OveFundinFan

Earlier in this thread Phil Rising listed the riders, not seen the full results. The get together was'nt a meeting as such, it was to test the track, that was the main purpose, get opinions, and they now still have over a week to improve/consolidate the track before Sat 4th July First, for those who have enquired, the line-up: Kyle Howarth, Lewis Blackbird, Stuart Robson, Robert Lambert, Danny King, Charles Wright, Kyle Newman, Ritchie Worrell, Ashley Birks, Richard Lawson, Jason Garrity, Adam Ellis, Lewis Kerr, Josh Bates, Edward Kennett and Adsam Roynon.

Hope you enjoy it Sue, this is the third year running the wife and I are going after a long time away from speedway. The atmosphere is really good, and sounds like the track may be a lot better this year too.

hopefully this year will be a good racing track all through the meeting, but lets not forget what has been done this year can only be repeated if a) the stadium is available for the extended time needed. the powers that be are prepared to pay for the extended time.

I wouldnt like to have hit the Belle Vue fence with any force never mind at full belt. Solid as a rock.

as they do in Moto GP ????? Didnt know there were qualifying days for Moto GP. When did that come in?

I think it was right to exclude NP for fencing GH. Nicki knew very well greg was there, he had gone under a wide riding Greg. Knowing he was there I feel he is obliged to leave room. I was pleased when the pole, was it Pawlicki snr, was excluded after the race for clashed with the Rusian coming out of the bend too. And I feel Sundstrom should have been excluded for taking the other Russian into the fence which caused Hample to fall and break his leg. I cant remember such deliberate fencing in the 60's and 70's, nothing like now I'm sure. Recall Emils injury that took him out of the 2013 GP season. Think it was Medinski at Torun. He knew Emil was there, took him out of the meeting and season with serious injuries. I know the throttle works both ways and it surely has to be closed if you catching someone and the gap closes when the rider in front doesnt know you coming. I know its a fine line, but with modern technology it doesnt take too long to get different shots of whats happened.

Why is it we expect to know everything about everything. Access to Cardiff stadium has been made available sooner then ever before (I understand), purpose to lay a track well before any other time, thats what forum members were wanting, and now the organisers say they going to have a test day with riders that wont be competing on July 4th. Fair do's. It might be nice to know who riding and the results of the test day but surely we can't demand information, therefore we should'nt expect it. Only my opinion, no doubt others will have theirs. joe

It was a good meeting to watch and, as we all know, on a track that can be raced on. As to the quality of the entrants compared to the World GP series, rarely if ever, has the world championship had the top 16 riders in the world in it, and I say that considering the one off world title meetings and the gran prix series. Sure you could take some of those riding in the European championship and they would fit nicely into the gran prix series, but it isnt going to happen, so we get on with what we got. And in my opinion there is probably only one rider, Emil, that is consistent enough to warrant slotting into the gran prix series to replace a rider already in the world series.. From the rest, yes they can race well, very well at times, but are not consistent enough, and I am talking here about the Laguta brothers, Vaculik, and some others. Lets face it, they all have a chance of going through the qualifiers or having a permanent wild card.

The Gerhard engine seems to be trialling well by harris and Lambert over in the uk. Performing well enough to encourage more then a few to purchase when they come on the market, especially if servicing costs are slashed. And whilst not everyone can afford to pay for their GM engines to be highly tuned, its a fact that not every rider will be able to benefit from the tuning - ie not everyone can ride a highly tuned engine to its full potential.

1960 at Norwich - a sad day for Belle Vue speedway fans, two popular riders.

The track team is already in to Cardiff stadium, much longer time then the 6 days they normally have. So we should see, hopefully, a better track that will hold up to practice on the Friday and racing on the Saturday. If all goes well then Melbourne should be ok if they have the same amount of time.

It looks to me like the Gerhard engine is lacking a bit on the straights. It pulls from the gate well but not the straights, maybe gearing or something more technical.

So that means a PL rider needs to earn £28 per race just to pay for the service, never mind any other costs. What do they have to do to earn £28 per race?

Wow! thats almost a GP standard line up, and arguably as good as a GP line up. First race looks a classic for starters.

Yes, cant spell his name - Buscowski or something like.

Oh dear, thats sad, especially as he was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Is Chris Harris riding that new engine? Looks different.

Anyone heard any more about Jarek? How bad are the breaks, Estimate of time out of action?

As my score chart shows :- Milik 2 2 4 0 2 2 Krcmar 2 0 0 0 0 Suchanek 1 \ ex 1 1 Kus 1 1 1 0 0 TOTAL 20 Kudriashov ex 0 \ 1 1 0 Laguta ex 1 3 4 3 Gafurov 0 2 2 1 Belousov ex 1 3 1 2 2 TOTAL 27 What was confusing was the names as riders were at the start was different to what was actually going on (I think).

I asked earlier, jim3751, whats stopping someone going back to upright engine (as laydown ones seem to be a cause of a problem), but no one come back yet. Perhaps no one knows what the regs say.

We are from the north west as well, well Chester, we take a lovely route straight down the middle of Wales, by pass Wrexham, go through Brecon Beacons, really good. 2013 we parked at City hall, opposite Travelodge near the Quay. so last year 2014 we went straight there, only to find an attendant directing everyone to the football ground which we had passed. Hope Cardiff City football ground is the park this year as it was easy to find, only about 1 mile north of the Millenium Stadium, £5 return last 2 years. Its dedicated buses that just shuttle back and to the Millenium

Hopefully not too much off topic, but seeing as there is critiscism of lay down engines, whats stopping someone going back to an upright engine ? Are there regulations stippulating what position an engine should be in?

So there can be problems with permanent outdoor tracks as well as temporary indoor tracks.

'67 was a brilliant win for him, think he missed '66 due to a Swedish ban, but in '67 where all and sundry were changing to Jawa, for the world final Ove had a JAP stuck in his frame, telling his tuner "just get me to the first corner first". It worked - they didnt call him the crafty fox for nothing. And of course it was another Belle Vue world champion.

Affectionately me and my mates used to call him Andy Pandy. A really good rider as stated. (for those old enough to remember Andy Pandy)