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Not a great rules person,but i thought it was normal.Last year in the U21 semi at Vojens,Nicolai Klindt was ruled out by the Doctors in his first heat and German Richard Speiser took his place.I figured if he had enough points to go through,he would have done :unsure:OK,this was slightly different in that Franks rides were for disqualifications,so maybe they don't normally count

Would seem Wembley done a similar thing.One of the photo's of the riders wearing the jumpers shows a bit of one of the riders backs and he just has the red/white Lion emblem on the back as well as they had on the front.

Results from the meeting in Meißen on saturday from the Bundesliga site 1. Czech 24 : Richard Wolf 16, Pavel Ondrasik 8 2. Poland 22 : Bartosz Kasprowiak 10, Robert Mikolajczak 12 3. Germany 21 : Ronny Weis 15, Tobias Busch 6 4. Austria 19 : Manuel Novotny 7, Fritz Wallner 12 5. Sweden/Germany 18: Jonas Andersson 13, Jörg Tebbe 5 6. Sweden 14 : Leif Karlsson 2, Kalle Lindgren 12 7. Holland 8 : Erik Eijbergen 0, Henk Bos 8. Plus René Schäfer has named his teams for the SWC and the U19 Final SWC Quali 25.05.08 in Miskolc (Hungary) : Martin Smolinski (Captain) Mathias Schultz Tobias Kroner Kevin Wölbert Christian Hefenbrock. U19 Team EM Final 22.05.08 Rawicz he goes with the same riders that qualified from Güstrow: Kevin Wölbert Max Dilger Erik Pudel Frank Facher Sönke Petersen

I thought Ole was involved in at least one soaking wet World Final and the controversial heat with Michael Lee when Ole was over the 2 minute time allowance,getting himself and his bike washed down.If there was a top rider who didn't seem to fancy wet tracks it was PC if my memory serves me well.But then i guess his style needed a dry track

Looking at Speedway in Scotland by Henry and Moultray,i wonder if there is evidence that numbers were worn on the riders backs right back in 28/29?There is a photo at Marine Gardens in 1928 of riders wearing a sort of white strapped bib.Similar bibs worn at the opening of Glasgow White City by Buster Frogley and Billy Galloway.In another of the Marine Gardens photos(but undated,although it looks like it could be the same meeting in 1928)it shows rider wearing bibs with numbers on.Plus at the White City meeting the bikes have numbers on the front as well. Also an interesting thing in a book by Norman Jacobs(who he?) about pre war Wembley,showing the 1929 Wembley team,(also featuring Buster Frogley)and some of the riders appear to be wearing numbers on their shoulders.Strange extra bit to the body-colour.Never really noticed it before Also a photo in the Crystal Palace book of riders with numbers on their backs,pre-starting gate period(1932)

Result from Neustadt/Donau 1.A.Miedzinski (3,3,2,3,3)14 2.A.Rymel (3,3,3,1,3)13+3 3.K.Wölbert (2,2,3,3,3)13+2 4.M.Korneliussen (3,3,3,2,x)11 5.D.Jeleniewski (2,e.f,3,2,3)10 6.P.Hougaard (2,3,2,1,2)10 7.I.Santej (1,2,1,2,2)8 8.M.Schultz (3,e.f,2,0,2)7 .................. 9.M.Gregoric (1,2,2,f,1)6 10.F.Facher (2,3,x,e.f)=5+3 .................. 11.I.Vargek (0,1,0,2,2)5+2 12.M.Novotny (x,1,0,3,0)4 13.F.Wallner (1,1,e.f,1,1)4 14.S.Schützbach (0,2,1,0,x)3 15.S.Tressarieu (1,e.f,1,x,0)2 16.N.Martinec (e.f,0,1,x,1)2 17.T.di Palma (0,0,x,1,-)1 from speedway.org

I just question why it doesn't work for him in the GP's.Not being miserable about the fact he is there nor being derisory about his ability.It is obvious he has as much ability as most there.But this time it might have been mechanical problems ok.But it was a par for the course performance from Bjarne really.But if he gets through by right or qualifies at Zielona Gora that is fine by me.I don't take any pleasure in his continual struggle.But i guess Lindgren and Iversen will be good bets to get through in ZG if they don't qualify in the top 8.Long way to go before all that though

That was what i was thinking as i watched him go from first place to fourth.A rider of his standard shouldn't be losing places like that.He didn't even make it hard for the others to pass him!.It just doesn't work for him in the GP's,but i guess he always feels "next time"

And a good meeting for wednesday Holsted Holsted Speedway Klub 1. Nicki Pedersen 2.Patrick Hougaard 3.Henrik Møller 4.Tommy Pedersen 5.Morten G Hansen Grindsted 1.Antonio Lindbäck 2.Anders Andersen 3.Jesper Kristiansen 4.Sönke Petersen 5.Peter Juul Larsen www.speedway-league.com

I thought when Nicki was interviewed he mentioned Jason said it was his place to do something being World Champ,so he asked for the track to be seen to.And from what he said it was,and it was better.Or did i miss-hear him? Just heard the IMG guy say that it will be an expanded series next year.Which will please you

That's coz you're weird Super first to last from Bjarne And Nicki superb again!!!!

