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Ok my bets: hancock MORE £5 Gollob more £5 ward more £10 Zagar less £5 bunyan less £15 jonsson less £5

But surely they would have satelite coverage?

The leaderboard now no longer picks up Chris Holder - possibly it's trying to look up "Craig" Holder and not finding any data?

Genuine question - where would a world final be held in the uk? cardiff i believe is not an option in september? odsal clearly a no go. the new olympic stadium?

thats what id like to see happen, with each of those six nations taking on each other home and away over a two year period (so needing to find space in the calendar for 5 tests per nation each year), with a "best of three" series for the top two teams to find the word test champion.

for the finsal itself i'm sure you are right. but there's no way you'd get 30000 to cardiff for a qualifying meeting, and how often would the uk host the finsl - once every 5 years?

Hancock gollob hampel lindback

Once bet is placed, can it be changed prior to the gp?

the one off final vs GP debate has been done to death, and I'm firmly in the pro GP camp, but I can't agree with some of the things being argued here. 1. I'd certainly expect the attendance at a one off final to exceed that for a GP in that country, and certainly not expect a final to be held in a smaller venue than the GPs currently are 2. I wiould be almost certain that a one off final would be shown live on TV, and assume that the major qualifying rounds would be too under that format 3. That said, I'd be pretty confident that TOTAL ATTENDANCE and TOTAL VIEWING FIGURES for the GP series would exceed those for a one off Final (including qualifiers)

but he doesnt have a conviction if he did he would have had to have declared it on his visa applucation and a decision made by the authorities. given the penalty he got for the offence was only a fine i inagine he would have been ok - but clearly this would have been the key reason his lawyers pushed for no conviction to be recorded.

How is it detrimental to speedways credibilty, when most sports have playoffs for their premier club competitions? nrl,nfl,ipl,super 15, nbl, heineken cup, baseball world series etc. Btw, why are so many peopke opposed to dirt deflectors? where we sat at the nz gp (entry yo thitd bend a couple of metres above the fenceline) we had a great view, without the deflectors we would have been covered with shale each lap. How is it detrimental to speedways credibilty, when most sports have playoffs for their premier club competitions? nrl,nfl,ipl,super 15, nbl, heineken cup, baseball world series etc. Btw, why are so many peopke opposed to dirt deflectors? where we sat at the nz gp (entry yo thitd bend a couple of metres above the fenceline) we had a great view, without the deflectors we would have been covered with shale each lap.

i think he'll get a visa for nz no problem and for the other gps too. cant say i agree with banning him from the sport- i'd think the extra spare time would make him more vulnerable to drink/drugs not less.far better, imho, for a mentor such as jason crump or even mike lee to take him on board and try to guide him through tge next couple of years.

ive read it in a few different auto biographies/biographies, so i think its pretty commonly regarded as fact that kelly did on occasion ride pissed and that both he and shaun enjoyed a smoke

Tbf, i dont have a huge issue with a rider taking recreational drugs in the off season per se. However, given the nz gp is a month away, and i believe cannabis stays in the system for a couple of months,it would mean he would be highly likely to fail a drugs test if tested. The main concern to me is thst he was fleeing the police and riding a bike while wasted, endangering not just his own life but that of others. One other thought: kelly moran is one of the most.popular riders of all time, yet allegedly rode speedway on occasion while so pissed he could barely stand, clearly endangering other riders. why the difference in attitude towards him and darcy - is it about different eras, or is it because kelly was a genuinely nice guy and darcy seems to be an utter twit?

i was thinking along those lines too as a posdible mitigation - if tgat is the case then its not really an outlandish statement. in that context you could argue that he didnt mean that literally all young people drink and do drugs, just that it is commonplace. still a pretty foolish statement though

and hoddle was expressing a belief in reincarnation/karma which is shared by hundreds of millions worldwide. Not sure how many share middlos views

and hoddle was expressing a belief in reincarnation/karma which is shared by hundreds of millions worldwide. Not sure how many share middlos views

Unfortunately it seems the comparisons with mike lee are coming true off the track as well - main difference being lee didnt go off tge rails until after he had a world title to his name. Be a real shame if he joins the likes of lee and the morans who never fulfilled their potential due to a fondness for drink an drugs - and he also seems to lack the redeeming feature of being a nice guy. As for middlo - what an utter tool.

good point. what are the elegibility requirements to enter, or is it an "open" meeting?

have to say i have mixed feelings about that - i think bunyan was the right choice last year, and if bill buckley thinks it will help the gate this year then fair enough, hes the one who has fronted the cash to bring the gp here. But tbh - and i realise as a kiwi this may be treasonous - i think i would rather be going to see batch in the number 16 race jacket than bunyan

Kiwi - will that be on sky or free to air? likely to be same as last year i.e. full replay day after meeting?

my 100 for world chsmpion on hampel

utter bollocks. bar the rut which emil hit i thought tgectrack was exceptional for a first time effort- would u have had a race like heat 20 if the surface was crap? did u actually watch the gps last year? most gps were, in my opinion of course, of a very high standard of racing

agree, but this is not unique to speedway. football is the same, perhaps this is common to most sports?

im firmly pro gp, thought ladt season was superb and very exciyed about this year - but think you do the old wc a disservice. The qualifying meetings were far from boring, and for me attending the ovetseas/coomonwealth finals, even british semi finals were highlights of the season. Personally i think the one off final generated more excitement, though i agree this was partly due to the atmosphere and largely due to the high presdure on every race for the contenders . and whike i agree agree that the racing wasnt as good as we saw last year in gps it wasnt universally bad- for example odsal in 90 and the second half of the 85 final were top notch speedway.