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Is Indianerna really running a team in each of the three divisions (Elitserien, Allsvenskan, and Div.1) next year?

This is was Sportowefakty reports today (Google translation) https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&rurl=translate.google.de&sl=pl&sp=nmt4&tl=en&u=https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/zuzel/857276/zuzel-bsi-dostalo-kopniaka-discvery-nowym-promotorem-cyklu-grand-prix&xid=17259,15700021,15700186,15700191,15700256,15700259,15700262,15700265,15700271,15700283&usg=ALkJrhjh5DLDtO-06p4uAK9-wvnmckSkYQ

Sidecar speedway at Mildura

Biggest event for the sidecars in New Zealand this season is the Australasian Sidecar Speedway Championship staged over two rounds at Christchurch and at Ivercargill early next year. The competitors are already nominated, there are six of the best from Australia and ten of the best from New Zealand from AUSTRALIA: 1 Warren Monson/Andrew Summerhayes (VIC) 2 Darren Treloar/Blake Cox (NSW) 3 Brodie Cohen/Simon Coors (QLD) 4 Mark Mitchell/Tony Carter (SA) 5 Rick Howse/Adam Commons (NSW) 6 Hayden Bond/Brady Cox (NSW) from NEW ZEALAND: 1 Dave Gannon/Daryl Pearce 2 Jaime Moohan/Bailey Ogilvie 3 James Douglas/Harley Biddle 4 Andrew Buchanan/Denny Cox 5 Paul Humphrey/Chris Chatfield 6 Luke Thwaites/Neville Chalmers 7 Bradley Sharpe/Lance Jefcoate 8 Dylan Moohan/Sean Mason 9 Jason Kennedy/Johnny Casey 10 Aiden Thwaites/Shane Twiss Reserve 1 Bryce Rose/Aaron Rose Reserve 2 Pete Stephens/Dylan Fox Reserve 3 Wayne Bryce/Stefan Burrows

The return of Nicki Pedersen to the British League is a much more positive signal for speedway in the Uk than any of the decisions taken at this year's AGM of the BSPA.

THE 2019 American Flat Track season Grand Finale at the Meadowlands Mile in East Rutherford, NJ

Mildura-based English Solo riders Dan Bewley, Kyle Bickley and Tom Brennan made their Australian season debuts in Adelaide on Saturday night, in the opening meeting of the Gillman Speedway summer season, and it was Bewley who took the major honours, clean-sheeting his races to take out the Jack Young Cup. [...] https://www.gillmanspeedway.com/news/2019/opening-night-honours-go-to-dan-bewley-shane-rudloff-damian-egan-and-ashley-jans

THE North American Continental speedway championship final takes place at the Perris track in Southern California, on Saturday, December 7, 2019

News from Down Under of the official draw for the inaugural FIM Oceania Solo Speedway Championship on Saturday, November 23, 2019, at the Gillman track in Adelaide, South Australia. https://www.australianspeedwaychampionships.com.au/speedway/2019-fim-oceania-speedway-championship-draw-announced/ Several British riders are in the line-up for this Continental Championship event.

Here is the complete Ray Tarrant Sidecar Memorial meeting of November 2, 2019, at Palmerston North.

THE scheduled for October 11, 2019, Australia v New Zealand sidecar teams event at Tamworth unfortunately had to be called off, due to not enough Kiwis being available to form a complete test team.

Quite a big sidecar event coming up next Saturday, November 16, at the Newcastle (N.S.W.) Showground https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JGHHibKPDAXQbW1ryUBMmuATkC1Zu8Zm/view It's round three of four of the EAST COAST SIDECAR SHOOTOUT (ECSS) Series, and this meeting at Newcastle is also for the Jack Bond Cup New Zealanders Paul Humphrey/Chris Chatfield are current series leader on 96 points from the first two rounds. Quite an impressive line-up for Saturdays main Event, with the 11-tiem Australian Champion Darrin Treloar coming up from Sydney to have a skid in preparation for his trip across the ditch to contest the Australasian Championship in New Zealand in January.

Justin Sedgmen has won the Victorian title last night at Undera Park. The top four (=important for the UK work permits!) were Sedgmen 1st, Zane Keleher 2nd, Josh MacDonald 3rd, and Jaimon Lidsey 4th after a fall and exclusion in the final. Lidsey had scored a fifteen point max in the heats.

