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Not a lot. "Did Sunderland ever stand a chance of success?Poor weather hit the promotion and the 'Saints' team was never strong enough to win quick support.Ken Sharples,once a great rider,needed time in his comeback and too much was expected from untried Australians Jim Airey and Gordon Guasco.Maury McDermott found the travelling from London too much and by the time Colin McKee joined the team it was too late.The closure was announced on June 9th and nobody was surprised.".

l Live racing from Blagoveschensk http://www.ustream.t...l/tstsd/theater Austrian Harald Simon showing the Russians the way home.Nice to have a scoreboard.Seems like an individual meeting.Presidents Cup? Great race.Pawel Tschajka just passing Simon on the line!!! Get on with it pretty promptly.Two minute warning on as the riders from the previous race leave the track.But then i guess if temps are around -20 or -30° then you want it run well even wrapped up in the thick jackets and hats/gloves the crowd have on Results from nicesport.pl and it was the Governors Cup,thought it was called Presidents Cup!!! Not going through it and changing names... 1. Harald Simon (Austria) - (3,3,2,3,3) 14 2. Daniił Gołoszejkin (Kamiensk-Uralskij) - (2,3,3,3,2) 13 3. Paweł Tschjaka (Błagowieszczeńsk) - (3,d,3,3,3) 12 4. Roman Akimienko (Błagowieszczeńsk) - (2,3,3,2,1) 11 5. Andriej Selifonow (Chabarowsk) - (3,2,1,2,3) 11 6. Siergiej Łogaczew (Błagowieszczeńsk) - (3,3,u,2,2) 10 7. Andriej Iwanow (Ussurijsk) - (0,1,3,1,3) 8 8. Aleksandr Kotlar (Ussurijsk) - (1,1,2,1,2) 7 9. Konstantin Starosielcew (Rajczichińsk) - (1,2,u,3,ns) 6 10. Roman Pawlienko (Błagowieszczeńsk) - (0,2,0,2,2) 6 11. Władimir Momont (Ussurijsk) - (2,t,2,1,1) 6 12. Siergiej Łonszakow (Błagowieszczeńsk) - (2,0,1,1,1) 5 13. Denis Gawriszin (Błagowieszczeńsk) - (1,2,1,0,0) 4 14. Ilia Pantelejew (Chabarowsk) - (1,1,1,0,0) 3 15. Aleksandr Turowiec (Błagowieszczeńsk) - (0,ns,2,0,d) 2 16. Aleksiej Ełenskij (Błagowieszczeńsk) - (0,1,d,0,ns) 1

Yes i agree,i think Conkers means the 3rd/4th bend.Can't understand why apart from desperately needing to save some euros,why anyone would watch the meeting from there,although i do remember our old Zielona Gora correspondent "Tommy" posted some photos of his view at one meeting.In the old days you used to get better views of top football matches for free.At the Old Den for instance...... ok maybe there weren't that many "top" games involving Millwall Just read today that the new Berlin airport is due to open next October!!!! Just one and a half years late and €250 million over budget

Been regularly for a number of years.It is one meeting that is pretty much a must for me.Ice Speedway so near and in a decent stadium in a decent city. Conkers will have to give you tips about flying and travel from the airport...which airport?Big scandal over the last months with the new Berlin airport being delayed not once but twice or more..... Shouldn't need to get tickets in advance.I would watch from the first/second bend.Think it is a great view,good atmosphere there.Stadium is an easy 10 minute walk from Hohenzollerndamm S-Bahn station.Also a nice cafe next to the station which does a nice coffee/breakfast.

I don't know.I was told when in Pardu that Dresden will be on again,but looking at the website it just has a thank you for 2012 and see you again in 2013.No info on a date.Only thing i have seen to be held in Dresden is the Speedway on Ice series.Would have thought it was easy for you to find out by asking Antti or Jouni if they have been contacted by the promoters for meetings? Saw some photos from Blago a few days ago and the new Samara team outfit looks very professional.Team colours on rider and bike along the lines of Togliatti,although brown maybe isn't the most exciting of colours

Berlin will be on the weekend 2+3 march http://www.eisspeedway-berlin.de/

Go to Prague.The racing might not be too good,but the beer is great and you can also buy nice cheap trainers there....ask f-s-p

Exactly as the man said.......i don't think anyone at any time has ever said the system we have now is perfect.It has its faults.But for sure it is way way better than what we had before.Only a few Luddites won't have it and we have heard the flawed arguments against it 1,000 times by now

Sure most would agree that Tai in normal circumstances should never have got the decision before Jepsen Jensen.But finances and maybe more importantly tv coverage have an important part to play.I am getting the feeling that tai has been put in to attract a tv deal.Either continuing with SKY or it would surely be important to have a GB rider in to attract a new company?Would myself much rather have Liglad in,but can understand,although don't agree with the decision on this basis

Yeah well like i said, friday it is and friday it will stay

League averages ain't the b all and end all in proving who is the best rider.Invariably they are not riding the same tracks on the same day against the same riders.In the GPs they are.That is the competition to find the best rider in the world and invariably unless a rider misses meetings,it does.I thank you Arguing anything else is like arguing friday should be called tuesday....

