess also in the equation Antti it seems has broken a few ribs and his season is finished Main plus point for me was the fighting display in the German Final and also today from Hans Weber

Bulgaria and Ukraine also have some speedway.Once a year a couple of Bulgarian riders seem to pop up in an open meeting at a track in the far east of Germany,so i guess they must have a small scene in Bulgaria.Ukraine seem to be a bit in the wars at the mo even on the speedway track.If i am right the speedway scene is in a bit of chaos and two of their best riders who are originally Russian are now changing back to being Russian.There has also been for years trouble behind the scenes,but think a few years ago they did even have a small league of about 3 or 4 teams