Swifty Posted October 5, 2008 Report Share Posted October 5, 2008 Don't know if this has been in another thread, apologies if it has! Provisional Dates for 2009 25 April - Lonigo 9 May - Leszno 30 May - Göteborg 13 June - Kopenhaga 27 June - Cardiff 1 July - Praga 15 July - Malilla 29 August - Daugavpils 12 September - Krsko 26 September - Bydgoszcz 10 October - Gelsenkirchen 14 November - Melbourne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Butler Posted October 5, 2008 Report Share Posted October 5, 2008 I hope the Melbourne venue is confirmed. It will be good to have a Grand Prix meeting in the country which is universally acknowledged as the foundation land of the speedway racing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano Posted October 5, 2008 Report Share Posted October 5, 2008 Well said Ron, they are also probably one of the most successful too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Butler Posted October 5, 2008 Report Share Posted October 5, 2008 Well said Ron, they are also probably one of the most successful too. Taking an overall view, Deano, since I first became a speedway enthusiast in 1946, I would be inclined to delete the 'probably' - with Sweden a close second. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabbit Posted October 5, 2008 Report Share Posted October 5, 2008 Helluva long break between the penultimate and last GPs if this is the case - just hope the championship hasn't been decided by then or it could be a big damp squib. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus16 Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 Helluva long break between the penultimate and last GPs if this is the case - just hope the championship hasn't been decided by then or it could be a big damp squib. I agree - shame theres nothing new in europe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulco Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 Don't know if this has been in another thread, apologies if it has! Provisional Dates for 2009 25 April - Lonigo 9 May - Leszno 30 May - Göteborg 13 June - Kopenhaga 27 June - Cardiff 1 July - Praga 15 July - Malilla 29 August - Daugavpils 12 September - Krsko 26 September - Bydgoszcz 10 October - Gelsenkirchen 14 November - Melbourne According to that the Prague GP is 4 days after Cardiff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostwalker Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 According to that the Prague GP is 4 days after Cardiff i pressume its July 11th for Prague and August 15th for Målilla. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WembleyLion Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 (edited) i pressume its July 11th for Prague and August 15th for Målilla. I think it's August 1st for Prague. Should find out for sure soon though! Edited October 6, 2008 by WembleyLion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mateusz Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 The correct version is: 25 April - Lonigo 9 May - Leszno 30 May - Göteborg 13 June - Kopenhaga 27 June - Cardiff 1 August - Praga 15 August - Malilla 29 August - Daugavpils 12 September - Krsko 26 September - Bydgoszcz 10 October - Gelsenkirchen 14 November - Melbourne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZKZ Kitten Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 The correct version is: 1 August - Praga 15 August - Malilla Great! I must change my hotel bookings now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatDave Posted October 7, 2008 Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 Where does that put the World Cup - middle of July? ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostwalker Posted October 7, 2008 Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 Where does that put the World Cup - middle of July? ? probably about 2 weeks after Cardiff. SWC this year started at July 12th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarabanko Posted October 7, 2008 Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 Is it anything definite with Melbourne? Would be very welcome if Australia is back on the map again for gps! /Mikael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerblade Posted October 7, 2008 Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 Is it anything definite with Melbourne? Would be very welcome if Australia is back on the map again for gps! /Mikael Not half - I would definitely make strenuous efforts to go there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niclas Posted October 7, 2008 Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 I hope the Melbourne venue is confirmed. It will be good to have a Grand Prix meeting in the country which is universally acknowledged as the foundation land of the speedway racing. I like the idea of having a GP in Melbourne but for me there are two problem. First, it pretty stupid to put it as the last GP. It has happend more than once that it is already clear who is goin to be World Champion before the last GP, for example 2005 when T. Rick. won. Who is actually interested to pay plenty of money and take atleast a week off to watch a GP when the drama is more or less over. The second problem is the date, its more than a month after the second last GP and the end of for example the Swedish season. Many people have already spent their speedwaybudget and are, after been watching speedway for six months pretty feed up with speedway. Personally, I would prefer to put the GP in Australia in march or beginning of april. That means that everybody start from zero, plenty of europeans are willing to go to Australia after a bloody cold winter and ,atleast for me, I have been longing for months for watching speedway... but I guess BSI has a good reason to put the GP the 14th of November. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffieldscot Posted October 7, 2008 Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 Not half - I would definitely make strenuous efforts to go there Nice to see the land of Oz back on the calendar, after all they did give us the very first back to back Speedway World Champion, none other than the legendary Mr. Jack Young (probably the greatest rider of all time). Surely his feat of winning the world championship as a second division rider with those Merry Monarchs will never be repeated. Ah those were the glory days!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatDave Posted October 8, 2008 Report Share Posted October 8, 2008 (edited) probably about 2 weeks after Cardiff. SWC this year started at July 12th. So, GBGP end of June, SWC in Poland two weeks later eh? In that case I feel it only fair to warn you................nah, stuff it, it'll be my little surprise!! Besides, after what's happened lately I wouldn't want property values to drop. but I guess BSI has a good reason to put the GP the 14th of November. Date doesn't clash with any other major sporting event in Oz that weekend. Edited October 8, 2008 by BigFatDave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDons Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 I like the idea of having a GP in Melbourne but for me there are two problem. First, it pretty stupid to put it as the last GP. It has happend more than once that it is already clear who is goin to be World Champion before the last GP, for example 2005 when T. Rick. won. Who is actually interested to pay plenty of money and take atleast a week off to watch a GP when the drama is more or less over. The second problem is the date, its more than a month after the second last GP and the end of for example the Swedish season. Many people have already spent their speedwaybudget and are, after been watching speedway for six months pretty feed up with speedway. Personally, I would prefer to put the GP in Australia in march or beginning of april. That means that everybody start from zero, plenty of europeans are willing to go to Australia after a bloody cold winter and ,atleast for me, I have been longing for months for watching speedway... but I guess BSI has a good reason to put the GP the 14th of November. I agree. After 10 GP rounds it gets increasingly unlikely they'll be anything left to play for when it gets to GP 11. They'd do well to put it in late February. It could be like the Daytona 500 of the SGP - a big event that actually occurs very early in the season. Having said that, I suppose the local audience will view it as a self-contained event: The Australian Grand Prix. Featuring the best riders in the World. As a footnote, it also happens to be the final round of the Speedway Grand Prix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketrod Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 the deal for melbourne is not done and dusted yet,a hiccup has occured that threatens the event,expect an official announcement soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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