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Olympic Stadium wasn't under Communist rule Parsloes.It was in West Berlin.It was one of the stadiums that was used in the 1974 World Cup Finals......

12,000 people were attracted to the 1st naked sleigh championships!!!!And we were thinking it was the weather keeping the crowd down!! Don't look if you are under age

Looks very unlikely Jesper.Unless the weather is very good and i get off early from work on friday.Saturday and sunday i have other commitments And was good to meet up with Bluejam.....it is always like that at Berlin....one day at least....often both bloody days

Fotos from Berlin Must admit Conkers continually saying "look at this one it is great!" at nearly every bloody foto he took got on my nerves a bit But Aakko spoilt my weekend by losing me a couple of beers with his failure to keep in front of the Russians for another lap in the B Final yesterday

That finnish alcohol is good

Even more news from Inzell now.Bauer has been disqualified from the meeting.Now Finland move up into bronze position!!!! Bauer

This one is quite interesting.It deals in various motorcycle sports,but does touch on speedway,longtrack and grasstrack in Austria Austrian motorbikes in German of course

More to the Posa saga here And it seems Switzerland will be in the team comp instead of Sweden next year....

Posa won't be in Berlin!!! Seems he broke a finger yesterday....plus he failed(?) a doping test in Inzell.He is taking medicine for lowering his blood pressure and the FIM say he didn't inform them until too late....i.e at the doping control! But Franky,Tuinstra and Harald Simon are all there.Flyktmann rides in place of Serenius Posa out

Fundin wasn't a Kiwi surely

As Michael Stipes sang...."i just don't get it" Why is it always necessary to go down to the last heat or meeting?It is nice if it happens...but will F1 change the rules to re-adjust points to make it more likely that a great driver doesn't run away with the title?Or should the LTA change the rules and adjust the points so that Wimbledon goes to the last serve of 5 sets always?I think the sport has enough problems without buggering around with the scores yet again.Let's bugger around with the tracks...please,so they are suitable for good racing and overtaking without looking like someone will be badly injued in most heats. edited for spelling

I think it was Boleslaw

Seems fairly certain i think.Was something on sportowefakty this week about a Russian GP

Inzell is also i think only provisional.There will be a new roof put on the stadium and it isn't 100% sure that it will be finished in time.....i think that is what was said when i was there.....the bavarian accent is blooming difficult to understand

I was at quite a few great tests.England v Poland at Hackney back in 74(?) when England won every heat 5-1 apart from the last heat when i think Wilson was excluded!A long time since England could do that to Poland.More chance now that they would do that to us.England v Denmark at Oxford when Nielsen was reserve.And England v USA at Plough Lane....The only test meetings i have seen in the last 20 years or so though are the Denmark v Sweden U21 tests and even they seem to be a thing of the past now....

Absolutely.Most of the top countries have a tried and tested format and a few fringe countries it seems are trying to force in a format that is unsuitable to the set up of the successful countries!!!!!unbelievable

I heard he broke a foot in a motorbike accident

But you could say that about for instance Tom Farndon...if it was a World Championship in those days and of course especially if it was held at New Cross being something of a one track pony,as someone who saw him in action hinted at recently....not that you would agree Norbold if........

Well the 2010 80cc World Championship will be held at Vojens And last year i talked with a few people in the upper echelons of Danish speedway and they insist Denmark will stick with the formula that has proved so succesful in training up some of the top riders in the World.Czecho and Germany are or have been doing 250cc for a bit now and the success shows

Not sure about that Jesper....after all Franky is big news and so far it hasn't made the two online news sites that are covering his season.....yesterday it was about Harald Simon hoping to make a comeback in Berlin.So i remain hopeful that Franky can continue with the rest of the GP season.Harald is pretty upset with Klabo and how he rides. H.Simon comeback

Details of the new look Bundesliga: 22.3. Diedenbergen - Brokstedt 1.5. Brokstedt - Güstrow 21.5. Wolfslake - Diedenbergen 6.6. Landshut - Güstrow 4.7. Wolfslake – Brokstedt 25.7. Güstrow – Diedenbergen 25.7. Landshut –Wolfslake 2.8. Brokstedt – Landshut 21.8. Güstrow – Wolfslake 30.8. Diedenbergen – Landshut 3.10. Final*: Quali round winners – Quali round second place (*exeption being last years Champs Wolfslake for some strange reason won't be able to host the Final) A maximum of 2 foreign riders per team and one German U21 rider must be in the team Squads And at the same time as the Ice Speedway GP in Berlin(07.03)..the legendary and only German Speedway World Champion,Egon Müller will be hosting a birthday bash in the Kiel arena.This time it won't be run on the concrete floor that caused so many crashes in the past two years.It will be on a "proper" dirt surface....the full line-up hasn't been announced but Egon has Kevin Wölbert,Martin Smolinski and Matze Schultz so far.....and then there will be lot's of Oldies inc Jan.O.Pedersen,Brian Andersen,Finn Jensen,Graham Drury and Jerzy Szczakiel among others....

It is a shame...but it is a long expensive journey for a youngster......which makes you wonder about the proposal to hold an U21 GP in Argentina for instance...... But the Russians usually have to travel to the rest of Europe....at least in dirt track speedway.And there was a youngster in the 80cc YGT in Denmark last season i think.....

And in the Bundesliga there will be a Final.The top team after the quali meetings will ride at home against the second placed team for the Championship

Germany 1 League,5 teams,5 riders....here are details

Bet that was almost as good as sex,reading that.Just need to hear that BSI/IMG have gone bust to top it off and the neighbours will be wondering what is going on in your house Schadenfreude as they say in Germany