Terry

The way they were whizzing through the early heats I was checking the transmission time thinking it was on for half an hour and not an hour! They got through 10 races (well, 6) in twenty minutes, and had forty minutes left to show 5 races with umpteen replays. Terrible editing.

I find it disgusting...They should take them off..

To be fair, with the exception of Tai, all our riders will be out of their depth. The Poles and the Russians in particular (if they send their best team) are going to love that track. And their equipment is super-fast.

I've been a Bomber fan since he started, but even I can see his international time is up. To me the choice is obvious. Woffy Cook Lambert King

Great to see the top scorer after 20 heats win. Just as it should be, a well deserved winner.

Surprised King didn't take the inside gate. Edit. Guess he knew what he was doing!

Agreed, but every big meeting has to have a 'grand final' these days, apparently.

I don't know what some people on here want from Chris Harris, he gets criticised every gp for basically doing what is expected of him. So far this year he has beaten Doyle (twice), Zagar, Holder, Janowski, Kildemand and Iversen. All top riders in anyone's book. I notice nobody criticizes these riders when they're beaten by him!

I've never thought there's a world championship in Iversen, he's too inconsistent, like Zagar and Jonsson. I reckon Kildemand will be top Dane this year. I was impressed with Thomsen, I wonder if he's any relation to good old Finn!

You can't do that, it's cheating! To be honest, if I changed my list now I wouldn't even have Nicki in the top eight. He seems so slow this year, and even though he made the final last night he didn't win a race and got lucky in the semi. Zmarzlik and Pawlicki will get more confident as the series moves on and Holder, Janowski and Lindback are doing a lot better than I thought they would.

Laguta's fighting a lone battle.

Going by the title of this thread, I thought it was about Greg's 'spare underpants moment' in his semi.

There were some great derbys between the Kestrels and the Dons over the 88-89 seasons, including the all London ko cup final of 88. Todd, along with StingRay Morton (as Dave Lanning called him) and Neville Tatum always provided strong opposition. Qualifying for the 2000 world championship after such a bad injury was a great achievement, and I think he made the final in the first two rounds, and comfortably finished in the top eight. I remember the year Todd and Leigh Adams nearly beat the all conquering Danes in the world pairs. He always came across as a thorough professional and of course his gating technique was legendary!

Can't argue with that. I must say that I find it a little nauseating how some people think he can do no wrong.

Kangaroo sandwich.

I remember skybet were offering 5/1 on Woffy going through the card last year. Having scored a 21 point max in the world cup a few days earlier, it seemed too good to be true.-Which of course it was, when he comes third in his first ride! I'll be having my usual flutter on my favourite Brit Chris Harris, and once again hoping that Scotty doesn't get the Cardiff place after not bothering with the world cup year after year. 1. Chris Harris 2. Craig Cook 3. Robert Lambert 4. Steve Worrall #anyonebutscott

Woffy out for the race-off? No chance!

Pepe wins the battle of the oldies!

Great ride from Lindback.

How great would it have been if the interviewers clothes had fallen off, when Greg made his birthday wish!

Speedway always takes precedence over the footie in my household!

Keith White was one of those riders who peaked at an early age. He was only 21 when he had his best year in 77, running an 8+ average. As you say he made it through the British final, quite comfortably with 10 points, and when everyone thought he would push-on in 78 he just dropped down to a 4-5 point second string/reserve for the next five or six years before dropping to the NL. I used to love those times too. The racing was full-blooded with Commonwealth Final places up for grabs! Every rider in the line-up seemed to be an established number one or two for their team. With a few exceptions, recent British Final line-ups remind me of those 'Stars of Tomorrow' meetings we used to have. I guess it's just a sign of the times.

Very sad, taken at such a young age. R.i.p.

Andersen isn't averse to giving the odd Swede a helping hand, (or should that be hans.) 2004 world cup springs to mind!

Sounds risky, we all know how prone to burnout he is!