The 250cc world ch'ship is a great 2-day event, and Cloppenburg of course a great speedway venue. go for it

Oakland Valley Speedway, Cuddebackville, New York State November 2, 2019 From Voytek Dojka Division I: 1. Brian HOLLENBECK - 11+3+3 (3,3,3,2) - 1st in the final 2. Johnny OAKDEN - 6+2+2 (2,1,3,0) - 2nd in the final 3. Dave OAKDEN - 3+1+1 (1,1,1,0) - 3rd in the final 4. Spencer PORTARARO - 10+3+F (3,2,2,3) - DNF in the final 5. Jerry BEAUFORD - 6+2 (0,3,2,1) 6. Dalton OAKDEN - 3+1 (1,0,0,2) 7. Pat CLIFF - 7+0 (2,2,3,0) 8. Mason HIGLEY - 2+0 (0,0,1,1) Heats: 1. Hollenbeck, Cliff, Dav. Oakden, Beauford 2. Portararo, J. Oakden, Dal. Oakden, Higley 3. Hollenbeck, Portararo, Dav. Oakden, Dal. Oakden 4. Beauford, Cliff, J. Oakden, Higley 5. Hollenbeck, Portararo, Dav. Oakden, Dal. Oakden 6. J. Oakden, Beauford, Higley, Dav. Oakden 7. Cliff, Dal. Oakden, Higley, J. Oakden 8. Portararo, Hollenbeck, Beauford, Cliff Semi 1. Portararo, J. Oakden, Dav. Oakden, Cliff Semi 2. Hollenbeck, Beauford, Dal. Oakden, Higley Final. Hollenbeck, J. Oakden, Dav. Oakden, Portararo (dnf)

A Pole and Briton involved in creating new racing series in the US. "There is a vision, possibility and great people" (interview) Speedway on the East Coast ran on only one track - Champion Speedway in Owego, New York State. Also The Action Park in Greene was reactivated in the 2019 season. A completely new place will join this group - Oakland Valley Speedway in Cuddebackville. Richard Thrift and Pole Voytek Dojka are involved to this project. Mateusz Kozanecki (WP SportoweFakty): At the beginning please tell something about yourself. Richard Thrift (Oakland Valley Speedway promoter): My dad was a speedway rider as a youth, and he retired early to take care of his family. I was brought up going to and supporting the Coventry Bees speedway team, which was also my grandmother's favourite team. I got involved in cycle speedway with the Leicester Monarchs and I was a race official for all forms of autosport and motorsports in the UK. I love speedway and want the sport to grow as big as flat track racing and I believe a fresh approach is needed to make that happen. Voytek Dojka (Oakland Valley Speedway promoter): I know speedway from Poland, when I was a little kid my dad and uncles would put me right at the start line of the Unia Tarnow stadium and I still remember all the track dust in my teeth, the incredible roar of speedway engines, and the smell of burning methanol like it was yesterday. Several years ago I got involved with American flat track racing and pretty much by accident found out about speedway on the East Coast, which I did not know existed. After spending most of the season in the pits working as a mechanic for Casey Donholt. Where did the idea to create your own racing series come from? Richard Thrift: We noticed that the riders on the East Coast had a real interest in European style competition and in particular the Speedway Grand Prix. I proposed the Kevin Thrift Memorial Trophy which was in honour of his late father, which was originally meant to be a one off SGP style event. The riders loved the competition and it was there that we saw the potential for, and the closest to what riders and fans described as "real speedway" on the east coast. Is it a new beginning of speedway history? We are making history with Oakland Valley Speedway in Cuddebackville New York which has never had a motorcycle speedway event before! So we are cutting the ribbon for this meeting and opening doors to new crowds and the possibility to host more events at the venue. We are hoping to do a test and a full event at Wachusett Valley Riders Club in Winchendon, Massachusetts as well as a few other tracks which we are not ready to disclose. What does the organization of the competition look like? Richard Thrift: So, here is a secret revealed, the Mitas Golden Tire Trophy is a nod to British Speedway, but this is only a one day event. Division 1 will have each rider race at least 4 times and have two semis and a final. Next season we will host a couple of competitions in the year, including the Kevin Thrift Memorial Trophy among others and of course the Mitas Golden Tire Trophy. As there are currently no teams in US racing, we are running as close to the SGP format as we can when we organize and do an event. There will be three tracks in the East. Is it enough? Richard Thrift: Honestly, the more venues that are open to and able to host speedway, the more chances the sport has of growing. There will be more than three venues, possibly 5 or 6. A large number of tracks can host speedway on the east coast, all it takes is communication, the right approach and organization. What are your plans for the next few months? Richard Thrift: Our plans are to sit down and evaluate what we have achieved, what we failed at, what we need to do, and what we can do, as well as what we as a team want to do. I know that we all have varying ideas, but we do want to stay united and help make speedway as popular as other major sports in the USA. We also want the riders to give us input and let us know what they want, so we can really build a strong series in the future. Keep up-to-date by following facebook.com/outlawspeedwayusa and outlawspeedwayusa.tumblr.com. Voytek Dojka: Richard and I work very closely on every aspect of our operation, we discuss strategy together and divide the work among ourselves. In addition to the outside help and sponsorship we received so far, for which we are very grateful, we are spending a lot of time and our own money to make this a success. There is a vision, possibility and great people. First competition 2nd November 2019.

