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The track is about 3-4km south of Udine.

Nothing official but what I hear is Adrian is in a race with time to be fit for the final. Most likely it'll be a last minute decision.

Hi, few of us are planning to make the trip for the U21 final. It anyone has links or numbers to relatively affordable hotels in Terenzano please know here or PM. Thnx in advance!

I was in Tarnow for the final, Jacek rode on his brother's (Marcin) bike which is set-up for the hard rock Tarnow track very well. First half of the meeting pretty boring, eventually as there was more and more dirt on the outside the racing got somewhat better.

Yes, usually in the tv listings the call it "Magazyn Sportowy" although it's not always speedway. TV listings

I'm also thinking about heading to Terenzano. Any links/tips on cheap motels? Any help appreciated.

Bonnie Taylor and Michael Bolton doing a 40-minute pre-show together??

Exactly, the feed on Polsat is from TV4+. But If I had to compare all three, then it's defenitely Sky at No.1............nothing........................then Polsat and Tv4+. Mind you TV4 is squeezed into a one hour slot which give you limited options, you get the heat, quick interview between and back to track for the next heat.

Tonight at 10pm (local time), Vastervik vs. Luxo Stars. The feed is from Swedish station TV4, is the meeting shown at the same time in Sweden?

According to his website he'll now be going through a 2 week rehab after a recent operation, might be a last minute decision for Adrian.

It's almost 500km from Bydgoszcz to Tarnow, when you take in account Polish roads you're looking at 7 to 8hr drive...easily.

Result: 1. Karol Ząbik - Adriana Toruń (3,2,3,3,3) 14 2. Adrian Miedziński - Adriana Toruń (3,3,3,3,1) 13 3. Paweł Hlib - Unia Tarnów (2,3,2,2,3) 12 4. Dawid Stachyra - Marma Polskie Folie Rzeszów (t,3,2,3,3) 11 5. Krzysztof Buczkowski - Budlex Polonia Bydgoszcz (2,3,1,2,3) 11 6. Wojciech Druchniak - RKM Rybnik (3,1,3,1,w) 8 7. Andrzej Głuchy - Stal Gorzów (2,2,2,0,2) 8 8. Adrian Gomólski - Start Gniezno (1,2,1,2,1) 7 9. Marcin Jędrzejewski - Budlex Polonia Bydgoszcz (w,1,3,0,2) 6 10. Alan Marcinkowski - ZKŻ Kronopol Zielona Góra (0,1,2,1,2) 6 11. Paweł Miesiąc - Marma Polskie Folie Rzeszów (3,2,w,u,w) 5 12. Grzegorz Zengota - ZKŻ Kronopol Zielona Góra (0,0,1,3,1) 5 13. Marcin Liberski - Intar Lazur Ostrów (1,0,1,1,2) 5 14. Ronnie Jamroży - Atlas Wrocław (1,1,0,2,w) 4 15. Patryk Pawlaszczyk – RKM Rybnik (2,0,0,0,0) 2 16. Mateusz Jurga - Unia Leszno (1,0,0,1,0) 2 17. Adam Kulczyński - ZKŻ Kronopol Zielona Góra (u/-,-,-,-,-) 0 18. Maciej Piaszczyński - PSŻ Poznań (d) 0 19. Damian Stachowiak - Adriana Toruń NS Bieg po biegu: 1. (63,64) Druchniak, Pawlaszczyk, Jurga, Kulczyński (u/-), Jędrzejewski (w/su) 2. (63,32) Ząbik, Głuchy, Liberski, Marcinkowski 3. (62,70) Miesiąc, Hlib, Jamroży, Piaszczyński (d4), Stachyra (t) 4. (63,39) Miedziński, Buczkowski, Gomólski, Zengota 5. (63,52) Stachyra, Ząbik, Druchniak, Zengota 6. (62,52) Miedziński, Miesiąc, Marcinkowski, Pawlaszczyk 7. (63,24) Buczkowski, Głuchy, Jamroży, Jurga 8. (63,05) Hlib, Gomólski, Jędrzejewski, Liberski 9. (63,37) Druchniak, Marcinkowski, Gomólski, Jamroży 10. (63,64) Ząbik, Hlib, Buczkowski, Pawlaszczyk 11. (63,61) Miedziński, Stachyra, Liberski, Jurga 12. (brak) Jędrzejewski, Głuchy, Zengota, Miesiąc (w/su) 13. (63,99) Miedziński, Hlib, Druchniak, Głuchy 14. (64,86) Zengota, Jamroży, Liberski, Pawlaszczyk 15. (64,14) Ząbik, Gomólski, Jurga, Miesiąc (u) 16. (64,77) Stachyra, Buczkowski, Marcinkowski, Jędrzejewski 17. (64,24) Buczkowski, Liberski, Miesiąc (w/u), Druchniak (w/u) 18. (63,96) Stachyra, Głuchy, Gomólski, Pawlaszczyk 19. (63,88) Hlib, Marcinkowski, Zengota, Jurga 20. (64,02) Ząbik, Jędrzejewski, Miedziński, Jamroży (w) -Miedzinski has a broken collar bone after a pile up with Jamrozy in heat 20. sportowefakty.pl

