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Or Ray Wilsson... Or Ole Olsson...

And how did that work out for Laguta???

It doesn't matter. If you're not in the semis, you have no bloody chance!

He obviously scares people!

It doesn't matter what has happened - it is what happens from here...

I was going to say that...

So, the riders have to abide by the rules, but the ref doesn't? Sounds about right for speedway!!!

Not even from an exclusion, from the initial warning. If you get a warning, any subsequent infringement that meeting SHOULD be an exclusion.

How? He was on a warning, and had already been excluded once. So, another warning would mean another exclusion. It would be inconsistent (and ridiculous) to give him a warning and still give him the points...

Copycat!!!

If the ref can issue a regular warning AFTER the race, why can't he issue one that disqualifies him?

The only reason for me to keep going to Poole was because my aunt and uncle lived there!!!

I've just lost interest in people who keep claiming they are losing interest...

No, he didn't; Fricke made a backwards pass!

Trust me, you can panic a lot more watching than competing. It's because when you watch, you have absolutely no control over things!

I had my money on Lind-at-the-back there!

Of course, even a couple of points there would have helped, but there's no need to panic quite yet.

No. You will see a lot that use the same thumbnail, but look at the number of people watching. If there are a lot, then that SHOULD take you straight to Nigel and Kelvin! I just PM'd you...

Go to YouTube. I don't have the actual link (I have it streaming on my phone), but there are several.

Not a great start, but a three-time World Champ shouldn't feel too much pressure needing 9 points (maybe 8) from four rides... With the new system, this shouldn't hurt him...

Of course, I know that some race formats were more likely to have that happen, but the BL 13-heat format (with Heat 2 as the reserves race) made it much more difficult. I did find a BSF post from a few years back where somebody stated that it was "impossible" to have that post-1968. However, it wasn't impossible, but it was impossible for the three heat-leader positions (it could happen with positions 2, 3, and 4). Obviously, I don't want anyone to devote their lives to looking for stuff like this to help me (not that old-time speedway fans like us have a life ), but I certainly appreciate everybody's efforts!

That is great! I saw that Vitaly now lived here; I think he moved to California, or somewhere on the west coast. My father witnessed his terrible accident.

That's why I thought John Boulger's 21-point max against Reading in 1976 was so good; he scored over half the points for the winning team!

That's ridiculous! Says it all, really...

Excellent! So we started with Nigel Boocock and 16 from 24. Now Steve Lawson has it with 16 from 23. Any advance on that? I know that on their travels, Steve really was a "one-man team" on many occasions.