KEITH M Posted November 1, 2008 Report Share Posted November 1, 2008 Wild cards confirmed: Matej Zagar, Emil Saifutdinov, Fredrik Lindgren & Scott Nicholls Am I missing something here but if this was issued on the 28th October why did the BSPA website issue this yesterday http://www.british-speedway.co.uk/news.php?extend.1988 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danish Webmaster Posted November 1, 2008 Report Share Posted November 1, 2008 Am I missing something here but if this was issued on the 28th October why did the BSPA website issue this yesterday http://www.british-speedway.co.uk/news.php?extend.1988 Cuz the wild cards has not been confirmed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZKZ Kitten Posted November 1, 2008 Report Share Posted November 1, 2008 Am I missing something here but if this was issued on the 28th October why did the BSPA website issue this yesterday http://www.british-speedway.co.uk/news.php?extend.1988 Just read on sportowefakty.pl that 4 names were just FIM proposals. BSI's got the final word and they will announce the wild cards in two weeks time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildcat Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 (edited) For me it should be. . Scott Nicholls Fredrik Lindgren Chris Holder Chris Harris. . Although hope Chris Holder is given another year (the same with Emil Saifutdinov and Jurica Pavlic). . so either Niels K. Iversen or Matej Zagar. . Although Iversen along with Jarek Hampel, Krzysztof Kasprzak, Bjarne Pedersen probably wont stand a chance becuase of their nationalities. . Edited November 4, 2008 by Wildcat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff. Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Apologies.. I did, of course, mean the 'run-off' or whatever that 'last chance' meeting's called... Many predicted he would struggle to make any kind of impression in that but, as you say, he scored a creditable nine points..! I can't understand why GP apologists don't seem to want to see exciting new blood in the competition. Personally if I was forking out cash to go across Europe to see these meetings (and yes, I can see the attraction of that - I'm even considering Latvia in August meself...: if only 'er indoors would let me..!! ) I'd want to be seeing some different riders coming in, just for a change if nothing else..!! Watching Greg Hancock become the first pensioner still riding in the World Championship in 2028 doesn't really appeal to me!!! There have been 14 seasons of GPs with 7 different champions. In the period 1950 to 1963 there were 6 different champions In the period 1960 to 1973 there were 7 different champions In the period 1970 to 1983 there were 8 different champions Hancock has been contesting every season, 14 of them, you would like to see a change? Mauger raced in every final from 1966?(1965) to 1979, 14 or more, did you want a change then Briggs managed more, Fundin at least the same. Were you bored of their prescence. The World Championship, in whatever format should be contested by the best 16, whoever they are. The GP system, by and large, ensures that The sport has always gone in cycles, today is no different Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsloes 1928 nearly Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 There have been 14 seasons of GPs with 7 different champions. In the period 1950 to 1963 there were 6 different champions In the period 1960 to 1973 there were 7 different champions In the period 1970 to 1983 there were 8 different champions Hancock has been contesting every season, 14 of them, you would like to see a change? Mauger raced in every final from 1966?(1965) to 1979, 14 or more, did you want a change then Briggs managed more, Fundin at least the same. Were you bored of their prescence. The World Championship, in whatever format should be contested by the best 16, whoever they are. The GP system, by and large, ensures that The sport has always gone in cycles, today is no different Thanks for this Jeff. Fuuny enuff I was thinking of doing a similar comparison!! What is does show - contrary to some who've posted on here, though TBF, not yourself... - is that the idea that that one-off World Final produced maverick results and a string of random, undeserved World Champs simply wasn't the case. Indeed between 1950 and 1994 (effectively the 'modern' era of the WF), there were 22 champs (out of a potential 45) and more significantly, those 22 finished in other rostrum (ie 2nd. or 3rd.) positions a remarkable 44 times; with another six unlucky riders finishing on the rostrum more than once withiout claiming top spot. So as the figures show for both the indiv. WF AND the GPs our sport has been blessed with world championships where only the elite have really been able to excel. And sure, Greg is vey much among them... I do think though that a bit of a bigger turn-over of riders if one is to be 'stuck' with a fixed 16 each year would spice things up..!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Blanchard Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 (edited) Thought the following may be of interest to Jeff & Parsloes, the recent 'Newsletter' page of Ove Fundin's web site: "Recently I read an interview with my old friend Gunter Sorber, (Gunter was for many years FIM's top speedway official and one of the men behind the G P's) now he would like to see some changes to the way speedways world championship is beeing decided and I agree with most what he said. To begin with, every rider should have at least a chance to take part, not just because someone is good for the organizers ("we must have riders from the country were the G P is being held."..) Why not go back to the old formula with qualifying rounds and then a final were the rider with the most points is the winner ?(not like today when the winner of the final heat is the winner, not the rider having scored most points) all the G P's could be qualifying rounds for the title race. Olympic medals are won in a "one off race" after qualifying for it. G P's own 200.000 dollars race is arranged that way! What can one say about the fiasco with the German G P..... and the way it was rearranged in Bydgoszcz on a track that had had a G P only two months earlier.....I guess unlucky Greg Hancock is one of the riders that has a few hard words to say. But of course Tomasz Gollob was happy!! " All of Newsletter Here Edited November 4, 2008 by Jim Blanchard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 And a pic of Ove enjoying the free ice at Vojens for the SWC Final Ove Fundin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsloes 1928 nearly Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 Ove Fundin's comments say it all..!! Though he could perhaps have enjoyed that ice lolly rather more!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff. Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 Ove Fundin's comments say it all..!! Though he could perhaps have enjoyed that ice lolly rather more!!! No Ove Fundin's comments are merely his opinion and it is no more valid than anyone elses opinion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsloes 1928 nearly Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 No Ove Fundin's comments are merely his opinion and it is no more valid than anyone elses opinion Have you been sucking on that ice lolly too...??!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliv Clav Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Confirmed by the FIM: Scott Nicholls Fredrik Lindgren Chris Harris Emil Sajfutdinov http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/news/a9557?...e024ebb06e74a9b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostwalker Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Harris? Why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff. Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Harris? Why? Don't know. Wouldn't argue with the other three (although Nicholls must be on thin ice) but Harris certainly is a surprise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Even Zagar would have been a better pick than Harris. BSI are obviously more worried about ticket sales at Cardiff than who is deserving of a place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostwalker Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Even Zagar would have been a better pick than Harris. BSI are obviously more worried about ticket sales at Cardiff than who is deserving of a place. since when does BSI care about anything else then ticket sales? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 I'm astonished that Bomber has crept in again. Good for him though, hopefully he can make a better fist of it in 2009. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPNY Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 I'm a huge Chris Harris fan, but that's a shocker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballinger Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Even Zagar would have been a better pick than Harris. BSI are obviously more worried about ticket sales at Cardiff than who is deserving of a place. Its more about TV contracts as BSI could have given Bomber the wild card for Cardiff anyway rather than taking the best guy from the British Final. Seems totally bizarre to me to have named the competitors for SGP 2009 and not have confirmed all 11 SGP venues !!! BSI ought to be planning for 2010 now so the calendar for 2009 should have long been confirmed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbin' Along Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Confirmed by the FIM: Scott Nicholls Fredrik Lindgren Chris Harris Emil Sajfutdinov http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/news/a9557?...e024ebb06e74a9b How ridiculous. I thought it had been a mis-spelling of Holder until I followed the link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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