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But you just have to see that Walasek and Zagar couldn't even qualify for the final.Obviously the quality riders were in the GP's

Well firstly we must consider the fact that just because there were no British entrants doesn't in any way discredit a competition.The British have a history of being a little slow in joining in.Just look at the football World Cup or early english entrants for the European Cup. I also think, like Subedei said,Jesper might not be the sort of rider they are looking at.If Ales had won then maybe,but the 6th or 7th best Danish rider.... :unsure:The thing is though he has won an international competition which maybe gives him more credibility than some who will get in.That is speedway.Apart from the top 4 or 5,the next 20 or so are all capable on certain tracks on certain days of winning a meeting that might be a quali for the GP's.

Wonder if the rumour that the winner will get a wildcard for the GP's is true Well done Jesper!

Tomaz,have i missed something here?Why the Aces avatar?Is this a sign of the destination of Mr Zagar next year

Just seen that Fredericia,Danish Superliga champs have decided not to run a team in the Superliga next year due to financial problems,lack of sponsorship,etc.Means Hans Andersen,Risager,Hougaard will have to find a new team.Will we see the league going back to a 4.t.t?Was well known that clubs had problems but is a bit dissapointing after the record crowd at the Holsted match

The final can be downloaded here.Not great quality though

Spooky,but i find myself agreeing with Rabbs again I remember seeing Scott Autrey and Sumner McKnight ride in the second-half at Plough Lane,which if we ignore Keeter and Bast's little sojourn was the start of the second american invasion.The riders from the U.S have over the years brought to the sport something extra that probably no other nation could have.It looked to me tha all that was ending.I hope this new venture brings the youngsters through.Good job a lot of people don't take the attitude that because something failed in 19whatever its sure to fail again.Just have to look at the new venture in Spain and it's the same thing from speedyguy."blah,blah...1947 failed,..blah,i remember seeing San Miguel in 1953...." I say,go for it.Hope to see positive results over the next year or so

I agree with Rabbit on this one still talking to me Rabbs?

Maybe there's a chance to see you back on track.John Jorgensen is trying to organize his 30 year testimonial for next year.And i hear that Egon Müller is trying to organize a series of meetings with the "oldies",though that might be longtrack.Not too sure on that

Oh i don't know.You could almost say he is a genius.Nothing is impossible

Yeah,well done Diedenbergen.Thoroughly deserved win.Ales got his track record back after less than 24 hours in the first heat and was a class apart.Stange and Tobi looked better today than yesterday really.As i said though there was no support for Ulamek,Hefe and Walasek and the non appearance of Jonsson meant Stralsund were always struggling.Brokstedt,well,Katt was leading Hefe,Ljung and Lukas when his bike packed up and he struggled after(on his spare?).Sönke fell and after his fall yesterday that was it for him.Morten was not in it today.All in all a bit of a let down after yesterday

Yes folks todays the big one.As we are celebrating the day of German re-unification the question is will the title remain in what was East Germany?For the last 3 years the teams from Meck-Pomm have kept the title.The home side looks pretty strong.Katt always goes well and Klingberg has looked super here earlier in the season.Can Morten and Kylmä also put in solid displays.Maybe the deciding factor will be how Sönke goes in his 2 heats.Can't really see the Dryml brothers getting much back up so that leaves the challenge of the 2 M-V teams.Teterow would have been my team to challenge Brokstedt and still could be.The question is who will come in to replace the injured Mirko Wolter.Stralsund have the rider of the meeting if the info that Andreas Jonsson will be there but will he get any back up from Ljung,Busch and Minigalejev? Brokstedt 27 S.Katt(e.f,1,1,2)4 N.Klingberg(2,1,3,2,0)8 M.Risager(2,1,1,0,0)4 J.Kylmäkorpi(2,2,3,3,1)11 S.Petersen(F.ex)0 Teterow 30 S.Bromberg(0,f.rem0,0,0)0 S.Ulamek(3,3,2,1,2)11 T.Brosowski(0)0 G.Walasek(3,3,0,1,3)10 C.Hefenbrock(1,2,3,2,1)9 Diedenbergen 43 T.Stange(1,1,2,2,2)8 L.Dryml(2,3,1,3,3)12 M.Dilger DNR A.Dryml(3,3,3,3,3)15 T.Kroner(1,2,1,1,3)8 Stralsund 20 J.B.Jensen(e.f,2,2,3,2)9 R.Haupt(1,1,0,1)3 A.Minigalejev(0,e.f,0)0 P.Ljung(3,0,2,2,F)7 T.Busch(0,0,1)1 I'll go for a home win,but it really hangs on who Teterow get to replace Wolter.If they at short notice manage to get someone of Jonssons calibre then they should be too strong with Hefe at reserve

