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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

I hope Poole get a large attendance for this one - the amount of promotion done on this meeting is an example for others to follow. It deserves to be a success. I won't be down myself, but I can imagine a huge crowd in attendance. 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

SCB, I would agree - and would point out Jordan Frampton as a perfect example of a lower league rider who rode very well at Brighton this year, even though Kevin Coombes seemed totally oblivious to the fact that Jordan rode for Oxford in addition to Somerest in 2007. To get the fans along from the British tracks, you need riders from British teams. The odd exception such as the massively entertaining Shawn McConnell is alright. And yes, maybe do something slightly different in the afternoon. The Pairs is perhaps a little tired. Maybe a two or four team competition plus the Under 15s in the afternoon, then the individual event at night. And for the night meeting, keep it to 22 races at the maximum, and have a word with the ref to cut down on the number of re-runs - Kennett's numerous reinstatements into Heat 15 were a little ridiculous. He should at least have been reinstalled off a handicap, more chance of the re-run going ahead without a further glitch. 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

Egon Muller in 1984 and 1985. All the best Rob

Ryan Sullivan - Peterborough 1999, Poole 2004 and Peterborough 2006. Next question! All the best Rob

Hi Paul - here you go: http://subedei.proboards89.com All the best Rob

That's the one I was after - it's the only time that the World No. 1, 2, 3 and 4 have all come from the same nation. All the best Rob

Erm.. it might have been... but that's not the answer. All the best Rob

Nope it goes further than that. No WWoS posters please - you already know the answer. All the best Rob

Extra question: what makes the result of the 1949 final extra special? All the best Rob

Schumi, 2001 was at Wolves on April 23. There was a controversial clash between Stead and Howe, Stead fell and Howe was excluded. Stead won the meeting. All the best Rob

Mr. Clemens, Daniel Greenwood is the champion - he defeated James Sarjeant in a run-off for first place. All the best Rob

Hi Scunny Stag, It was like the old GP scoring, riders got points on their position, rather than the actual points they scored on the night. The scorers from the Oxford round were 17-15-14-13 for the four finalists, then the remaining riders got 12-11-10-9 etc depending on their positions from the 20 heats. In case of ties from the 20 heats, riders were awarded the same points, e.g. three riders got 10 points, then the next rider got 7 points, and so on. Full details of final scores are on the Oxford website. All the best Rob

Lunchy - it was commiserations to Brendan, because it was his final year in the competition. I agree that third is, nevertheless, a great achievement. All the best Rob

That's because, as far as I'm concerned, he's not a Swindon rider, but a former Oxford rider All the best Rob

Bryn - that's because I see no shame in having a Leigh Adams proggie board All the best Rob