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I believe in 1995 it was top 10 from 94 World Final, then Havelock, Ermolenko, Smith, Gollob & Mikael Max seeded and Hamill & Peter Karlsson as reseves https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_Speedway_Grand_Prix

Only 15 riders plus the wild card in the meeting but 2 Permanent reserves for the series. Rider who came 15th was dropped out and replaced by the 1st reserve in the following GP Billy Hamill was 1st reserve for Wroclaw 1995. Came in after Tommy Knudsen was injured and scored enough points to stay in the series proper.

Enough about Tai. Different thread this is about Stockholm GP.

Yes they are quite expensive. But at the same time at least they are easier to get to then those GPs that are pretty much in middle of nowhere. Parken was a great stadium, Friends arena certainly is a belting stadium, if they could just get a Swede rider somewhere near the top end of the leader board it'd help out so much.

The Section right on top of the start/finish line (the most expensive or VIP any other GP) was completely empty.Madness in my opinion. Couldn't understand that at all. With regards to the atmosphere/noise, the races the at Aj, Toniho and THJ won it went noticeably (and of course understandably) lively. The simple matter is if there is a Swede doing well the crowd will be bigger and the atmosphere will be better. However on the whole, good GP, lots of fun, slickly presented and I'd def go again.

Anyway on a lighter note I went to all 3 Friends Arena Gps 2013 was very good Last year was a bit bland This year was pretty good, got better better after about heat 10 Any news on if there Will be another GP there?

Decent GP that got better as it went on Great city, great stadium, such a shame TRik was too early to race there.

Oh my word we have a winner ladies and gentleman Thats a belter hahahaha

Correct as was the case with the old British league riders Championship

Dont think he will boss, just a pipe dream..

1 rider doesnt and that is because he's had his hand forced. What cities dont want to stage a GP (Im not asking that being an arse, genuine question mate)

Whatever the reasons they need to sort it. I know I will get absolutely shot down for this, but with 3 Aussies already in it, no Darcy and the title already sewn up I think they should go all out to make Emil the Melbourne Wild Card.

Absolute rubbish.

I can't believe any rider would just not bother showing up.

Really? Do you not think they will want to go and race in that stadium?

Isn't is a good thing that a reserve can come in with a genuine chance of winning a race for once?

Well one thing is for sure if they are going to have these fences they must be installed properly. Holder must have been fuming with what ended up happening to him.' I also agree that the foam barriers seem to work better. However saying they aren't the best option is in my humble opinion crazy talk.

How can anyone be unsure of airfences?

Why cant they co back to the old way of the bottom 7 against 9 qualifiers in a GP Challenge on a FAIR and (as much as possible) neutral track, with the top 7 qualifying for the next years GP? Surely that's a better way of assembling the field then 3 qualifiers and 4 wild cards.

I agree on point 1. Point 2 pretty anal. Does it really wind you up to the point you need to talk about it on here? Point 3 totally wrong. Because you don't want 12 rounds doesn't mean everyone or even most dont want 12 rounds.

Ha, cheers Dave. I saw the semi final pretty spectacular.

On a lighter note, having only seen a few highlights, was it a good GP on the whole? I love the Krsko track, I'm assuming it created some good racing on Saturday?

Thank you RaR Hope it's on YouTube after the fact And it's not 3 Poles that quailfy!

Any update on if it's being streamed? What about Lambo Phil?!! Also Phil, Was Vaculik offered a Wild Card to the Challenge?

Still a bit harsh bud..