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Think the rules have been amended last week.So 2 foreign riders can now ride in a meeting for each team

Who the hell is Joe Olsen?????? Oh crikey,it's all a bit too much for Shazzy

Hedemora also cancelled according to Jacky on inspeed Looking dodgy for the start of the season,but Franky Zorn posted on his site he had a great weeks training in Strömsund with temps of -15° along with Flyktman and Aakko

Thank you And Анатолий is the best A.Ermolenko I just love the wide-angled foto of the track!

weter Have you any news on Mikhail Bogdanov?

Line-ups for Santa Cup from isracing.net Startlista Santa Cup, Östersund 27 december kl 19.00 Antti Aakko - Finland Tommy Flyktman - Finland Franz Zorn - Österrike Markus Skabraut - Österrike Harald Simon - Österrike Jan Klatovsky - Tjeckien Johnny Tuinstra - Nederländerna Sven Holstein - Nederländerna Stefan Pletschacher - Tyskland Heinz Göldi - Schweiz Stefan Svensson - ÖMK Rundbana P-A Lindström - Jämtlands MK Per Olov Serenius - SMK Gävle Joakim Söderström - Funbo MS Peter Koij - SMK Gävle Johan Lundkvist - Jämtlands MK Hans-Olov Olsén - Jämtlands MK Lars Ringbert - Jämtlands MK (Wild card) Jo Saetre - Norge (Wild card) Robert Gjersvold - Jämtlands MK (Wild card) Startlista Santa Cup, Bollnäs 28 december kl 19.00 1 Per Olov Serenius - SMK Gävle 2 Tommy Flyktman - Finland 3 Jonas Norell - Bollnäs MK (Wild card) 4 Tobias Åström - Bollnäs MK 5 Franz Zorn - Österrike 6 Jan Klatovsky - Tjeckien 7 Johan Lundkvist - Jämtlands MK 8 Joakim Söderström - Funbo MS 9 Stefan Svensson - ÖMK Rundbana 10 P-A Lindström - Jämtlands MK 11 Harald Simon - Österrike 12 Stefan Pletschacher - Tyskland 13 Antti Aakko - Finland 14 Stefan Hedström - Bollnäs MK (Wild card) 15 Peter Koij - SMK Gävle 16 Dmitri Tschatchin - Tyskland (Wild card) 17 Markus Skabraut - Österrike 18 Hans Olov Olsén - Jämtlands MK 19 Sven Holstein - Nederländerna 20 Johnny Tuinstra - Nederländerna Startlista Santa Cup, Gävle 29 december kl 15.00 Cancelled And noticed this thread on the Russian forum with some new and some old fotos Ice fotos the other links are also interesting.vlspeedway.ru such as this one vlspeedway

Er....considering Lunchy has stated he is a lover not a fighter what are your intentions Bryn?

Never meant it like that

f-s-p,the Eric Cantona of the BSF

Results from Kamensk-Urals N.Krasnikov 14+(3,3,3,3,3)29 P.Chajka 14+(2,3,2,3,3)27 J.Baseev 12+(3,1,3,3,1)23 S.Arkhipov 11+(3,3,2,1,x)20 D.Ivanov 10+(1,3,0,2,3)19 M.Baraboshkin 8+(2,2,3,2,2)19 E.Krysov 10+(3,2,1,0,2)18 I.Ivanov 9+(2,2,1,2,2,)18 ........................................ R.Akimenko 6+(2,2,3,1,0)14 ....................................... S.Makarov 7+(0,0,2,3,1)13 A.Samorodov 5+(0,1,2,1,3)12 A.Kochetov 5+(1,0,1,2,x)9 V.Bugreev 5+(1,x,1,0,1)8 M.Korchemaha 1+(x,1,0,1,2)5 M.Koltakov 0+(1,1,0,0,1)3 S.Karachintsev 2+(0,0,0,0,0)2 D.Goloshejkin 1+(NS)1 S.Koltakov NS Ivan Ivanov seems to have struggled through.Only winning one heat all weekend.Was a bit tight with Akimenko having a good day, until the the last round of heats he might have gone through instead of Ivan which would have been a sensation Ufa I.Kononov 14+(3,3,3,3,2)28 D.Khomisevich 14+(2,3,2,3,3)27 D.Bulankin 12+(3,3,3,2,3)26 V.Khomitsevich 13+(3,2,2,2,3)25 S.Baltachev 9+(2,3,1,3,2)20 I.Drozdov 11+(1,2,0,1,3)18 S.Kazakov 10+(2,1,1,2,1)17 M.Zakharov 7+(3,1,2,3,0)16 ........................................... V.Lumpov 8+(1,x,3,0,2)14 ........................................... N.Rjabokon 7+(0,2,x,2,1)12 N.Alekseev 3+(1,0,3,1,1)9 A.Gavrilkin 5+(0,0,0,1,x)6 V.Chapalo 0+(1,2,1,0,2)6 M.Zelepukin 3+(2,1,0,0,x)6 M.Lushnikov 2+(0,1,0,1,0)4 M.Dushamov 2+(0,0,0,-,1)3 Good to see Dmitri Bulankin do well.But weter will be pleased at Kononov's result! results as ever from the Russian Forum

