stevehone

well i'll be cheering for Poland as they are exciting and don't have Lee Richardson riding for them, and it's a few years since they've won the competition too. what?? whats that?? GB haven't won in how long??

but Jason Crump doesn't seem to be ill every time there's a speedway meeting does he ..

they all seem to have copied Joe Screen and turned their handlebars down too

is THIS any better??

pictures filtering back of Team GB taking their place on track for todays practice can be found HERE

thought it was a pint of Guinness

your little friend QUOTE(Tabby3 @ Aug 8 2004, 04:41 PM) At least Trees supports the Brits unlike you and your little boyfriend! HO HUM springs to mind ... and your point now is? I just think it goes without saying if you are a Brit you support the Brits but then again it's each to their own, that's the right of a fan isn't it? not according to your little friend last year though ... you obviously don't remember QUOTE(Tabby3 @ Aug 8 2004, 04:41 PM) At least Trees supports the Brits unlike you and your little boyfriend as above

sorry to disappoint, but no i'm not bored. all i have done is point out all the crap shooting star and me got this time last year when your little friend accused us of supporting a team other than GB. this time round she comes on here saying how she's going to be supporting Australia and some of Team GB now i replied to her last year and said she had no idea who i was supporting, but she's happy to put on here who she will be this year. patriotism noun when you love your country and are proud of it obviously her love for Boycey goes further than GB think i'll have to wait for Tabby to reply now ... seeing as she's out supporting the Aussies

spose you and your little friend will be supporting 'Den Watts' tonight

obviously ... classic case of 'selective nationality when its a buddy' but happy to have a go at someone else when not knowing anything about them

more chins than a chinese phone book

how times change in a year ... obviously all about personal things rather than being patriotic after all ... maybe you should get a little more friendly with your Danish pals, then you'll be able to display a Danish avatar and we can all slag you off for supporting a team other than Team GB ... but oh no ... it's what you're doing anyway. awaiting an apology for last year

i was at the meeting ... remember being in the pits by the first aid room while Steve Ryder was interviewing all the riders at the time it was just really another meeting as the World Games meant nothing ... spose i feel the same now

i worked for Phil Pratt for a short time when he was one of the top tuners ... would have been about 1983

why shouldn't he? Ivan was almost 40 when he won his 6th individual title

didn't anyone hear the worst comment ever made by Millard ... 'Bjarne Pedersen will be out in the re-run IF HE'S STILL ALIVE' !!!! not quite the thing to say

Ivan is coming over again in August, and doubt very very much he'll be here in October as he will be sorting his Longtrack GP in NZ. if you want something sorted, arrange it for August

Mike Ferreira Roger Johns Steve Baker

Scott Autrey ... one of the genuine top Americans. Would also be good to hear Egon Muller's story on his world final win over 20 years ago ... track fixing etc etc and the use of the GM engine at the time.

well if you read Backtrack magazine you would ... Ivan has stated that rolling at the tapes was outlawed on the Continent but he STILL beat all the top riders out the starts to win big meetings, this being at a time when Ole Olsen, Peter Collins etc were riding abroad at weekends ... quality will always shine through. Fundin was a master in his era, Mauger a master in his, and Rickardsson a master in his. there is no 'game, set, match' about it ... it's about how they get on in their own surroundings, and has been mentioned earlier, Fundin and Mauger had far more quality to deal with than Rickardsson has now. another thing ... the 'upright/laydown' thing you mention, with TR having riden both ... with Ivan openly stating how easy they are to ride compared to what he was on, just how well do you think Mauger would have done on those? all you have to do is ask people that have seen Ivan ride a laydown just how good he looks (and still does when he jumps on a bike at the age of 65). the 'good old days' to me is when it was a cut-throat business and riders had to qualify for meetings and earn their places against tough opposition ... not a closed shop of coming last in one meeting but being able to still ride in the next round whatever happens. just what sort of incentive is there now for youngsters coming through? when riders start riding to become world champion but know they'll only get that chance if they have a long enough tongue and they are the right nationality.

Ivan made sure he qualified first and foremost, right down to finishing certain meetings in a certain position so he got a favourable draw in the next round. You have to remember that back then it wasn't a closed shop and it only took one bad meeting and you wouldn't qualify for the next round. As it is now, TR is basically in the world final every time because he doesn't have to qualify. Imagine if TR has a bad day at the office in a GP, he then goes on to the next one to get those points back ... in the earlier days if you had a bad day at the office you were out, simple as that. Ivan had that 'X factor' that so many didn't have and don't have now, the ability to up the performance to win when it mattered. If it was a GP system in Ivan's day, that 'X Factor' would have shown through in each GP round i can assure you of that.

what has Mike got to do with Jason Bunyan?? i can't see where he's ever mentioned him, so why bring that rider up? if it's because they share a surname, it doesn't mean Mike is a fan of Jason

this was 1987 and i believe Hackney were BL ... was a start of season challenge i think. maybe he was just coming round to lap me and i fell off? i think the truth of it was that he didn't like being beaten out of the gate by a number 7

Andy Galvin the 'angel' ... what happened HERE? taken from a Canterbury program

we can certainly hope