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He is feeling better than you ..... he is only 18 behind the leader

LEADER IS ......... BOTTOM IS ........

POINTS SCORED IN LESZNO GP +8 = Greg Hancock +8 = Nicki Pedersen +6 = Fredrik Lindgren +5 = Tomasz Gollob +3 = Kenneth Bjerre +3 = Chris Harris +2 = Jarek Hampel +2 = Emil Sayfutdinov +1 = Wild Card (Blinski) 0 = Chris Holder -1 = Rune Holta -2 = Antonio Lindback -3 = Artem Laguta -3 = Andreas Jonsson -4 = Janus Kolodiej -8 = Jason Crump The best four picks for the Leszno GP would have been Hancock, Pedersen, Lindgren and Gollob and netted you 27 points. The riders you needed to miss were Crump, Kolodiej, Jonsson and Laguta. LEADERBOARD IS ON FIRST POST ....but a clue to the current leader with 21 points !

Seeing as you posted AFTER the GP had taken place .... Why not include Nicki as your 4th choice ? NIL POINTS

My 4 picks are Gollob 13 Sayfutdinov 12 Pedersen 9 Lindgren 5

Its a bit late but better than nothing http://www.speedway-forum.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=63172

POINTS & LEADERBOARD UPDATED Basically you pick 4 riders from the list below only and you gain or lose points depending on what they score in the Grand Prix. Each rider has been given an estimated score for each round, you need to pick three riders that will score more than suggested. .. If a rider has an estimasted score of 7 and scores 14 ... you get 7 points ... If however he scores 1 point ... you get -6 points !! WHAT RIDERS SCORED IN ITALY 13 Andreas Jonsson 12 Antonio Lindback 5 Janusz Kolodiej 4 Greg Hancock 3 Kenneth Bjerre 3 Matej Zagar (Wild Card) 2 Emil Sayfutdinov 2 Jarek Hampel 1 Chris Harris 1 Magnus Zetterstrom (Laguta) 0 Fredrik Lindgren 0 Rune Holta -4 Chris Holder -5 Nicki Pedersen -6 Jason Crump -7 Tomasz Gollob WHAT YOU SCORED 24 Home Straight (AJ, Hancock, Lindback, Pedersen) 21 smiles 17 scotcj101 16 TNT 16 beesboybert 15 Stilton Panther 13 June01 12 Impartial One 12 Rico 9 Gray 9 bronigigilo 4 Dukey Boy 3 beercellar 3 William Fisher Jones 2 noggin 1 Andy Lebedevs 1 racers and royals 1 Phillips01 -5 keef -7 waihekeaces -7 sppok -7 refereerick -11 Screm refereerick stays in the lead despite scoring minus seven as noggin could only close the gap with a score of just 2 points as Gollob did him damage as it did a fair few others. LEADERBOARD AFTER ITALY 74 refereerick 73 noggin 64 June01 64 T.N.T 56 Stiltonpanther 53 home straight 49 Beesboybert 48 smiles 47 Andy Lebedevs 47 beercellar 45 broniagigolo 42 Dukey Boy 41 spook 36 Impartial One 35 Gray 29 racers and royals 27 Robbie B 24 Rico 19 keef 17 Phillips11 17 scotcj101 (new entry) 16 waihekeaces 16 I hate the rain 15 drakey 11 pensilva 9 Cornishman 6 Crazy Machine 3 Adzy -1 Matt K 1 William Fisher Jones -4 screm -5 superguest -5 future -11 Wadey -12 Lis .

Honestly don't know what the requirements are in the National League which is why I asked the QUESTION ? As Dudley ride on a Tuesday night, I cant attend those meetings and have never seen a NL fixture. So I was only asking as he cant average 2 points a match in the EL and he raced against NL riders for the 2010 US Touring Team and was about the same standard judging by results.

