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I'm ignoring it. All the best Rob

"Spice up the product". Bollocks. I've been down the pits and been the last person to speak to a rider, before he crashed and smashed his thigh to smithereens. Fortunately that rider defied the odds and is now back riding, but I still get a sick feeling when I see a rider crash, until I know they're alright. Great racing is entertaining. But crashes never are. All the best Rob

Oh come on, he's not the mafia. Eventually IMG will wake up, smell the coffee and Olsen will be out on his ear. And it won't be a moment too soon. All the best Rob

Well, you're not. You seem to find accidents "entertaining". Good racing on a decent surface is entertaining, not watching riders fall off and get hurt. All the best Rob

Maybe they should let a few of us down the pits to tell Mr. Olsen some home truths. Sooner or later he is going to get someone killed. All the best Rob

So you find it "entertaining" that several riders got injured tonight. It wasn't entertainment - it was f****** carnage. All the best Rob

The track tonight was a complete disgrace - and was a direct cause of several accidents. Olsen should be sacked with immediate effect. All the best Rob

Nicholls really did disappoint tonight. There's no way he should he failed to qualify for the semi-finals - the move on Fosberg was daft. All the best Rob

Do you know the first thing I do when there's a thread I'm not supposed to post on? All the best Rob

I noticed it at the pub in Kidlington too. All the best Rob

Messed up the 1977 World Final somewhat, though. All the best Rob

No, I said he'd reach the final. All the best Rob

Schumi - no, Nicki will win this particular GP round. All the best Rob

Nicki Pedersen 60,000 Jason Crump 50,000 Hans Andersen 40,000 Kryzsztof Kasprzak 30,000 Lukas Dryml 20,000 Total: 200,000 Captain: Nicki Pedersen. All the best Rob

Why not have it as the winner of the final GP then? The money should not be awarded for an non-championship race. All the best Rob

Surely this money should go to the actual World Champion or, at the very least, the winner of the final GP, not the winner of a gimmicky extra race which has no bearing on the World Championship at all. Did everything get pissed up at the FIM congress or something? All the best Rob

Parsloes - who are you kidding, I thought you went to speedway in 1929, hence your BSF name. All the best Rob

Tony - I'm afraid that the memory cheats - I was sure that Ole had got involved in a ruck with another rider at Oxford in 1973. But that was Ivan Mauger, who withdrew from the Oxford v Exeter match, following an ugly incident with Malcolm Ballard after a tapes incident. As for Ole, Steve said: "Wolverhampton were easily sent packing the following week when Ole Olsen, after winning his first race, hit the fence when exiting the second bend in Heat 3, breaking his collarbone and so withdrawing from the meeting." No further details I'm afraid. Not the best year for World Champions at Oxford. Jerzy Sczcakiel, set to triumph later that season in Katowice, went under the safety fence during the Australia vs Poland match and that signalled the end of his participation in the Daily Mirror tournament. All the best Rob

Grachan - on the contrary, it was Oxford who refused Olsen - because they couldn't afford him. The Rebels wanted Dag Lovaas - and evntually got him. It all seems to boil to an incident in 1973. After that, Olsen was hardly ever seen at Oxford again. Must go over Steve Roberts's 1973 review again when I get home - this has the full details of why Ole didn't like Oxford. All the best Rob

Tony - thanks, I'm looking forward to reading this one. I never liked Olsen - something I inherited from the older Oxford fans. He wasn't popular at Oxford even before the Nielsen feud - he didn't like the track and made excuses to miss his meetings at Cowley. But it will be a fascinating read. All the best Rob

SCB, you may have edited your post, but the maths still do not work: 100+55+5+15=175 not 275 All the best Rob

Read the Erik interview last night... very interesting stuff. I don't think Ole Olsen (boo! hiss!) has been the main man yet... Tony, did you manage to interview him as well whilst in Denmark? All the best Rob

That wasn't exactly what I said, but anyhow there has to be an exception that proves the rule. Cheers Schumi. All the best Rob

Schumi - they're not on there, are they? It's just got birthdays, or I am looking in the wrong place? All the best Rob

Is the schedule for the 2008 GP series out yet? All the best Rob