The Danish stream has been on for nearly an hour.had a good bit about speedway in malaysia,plus interviews with the 4 Danes

No rpoblems Rabs.Happens to us all,unfortunately Bit of Poole interest in the coming week.Antonio and Karol are included in the next Bundeliga line-up. Plus Adam is in next weekends Master of Speedway line-up at Moorwinkelsdamm . Full line-up: Tobi Kroner Martin Smolinski Jonas Davidsson(S) Fredrik Lindgren(S) Adam Skornicki(PL) Joe Screen(GB) Ludvig Lindgren(S) Jannick de Jong(NL) Manuel Hauzinger(AUT) Matten Kröger Sönke Petersen Kevin Wölbert

Before this thread finally passes into history a few intersting bits from the Russian federation. They are proposing opening up the league to foreign riders which will be good news for riders like Franky Zorn and Antti Aakko,etc.Looks like they want to expand the amount of riders for each team. Also they want more(seems at the moment there are no members on the FIM track commision)say in how the sport moves forward.They are not happy with D,C,B and A finals.They propose a 20 heat meeting with semi's and a final.Points in the latter stages(maybe just the final?)count double and all points are used in the GP table Here

Seems the news from the German forum is that speedway is to finish at Wiener Neustadt.Seems a new guy has bought the stadium and wants to make it suitable for the Austrian Football league.That means no space for a speedway track.Also seems once again tha neighbours have been complaining about the noise of the speedway.Austrian speedway isn't exactly strong but to lose one of their few tracks is a major blow to the sport in the country

Have to say the Kenneth Bjerre that is often described on the BSF is a different rider to the one i see in Denmark(but then so is Henrik Møller ).He in the past couple of years at least isn't just a gating tart.He has had some really great battles.Pretty unlucky not to be in the GPs as well.Although it is possibly too early for him at the mo. And Brian has really impressed me. Have to say Esbjerg had almost replaced Holsted as my favourite team last year.They kept a fairly constant side rather than chopping and changing and young Johannes Kikkenborg also impressed me just as Krister did

I put the link on before

Be hard for Neil Street to have had any input in the 1929 Rudge

Surprised we have got this far with no mention of Mike Parker Although i wouldn't be surprised if i have overlooked the fact he has been mentioned.But certainly influenced modern speedway

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I think not.I have to travel back in the freezing cold on my bike Should be a close meeting.Hopefully a good one at least No results from me.Bloody bike trouble on the motorway,so i had to turn back

Danish Webmaster will have all the score charts up soon after here. I will be back late tonight and post the scores if they aren't already on-line.Looking forward to the start of the season.And the weather is lovely at the moment.At least here in Hamburg

They each have 4 heats against each other(so the U21s ride 4 heats against each other) and the top scorer after the 4 heats gets 3 points towards his teams totals,the next best gets 2 points and so on.....It was to stop the fact a few years back that some of the U21s getting put in with the likes of Walasek and Klingberg were way,way behind.You can imagine on a track like Brokstedt which is just under 400m the heats were very strung out.So they decided to have their own heats.This year they have added U19 heats as well. Actually i was the person who suggested it,but i am not sure at the moment if it is good or bad.When you get a rider like Petersen or Dilger just winning all 4 heats is it helping them or not?They might be better off in with the big boys. The U21s +U19s can each be used in the main heats once as a reserve ride if one of the main riders is injured for their team

Charlie beat him in the A-Final and was leading easily in the run-off but fell.The track was badly rutted

Landshut 36+3 A.Lindbäck (3,3,2,3,2)13+3 C.Hefenbrock (1,2,2,3,3)11 R.Speiser (0,3,1,1,2)7 S.Schützbach (0,0,0,1,1)2 S.Mack (e.f,1,2,2)-2 M.Helfer (1,1,1,0)-1 Brokstedt 36+2 M.Kröger (e.f,1,1,0,3)5 S.Katt (2,1,0,1,0)4 T.Kroner (3,3,1,2,2)11 C.Gjedde (2,2,3,3,3)13+F S.Petersen (3,3,3,3)-3 R.Stanek (0,e.f,0,1)-0 Wolfslake 32 M.Sekula (1,3,1,2,1)8 S.Mell (1,2,0,0,2)5 P.Hlib (1,1,2,2,1)7 K.Zabik (2,1,2,3,1)9 R.Baumann(F.x,2,1,1)-1 E.Pudel (2,2,2,2)-2 Neuenknick 28 K.Wölbert (3,0,3,1,3)10 D.Ruud (2,0,3,2,0)7 A.Marcinkowski (3,2,3,0,0,)8 D.Möller (0,0,0,0,0)0 A.Ledwig (2,e.f,0,0,)-0 M.Dilger (3,3,3,3)-3 U21 riders U19 riders Photos