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First of all they all sign in FOR THE whole season in the winter. Then they sign on for the meetings one at a time. No way out with that excuse.

Story in the paper on this today. Starting next monday, atleast 1 million euros to widen the soccer pitch by 2 meters, dig up the whole pitch and install heating. The actual home of our soccer team, Helsinki Olympic stadium will be renovated and the team is in exile for 3 years. No mention of SGP in the story, but I bet no one expected it either. They will work as long as the weather allows, then start again in the spring. Excellent and very precise plan IMO. GHOSTIE! Caption of a picture on the first page states: "This has not been done anywhere before... combining football stadium with apartments..." Except naturally in Eskilstuna...? This is regarding another football stadium in town, not Ratina.

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One step closer to a century...

There's no way he can just walk. Please share! Had a drink?

Andersen is one of the wild cards in the 3rd U21 final at Parbubice.

Cant see how Ward is able to "race" anything If the FIM bans him after his failed Alco/dopingtest. Possibly some outlaw-weightlifting, but thats it. Any sport worldwide under WADA wont touch him, if he's banned. Also, what the greying people at the top (and I have photo evidence) need to realise, is that they are setting a benchmark. By possibly giving Darky another pass, they are infact stating that it's ok to drink and ride around the world. A"Black'n-green"men to that.

But we are now talking about reserve/substitúte riders, not wild cards.

All that above stands for the Challenge as well. Just change Bsi to FIM. And thanks Phil for the clarification.

I realise this is going beyond pedantic, but MJJ was already in Gorzow for Ward. Thats where NKI got hurt. Still, I do need to keep track on whats going on.

MJJ is replacing Ward for now. If Ward comes back, MJJ will start to cover for Iversen. He's the the only substitute at this moment. For Iversen, BSI/SGP commission can pick anyone they like since they have the right to do it according to the rules.

It is. 2013 Challenge in Poole had Smoli 4th with (32032) 10 and Harris 5th with (23122) 10. No need for run off, Smoli wins on countback with more heat wins. And Batch became 3rd substitue with 9 points only. Having written that, I sort of get what you are after. But the situation is different this time, as we have 3 riders tied, no chance to decide via countback and only two substitute places up for grabs.

Cant do countback with similar scores and riders winning each other in rotation. It's a runoff or ballot. Current rulebook says three substitutes. MJJ was and is 3rd on subs list for 2014. Batch and another (Harris?) were before him but were taken in to the series after Gollob and Emil withdrew.

IMO, yes. "to the next round" means SGP2015 to me, but maybe thats just me.

FIM rulebook. 070.11.3 Ties In all run-off heats concerning the ties, the starting positions at the gate shall be balloted in presence of the Jury President. Unless a more specific regulation is applicable to the competition the following will apply: Individual Speedway and Ice Racing, Track Racing Sidecar 1000cc For all meetings, after the official programme of heats has been terminated should there be a tie for the first 3 places or for the last qualifying place or substitute position to go forward to the next round, there will be a heat to resolve the tie.

Official results sheet from Lonigo states that 5th THJ, 6th Pawlicki and 7th Covatti have been balloted. Now until someone explains me otherwise, I say that an error has been made. There should have been a runoff between the three to decide riders fininshing 5th and 6th to make for the three substitutes under the current rules for 2015. With Janowski being 1st substitute as it stands. Dont even mention Zagar, it's irrevelant AT THIS stage.

Thats his GP career sorted then.

Why not? Yesterdays fall??

18 months ago with a revision maybe 6 months ago. No links, try fim-live.

It was a rhetorical question,i wasn't really after a detailed answer But it does highlight just what can happen to any decent young rider.Personally i hope Robert Lambert carries on making good progress and will reach the top before any of the above named riders.What happened to the young guy with the dreadlocks who burst on the scene last year?Lunna.......still going strong? I wasn't in the mood to spot such nyances. Lunna is doing quite fine. Pretty much a perfect example of your second post. If I'm honest I think he dipped a little at the start of the season but is now getting back there. Havent chat with him that much, but he's always honest and doesnt look for stupid excuses. So in that way he's on the path... So he's swimming at the moment, but trials for the Olympics are a long way still. Darcy Ward's? Thats until August 2014 that is. Chris Holder is another one thats pretty close. Possibly Sajfutdinov until he got injured last year. 3 riders at the top of the world. EDIT: Probably the most important thing was forgotten regarding Nike Lunna. 18 years last saturday, dreadlocks are gone.

Zabik broke his thigh (or similar). Then he broke it again, smashed his head a few times getting serious concussions. He was unlucky for a few seasons in a row. I was watching Elitserien this week thinking once again, what will become of Janowski. Decided to wait while realising the clock is ticking, Robert Miskowiak.

... and this is how Katajisto once jumped from second reserve to the u19 euro final in poland.

Thats how it has been done. Dont think it is written in the rules, just practise that has been carried through the years. I know it was not in the book when it worked in favour of a Finnish rider.

No, it's U21 so as long as you are 20 at the start of the year. Cant see how that year can be correct?? 1992 makes you 22 this year, so you just cant take part in the U21's.

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