Wolfslayer Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 Does anyone know if Slava Nikulin will be racing on the Ice Speedway scene this season? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conkers Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 I'll make some enquiries for you! (PS They had a stall selling Berliner Beer in Albert Square, Manchester - think I might go and get the taste buds primed early!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conkers Posted December 7, 2004 Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 Right then - I've had a reply from a friend in Germany and he writes: I'm not quite sure, I just read in Bahnsport Aktuell he (Slava) 'might' not start this season as he had no practice till now and it would be too late to start with it But who knows....Unfortunately Stefan Svensson has quit World Championship Racing as well. He will concentrate on some meetings, and wants to help new swedish talent. So he may not ride due to lack of practice. The shocker is that stefan Svensson won't ride. If he is out and Posa isn't allowed to ride (having crossed the 55 age limit) then Sweden may not have anyone sufficently qualified to take on the Russians - and we all saw how firey their young lads were last season! Hope this helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunny Stag Posted December 7, 2004 Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 How the hell can you have an age limit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfslayer Posted December 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 Thanks Conkers, i had read that Stefan Svensson had quit the World Championship.I belive that Posa has been training with the Blue Beru Team so fingers crossed,he might be out there.....stranger things have happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icanicant Posted December 8, 2004 Report Share Posted December 8, 2004 Never mind Slava, wolfslayer, any news of Sasha? will we ever see him back to his best? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted December 8, 2004 Report Share Posted December 8, 2004 How the hell can you have an age limit? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well he is provisionally listed among the starters for the Golden Spike series Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfslayer Posted December 8, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2004 Never mind Slava, wolfslayer, any news of Sasha? will we ever see him back to his best? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Sasha took part in a 2 day meeting at Blagoweschtschenk the other weekend.He finished 5th on Day 1 with 10 points & scored a 15 point maximum on Day 2.If you go to page 2 of the International World of Speedway, Iris 123 has posted some results. Icanicant,i think if Sasha had the backing that he had before,with some good bike's,i think he'd go out & show them why he became a three times world champion,but remember this,it's not the size of the dog that fight's,but the size of the fight in the dog!!! Let's hope Franky Zorn has a better season! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conkers Posted December 20, 2004 Report Share Posted December 20, 2004 This may be a misprint or a mistranslation by Google, but according to a Russian Speedway Site, one of the German riders is listed as НИКУЛИН Vyacheslav riding in the Bollnas Ice Qualifier Yet Speedway.org doesn't have this rider listed, listing three other riders (Robert Eibl, Reinhard Greisel, and Stefan Pletschacher) as the German reps. I'm afraid my Ruissian is none existant - but luckily my next door neighbour is a Polish interpreter who also speaks Russian and she tells me that this is Slava Nikulin, so looks like he may be riding after all! I'm going to e-mail my friend in Germany to double check just to be on the safe side Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matousek Posted December 21, 2004 Report Share Posted December 21, 2004 Is slava nikulin who rode at sheffield in 1999 plrc, if it is he is the track record holder! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted December 21, 2004 Report Share Posted December 21, 2004 This may be a misprint or a mistranslation by Google, but according to a Russian Speedway Site, one of the German riders is listed as НИКУЛИН Vyacheslav riding in the Bollnas Ice QualifierYet Speedway.org doesn't have this rider listed, listing three other riders (Robert Eibl, Reinhard Greisel, and Stefan Pletschacher) as the German reps. I'm afraid my Ruissian is none existant - but luckily my next door neighbour is a Polish interpreter who also speaks Russian and she tells me that this is Slava Nikulin, so looks like he may be riding after all! I'm going to e-mail my friend in Germany to double check just to be on the safe side <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It does say though that changes are possible,so maybe they have made a change Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conkers Posted December 21, 2004 Report Share Posted December 21, 2004 iris123 Posted Today, 04:35 PM It does say though that changes are possible,so maybe they have made a change Thanks for that Iris123, I'm afraid my German is only slightly better than my Russian, so I spend hours trying to translate phrases with my Collins German-English Dictionary, as usually give up when there is a word made up of several others! I did contact my friend last night who is checking on if this info is right or not with the DSMV. Matousek Posted Today, 01:09 PM Is slava nikulin who rode at sheffield in 1999 plrc, if it is he is the track record holder! That's the man - Viacheslav "Slava" Nikulin - he's a big mate of Rene Aas as they were in the army together. Slava was Russian Army Ice Racing Champion in 1990. He had a practise on a Speedway Bike at Belle Vue after the meeting, a few years back (when he was over to give the Ice Demo at Sheffield) and whilst he is hot stuff on an Ice Bike, he had difficulty in staying on a conventional bike for the full four laps! My wife reckoned that Slava was the most exiting rider she had seen on an Ice Bike since she saw Jarmo Hirvasoya in 1985! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackie Posted December 21, 2004 Report Share Posted December 21, 2004 Do I read this right about Nikulin riding at Assen in march, didn't he ride on a German licence after he had a fall out with the then Russian authorities?. We travelled back from Saransk on the over night train to Moscow in 1992 with Nikulin, thats when he lived in Vladivostok on the far eastern coast of the Russian state. We drank Vodka long into the night on our return trip, and what a trip that turned out to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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