Like Ricos says, should be a dandy. Gotta show up at the track ASAP or you'll end up sitting in the visitors sector ...just ask Rico.

Anyone know why Hamill didn't ride for Eskilstuna last night, maybe our friends Tarabanko or Zetters might know?

Good news! Starting this Tue., Aug. 1st Polsat Sport will broadcast live meetings from Eliteserien. First meeting is a good one, MasarnaAvesta vs. VMS Elite at 6:55pm (local time). tom

Not a bad return for Dawid.... Team Bikab Eskilstuna – Kaparna Goeteborg 38:58 Team Bikab: 38 1. Nicolai Klindt (1,2,u,0) – 3 2. Joakim Brolin (0,3,1*,1*) – 5+2 3. Linus Eklof (1*,1,3,2,0) – 7+1 4. Jimmy Jansson (2,0,0,2) – 4 5. Andreas Lekander (1,1,1*,1,2) – 6+1 6. Robert Henderson (1*,0,0,3,1*) – 5+2 7. Jesper Brolin (2,2*,1,1,2) – 8+1 Kaparna: 58 1. Bohumil Brhel (2*,3,2*,3,1) – 11+2 2. Tomasz Gapiński (3,2*,3,3,3) – 14+1 3. Rafał Dobrucki (3,3,d,3) – 9 4. Mickael Berntsson (0,0,0,0) – 0 5. Shane Parker (2*,1*,3,2*,3) – 11+3 6. Tomas Karlsson (0,1,2*,u) – 3+1 7. Dawid Kujawa (3,3,2,2,0) – 10 Bieg po biegu: 1. Gapiński, Brhel, Klindt, Jk. Brolin 1:5 2. Kujawa, Brolin, Henderson, Karlsson 3:3 (4:8) 3. Dobrucki, Jansson, Eklof, Berntsson 3:3 (7:11) 4. Kujawa, Parker, Lekander, Henderson 1:5 (8:16) 5. Jk. Brolin, Js. Brolin, Karlsson, Berntsson 5:1 (13:17) 6. Brhel, Gapiński, Eklof, Jansson 1:5 (14:22) 7. Dobrucki, Klindt, Jk. Brolin, Berntsson 3:3 (17:25) 8. Eklof, Kujawa, Parker, Jansson 3:3 (20:28) 9. Gapiński, Brhel, Lekander, Henderson 1:5 (21:33) 10. Parker, Karlsson, Js. Brolin, Klindt(u) 1:5 (22:38) 11. Henderson, Kujawa, Js. Brolin, Karlsson(u) 4:2 (26:40) 12. Gapiński, Jansson, Lekander, Dobrucki(d) 3:3 (29:43) 13. Brhel, Eklof, Jk. Brolin, Berntsson 3:3 (32:46) 14. Dobrucki, Parker, Lekander, Klindt 1:5 (33:51) 15. Parker, Js. Brolin, Henderson, Kujawa 3:3 (36:54) 16. Gapiński, Lekander, Brhel, Eklof 2:4 (38:58)

Sorry, don't have the times. Hard to say at the moment. Top 4 and bottom 4 teams in e-liga and 1 div. will split and be seeded against each other in the play-offs. What is certain at them moment is that Wroclaw will be riding a home meeting on the day (probably against Czestochowa). In 1st. div. Ostrow will host Zielona Gora in a meeting to deceide who advances directly to e-liga. Best to wait 'till this sunday when the table situation clears up in the last round of regular season.

Gdansk ride away in Pila that day.

