WembleyLion

I remember being at Vojens in 1981 gone midnight! I also understand some of the meetings in Argentina are known to go onto around 2am!

I have been to most tracks that have staged a Grand Prix and Teterow was probably the worst. Just a few things I observed:- A totally disorganised car park. One tiny gate to let those standing on the third and fourth turns in. It took a twenty minute crush to move about 20 feet! No signs though indicating this was the right queue and countless fans where turned back and had to fight there way back through those still queuing. I saw people in wheelchairs only able to get up a steep grass bank into the stadium with the help of other fans. No programmes on sale inside. Nowhere I could find sold a bottle of still water! Fireworks being hurled onto the track with no action taken to prevent it! Fans walking on and off the track/ centre green as they pleased during the rider ceremonies. From what I saw there was a lot that needs improvement. Not sure I'll bother again though.

That's pretty much what I heard as well. I hope Steady is ok - the match was shaping up nicely until his withdrawal.

... and Workington will end up on no more than +2 as they are not riding their home match v Redcar until October 1st, unless they now of course bring it forward!

The referee was Chris 'Rerun' Gay!

It seems that accounts are also overdue at Companies House!

There are currently five reserved dates on the FIM calendar:- Mon 19 Sept Weds 21 Sept Mon 26 Sept Mon 3 Oct Weds 5 Oct SVEMO have already bagged Weds 28 Sept for the Swedish Elitserien Play Off Final second leg so we can probably rule out that date.

M56 - Jason came very close to doing just that a few times at Sheffield but each time he just missed them! As you say it was a stunning return though as he rode to a super five ride maximum!

The Panthers have a bit of form in this respect with Konopka, Dilger and Barrett immediately springing to mind!

I applaud giving opportunities to youngsters but this seems inconsistent with Janniro still riding. I would have thought the youngsters might have learned a bit more riding with Greg?

Yes James is riding.

The track was no worse at 7.30pm than just after 6.00pm when I arrived. From then onwards very little was done to the track until the riders had walked around and this was a good 45 minutes after I had entered the Stadium. By today's standards (and bearing in mind there were some notorious wet track dislikers in the King's Lynn team) I could see the meeting was going to be off well before the start so why they keep allowing fans in or let any in to begin with is beyond me.

I believe he was a young Danish lad from Brovst.

Yes Aaron is riding.

I thought the rule was that once riders have signed on for the GP (presumably on the Friday) they are not permitted to ride elsewhere so Danny will have no choice and not be allowed to ride at Somerset if he signs on on the Friday. i guess he would have to do a Chris Harris and forego the practice.

Many thanks Arnie - I have been tracking this calendar, which is usually quite reliable but it is at odds with the FIM one (which is not so reliable) and there is no reference to these meetings on the Esbjerg website. I have also e mailed the club and hopefully will get confirmation of the meetings.

Thanks Tim - I plan on going to Outrup on Friday and to Holstebro on Sunday but am also interested in the Esbjerg meetings, particularly those which I believe are on Saturday before I head off to Horsens. Just looking for confirmation of exactly what is being staged at Esbjerg and when.

Does anyone have details of the possible meetings being run at Esbjerg on the evening before the SGP and on the Saturday morning/lunchtime immediately before Horsens? Many thanks

Unfortunately that's what you often get with Jim Lawrence!

It is 48 miles to my nearest track (Rye House) and then 58 to the next nearest (Swindon). I don't really mind where I travel and my attendance is usually based on the weather and likelihood of a meeting being on so last week it was Poole (110 miles) on Wednesday, Ipswich (116 miles) on Saturday and a foreign trip on Sunday! This week if the weather is ok it will probably be Ipswich (116 miles) on Thursday and Somerset (136 miles) on Friday.

This is part of what a former top rider of the 70's said earlier on Facebook. "With the old 2-valve and 4-vale upright bikes, you could still race on wet or bumpy tracks (bring out the sawdust!) but these laydown missiles are easier to ride on a slick track but just take off when they hit a bit of dirt" I think this summarises much of the problem as the super tuned 'missiles' are best suited to dry billiard table type tracks and many modern riders are just unable to cope with bumps, ruts, patchy surfaces and the wet. Tarmac it is then cityrebel!

I'm with the riders on this one. No problem with MJJ riding in Poland as that is his choice but it should mean the end of his SGP/SEC involvement if he chooses to opt out at Esbjerg!

Nick Phillips and Charley Powell lost quite a few points today by falling when in good scoring positions. I'm sure they will both improve with more track time!

I agree Jonas. I also found it strange that they were expressing concerns on Saturday about whether it would run at Mariestad and that was two days before any announcement was made that it wasn't running at Otterbacken. I am really pleased I went to Ostersund and Stromsund now! I completely agree GW!

Hi Jonas - It's a real shame it is cancelled. http://www.laget.se/OtterbackensBK/news/4448336/Tyvarr-ingen-isracing-pa-Otterstrand I think they are trying to run it at the Canvac Arena Mariestad though!