In all seriousness,would love to see them do it.Always been supportive of the US in our sport having witnessed the arrival of Scott Autrey and Sumner McKnight back in the 70s.Started off the golden years of American speedway(in the modern post war period anyway)and brought that special razzamatazz that only the Americans can bring.Would love to see another wave of youngsters take the sport by storm here in Europe.Good luck

Billy? Why not try Shawn Moran,he doesn't live too far from Hungary.Now if both he and Billy were in the team i might even travel down for that

Is that official? Just that i heard for a while that he doesn't want to ride 500cc and a close friend of his wanted one of my photos to present to him........maybe he has changed his mind?

Oh so Slangerup won't have a team again in Danmarkserien! And i thought maybe one or two of the Holsted 80cc guys would be moving up.Martin seems to have been around a long time now on 80cc.And Mark Frimodt Pedersen from Vojens?Giving up now?

Looks great.Hope this is a success.Don't imagine the Poles or Emil will get to grips so easy with the track.Seem to remember kennett was over a year ago and also didn't find the tiny US track too easy????

Maybe Peter S will post his views on the trip at some point? But sure we have to wait for the guys to get back home and let the dust settle .But if this article is to be believed then neither Jepsen Jensen or Mikkel Bech are happy,and that is now on record,and as i said this only backs up things told to me before the guys set off.If others are saying positive things that wouldn't be a big surprise.Everyone is different and has different views.The thing is though that with the top guys dropping out it puts a big financial strain on those riders not doing as well.Proof of the pudding will be next year to see who enters the competition.Expect to see Liglad concentrate on other things anyway and if Mikkel B is adamant he won't go,then i wouldn't expect to see him enter either

Thanks a bunch.So we get to see either Argentina(in 50 rides i think one of their U21 riders only took 1 single point off a foreign rider....),France(hmmm,this isn't longtrack...) or Croatia(have they got enough riders of any international standard??????).At least Germany have a chance now

Don't know about that(actually i used the one of both Liglad + Mikkel B together in Pardu on my FB page)...........what i do know is that in a report yesterday Liglad was called the "new Nicki Pedersen".....now i think i said that on here in about 2005 or 2006

So could we all......and it shows the problem with a few peoples idea/opinion,because mostly they are the riders who have come through the qualification rounds

We will have to wait and see.But as the saying goes "once bitten,twice shy". Give them credit at least the Danes gave it a go.Despite what we have seen here,it is an incredible coincidence that all the Poles apart from the one defending his title were injured for the trip.So we could be looking at a world title being decided next year,if Argentina goes ahead,without the Poles and Danes and possibly others who get wind of what has happened.Of course the FIM could come up with enough money to make it all worthwhile..............

That is exactly what the GP series ensures as far as possible,apart from injury.Or can you point out a year when this didn't happen? Sure we can point out a few years when this didn't happen at the time of the old style world final.Let's face it,you have no reasonable argument against the GPs,other than you don't like them.Ok fair enough and good night

Oh well,i might be wrong about Mikkel Bech.He is saying if next years world final is going to Argentina again as has been planned then he won't be there. "They have no idea about how to plan things.Everything is done at the last minute.I can only hope next year will be better.Although for me it doesn't matter as i won't be there" http://www.speedweek.de/art_29791.html#.UKDUnkL1YWc.facebook This ties in with a few things i have seen from a few riders saying "no way Jose",next year.

Sure.This marketing of the Gladiators......but it is a confusing issue with the name and if you look at it of the major countries you have Russia with what looks like a translation of "Motorbikes on Ice" .Not really a great title to be used Sweden -Isracing= Ice Racing Netherlands,Germany,Austria,Finland and now Poland with what translates as Ice Speedway Not sure what the Czech is or tranlates to,but really it doesn't matter much as the vast majority seem to call the sport Ice Speedway.And it really isn't an english language sport anyway......although strangely the Polish team for the upcoming team championship are being advertised as "Polska Ice Speedway Team" But like i said,i do agree it all gets confusing as it really isn't Speedway in the sense we know.Speedway on Ice as it is known here is more akin to speedway

Great result.Always thought in 80cc he was certainly a super talent,but his nerve was questionable when it came to the crunch.Never winning the YGT when he was favourite or one of the main contenders put a question mark against him for me,but he has certainly over the past couple of years(especially this year) proved he is one of the main prospects.Also very pleased for Mikkel Bech to get a bronze.His chances are still to come