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I guess that is season over for Kennedy with a fractured hip, do Scunny go with guests or get a rider in. I think Claus Vissing is going to be released from Birmingham soon when his 28day ban is up, he would fit.

Was kennedy trying to ride out the wheelie or did his throttle stick open?

wrong call imo caught his hand

france and gb in run off

wow

Tero rode in Poland today.

The rule book says 'In these circumstances a rider cannot return to ride for any club within 28 days, effective from the date of notification to the SCB........ has been approved in a teams declared 1-7 at the start of the season.' Tero has been out for longer than 28 days to can be reintroduced.

I thought you couldn't redeclare with the same rider within a 28days.

Jake and Aarnio are hoping to be back next week.

great crowd at Vastervik

I would go with Lambet and Woffinden but Bewley's in impressive form. I guess the other teams will be.... Poland, Zmarzlik, Janowski Denmark, Leon, Michelsen(could use Thomsen but I wouldn't) Aussie, Doyle, Fricke Sweden, Lindgren, Berntzon

ref bottled it ?

all 4 back

Probably between Scunthorpe and Redcar for the final play off place. Scunny need to win at Redcar or hope Glasgow do, we won't know till August 26th.

and Tero If BWD is fit he would make a decent replacement for Palin.

Didn't there used to be a Premier Trophy like this at the start of the season when it was the premier league so surely this should be called the Championship Trophy.

'Ticket sales have not lived up to the budget, and the task of strengthening ticket sales alone will require a comprehensive and focused effort that cannot be lifted in the remaining time and with the remaining event organization.' Next year they will do away with 4 nights of consecutive racing at the same track. Esbjerg should have seen the poor ticket sales coming, you get one big crowd on saturday and 3 poor crowds beforehand. I bet Discovery gave Vojens favourable staging terms to dig them out of a hole.

I thought that was an excellent meeting in terms of racing, the best tv meeting for a long time.

Roynon at reserve on a 3 point average is a good signing. Only another 3.34 points to utilise...... Bradley wilson dean is still in Europe which suggests he still intends to ride this year.

Its not going to cause a speedway boom in those countries but the sport could get some press or get the attention of the locals which it would otherwise have not. The impact maybe small in terms bring up the attendances of local meetings but I think it will be much larger than having another GP in Gorzow were I bet every person in the town already know what speedway is. I agree entirely, Discovery and IMG/BSI motive to go to Russia and Australia was largely to bring some prestige and credibility to a World championship. It would be interesting to know if Discovery are contractually obliged to visit x amount of countries or if they have to stage a gp in Australia/not in Europe. Teterow is good example of why they don't care about what's best for speedway, Germany has 21 other tracks and while some might not be suitable for a speedway GP, I am sure there at least a few that would showcase speedway better but Teterow is cheapest to stage/most profitable.

I never said it was all about maximising revenue as they don't want the World Championship series to lose credibility hence they attempt to go to the likes of Croatia, Russia and Australia. Bringing the speedway GP to different places brings exposure to the sport in that country, long term this has to better for the sport than making a few extra quid by staging loads of rounds in Poland. Maybe I am wrong though and Eurosport events and the FIM need to have 4,5, 6 events in Poland to make the series pay

The Poole meeting should have been the wake up call, Scunthorpe should have begged Tomas Jorgensen to come back, Scunthorpe won't make the play offs with this team. Aaron Summers would be better guest than Andersen, who has not been in good form. Although the scunny website says 'Scorpions will use Kasper Andersen as a guest for Jordan Palin, while rider replacement will operate for Jake Allen.'

'Fortunately, the young Briton did not lose consciousness. He also has feeling in his legs and hands. Bewley ended up on a stretcher, the British complained in a conversation with rescuers about leg pain in the thigh area. While still at the Olympic Stadium, he received first medical aid, after which he was taken to one of the hospitals in Wrocław for further examination.'

It sounds better, but they could also look at the likes of Finland, Latvia, Norway, France, Hungary, Slovenia, Italy, Croatia. I doubt they will risk going to the speedway backwaters to make a tiny profit when they know they can make a fat profit in Gorzow.

I think the problem actually stems from the FIM, when they put the tender out they should have specified a limit on how many GPs could be staged in anyone country. It would not surprise me if there is even more GPs in Poland in the future because its far more profitable than alternatives in the rest of Europe.