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He could show the "Hulk Hogan and Gordon Ramsey Rip The Head off Ole Olsen" tv extravaganza.

Don't forget IMG / BSI would have been well insured against a call off. So by binning the event and re-scheduling they wouldn't have lost much, if anything. Sky TV wouldn't really give a hoot, they don't have camera crews / personnel out there so it's just a matter of re-scheduling next saturday. (Out goes a re-run of "Hulk Hogan v Gordon Ramsey Rage Cage Meltdown", in comes the "Can Tomek Win $200k Bydgoszcz GP" which has potentially bigger audience figures that the "Ovaltine Gelsensen GP")

Because thay cant sell enough tickets to make a profit. That's why they've binned it now. Cut your loses. Guaranteed sell out a Bydgoszcz.

Latest webcam pic at 13:20 local time shows the grader still going around. Maybe they've got Olsen tied on the back and are dragging him round. The roof does open, it was open at close of play last night and was still open first thing this morning. See DGT's webshots on page 1 of this thread.

It has been mooted to me that it could be a deliberate ploy by the promotion:- Tickets sales reportely to be very poor indeed. (Just a couple of thousand?) Meeting insured for a call off. Polonia Bydgoszcz already lined up for next saturday. City Hotel Bydgoszcz suprisingly fully booked. Guaranteed mega sell out with T Gollob set to pick up $200k. I smell a rat.

It has been mooted to me that it could be a deliberate ploy by the promotion:- Tickets sales reportely to be very poor indeed. (Just a couple of thousand?) Meeting insured for a call off. Polonia Bydgoszcz already lined up for next saturday. City Hotel Bydgoszcz suprisingly fully booked. Guaranteed mega sell out with T Gollob set to pick up $200k. I smell a rat.

Should be Olsen, but he wont. He's fireproof, appartently.

What's the odds on Gollob picking up a $200,000 cheque next week in Bydgoszcz. I bet he can't believe his luck. From a tv viewers perspective it's good news, meeting switched from a poor venue to the mecca. Bring it on.

Taken from the organisers website:- Following adverse weather conditions last week and during the construction of the track at VELTINS-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany, the FIM Jury has decided it is necessary to postpone the 2008 FIM German Speedway Grand Prix due to track safety concerns. The event will now take place on 18 October 2008, at ZKS Polonia Stadium, Bydgoszcz, Poland, at 1900h. All ticket holders will be refunded their ticket money and, as a gesture of goodwill, will be offered a free ticket to a BSI promoted Grand Prix of their choice in 2009. In order to obtain their refund, ticket holders must contact the agency from where they purchased their ticket. Paul Bellamy, Managing Director, BSI Speedway, commented: “We are very sorry for all the fans who have booked tickets and were looking forward to a great night of speedway. If there was any way we could have put this event on we would have, but the decision of the FIM Jury with regard to rider safety is paramount and we fully support this decision. “We now need to focus on the event next weekend in Bydgoszcz and make sure the final Grand Prix of the season is a great event for everyone involved, in particular the fans.” The adverse weather conditions prior to the event affected the moisture levels in the dirt and together with the very cold conditions in the stadium the track was unable to dry out sufficiently in order to have a suitable race track.

Point taken. He's still a wayne kerr. Ole that is, not our mutual friend.

. Don't agree. He's the director, so the buck must stop with him, not a couple of Germans with shovels. He's shown his incompetence many times before this and it's time BSI / IMG fired him off. Let's face it, he's been laying temp tracks for 7 years now and he's only got it right on a couple of occasions.

Stadium in darkness from 11pm to 7am, that's right. Until midnight friday, when the lights will come on, a Danepark truck arrives in stadium and 2 figures climb out, looking remarkedly like Ole Olsen and Jan Steachman, who frantically start shovelling the dirt back onto the truck.

Here it is, the new super silent bike. Loads of room for sponsors logos on those side panels.

Thanks for that DGT, I shall follow this with some interest. It looks like the football pitch is slid out to one end of the stadium, where it is stored. I suppose that at some point Ole will have have the webcam turned off whilst he "doctors" the track to suit the Danes

Was it? Doesn't time fly?