Just reading about Riihimäki on the Bahnsport site.Was going to pick up an Enduro bike.Went by train and collapsed in the road after leaving the train station and was in a coma for two days.He couldn't speak or move when he woke up.And it seems they still don't know the cause! Other news is that Franky Zorn is being sponsored and will be test rider for French Tyre manufacturer Mefo.They plan to develope a new tyre for the back to go along with the front wheel tyre they developed a few years ago.

Thats more like it.

Oi!

I started going around the mid 60s with my parents.My mums uncle was Viv Harwood the machine examiner and my grandad was one of the St Johns at the stadium as well.Most of the family went to the speedway to a greater or lesser extent.Some of the others here like Blazeaway,Donsfreelancerider and Slaphead are relatives.But it was only in 1973 when i started going with schoolmates, that i went regularly.Dad isn't much of a speedway fan,plus he worked shifts.But i did manage to talk him in to going to Exeter a few times when we holidayed in Cornwall,plus a trip up to Hull for Briggo's farewell meeting

Of course i do.I was one of them.For big meetings like the Internationale the cars used to be parked right up to the Cemetery gates and beyond.Sometimes though i used to walk down the alleyway from Colliers Wood past the sewage farm and the back of the Cemetery.Came out almost opposite the gate.Going back that way in the dark was SCARY!!!!!!! For some reason it was great to see a speedway rider going down Colliers Wood High St on their way to the track.And i do have about 30 or 40 rosettes in the cellar still

Funny things come back to me mainly,like standing outside the bar halfway up the grandstand after meetings trying to get riders autographs.Always seem to recall Cyril Maidment was there by the door having a great time.It looked so plush inside. Or the old lady who stood on the second bend and used to wave to Trevor Hedge and he would wave back at her. And the burgers in the grandstand(70s) used to taste fantastic,which for a sporting stadium is unheard of in my subsequent experiences. Getting to the stadium hours before the start of the Will's Internationale and still being way back in the queue. Sideburns,bobblehats(even the riders wore them ),sawdust,one bike on the back of a car And the parade out on track to Blazeaway,the smart starting marshall and TRACK RAKERS I very,very rarely see a track raker here on the continent

That is right scb.They seem to have many happy customers who travel time after time with the Club.So if they are ok with it and i love tractors is happy with their arrangments what is the problem?

Have you got any Polish juniors tommy?

What would you say to some pics from Stockholm Boss?

Yes,but €25 entry I don't think i payed that much for the Danish Final meetings. I don't know Peter P's financial situation.I do know he travels often to GPs,etc so he probably has enough money to pay €25 to see that sort of line-up on a tiny indoor track But these meetings are held in one of the poorest parts of Germany.I think the unemployment rate in MV is double that of Hamburg

Not sure if you have seen this,but it seems that Germany will be host to the Nordic Longtrack Championship next summer.Danish club Gandrup are going to be promoting at the Jübek track which has been closed for a couple of years. Jübek They ran a training weekend this year and look set to hold a couple of meetings next year.Guess there will be Finnish involvement in the Longtrack meeting

Looking at it with the previous pic together,i'd say definitely under control. Showboating in front of his home crowd

Funny thing is the thread was going nowhere until you bring it back up

But AJ's two wins were on the temp tracks

Result of the Indoor meeting in Schwerin 1.T.Piszcz(PL) 2.D.Rath 3.T.Busch 4.R.Weis 5.S.Petersen 6.J.Kristiansen(DK) 7.T.Aarnio(FIN) 8.P.J.Larsen(DK) 9.S.Katt 10.M.Nowacycz(PL) 11.S.Colvin(GB) 12.M.Jader(PL) A crowd of 1,200 which the promoter says is too low to justify further meetings.So the future of these indoor meetings is in question.What with Neustadt/Dosse only getting a 1,000 fans last week and that meeting marking the end of their 5 year contract.Fact is though two meetings straight after each other and with basically the same line-up,maybe fans ain't being fooled.At the start,the first couple of years at Neustadt the line-ups were pretty attractive but gradually they are being filled with run of the mill riders.The two day meeting in Kiel is still planned for next year and the line-up should be good.Just hope they manage to make a decent safe track and that the speedway part of the programme is presented in a similar way to the freestyle MotoX. And that about wraps up the German speedway year