I hope they're not just blowing hot air and a 10 team league becomes a fact! NEW EXTRALEAGUE THE Polish Extraleague will change next season. The Chairmen want ten teams instead of eight, and new transfer rules. Starting from 2007 Poland's top division will be managed by Ryszard Kowalski, who is a Professional League chairman. He has sent a special guestionnaire to Extraleague bosses. They were asked what kind of league would they like to compete in. It is almost certain that this league will include ten teams. Two will get a chance to enter it on a 'golden cart' rule. "It is for the teams with money and a stable financial condition," says Marian Maslanka, Wlokniarz Czestochowa chairman. Polish teams cannot limit the transfers of foreign riders, as that would be contradictory to European Union law. However, they want to pass a rule that will force each Extraleague team to have five riders from Poland, including at least two juniors. Clubs will probably not be allowed to exceed 2.5mln PLN on transfers. www.speedwayworld.tv

There is very positive news regarding Wilk's injury. With every week there is improvement in his health. Rafal is slowly getting feeling back in his legs. Better yet he's already taken a few steps with the assistance of knee braces stabilize his legs and handrails used in rehab. rafalwilk.pl

Apparently Simon suffered a serious injury in a U21 Swe-Den test meeting? Hope our Swedish friends can translate From what I gather in the article he has a fractured bone? Simon ej allvarligt skadad SPORT/SPEEDWAY/VÄSTERVIK Publicerad: 2006-07-15 23:00 Inkallad till landskamp och utkörd över sargen. Simon Gustafssons inhopp i U21-landslaget i speedway kunde ha slutat riktigt olyckligt. Simon var inblandad i en svår krasch och ådrog sig några mindre frakturer. – Vi får vara glada att det inte blev värre än så här, säger Henka Gustafsson. Klicka för större bild Simon Gustafsson bärs in i ambulansen efter kraschen i heat sju. BILD: NICLAS APPELQUIST Simon Gustafsson stod för en mycket fin prestation i tisdagens elitseriematch mellan Indianerna och Västervik, då han fick hoppa in som reserv för skadade Rory Schlein. I går fick han göra ett inhopp som kunnat gå riktigt illa. Tidigt i går morse blev han inkallad till U21-landslagets landskamp mot Danmark, och i sjunde heatet var olyckan framme. Förarna kom väl samlade in i första sväng och krokade ihop som en kedjereaktion. VMS Elit-föraren Thomas H Jonasson touchade dansken Lars Hansen som fick med sig Simon Gustafsson rakt ut ur svängen. Simon fick res på cykeln och far rakt in i sargen och slungades sedan över. – Det var en rejäl krasch, men jag fattade nog inte riktigt hur illa det faktiskt kunde ha gått, berättar Henka Gustafsson som snabbt var på plats hos Simon som låg bakom det sargade staketet. Simon klagade över smärtor i ryggen och skuldran och hade lite svårt att andas så det blev ambulansfärd till Västerviks sjukhus. Efter röntgen kunde läkarna konstatera att den unge indiantalangen klarat sig från allvarligare skador. – Själva ryggraden är oskadd men han har små frakturer på fästena på sjätte, sjunde och åttonde revbenen på vänster sida. Sen har hela hans kropp utsatts för rätt så kraftigt våld i samband med kraschen. Simon får stanna på sjukhuset ett dygn för observation och kan förhoppningsvis åka hem under dagen idag. Och humöret verkar det inte vara några fel på. – Han är redan trött på att ligga still och har frågat när han får köra igen, berättar Henka. Fyra veckor utan speedway lyder läkarnas rekommendation. Läs mer i söndagens NA. MALIN ENGSTRÖM

WHO remembers the World Junior Individual Champion 2001? Just to remind everyone – his name is Dawid Kujawa. After two and a half years he is back on track! Kujawa was given a chance by Swedish club Kaparna Gothenburg. 25 year old Dawid moved to Sweden some time ago to work as a mechanic. He was frustrated with poor results in the Polish leagues, where he was under huge pressure due to his Junior Championship title. Kujawa started to work as Joonas Kylmakorpi's mechanic. "I am happy he gave me a chance to work. Don't I miss riding? Not very much. The fun has gone," Dawid was saying a year ago. Now he claims he is happy to get help from Kaparna. He wants to pay back their trust and is not thinking about a Polish league comeback yet. www.speedwayworld.tv Dawid was in the pits at the Gorzow-Zielona Gora pits helping out a bit Walasek. Didn't expect to see him back on the track tho.

Chris Holder Freddie Lindgren Nikolai Klindt Janusz Kolodziej

E-liga: HERE 1st Div. HERE 2nd Div. HERE

It was a night of domination be the Swedes (no surprise). Looks like Freddie got his bikes sorted out and his gating was better. Buczkowski raced well below expectations, looked like he couldn't find the setup on the hard and slick track. The rider who impressed me the most was Chris Holder, if he keeps progressing at his present pace he will go places. Haven't seen a rider this good in some time. Still a bit rowdy on the bike tho but I'm sure he'll calm down with age .