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Yes, but I only have a trip of about an hour to get to western springs

6pm nz time I think will be 5am uk time

By bp I meant bonus points

Unless there is a change in the number of nominated races, the race format shouldnt impact in anyway on how to fill in the programme?

Excluding bp? he will be on a new home track and having more races against heatcleaders, albeit offset by a slight lowering standards of heat leader (no lindgren, hancock etc) . Id tip him to finish a shade below 8, but could well be proved wrong - obviously in good form in the oz champs.

More speedway available to watch now than ever before. More info available than ever before. A lot of things wrong with speedway, but available viewing/info certainly not one of them.

Hope lions do well, but cant see any lions rider averaging over 8 this season. That said I can see ljung averaging over 8 as a second string if heat formst is expected - but as soon as he rides as a heat leader his average will go straight back under

Have they reinststed the play offs between bottom el and top pl sides?

As a rider or a manager?

Is lambert allowed to race, as he will still only be 15?

Thought thst could be the case - pretty similar to how feel about smudger

BecauseA - not sll tesms are in the same ginancial position B - there are not 20 riders of that quality wikling to race in the uk C - insufficient quality riders on averages around three (kl in the fortunatr position of recruiting lambert) to allow all teams to build in such a top heavy manner and still hsve decent second strings - plus all the five point riders would be out of worj.

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Only one there I would query is cox. Surely tai, or even the likes of Doncaster, cross les and phil collins, harris etc. Rank ahead of him? I understand if he's included due to being a personsl favourite.

Hasnt been trailing miles behind (perhaps in the odd race), made the gate in a few races, and has beaten kenny bjerre snd martin vaculik, and had a decent battle with harris in 2012 if I remember correctly. Clearly he is not a gp standard rider, but I think he has performed pretty well. Got the biggest cheer of the night in 2012 when he picked up his point. Would any top riders even be willing to make the trek out here to tske the wild card if offerred?

Not tac subs, but tac rides I.e double points, is I believe what was meant. Would make more sense to allow this in these heats than in the heats where secind strings meet reserves.

Tbh you only need to go back to 2010 and Carpanese at the italian gp.

As someone who will be attending and purchasing three tickets for the third consecutive year (not just whingeing from 12000km away )I have no issue with the selection. The last two years, on each occasion I was hoping for someone like batch to get the spot. However bunyan hasnt been disgraced - far more competitive than say starostin in 82 - and has done a lot of mediawork in the build up. Id also imagine that more kiwis could tell you who jason bunyan is than say tai woffinden. With it looking increasingly like this will be the last nz gp, and indeed that yhere will be no motorsport at the Springs after 2017, I can totally understand the decision to go with sn adopted kiwi and multi nz champ winner.

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Can u name a bookie that would take a 10k bet on speedway? Or even a grand? The impression ivr got from the betting thread is that a tenner is about the most u can get accepted as a bet on the el.I think your post is alarmist in the extreme.

I certainly dont believe Carter lay down his bike, just that he ran out of track. Possibily he was still hampered by the injury, though ivan seems to think it was kenny's - or rather malcolm carters- choice of tyres that cost him the title

Except I said "I yhink it was pretty clear cut", which indicates it is an opinion not a statement of fact.There is a rear view shot thst wasnt originally shown, which clearly demonstrates daylight between Carter and penhall at the time carter loses control. It must be on youtube somewhere

I was there too sid. A poor final in terms of racing (morton v shirra th e only good race) but egon was superb. Need to ride hard to win the world final, look at the way lee moved penhall in 80, penhall moved nielsen in 81. Tbh though, no matter how hard sanders had ridden muller had the speed to pass anyone

83 was a year where there seemed no real stand out rider, with penhall gone and carter not matching the heights of the previous season. Nielsen gundersen and lee arguably a notch ahead of sigalos sanders and carter with the likes of olsen morton also world class. A different world final venue and arguably any of those could hsve won it.