Sure, but they could and should have retained the SWC for the major nations (let's say the top 8 or 9 countries) every other year, alternating with the SoN pairs event, which could have included all of the other minor speedway nations (maybe 15 or even more). This would have addedd much more variety to teh international speedway calendar and would surely have been much more acceptable, compared to replacing the popular SWC with not quite as popular SoN.

Castagna is really really bad for the sport. He is misleading it in a totally wrong direction. Speedway is such a special sport - a team Sport first adn foremost - and as such is absolutey different to any other from of motorsport. That's why I am a speedway fan and couldn't care less about road racing or motocross. They ususally only have one long distance race and have to award championship points for that. Speedway has 20+ heat races, plus semi and final, were the riders EARN their points. Perfectly easy to understand. And the winner of the last race in a Gradn Prix (the final heat 23) is the winner of that particular SGP, regardless of the points total scored in all of his races during this meeting. By the way, the winner of that final race DOES actually get the most points (in that race, that is) - three points , compared to two points for second and one for the third. So what, if the rider who wins the final, has not scored the most points on aggregate from all of the races he has ridden that night, nothing wrong with that. It's perfectly fair that he does not automatically get the most points, when he has got beaten more often than another rider/riders. There is absolutely no need to award artificial points in Speedway. I hate this stupid stupid decision by the FIM. Castagna has to go. First they abandoned the hugely popular SWC and gave us a "Speedway of Nations" to fall in line with the "Motocross of Nations", "Flat Track of Nations" and "Enduro of Nations", and now they spoil the SGP by changing from a perfectly fair points scoring system to a totally unfair and unwanted artificial one. I'm fed up. What's Your next idea, Mr Castagna? Do us all a favour and please, please resign from Your position !!!

Is a British Lions team going to race in Western Australia early next year? I have found this on the 2019-20 calendar of the Pinjar Park Speedway in Perth. GREAT BRITAIN VS AUSTRALIA SOLO TEAMS TBC (see January 17 & 18) http://speedwaywa.net.au/?page_id=1519 Has Woffy anything to do with it?

all you want to know about speedway in Africa can be found here http://www.speedway-sa.com/

Has anyone ever seen this 1933 movie "Money For Speed" ? https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024346/

The real deal for official Speedway Test Matches has always been eighteen heats, with teams of six riders, plus one or two non-riding reserves. I welcome the return to Test Matches, but if they want to do it right, they should return to that traditional race formula.

This is what Wikipedia has to say about the origins of the name California https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_the_name_California (but there is no mention of the place in England)

I think this is a very good idea. No need to panic, that speedway would be all over and done with in just ten weeks a year. There would still be more speedway in the UK before and after the 10 week league season. Each club could decide for themselves on how many other meetings and how long a season they would want to run (individual, Pairs, Regional Teams comps, maybe a k.o.-cup, and of course the national Championships and international events). But the League would be an uninterrupted action packed 10 weeks in the summer time. I'd like it like that !