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Cheers for the info Mitch

Can anyone please comfirm the start time of the German GP?? It says 17,00hrs on the ticket website but that seems a lot earlier than the normal GP start times and Iam assuming thats C.E.T which would make it 16,00hrs GMT. Can anyone clarify? Many thanks

Thanks for the links to those track websites peter Does anyone know if there is still speedway activity in the Vancouver area??

Can any one provide me with a list of Canadian Speedway Venues?? I know about Welland and Paris in Ontario and also know the sport is active in Quebec but what about the rest of Canada?? Is there any racing going on in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, etc....??? Any details on Canadian tracks from Canuck fans would be most welcome!!! Many thanks

Many thanks F-S-P!! Look forward to your coming updates on thr Finnish speedway scene in 2007

Can our Suomi friend F-S-P offer any advice on where I can obtain DVDs of Finnish speedway from 2006 please? Kiitos

Cheers Spiegal, look forward to the brochure coming out!!!

Many thanks Spiegal, thats a big help. Do you plan to stay Thurs/Fri night in Riga, Sat night in Daugavpils then fly back on Sunday?? And will you do a Manchester departure?? Many thanks again

Thinking of going to Daugavpils for the 2007 Latvian GP assuming Travel Tours Plus will be organizing a trip. Can anyone who went with them there last year tell me if you got much time to spend in Riga? Did you stay in the capital just the one night ?? Any help would be much appreciated. At least this year they should have warmer weather!!

Hope the rumours of a return to Germany for the Grand Prix championship in 2007 prove to be correct. Ive always thought Germany should be an automatic choice for a GP as it has one of the biggest bikesport followings in Europe and speedway has a long tradition there with some very loyal supporters. If the Auf Schalke Arena in Gelsenkirchen is the venue we will see speedway staged in possibly Europe's finest stadium Here's hoping B.S.I confirm it soon and we can start booking our trip!!!!

Check out the Guest Book postings for Juha's speedway website!!!!!!!!!!!! I know Finns have a dry sense of humour but this is very strange indeed http://www.oprey.fi/hautamaki/gbook.php

Cheers F-S-P for all the info. Also many thanks for all your postings from Finland throughout the season which have been excellent and invaluable to anyone interested in Suomi Speedway Kiitos

Thanks for that news F-S-P Do you know if it is possible to obtain any Finnish Speedway meetings on DVD or video??? Kiitos

Kiitos F-S-P Iam going to Finland shortly taking in a few ice-hockey matches and will check out the ice-speedway track from your map!!!!!

Can any of oor Finnish friends let me know if any ice-speedway meetings will be staged in Helsinki this winter?? If so could you let me know the dates and also locations of the track(s)?? Kiitos

Mine arrived in opened envelope. Attached to my 3 tickets were another 4 tickets addressed to a fan in Newcastle!!!! Iam gonna mail them to the poor guy myself or he may never see them. Pretty shoddy service all round

P.I.K did ride a couple of meetings for Workington in 2003 in place of Simon Stead but his last ride at Derwent Park was in the ill-fated 2004 season opener between Comets and Valsarna His cool, classy riding style and laid back Swedish character made him a firm favourite at Derwent Park. I think the main reason he decided not to return to the Comets was both the birth of their baby and also a change in the airline schedules which made it difficult to get to and from Workington when he wanted to spend more time with his family. Be great to see P.I.K back in Cumbria one day though.... Thanks for all the great memories mate!!

Do any of our Swedish members know if the ex-Comets and Valsarna rider Peter I Karlsson is still riding speedway?? He got a bad concussion in the 2004 season opener at Workington while riding for the Valsarna touring team but I don't know if he ever properly recovered. I havent seen any mentions of him in the Speedway Star reports on Swedish League meetings. Any info on Peter would be most welcome.... Many thanks

Thanks Lawrence

Many thanks to Tomasz from Zielona Gora for offer of help. Much appreciated and proves what a great, friendly bunch speedway supporters are!!!

Can any of our Polish friends help me obtain recordings of Polish League matches?? Can offer swaps from my own collection of meetings or record Sky TV speedway action for you in return. Many thanks!

Cheers TMW, thats a big help. Loads of useful info and much appreciated!!!

Many thanks speedway friend for all the help, I can understand Russian cyrilic alphabet and the other sites are even better with English translation!!! Latvia looks like a beautiful country and Riga a very attractive city. Looking forward to a possible visit sooner rather than later Best wishes to all Latvia speedway supporters, hope the sport will continue to grow and perhaps some more tracks open Wonder if Kjastas Poudzhuks will get wild card for Latvian GP? or maybe it will be Russian Gafurov or Darkin??

Hi, Can anyone recommend a website where I can find info on Latvian Speedway with contains a detailed fixtures list and maybe a map showing where the stadium is in Daugavpils?? Also does anyone know if the GP host city is easily accessible from Riga? What are the rail and bus links like?? Where can I find out more about the city of Daugavpils itself? Many thanks in advance!!!!

Hi there Tommy in Zielona Gora(former team of Workington's Carl Stonehwer!!), you can order it for £7,99 from Play.com. Not sure of the postal costs to Poland but I got my copy delivered free in the UK. The DVD also contains an interesting documentary of about 15mins about the making of the film and again it features a bit of speedway. Think you will enjoy it, it comes with Slovenijan dialog and English subtitles. Also features in the movie some old footage of Yugoslav speedway in the Tito period(1970s/1980s ??). Maybe some Slovenijan fans can identify it. You see Speedway virtually from the start of the movie