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Received mine today having suscribed the other day, first impressions (quick flick through), loved the picture on the back of Bettsey and Tommy Jansson, brilliant. Im indoors has collared it but I can't wait to read Crumpy senior and junior articles. Great magazine!! Thank youuuuuuuuu

And I did today

I ordered my book ................. AT LAST and subscribed to Backtrack the other day. Can't wait to receive both!!!

Yeah, where'd they go????

Hey Jim, I'd suggest an item in the Norwich Evening News and Eastern Daily Press would bring you lots of input. www.eveningnews24.co.uk or www.edp24.co.uk

I know you didn't, that's why I asked. I am interested to know if Eskilstuna are paying BSI for the privilege or the other way round. Doesn't it interest you? I know it didn't Rico. I certainly didn't "twist" the wording for my own purposes I was asking a simple question re the contract. Like you say the details will probably not be available to the general public, I'm interested all the same though. I guess the swedes are prudent enough to benefit from the deal.

So you're saying that BSI have paid Eskilstuna a fee for using their track for 3 years? Wonder if the Eskilstuna bosses have said they'd like a percentage from the tv revenue from that particular GP?

If it weren't for wanting to see how Crumpy, Adams and the brits were progressing throughout the series I probably wouldn't have bothered to watch the series live. With the rounds every two weeks it was a matter of, oh there's another GP on tv this Saturday. They have become much too run of the mill, there's too many of them to make them special to watch anymore. Like I say if it wasn't for following my fav riders on the road to becoming World Champion they wouldn't have held my interest at all.

Just a misspelling, should have read Mrs I'm sure Easy Rider eh, it was impressive must admit!

I was interested to read PC's answer to what he thought about One-off World Finals as opposed to the GP series. His quote about Ole Olsen seems a little poignant given my view of the GPs. What do others think?

As did my husband, who was a huge fan of Anders and not such a huge fan of PC.

Yes, Rico, we can tell!!

He has no choice but to do so does he?

It's needed too isn't it to be able to afford to run in the GP's??

Got off the subject of the thread here a little It's obvious that Ice blooming Hockey attracts larger crowds than speedway hence the larger pay packets. Having said that, there is more money to be had from the product and it seems that BSI is pocketing it all, right or wrong. The FIM sold out to them and unless the crowds go down dramatically at GP's I guess they are on board for the foreseeable future. The FIM were so wrong to sell out, think we all agree with that??

Does Ice Hockey have a bigger fan following than speedway? One thing though, we are talking pay rate of the GP's not domestic league pay rates and of course they are TOP SECRET

Could it be something to do with Jawa's european market being pretty lucrative for them even though they don't sell "that" many. I wonder what the difference is between the price of a jawa speedway engine over in Czecho and a jawa engine over here? Someone pointed out to me the other day that what the aussies earn over here is worth around about twice as much over in aus because of the exchange rate, that's handy! Is it because there aren't many of these canadian/european/scandanavian players in the league and perhaps they are intregal to the team's success and so are able to ask for nice big pay cheques? Bear in mind I know nowt about ice hockey .... lol ....... just wondering? BSI are aren't they?? As far as Paula goes, is it the sponsrship she can get from companies like Nike or Adidas that ups her money? I spose unless the speedway riders can throw themselves into the public's eye somehow I don't know how they can get a slice of this sponsorship money out there. Trouble is they are so busy riding all through the season, earning their wages, that they don't have time for tv appearances or suchlike even IF they were asked!! Even the charismatic Tony Rickardsson has done nothing much for the sport in this way during his years as world champion!!!!

Michael Lee

What!!!!!!! Almost three times more in 2002 than the World Champion of this season, talk about taking the p*ss!!!

Will all the questions be about the past? If not it would be great to hear Phil's opinion of the GP's, are they good for the sport, do they put too much pressure on the riders, would he have liked to have competed in them and what does he think of the one-off tracks and the guy who who is in charge of them ..... hehehe

Asked my husband who can remember Phil racing for King's Lynn. His reply was can you ask Phil about his relationship with Howard Cole. He also remembers after he left Lynn and went to Newport, the match races (Golden Helmet?) against the Lynn number 1's (Terry Betts and Michael Lee) when he just blew them away using the "Neil Street Conversion".

Looks great Jim, another masterpiece

I wonder why not Shawn??

I heard this advertised by Roy Waller the other day on Radio Norfolk, is the social evening on the Saturday and the dinner on the Sunday?

It would be if the track is prepared how it should be, Gollob style