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F4E, Actually, I was thinking of writing a match report to this meeting, attended by both the "Travel Plus" and "Chivsy Travel" groups. And Mr. Snackette, I will give acknowledgement, although I think a certain person was cheating slightly by having their very own Polish translator to interprete the track announcements All the best Rob

Yes, tonight (September 5) represents the 25th anniversary of what is largely regarded as the best-ever Speedway meeting, with a mix of superb racing, a great atmosphere, plus the nostalgia value of being the last-ever meeting at Wembley. It was my first-ever World Final at the age of eight. I can still vividly remember all the races involving my childhood hero, Bruce Penhall. Not only the well-remembered classic races against Olsen & Knudsen, but also Dave Jessup hounding him for 4 laps, before DJ locked up on the final bend, lost a jubilee clip (a part on the bike worth a matter of pence) and suffered the first of two heartbreaking engine failures. There was also engine failure agony for Carter or Gundersen (Carter in the same race as Jessup, Olsen was mighty lucky in that one!). Although Penhall dropped his only point of the entire evening to Carter (already Mr. Bad Guy for me, after his overeaction to the incident with Penhall at White City in the Overseas Final) when he knew a second place in Heat 20 was enough, before pulling the mother of all wheelies as he crossed the line. As for the sheer atmosphere, only the 1989 Final at Munich compares, although Cardiff is good. I also remember studying the programme for a couple of hours before the meeting at Wembley, memorising all the World Champions! And those were the days when Speedway was on terrestial TV. So we got back to my grandparents and then saw just how CLOSE the Penhall v Olsen and, in particular, the Penhall v Knudsen (very near a dead heat) clashes were. A meeting that fully deserves its classic status. All the best Rob Peasley

Really sorry to hear of the accident - get well soon Chris and make sure you let the leg heal properly. All the best Rob

F4E, Richardson wan't in the meeting - he'd withdrawn and been replaced by David Howe. Well done to Ales, also congrats to Stead from a British perspective, shame that David didn't make it. All the best Rob

Any news on the result from Hungary? All the best Rob

Steve T, Yep, Cradley's toilets were the pits!! 1990 World Final? Great racing, although Bradford lacked the atmosphere of Wembley in 1981 or Munich in 1989, both of which were breathtaking nights (even though the racing at Munich was non-existent, barring Roman Matousek's hitch it over the white line ride!!) Brilliant trip to Blackpool for the 1990 final. A fantastic four days, including paddling on the beach at 3.00am on the night of the final, and a rounders game on the beach in heavy wind using a softball!! All the best Rob

Does anyone seriously expect Mr. Shovlar expect to come onto this thread? I'm started to get a bit worried about some of the people on this forum. They seem to be taking some of the mickey taking on the forum rather too seriously, and then becoming obessed with other forum members. Shovvy's a wind-up merchant, par excellence. I can only remember him really losing it once, and that was at the height of the Oxford v Poole arguments over Lukas Dryml's absences in 2001, which was pre-Speedway Forum on the old discussion lists. Now Shovvy just receives personal insult after personal insult. Sometimes I wonder why he still comes on here. It seems people are more interested in him than in the actual results of the Speedway meetings. I've noticed the number of personal insults increasing on this forum. Just this evening I've been called various names such as "Rob Peahead", because people couldn't take me taking the mickey out of their team losing a match. Not that it really bothers me, but it's just getting harder to trawl through all the crap sometimes to find the actual results. Personally, I like Steve Shovlar. We argue like cat & dog on here, but I know that when I bump into him on Wednesday & Thursday, I can have an intellgient conversation about Speedway with him. He's dedicated to his club and has strong views on the sport. All the best Rob

Can't be bothered with Bonnie Tyler. I'll stay in the Spoons until about 6.30pm. All the best Rob