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Cook is a better number 1 than Thorssel.

Averages will actually tend to a little under 42 due to the impact of heat 15. But agree, a points limit of 42.5 should make this years league a little stronger. Esoecially when poole have a couple of poles on bargain averages.

I'd say its pretty even. Cook fricke and tungate is equal to holder Kurtz Josh G. Sundstrom will likely outperform worrall but i dont see there being more than a point in it.

Classicspeedwayvideos.com have the meeting on dvd

Marginally stronger. Slightly weaker at the top end but stronger in depth.

Poole Aces Leicester Swindon Kings Lynn Rye house Somerset Wolves

is there a link to view this?

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excellent work arnieg In fairness to the bspa it seems making gp riders a 9 actualy makes sense whereas allowing woryna on a 4.5 is as ludicrous as many of us have been saying

the racing in most gps is better, in some cases significantly. however it's unfair to say Wembley 81 was rubbish. it had - two brilliant races which determined the destiny of the world final - a line up that was arguably as strong as it could be given the inclusion of 5 continental riders. no riders missing who would have been genuine contenders - a large crowd in a world class stadium, generating a fantastic atmosphere. - drama of ef for three of the leading contenders. didn't change the likely winner, but certainly the other rostrum spots I think it deserves its status as a legendary meeting, which goes also to show how the GPS (and SWC if BSI don't consign thst to the scrap hesp) have raised the standard of racing and ensured lineups which represent the worlds elite. but the gps will never generate the atmosphere that a one off final at Wembley did

Killing in the name - Rage against the machine Closer- nine inch nails Liven the crowd up a bit

Kai Nieme without a doubt for me, though Miko Baste is a great shout.

Why on earth would BSI pay more to run a new comp, in addition to paying for a competition thermy are not running? I dont see how that makes any business sense. The reason for the supposition is because the SWC is arguably the most anticipated week in the speedway season and has now been cast aside in favour of who knows what. As an organisation waiting to make a formal announcement when all other parties have already released information...Im not sure that necessarily comes across as professional?

Drabik Holder kK would all becriders Id rather see than prez. Any of those would surely make aces among the title favourites.

So BSI are paying less for this tournament than the SWC? Can imagine that is the only reasons they would need to negotiate financials with FIM? Ditching the best speedway international event to make more cash? Id doubt it was them negotiating rider pay rates which is I guess the alternative financial negotiation?

But the latter 4 faced no one of any real quality. The top 3 faire enough would have come through probably 4 meetings. But its hard to imagine any of them finishing top 3 from the qualifiers to make the series I wonder whether one of the wildcards would have gone to a token continental rider? Muller could have qualified on merit but I wonder if the likes of plech/stancl/kasper may have picked up wc?(Plech up to 80 would have been well capable of qualifying, but from then til gollob I agree its hard to see any Eastern European qualifying unless they had an amazing gp challenge on a home track)

Seriously? Please tell me you are taking the piss or have a very droll sense of humour...

We didnt get 4 or 5 slots because beyond BWD our depth is poor.GB however is a different story 😉 Happy 100 birthday FSP!

Gundersen would have won at least one I reckon. Michanek maybe maybe not. Craven/knuttsdon maybe or maybe not. Ermolenko might have done. Hans wouldnt have clean swept the 90s imo. Back to the original question - a plethora of mediocre continental riders wouldnt have. Ondrasik starostin hack verner sova kuznetsov Kroeze etc

And do you know why they were knocked back to three, when weaker nations were given more?

Agree with SCB. Apart from the Poles and arguably the Danes and aussies, GB deserves as many or more than any other country. Lambert cook Harris all have the potential to qualify, but the likes of worrall surely deserve a crack more than a 5th Czech rider

Ron Preston not siggy. And they also had Paul woods, so the top 4 was equal to anyone, but the bottom 3 not so much. Thought they finished top half? Agree. Cook not in the same class as the other 3. King or Ermolenko may have made a more interesting debate, Cook was an entertainer and good heat leader, but not world class.

ANd for entertainment, Id say Shaun Kelly Cook Sigalos.

FOr pure talent probably the order you listed them. If you were to rank in terms of greatness its a toss up between shooey and siggy, then jelly man then cowboy cookie. Id rate Shaun ahead of sigalos, but perhaps biased as he was my favourite non Ace in the Hyde rd era

Why? What u hope when u build a team is that riders can maintain or improve their average. He fits that category. He only needs to take 3 rides, so having a low averages number 7 is the optimal team building strategy.