Couldn't Tyson Burmeister ride in the NL ? It would be a benefit to him and Dudley to have one of the Wolves 1-7 in the line up

Cheers for those answers Gambo, but just a few queries "If he rode 8 matches in that league last year, that would be his Rolling Average for this year, he would not be assessed. Only Riders changing Leagues (Or who did not ride 8 matches last year are on Assessed/Converted averages.)" So what is the ruling over Pawlicki ? .... He did 11 matches last season bjut still has an assessed average ! Will he get a new average when he has done 28 meetings altogether ... or 4 home and 4 away this season ? (as he did that last season) How many meetings do riders that have switched leagues have to ride to get new averages ? .... riders like Ryan Fisher, Oliver Allen, Ricky Wells etc also riders that doubled up, if they rode a few meetings, will those matches count if they step up ? ... like Joe Haines ?

Could you please clarify a few things regarding the rolling averages "As the details of each 2011 Meeting are added, the race details from corresponding meeting in 2010 are automatically discounted from the calculations." So what happens if TOM SMITH rode in all matches bar the away trip to EASTBOURNE last season. ... This season he has ridden in five matches already and then rides in the away match at Eastbourne. ... As he has no score from the previous season to be taken off, which scored does get taken off to include this new score ? or as in the case of teams that have switched leagues, many wont have scores from the previous season at that track. " If a rider completed less than 28/38 matches in 2010, then all of the 2010 figures will be used up until the total number of matches (2010 + 2011) exceeds 28/38." So if JOHN BELL rides in 25 meetings the previous season, will he get a new average after 3 meetings this season ? "Riders on Assessed/Converted averages will maintain that average until they have completed 4H & 4A. All other riders' Rolling Averages will be effective no matter how many matches they have ridden this year with the usual 23rd of the Month cut-off date." 1 - What happens if a rider has an assessed average this season but still rode in say 8 meetings last season (4 home and 4 away) .... Will these scores still count towards their new average or will it be the first 4 home and 4 away this season ? 2 - Will riders on Assessed or Covertred averages get new GSA's straight away (within 7 dayds of reaching 4 home 4 away) .... or have to wait for the following month ? 3 - Is there any reason why riders that have moved up or moved down wont have their scores from the previous season converted to be included this season ? 4 - If a rider was doubling up last season and rode in 10 matches for example ..... will these scores be included in their new average ? .... will they just count the first 4 home 4 away this season ? ..... What will be counted for a rider that doubled up last season but has moved up full time this season ? 5 - What scores are used if a rider switches leagues ? ..... will the scores in the one league be used along with the scores in the other league ? There seems to be a few grey areas using this method as a rider could start on a 4.32 average, score 7 points in a meeting, but his average drops down as the meeting being taken off is a meeting he scored 11 points in the previous season .... so just trying to understand the ins and outs to this system. Cheers .

Oh ye of little faith ..... As for Artem, I cant see him troubling the top boys that much, but wouldn't be suprised to see him have a few very good rounds too ! I will admit Freddie was disappointing in 2010 GP's considering his true form, but for me he made too many vital mistakes at the wrong times. Trying to cut back, trying to get the win and losing second place .... all dropped points which on a few occasions was the difference between getting in the semi finals or not. .... I did think he would either win or come very close to getting a GP round win last year .... but I have every faith in him getting much higher up this year and less mistakes .... Remember he is just 25 still so has plenty of years to progress

Glad Loramski had a good turn out for his farewell and those there got to see him flying aroundthe track once more ... they never really lose it Well Done to Freddie on winning it, hope this year he shows the form in the GP's too

Hope everything goes well for Mark's Big Day as he has been a brilliant entertainer in the sport and his all action style is sadly lacking in many these days. Glad he spent one season at Monmore Green, although it didn't go great for him, it was a pleasure to see him on the good days he had there going through the smasllest of gaps and riding the boards. Hope the weather keeps off.

