Terry

And Rye House, where he broke his leg during his own testimonial meeting..Poor old Hughie

Great win for Magic..Doyley a hero...Brilliant gp..Roll on Cardiff

Wow, brilliant from Magic and Freddie!

Track looks good

Had to put a few quid on Lindback at 50's. He did well there last year.

Michael Fitzpatrick..Hackney junior in the 80's. Whether he won or came last he always did a couple of laps of honour!

Knockimov Shovimov Pushimov Havimov Whackimov..

Jason Crump Phil Crump Billy Sanders Leigh Adams Darcy Ward I didn't pick any 'oldies' cause I never saw 'em

Greg Hancock Scott Autrey Bruce Penhall Sam Ermolenko Billy Hamill

Maybe they think he's too good to be given a place..

I hate this semi-final and final nonsense. All the riders race each other over 20 heats and the top points scorer is the winner..job done. I'm not a fan of the play-offs either, but I guess that's for another thread. Fair enough having a grand final in the gp series because it's always been that way.

Well done Cookie. Nice to see the top scorer after 20 heats still win, despite the nonsense of a semi and final. It will be nice to finally cheer on a true Brit in this years gp series at Cardiff.

Yeh I did underestimate him. He's been the most entertaining rider tonight.

Come on Rory, it's about time we had an Australian British Champion

I initially thought there was no way they would give it to Rory if he won, but now I'm not so sure. They've given British wild cards to Crump and Gollob in the past.

Riss didn't even break the tapes, it was Jan O. Pedersen. Mr Magoo was the ref that night!

Wow, this line-up just gets better and better All we need now is a Rory win to put the cherry on the cake

Why do these threads always go off tangent so quickly? Steve asks for one rider and straight away it's a list! Anyway, mine would be Peter Craven.

If he did finish outside the top 8 he shouldn't get another wildcard. It should go to Bomber..He's the future

..and is it wrong of me to secretly enjoy watching him not have things his own way in the world championship?

I was thinking of doing the same. I'm actually surprised they're as big as 2/5. Although I did have a stupidly large bet on them at a similar price a couple of years ago and Hampel got injured in his first ride and they lost to Sweden, so there's always a risk. At least teams can bring in reserves now, and the Polish U-21's are pretty decent too!

Well done to Doyley. Fantastic start in the final, almost Nielsen-esque!

Nope, the only one we've got isn't in it. Still, there's always the Aussie at the back-end of his career to cheer on.

Mauger 72 Olsen 75/78 Penhall 81 Gundersen 84/85/88 Nielsen 89/95 Jonsson 90

I remember that Overseas final. Jeremy allowed Chris Louis (who also needed points to qualify) ahead of him, while keeping Screeny behind him. Otherwise Chris and Joe would've joined Billy Hamill in a 3 man run-off for the last 2 places. I think Doncaster was married to Chris's mum at the time, so he probably would have got an earful if Chris had missed out! I think Sam Ermolenko and Greg Hancock also allowed Josh Larsen ahead of them in his last race. Everybody's at it!