Yes Shortoi. There were 8 seeded riders and 8 heats in the morning for other riders to qualify.Unfortunately Henning looped at the start in his last chance heat and missed going into the main meeting.

Think he had the most fans there as well.30 or so by the third bend with a big flag and making lots of noise

Great final marred by a bad accident in the first heat to defending champ Mirko Wolter who was taken to hospital by helicopter.Was announced later that he has no serious injury but has to stay in hospital at least overnight and misses the Bundesliga Final tomorrow. Final M.Schultz C.Hefenbrock J.Pingel T.Stange Quali R.Haupt (F.Ex,1,2,1,3)7 M.Wolter (F.Ex)0 M.Müller (2,1,0,1,0)4 P.Rudolph (F.Inj,1,1)2 C.Hefenbrock (3,2,ret,3,3)11 T.Kroner (1,2,3,3,2)11 S.Petersen (ret,F.Ex)0 D.Rath (2,0,1,0,2)5 A.Minigalev (0,0,2,1,1)4 M.Dilger (2,1,2,f.ex,)5 S.Mell (1,2,0,2,1)6 J.Pingel (3,2,2,2,3)12 R.Schäfer (1,3,e.f,3,1)8 M.Schultz (0,3,3,3,2)11 T.Stange (3,3,3,2,1)12 S.Katt (2,3,1,2,3)11 H-J.Müller (3,0,1,1,0)5 T.Busch (3,0,0,2,0)5 A fantastic final race from Matze.He was third and came past Stange and then had a tough battle with Hefenbrock for the title,but in the end Hefe made a mistake and Matze won the championship for the second time. Hefe had a great battle earlier with Katt only for the race to be stopped because Dilger fell. Oh and the track record held by A.Dryml was beaten twice today.Once by Max Dilger in the morning qualifying races for the main final meeting and then by Hefenbrock in heat 2 of the main meeting.

Result from the Golden Band taken from inspeed.de 1. Suchanek 2. Risager 3.Krz Kasprzak 4. Wölbert 5. Stichauer 6 R. Kling 7.Lieschke 8. Simota 9. Hertrich 10.D. King 11.M. Nowotny

Another thing to consider maybe.If Richardson was Norwegian would he be considered for the GP's or would they(we) say, "o.k Holta(i know he is now Polish) maybe, but do we want Richardson as well?"

here for the U21.Pretty close at the mo

As ever when Poland are involved Sportowefakty is our reliable service

Just read that another Coventry rider will be in the line-up.Replacing Gapinski will be A.Jonsson

They should have a womens section really,then you can all discuss sport to your hearts content without bothering us

And on monday he has the chance to add the Bundesliga title to his collection,although i'm hoping Morten and Kylma get the gold Here

Tony I did put something on the German forum and got some good feedback so hopefully you get some orders out of it.I'll put your post on there and maybe there will be some German fans of Simons(of which there are a large number)who will contribute some memories

You would have thought that when discussing who should be in the series to decide the World Champ that such knowledge would be the minimum requirement.We ain't trying to find the line up for the Elite league riders championship Edit: Also considering there isn't an Elite league track on the GP circuit,but Polish and Swedish league tracks it might be more important to look at form there!

Lets repeat myself then.What was the point of the post?.Why make a point of showing how high in the Elite averages he is?Was it not to say that on this he deserves a place in the GP's?