I would prefer to see a "form" man as wildcard any time over a national second rater. Hans was a "form" rider last year, came into the GP as danish wildcard and also as a reserve and didn't he do a good job! Some of the wild cards that we've had from division 2 countries such as Czecho, Italy, Great Britain etc have been totally crap.

From a tv viewer's perspective, with the track slicked off by Olsen, it's never too exciting, but as a live venue and meeting place it's great. On the back straight there's a good mix of Polish fans from around the country where Bydgoszcz and Leszno tend to be parochial. Lots of good quality hotels, bars and restraurants unlike Bydgoszcz (and Leszno) where there are limited hotels and very few bars with no decent restaurants to speak of. Used to be some good late sessions in the Brda bar though, a few years ago. Anyway does anyone know what's happening to the stadium?

As I understand it the home of Atlas Wroclaw is now NOT being demolished to make way for a new stadium, as a brand new 44000 seater stadium is being built elsewhere in the city. The old Olympic Stadium is now going to be used for training only, for Euro 2012, and is to get some re-furbishment. Do any of our Polish chums have any news as to the use for speedway and wether Wroclaw may again feature as a GP venue in the near future. Not to distract from Bydgoszcz and Leszno, I think that Wroclaw is the best all-round GP venue and I for one sorely miss it.

Some outspoken comments by Scott there on the state of British Speedway. Lawrence, my friend you're becoming quite a professional, very good interviews. Capt P.

Rico, hope that all goes well for your trip to ZG, you've obviously put in a lot of hard work to get this off the ground. We can't make Bydgoszcz this year so here's hoping that everyone that's going has a great time and gets home safe, if not hungover. Capt P.

And now we have the Latvia Gp Quiz, compiled by Tony Millard:- #1. Who is the track record holder? #2. Who is the Man from Mildura? #3. How many times has the Man from Mildura won the Ausralian championship. #4. On which countries licence does the Norwegian Rune Holta ride on? #5. How old is Greg Hancock? #6. Who is the youngest rider in the GP series and how old is he? Allegedly. #1. Who is the track record holder? #2. Who is the Man from Mildura? #3. How many times has the Man from Mildura won the Ausralian championship. #4. On which countries licence does the Norwegian Rune Holta ride on? #5. How old is Greg Hancock? #6. Who is the youngest rider in the GP series and how old is he? Allegedly. #1. Who is the track record holder? #2. Who is the Man from Mildura? #3. How many times has the Man from Mildura won the Ausralian championship. #4. On which countries licence does the Norwegian Rune Holta ride on? #5. How old is Greg Hancock? #6. Who is the youngest rider in the GP series and how old is he? Allegedly. #1. Who is the track record holder? #2. Who is the Man from Mildura? #3. How many times has the Man from Mildura won the Ausralian championship. #4. On which countries licence does the Norwegian Rune Holta ride on? #5. How old is Greg Hancock? #6. Who is the youngest rider in the GP series and how old is he? Allegedly. #1. Who is the track record holder? #2. Who is the Man from Mildura? #3. How many times has the Man from Mildura won the Ausralian championship. #4. On which countries licence does the Norwegian Rune Holta ride on? #5. How old is Greg Hancock? #6. Who is the youngest rider in the GP series and how old is he? Allegedly. Answers to T Millard at www.repeataphrase.com The winner gets an all expenses paid trip to sit next to Tony in the commentary box at the next GP. (Ear deafenders will be supplied). Small print:- Sky commentary box may not actually be situated at the track. Sky TV will no way be held responsible if winner shoves microphone down Millards throat at first mention of any of the above.

On no account stay at THIS place, unless you're into the devil bigtime, that is. The dancing / devil worshipping hall is right under the bedrooms and it's very weird, very loud and goes on till about 6am. We stayed there last year, I expected them to cart off Mrs P for a human sacrifice. According to Mateusz, Unia Tarnow had their end of season p**s up there a couple of years ago and totalled the place.

Just looked on my tv. Skysports 2 at 5pm.

There doesn't seem to be much interest here in this GP. Probably because the next GP is the big one at the "Mecca".

Thanks for those Lawrence. btw Dvds are going very well. Capt P