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And tonight he was even more impressive with 16 in the Supaliga at Grindsted, including a victory over Kenneth Bjerre Visitors Holstebro won 42-41 in a last heat decider. Needing a 3-all in ht 14 Andersen and Patrick Norgaard were heading for a 5-1 when third placed Henning Bager fell on the last bend of lap 3. Bjerre (who was last at the time of the stoppage won the rerun, thus depriving Norregard and Andersen of their second victories over Bjerre. [Norgaard beat Bjerre from the back earlier in the meeting] While Bjerre top scored it was Bager who impressed most for the home team. But Kroner was truly woeful. Andersen and Norgaard got 16 each leaving very little required of the remaining riders, which was just as well as Graversen and Gapinski [apparently an 'A' grade rider] made very modest contributions. Have to say Jonas Andersen had escaped my notice previously (I see that he rode in a couple of Vikings fixtures on British tracks). Looked very professional - good from the back on Saturday and sharp from the gate tonight. He's 18, and this was his first double figure score in the Supaliga, while Saturday's was his first maximum in Div 1 (and neither on tracks he's ridden regularly)

The C & D grade riders weren't really competetive. After a very warm day in denmark the track was heavily watered and this may have disadvantaged some of the less experienced riders. Saw Michelsen again today - he got 10 from 4 as Midtjyllands won at Vojens in a Div 1 match. Vojens' Jonas B Andersen was the star with a 15 point max - including 3 wins from the back. MSM 46 Vojens 43 Outrup 19 Holstebro 12

52-33 to Outrup ..rather dull and one sided (and slow) meeting Mads Korneliussen got a maximum (16+2), Iversen 16+1, and Kenni Larsen (13+3) rather flattened the opposition. Hansen and and Monberg top scored for the visitors and Jablonski had engine problems (including an ef while leading). Toft was best of the youngsters

He appealed against his 5 year ban. The appeal tribunal concluded he was innocent of the original offence, and cut his ban to one year :shock: No wonder Lee felt the authorities were out to get him. The reason he was out for so long is that he didn't pay the associated fine, and the ban only started running once the fine was paid (I think the ban was commuted after the fine was paid in order to expedite his return)

Officially there is no such thing as an engine failure. The Rule book provides for the following programme markings: 20. Appendix E. Result Sheet / Programme Marking non-finishers F for a fall FD for a fall and disqualification from the re-run of the Heat FN for a fall and non-starter in the re-run of the Heat R for a retirement Disqualifications E for a Starting Gate offence EH where handicap is used for a Starting Offence N2 for exceeding the "two minute" allowance XD for Dangerous or Foul Riding XO for other reasons (not considered Dangerous or Foul Riding) rider replaced RR when a Rider Replacement is used N when a Reserve Replacement is used NS When a Team Member or Reserve is not replaced

Good to hear something positive. :D Hope the court case has a satisfactory outcome. So it looks like it was all about Steve Ribbons after all.

Series Result: John Cook 150 Larry Ross 113 Ivan Mauger 101 Bobby Schwartz 82 Simon Wigg 82 Neil Evitts 69 Juha Moksunen 67 Ollie Tyrvanien 51 Einar Kyllingstad 49 Grzeg Dzikowski 20 Mitch Shirra 12 Ryzsard Franczyszyn 10 David Bargh 7 Barry Ayres 7 Kym Mauger 6 (Source Speedway Star 15.2.86)

Jay Herne for Newport (along with James White-Williams and Tom Young?) http://www.speedwaygb.co/news.php?extend.9944

Is there a date and venue for the Swedish Championship weekend?

