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  1. Which in that case would mean it starts at 12 in Poland then.......
  2. According to the SKY planner its being shown at 11AM here..............
  3. Ironically LT, my 5 year old who was making her first visit to Cardiff thought the music was brilliant
  4. In my opinion the whole incident was very much a 6 and 2 three's issue, and as such neither could really be held responsible for the incident in its entirety - obviously the FIM held Emil more responsible in view of the fines handed down. Some of this is another case of 'what goes around comes around', as in years gone by Scott has not been afraid to put his point quite forcibly, and has in the past had a pits crew who were not afraid to settle disagreements in an aggressive manor (on occasions involving supporters as well).
  5. We were on the lower tier, first bend just before the apex, and the sound was absolutely appalling. I thought the choice of music (which could be heard fine, it was just any speech from the centre green or video) was pretty good. My 5 year old had a great time sining along and dancing to the music pretty much all night. As has already been mentioned I think it went too close to the actual start of the race though. I like the suggestion of playing 'the race' upto the start
  6. Fairly sure that Rickard Hellsen did, and indeed rode with Phil at Swindon for a while
  7. You are right in that more dirt would make Marketa very good race track. As mentioned previously the track preparation for an SGP is contracted out, usually to the organising club / federation, although I think that all of the manmade tracks are contracted out to the same supplier namely Speedsport A/S. Unfortunatley Prague is one of those tracks that is always slick, as that seems to be the only way that they know how to prepare it (or maybe the only successful way )
  8. Not strictly true Trees. OO is part of the FIM, and although he has a close relationship with them, I believe he is not part og IMG As for the Prague track, I have been there numerous times for various meetings and I have never seen it anything other than Slick, be they SGP, League or Individual. I really don't believe that it would be any surprise to any of the riders that it was slick last night
  9. In my opinion 1 of the 3 is absolutley correct, another one may be, and the third.... not so sure. As previously mentioned, neither the race director, or assistant have responsibility's for track preparation. That is contracted out for each GP, and is the contracted organisations responsibility
  10. The appointment of the new assistant race director makes no difference to the contracts in place for track building. They stay the same
  11. Talking of Posa, Has anybody else watched the icy riders DVD ? I've got around to watching most of it but not all, and I have to say that I was pretty impressed with it. It certainly gives an insight into the world that guys like Posa inhabit. Well worth a look in my humble opinion
  12. I think that you are being too critical of yourself. In my opinion this is an excellent shop that captures the action as it was
  13. But you forgot this one, that seems to be one of yours, and I think sums up the weekend..... Spectacular
  14. Remember it well. The idea was that I was going to be a spectator at this, but that didn't quite go to plan. Started of with being asked to help Mann Egerton move some of the TR7's that they were using to push the Gaunlet brand from the town centre to Saddlebow Road....I didn't need much persuading on that score ....Come the afternoon, and Mick McKeown turned up with no spannerman and I ended up helping him. It was a red hot day, and I get burnt to a cinder
  15. According to Rickard Hellsen, who had several years riding for Getingarna, it means Hornet
  16. Been thinking about this, and I think the other rider involved was not Jeremy, but his brother Nick
  17. Not strictly accurate I think, Panthersfan. There was no concrete fence at Lynn in those days I'm sure. It was a wooden fence and I think he hit one of the posts. I was there that night and was in the pits packing up. From what I recall there was a definite revving of an engine, as if a throttle had stuck, and an almighty bang as if the impact to the fence was square. Then there was a total silence until the county ambulance appeared.
  18. Knowing Tony quite well, I don't believe that he will be cajoled too much, and will be very much his own man, and will look to do things in his own way......Tony is very much a team player and it will be about the efforts of the whole SGP / SWC team
  19. What is the bank of lights sticking out of the stand......Exclusion lights maybe? And an orange 2 minute warning light ?
  20. A bit of Google translate on this story..... Google translate
  21. rusky

    Steve Chilman

    Absolutely English. Can't be certain, but I think he comes from London ( I appreciate that's a generalisation). I'm sure he will be at the Fenland GTC meeting in October, and if I see him there, I will ask him for you
  22. rusky

    Steve Chilman

    Steve is frequently seen around the UK tracks as mentor / mechanic to Segei Darkin and Roman Povaznhy amongst others. He is very much a mechanical genius, and is a real wizz with cams....He also has a very strong interest in Grasstrack, Longtrack & Ice Racing Can't help you with the details that you require though
  23. OK. Hoyland was where he lived whilst riding for King's Lynn. But he was born & grew up in sheffield only moving once married
  24. You are right that Pete didn't ride for Sheffield, but was pretty pally with most of the tigers of the time, particularly Reg Wilson, and used to watch at Owlerton when his other commitments allowed. He actually grew up in Sheffield ( Would it be Hoylake or similar, where his dad - Edward- had a milk round business). I lost touch with Pete a few years ago, but I'm fairly sure that he went on to own a local shop in Sheffield at that time
  25. Well to be honest, I think that the Daily Express have done a sterling job with this Grand Prix. There was an on line report at Express report which was pretty good, but the report in today's edition of the paper (Monday) was very very good for a National, including 2 pictures in its virtual 1/2 page coverage. Its good to note as well that the photo's in the paper were not mikepatrick.com which suggests that they had one of their staff photographers their which in my opinion is pretty impressive - The 2 pictures being one of JC with the trophy, and a racing shot
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