Rob B

We were there and saw several riders go over the white line with their back wheel on the first & second bend, problem is it's virtually impossible for the referee to see, especially on the 2nd and 3rd bends.

Got back from Slovenia last night, first 6 or so heats were a bit boring then it heated up. With heat 9 being a cracker with Nicholls, Crump & Rickardsson. Yes Crump got lucky in the semi but exactly the same thing happened to him 2-3 years ago there when he was leading the semi. Final was a great race, Crump showed exactly how to ride someone hard but fair, on the second lap he took Pedersen wide into the second bend but still left him room down the back straight, if it had been Pedersen on the inside then we know that probably wouldn't have happened. Great ride by Pedersen though. Glad Pedersen won it rather then Rickardsson because Pedersen will probably mess up a few rounds where he won't qualify for the final.

Thought Kings Lynn were the experts in relaying a track in record time?

We'll be there, flying out Friday.

Most of the time people say that when SKY are there the meeting will definatly be on, but today I think SKY being there was part of the problem, if SKY weren't there then maybe the meeting would of been delayed till about 7:00.

No its not anymore, the ELRC (BLRC) stopped being a showcase event in the early nineties when it stopped being held at Belle Vue and the GP series started.

Yep you've pretty much got it spot on, the referee said during the meeting with the riders that the track was ok at that point and it had stopped raining so they will carry on (Crump was the first to say lets get on with it then) but if it rained again then it would be off. The riders were coming out again and it started raining again so the referee had to call it off.

Never going to happen! What a load of rubbish, where have you been watching your speedway? Crowds have been rising for the last few years!

According to Mr Shovlar it never rains in Poole? Blue sky, not a cloud in the sky up here at Belle Vue this evening , the home of the ELRC.

Yep here is Crump with it too : http://www.jasoncrump.com/gallery17-2.htm

Crump's 4th 15 point maximum on the trot.

Not much use for this year but from October Ryanair are starting several new routes from Liverpool to Poland including Wroclaw. Good for us in the north next year not having to drive down to Stanstead or Luton anymore.

Will do us fine then, as long as it's clean we are only going for one night and only need somewhere to put our head down for a few hours.

Yeah have booked it, as long as its not a dump then thats fine. Apprently its in the centre so it will do.

Thats who I booked it with, their site must not have been updated they emailed me saying it was fully booked and recommended Ratuszowy.

Brda is fully booked. What about Ratuszowy or Hawana are they ok?

Rob B + 5 So whats the recommended hotel in Bydgoszcz, Brda?

Its not a farewell meeting, its a testimonial

A tanker on fire in the Gulf of Aden has caused a huge headache for FIM Speedway Grand Prix Series (SGP) organisers BSI. Fire broke out on the “Hyundai Fortune” cargo ship and part of its freight is a brand new £250,000 air-barrier that is to be used on the safety fence at all ten rounds of the world championship SGP Series. Due to the ferocity of the fire, all of the ship’s crew members were evacuated and rescued by a passing Dutch frigate. John Postlethwaite, Chief Executive, BSI, said: ”From the details and pictures we have received it looks like the ship transporting the new air barrier from Australia is still on fire and we will not find out for many days if the barrier has been affected by the blaze. At the moment salvagers are trying to control the flames and salvage the cargo. “We are awaiting updates from the salvagers, but thankfully we still have the air-barrier from last year’s Series so safety will not be compromised at the Grands Prix.”

Sheffield have to Elite League to see that every week.

That was a motocross bike.

I wonder if Crump has a motorcycling licence to ride the superbike!

BBC radar shows that snow is probably going to hit between 9 and 12 tomorrow. http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/ukweather/rain.shtml I'm definatly planning on coming but even if the snow doesn't hit Owlerton I'd guess getting acorss the Pennines is going to be tricky so will have to leave earlier.

Yep forecast is for heavy snow Saturday night/Sunday morning, think we are going to have the same problem at Belle Vue on Monday.

Its over 4 hours from Stockholm to Malilla though.