There were four reserve changes: Ht8 (Read): Davies for Tabet Ht 8 (BV): Eyre for Owen Ht 10 (Read): Davies for Tabet Ht 12 (BV): Eyre for Bailey So last places were: 1 Tabet 2 Leigh 3 Jackson 4 Owen 5 Jackson 6 Waplington (Ex) 7 Moulin 8 Leigh (fell) 9 Waplington 10 Bailey (fell) 11 Moss 12 Waplington (fell) 13 Jackson (fell)

From the American speedway discussion group: The schedule is; April 7th TBA April 9th - Rye House Cobra's April 10th - Newcastle Versus 'Team Viking' (Scandanavian Dream Team) April 12th - Dudley Heathens (at Wolverhampton) April 15th - Lakeside April 16th - Stoke April 17th TBA

Can I record my thanks to f-s-p for his help with this

Poole v Reading Ht 1 Simmons, Davis, Eide, Kennedy(fell) 71.1 R v Overseas Select Guests were: 2. Jim McMillan 5-8-1 5. Steen Mastrup 5-6-1 Halifax v Reading Guests were: Ian Westwell (a H'fax jnr) 4-0-0 Malc Shakespeare 2-0-0 (incidentally this match was Reading's biggest losing margin in their entire 40 year history) Reading v Leicester: 56-22 is a typo, the correct score is 52-26

Nah - should be California Poppies

In the past I've always found 'svenska Speedwayresultat' a tremendously useful site - particularly for 80cc speedway - but it has been unavailable this year. I've tracked down the archive for 2000-08 which now sits on speedway.nu, but is there anywhere I can find the 2010 results, league tables averages etc for Swedish 80cc speedway

20 heats followed by top 4 into grand final (no semi finals) - result as per your last post

I agree with the general tenor of your comment, and why would the Stars want to give up a local derby against Ipswich? Russia's league collapsed because they didn't have any restrictions on team strengths - as a result the two teams that had owners with deep pockets priced their opponents out of the league. In 2009 the Russian league ran with three teams and no foreigners, this year it expanded to five teams and no foreigners (but three of the teams are just making the numbers up) PS Please don't remind me about the Bu**dogs, it's still too painful :cry:

Reading v Wimbledon programme has Norman Hunter @ no 1 for Wimbledon and I have Wtney Mann prog too which has George at no 15

Well the 2009 Polish Golden Helmet was staged in 2010, so why not stage the 2010 NL Fours Final next April? Let's see if we can keep this saga going

6.10.71 Poole v Reading I have a completed programme which shows the following: There were 3 reserve substitutions: Ht3: Nigel Boocock fell bringing down Dag Lovaas who was unable to make the rerun. Curtis replaced him coming second Ht 12 Curtis replaced Mudge coming second Ht 13 May replaced Leigh coming last. Result of ht 2: Cake, Curtis, May, Cook. Racers scorechart: Michanek 11(4), Curtis 11+1(5), Lovaas 6(3), Bell 5+1(4), May 2+2(4), Mudge 2+1(3), Leigh 1+1(3)

I hardly think that preventing them use Charles Wright was a move designed to gift Buxton the title. I do hope that Buxton win, they are a great club and have had a fantastically entertaining team this year. When I went to their opening meeting I never imagined that they'd still be going strong 16 years later. However if they do win it will be a bit of a hollow victory as a one legged final is hardly a level playing field. It really is a shame because there have been some great positives for third tier speedway this year until it all fell apart at the end(and it's about organisation, not the weather) Reasons to be cheerful: :D The presence of Dudley has been a huge boost, the atmosphere at their meetings has been brilliant the very close three way battle for the league between Dudley, Buxton and Newport British Under 18 Championship - a superb meeting Jason Garrity

Carl Moorcraft and Andrew Swales Ht 6 R Harrison, J Birkenshaw, O Allen, K Bagshaw 66.1 (Harrison was a reserve replacement for Andrew Moore) Incidentally this match was Russell (aka Rusty) Harrison's competetive debut in the UK

:) Lot's of smiles down Reading way JK looked a bit special when we first saw him in 2003, and he has had a fantastic year this year - just hope 2011 isn't an anti-climax

An enjoyable day of nostalgia - unexpected bonus was a visit from Reg Fearman, who just popped in but stayed for hours.

I got a phone call tonight from a speedway friend, and in passing I mentioned that it was a shame that I wouldn't see him at the NLRC on Saturday. He was unaware that it had been cancelled, and would of course be none the wiser if he relied on Speedway Star. (..and he doesn't do the internet) Anyone care to estimate how many people will turn up on Saturday? And how many people have incurred non-refundable costs on train tickets or hotel rooms? Maybe we should get Gillet and Hicks to run British speedway