Hampel has had quite a few good races from the back, would not put him down as a gater like Kasprzak, Richardson etc 2010 8 PTS - LESZNO, POLAND ...... Same as Harris, more than AJ, Hancock and Gollob 6 PTS - TORUN, POLAND ...... More than Harris, Bjerre, AJ and above Hancock 11 PTS - BYDGOSZCZ, POLAND ...... more than Crump, Holder, Hampel, Bjerre and Gollob May not be World Champion class results but 1.5/3 same as Harris while 2/3 in Poland were better than AJ, Bjerre, Hancock ..... and even Gollob ... and he did ok last season Gating is one problem for Freddie and he did ride too tight but now does let the bike go more and I firmly believe he will be much better this year

Steve .... it was all play acting, they were laughing their heads off and playing it up .... remember they used to be team mates and Hans has helped Daniel quite a few times in the past as he has with many other riders, fans and sponsors .... Shame he is going to be a Bee again !!

TODAY'S THE DAY Get to Monmore Green if you can .... Great line up for a Showman of the sport and the only Polish rider to do 10 consecutive years in the Elite League. Normal Admission prices apply ....

Ronnie Correy had a few spins out after Mondays match as he prepares for Sunday (and 2 Dream Team matches) and he clearly still knows how to handle the Monmore Green track. At 44 years of age he could still do a job at reserve in the Elite League ..... his races with Sam may be show boating races, but they will still clock fast times. .... Would be good to see these two take on Ricky and Tyson !! After the Birmingham match, it will be interesting to see PK against Freddie, Tai, Ty and Ludvig Will this be the first outing for some of the Bees 2011 team ? .... Andersen and Kennett ... how ironic their first appearance is in the Poole race jackets ;) .

Maybe a little biased, but I personally feel Fredrik Lindgren will make big strides this season and will be around the top five with a few rostrums and possibly his first GP win. There is no way a rider should dominate as he does here and not make the break through and at still only 25, he has time to develop a lot more. In a perfect world, I would like to see Freddie or Emil lift the title, possibly Emil has the better chance if he can use his brain a bit more than sheer guts and determination, with Kolodiej third oerall. Goodbye to the top 10 for Hancock and Harris as riding BV wont help him one bit as he will be more used to road racing. E/W bet in certain GP's for Artem Laguta who may not make the top 10, but will have the odd round where he looks brilliant.

It was also in The Sun newspaper yesterday ...... must be on the 3rd lap

If its Steve Lucreo ........... any chance of his daughter coming with him

Would have thought that former winner Graham Jones would have been offered a place in this .... he certainly lives close enough and even today would be among the favourites

There is no doubt that the appearance in recent times of Kenny Ingalls and Gino Manzares, Tyson Burmeister plus the return to England of Ryan Fisher and the raising skills of Chris Kerr, The American Touring Team is reaping the benefits of racing over here and everyone associated with them needs applauding for the time and efforts over the years. While the main target has to be to try and get more American riders into Britain, it would be great if the Old Boys could also do some sort of mini tour too. I'm sure a meeting with Mike Faria, Bobby Schwartz, Lance King, Brent Werner, Gary Hicks, Dukie Ermolenko, Shawn McConnell, Eddie Castro etc etc would draw a pretty decent crowd too. Either as an American Showcase Individual or even against a European Select team in a Ryder Cup Style event .... this could be a great event for the true speedway fan...... Europe could feature the likes of Chris Louis, Martin Dugard, Neil Collins, Wayne Carter etc Wolverhampton would be one ideal venue as its been connected to the American scene for decades while Sheffield, Belle Vue, Eastbourne and a few others could be ideal venues.

Not really as it looked certain that Ben Barker was going to be left out any way o he can carry on with his Plymouth / Belle Vue jobs while Bomber, Kennett, Larsen and Pawlicki join the Bees. Only way they could enter in my opinion as everyone else has set their teams up in line with the rules laid out at the AGM and so should Coventry.

When David Tattum was interviwed on Signal 2 Radio, he said he wanted to build a young promising team that will entertain and challenge but also added one interesting statement. One member of the team he wants to be an experienced rider that the fans can recognise and help develop the younger members. ..... Another comeback for Paul Pickering may be ?