OveFundinFan

If like Cardiff there will be a bag search

I remember Sayfutdinov being trapped by Medinski in a similar situation to Fricke/Harris and look how it turned out for Emil. I dont think he been the same since.

Not malicious, but certainly careless...... he should have known Harris was close, he had only just undertook him then went too wide. Spoilt his own score and that of Harris.

All good experience for Robert. Just think the 2 best under 21's, Smektala and Drabik are not getting the same opportunity at this time. Drabik may well get a call to be no16 at a future Polish gp this year, matching Smektala, but Robert will have at least 23 on the trot.

Muller definitely was a world class speedway rider, and with a very professional approach. Obviously more top class in the world of long track, but defo no slouch at speedway. Obviously he grabbed an opportunity when the world speedway final was in Germany, rose to the occasion and having a partisan crowd he pulled off what many an aspiring speedway rider has failed to do. Got to give respect where its due.

I don’t disagree really with what you said. I was “singling” Lambert out because he is the inexperienced one in the field, and British. I was saying he needs to learn to change lines, he didn’t in Warsaw and that was more of a passing track then Krsko. I stick by what I said he needs faster motors, his engines was slower in Warsaw, hence the queue behind him particularly in one race. All due to inexperience which he will gain as time goes by.

Where have I made a comparison you point out in your first sentence..

Zmarzlik took the bull by the horns and went for it, some others to a lesser extent. The gaters, Laguta, Madsen, and Dudek, dont seem to want to race. You can see them holding back when they behind and they catch someone else by the end of the straight., Laguta and Madsen more so then Dudek. Lambert started off ok, but he going to have to learn to change lines as a meeting progresses, like others do. Certainly his bikes are not fast enough, last meet in Warsaw he was line hugging and a queue behind him, last night when behind he just lacked speed to make up much ground. Nice to see Emil not only mixing it but scoring, not back to how he was pre his GP "retirement", but getting better. Hope Prague will bring better racing, but its not a cert.

I was impressed with the smooth running of the meeting. Didn’t see a lot of spinner work by mechanics on the track, nor excessive gardening. No fallers. And 23 races in well under 3 hours. Like others said, the ref missed some serious movement at the starts including Lambert, and obvious movement by Madsen in the final. Whilst there was some passing, there was little passing the the gaters ie Laguna, Madsen and Dudek. An average meeting.

It was Emily home track about 4 years ago. Think he left with them owing a small fortune to him.

But Tai put the blame on FIM making qualifying a competition.

Might be giving Polish speedway maximum exposure but does it produce world champions. Top Polish riders have been in the world championship finals since mid-late 50's, thats over 60 years but they only produced 2 world champions - and one of them whilst he rode very well on the day he won it, he didnt do much else on the world scene. What do you remember the most - who was world champion or who won a Polish domestic meeting.?

I posted this on another thread but thought it was fitting for it to be here as well. I think Polish speedway authorites are spoiling speedway. There should be no top class speedway the night before a world GP anywhere. Riders deserve to be able to put in the max effort to win the world championship, the pinnacle of any sport.

So, we have Dudek probably best gater in the world, Laguta up there with him, add Madsen and Hancock - stick them in the same race and it could be a real bun fight in the first corner. I think Polish speedway authorites are spoiling speedway. There should be no top class speedway the night before a world GP anywhere. Riders deserve to be able to put in the max effort to win the world championship, the pinnacle of any sport.

Ah I see. Thanks

Thanks. Isnt there only one Croatian rider of any note? What hold does Croatia have on the speedway powers?

That looks a tough round. How many go through, is it 8 ??

G Laguta missed 2 years is it. Sees his brother in the GPs, if he has any career aspirations then surely he wants to be in the GP too. I thik he is a better racer then Artum (bit of a gater) so I hope he does well this year. Is Gregori in the SGP qualifiers, he should be so he can gain a place in next years GPs.

He needs to do something like that in the GP’s. It’s. Ow three rears since his go return and frankly he is not doing good enough.

I heard Mort visited other good race tracks looking at ideas. Toruń was mentioned IIRC, and we know what a good race track that is.

Peter craven held the track record at Hyde Road for ages, 69 and 4 /5’s seconds (yep that how they expressed it in those days), he died in 1963, can’t remember when he set the time, but it held well into the mid 1970’s. I never thought it was going to get beat, but when the 4 valvers came along in 76ish it was lowered a few times. i got to see Plechanov, Samorodov, Kurilenko, and all the rest of USSR team at Hyde Road as well as the years Igor and Boris did well at Wembley. Very exciting seeing them on their ESO’s with handlebars clipped to the fork legs. And the The Poles came and did tours as well, all the oldies like Pawel Waloszek, Anotoni Woryna, then into the Plech, Jancarz years, all the weird names like Pogoselski, Glucklich. Amazing times, amazing memories.

I thought it was an exciting meeting. Last couple years Krsko was too early, riders not had a chance to settle into racing. This year starting later and at a good race track worked well. No one rider dominated, which was good. interesting to see the detail of which bike riders were using. Highlighted which riders had there bikes sorted from the beginning. Think at least Tai tried 3 bikes, and not one of them was a winner. There is excitement having top 8 into the semis and then final, but really good to see the cream racing each other. However it’s odd seeing someone win the trophy when it’s only their first win of the night. But it’s points at end of year that matter.

I don’t know how much, or even if there is money to be made. Are there no losses? What about New Zealand, and more recently Australia.? Would some of the current countries not hold a gp? Or would all gps be in Poland and one in Cardiff?

Why? What benefits would that bring to the GP series.?

If I was a GP rider, really wanting to be a world champ, I wouldnt want to be racing on the Friday before a GP on Saturday. I a Polish club "forced me" and I rode Friday I think I would ride safe and instead of riding for a maximum I would go for a safe 6. At £1000 a point thats still £6k, have fufilled the contract to Polish team, and fir to race in the Saturday. I seem to think there is a lack of respect from Polish league to FIM World Championship and that is not healthy. Maybe because Poland struggle to get an individual speedway world champ no matter how many under 21 world champs they get, or team championships. As for the concept of rider qualifying position being rewarded with choice of rider number. Last night was a bit boring, some things were wrong, but I think it will get sorted to something better. Cant see why fastest in practice, Kolodgie, goes last. Obvious track condition goes worse. Give fastest in practice the choice to go first, or first after the track grade. I think it will get interesting as the GPs move forward. Previous history of best gate at a track may well decide what rider number is picked, so getting into the riders mind by interviews may well be interesting. I was watching MotoGP qualifying today, bit like F1, fastest 10 in practice go straight to Q2, whilst the other 12 are in Q1 and only top 2 get into Q1. The track went from dry in practice to damp in Q2. SO tyre choice played a big part. Rossi chose a slick and it paid off, he was 1.5 seconds faster then the next man with 5 minutes to go. You could see the cogs of the minds of Rossi and his crew working out whether to go again or know there will be no challange. Also could see the scramble of the other pit crews changing tyres etc. Once on an outdoor speedway GP track the change in weather conditions could also play a big part. Will be interesting, some mods to be made though.