Terry
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Looks like Rospiggana have pulled a crafty one!
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2 minutes ago, Mark said:
Every meeting you moan. Why watch.
So he can moan..
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Lindgren £200 more.
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That Falubaz poster seems to have mysteriously disappeared
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Is age finally catching up with Pepe?
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58 minutes ago, iainb said:
By the sound of the crowd, it sounded as if there were some "afters", shame we didn't see it as the camera was focused on the winner who was looking back at what may/or may not have been going on
Yeah I noticed that Lidsey was having a good look behind him, but they do that in most sports now. You may get some nutter running on to the pitch during a football match and they point the camera into the crowd, with the commentator saying, "we don't want to see that," and I'm thinking "yes we do!"
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1 minute ago, pawel115 said:
Czestochowa match was postponed it was just announced on TV.
Damn!
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Great race between Nicki and Emil. Hard but fair racing.
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On 8/19/2020 at 7:27 AM, Grachan said:
Do you know what that stands for? You have just been extremely rude.
Daft old duffer probably doesn't even know what it stands for. He saw another member post it and well, monkey see, monkey do.
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4 minutes ago, falcace said:
I can't quite say why, but the pairs and fours at NL/Div2 level have always been much more watchable than at BL/Div1 level.
Yeah I particularly enjoyed the pairs (Peterborough seemed to have an unfair advantage in the fours.) Saying that Hackney hosted the pairs in 84/85/86 and 89 and never won.
Ironically we won in 1990 when it was at Glasgow, which was a bit too far for me..So I bought the video
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9 minutes ago, falcace said:
Yep, Paul Thorp's run was merited and I think Andrew Silver might have got as far as the Overseas Final whilst a lower division rider? As much as i liked Martin Yeates as a rider, he only got as far as the Overseas thanks to freak conditions at the 84 British Final. And at the Overseas, he was way out of his depth. Brilliant the year before at the NL Pairs at Hyde Road, but that was definitely his level.
He almost won the pairs at Hackney in 85, til his partner Stan Bear clattered into Louis Carr on the final bend. That was during the 4-3-2-0 scoring system when riders in last place made some desperate moves!
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22 minutes ago, Falubaz said:
Both Ward and Emil can lace Bartosz's shoes lol
Ward particularly was overrated. Guy was good but never best. Never achieved anything beyond Junier World Champ title. Never even won Australian Champion title.
Zmarzlik didn't achieve anymore than Ward up to the age of 23.
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If Zmarzlik keeps going like this I can't see anybody beating him in the GP's.
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Will Madsen do his sneak into the final and win it routine
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Lublin making Leszno look decidedly ordinary. Emil having a very rare off-night.
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Robert Lambert was brilliant at the start of the season and during the SEC, but he hasn't been as consistent recently. Watching heat 15 tonight and seeing him being barged out of way by Zmarzlik and Thomsen wasn't nice to see.
In contrast Jack Holder seems to get better with each meeting and he's definitely above Lambert at the moment..Maybe riding with the world champion is pulling him along also.
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6 minutes ago, screm said:
Good to know he's not too bad. I feared the worst after he hit that lamp standard.
A little confused by the report saying he should not touch a toad
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40 minutes ago, Sidney the robin said:
City as i have said only been to Cardiff four times one them was when the Bomber won it and that was a great occasion.Also went to Torun two years ago when Tai won the title again a great night the racing was not that great the weekend and looking around Torun was more memorable than the racing.I think the series has to change something for me, it is in a bit of a rut roll of the mill stuff at times.The old system was totally flawed but i loved the concept of a under dog having his day sometimes going back to yesteryear the British Final was a ultra mega tough meeting as good as most.My memories of the old WC system was remembering Simon Wigg and Martin Yeates qualifying along the way as national league riders a great achievement that made the world championship special for me.
I remember Stoke rider Paul Thorp getting all the way to the Intercontinental final one year. I always enjoyed watching Martin Yeates ride, he had a great style. Little known fact about him, he never broke any bones throughout his career!
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32 minutes ago, iainb said:
I wonder when Greg Hancock peaked?
He was still improving. If he hadn't retired, I reckon he would've peaked in his early sixties.
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2 hours ago, Chadster said:
Andy Galvin rode for the Dons a few times as a young kid, but when he came back riding for Hackney he used to wind the crowd up something rotten. Great box office, though
I remember a meeting at Long Eaton when Hackney were four down going into the last race. The home pair made the start and Andy tried to pass them up the inside going into turn three. He misjudged the pass, clipped one of them and all three clattered into the fence.
In one of the strangest refereeing decisions I've ever seen, the home pair were excluded, and the Kestrels cruised round for a 5 - 0 and a one point victory in the rerun, with Andy popping wheelies and waving to the home fans for all four laps!
The home crowd wanted to lynch him and there were some punchies thrown, but Andy loved a good scrap. I think a police escort was called to get him out the stadium.
He was public enemy number 1 at most tracks, but we loved him at Waterden Road!
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8 minutes ago, cityrebel said:
I was there that day, it certainly was a surreal moment. The golden boy couldn't believe the crowds reaction.
Apparently Kelly Moran was reduced to tears back in the pits by the crowds reaction.
On the flip side, I don't think I'd ever seen Kenny Carter grin so much on the victory parade!
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I was a fan of the GP system when it started, but I've started to tire of it the last few years. It's not so much the one off world final that I miss, more the qualifiers along the way.
It was always fascinating during the last round of heats trying to second guess which riders who were 'safe' were possibly going to do a fellow countryman or club mate who were desperate for points a 'favour'. Fair enough it was cheating but it just seemed part of the occasion in those days.
Speaking of race fixing, something has always bothered me about the infamous 1982 Overseas final 'scandal.' Bruce Penhall has mentioned in print on a few occasions that he wasn't happy (he even used the word furious in his autobiography) with the finishing order of that race, he said the other riders didn't stick to the agreed order.
I don't get what he means. Obviously Sigalos had to win as he was only on 5pts and with Kelly and Shawn both on 6 it didn't really matter who came second, one of them was going to be joining PC and Les in the run-off...The only way I can see of guaranteeing all three qualifying would have been if the Morans had dead - heated for second and scored 7.5 points each..Although I can't imagine that's what Bruce meant!
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Bangs looks a great prospect, he reminds me of Mark Loram when he first started out.
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World U21 championships Final Pardubice Friday 2nd October Live on TV
in International World of Speedway
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That's right, and Gollob was the wild card the following year. There were 6 Brits in the 96 GP series and no Poles..Those were the days!