Ghostwalker Posted September 17, 2013 Report Share Posted September 17, 2013 (edited) Malilla back for 2014? http://www.barometer...014(3943001).gm Meh I don't really care tbh, good venue but totally in the middle of nowhere and extremely boring surroundings if you want to do something else then the GP. Personally there would have been enough with just the Stockholm GP. Grand Prix should should be held in cities not in remote villages in the middle of the forest. Edited September 17, 2013 by Ghostwalker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 Meh I don't really care tbh, good venue but totally in the middle of nowhere and extremely boring surroundings if you want to do something else then the GP. Personally there would have been enough with just the Stockholm GP. Grand Prix should should be held in cities not in remote villages in the middle of the forest. Great track and tidy venue, but after visiting Malilla a couple of years ago for a GP, I would question a return. Literally in the middle of a forest with no life about for miles! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paragon Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 surely its about the speedway & on a dry day the track at Mallila is as good as it gets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostwalker Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 surely its about the speedway & on a dry day the track at Mallila is as good as it gets. Perhaps for you but not for me. For me the racing is not all that matters, of course its important but there is other things that also are important. I just don't want to spend 3½ hours travelling to Målilla by car and then 3½ hours back home a just a few hours later. Public transport means over a 5 hour journey which is even less desirable. I usually like to spend some time in the area when going to a Grand Prix but the Målilla areas is totally uninteresting and to sparsely populated area. Small villages and few smaller towns but not really anything to see and do except for the GP. A 7+ hour journey for 23 minutes of action? No thanks. Also the weather in Målilla is to unreliable, the Småland highlands are in general more rain prone then the area around Stockholm. Also in Stockholm even if the weather is rainy there is lots to do and the stadium got a roof, in Målilla if the weather is bad the racing will be muddy and there is absolutely zero things to do which means that the entire trip would be a waste of time and money. I had originally planned to spend the entire weekend in Stockholm during this weekend but unfortunately it wasn't possible this year. As I said, I think the GPs belong in reasonable big cities rather then in some remote village in the middle of nowhere where there basically is a super market but nothing else. A typical "håla" as we say in Swedish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paragon Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 (edited) I've driven there three times from Cardiff which is a 2500 mile round trip & I don't think I've wasted my time. I would also rather travel to a proper track in the UK than a put down track in my home town. Edited September 19, 2013 by Paragon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DutchGrasstrack Posted September 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 The 2014 Stockholm GP has been confirmed for 27 september. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostwalker Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 According to Race magazine Paul Bellamy from BSI says that there will be two Grand Prixs in Sweden next year. the Swedish Gp have still not been decided about and both Ullevi and Målilla is still in contention. He says that BSI have several different options regarding contract length. Either a short or long term contract with either of the tracks or they will do some alternating between the tracks from year to year. The article also says that he have been in contact with Smederna from Eskilstuna regarding a different matter and although he doesn't say it straight out Bellamy hints that it could be one of the SWC events. There will be 12 GPs next year as well and three positions remain to be allocated. http://www.racemagazine.se/bsi-tva-grand-prix-i-sverige-2014/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILIPRISING Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 BSI need somewhere to stage a qualifying round. Eskilstuna could fit the bill with King's Lynn, as usual, taking the other. Final seems set for Poland. No problem with seeding the hosts (and defending champions) there! My money would be on Malilla for a GP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 Interested in the likely German venue.Could be a decent year for Germany as it was also announced that they could well be hosting a final round of the new look European Championship as well..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILIPRISING Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 DON'T think you will see a GP in Germany (Berlin) next year ... more likely 2015. Same with Melbourne. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggie Posted September 25, 2013 Report Share Posted September 25, 2013 Interested in doing the Prague Gp next year has there been any indication yet on the date? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILIPRISING Posted September 25, 2013 Report Share Posted September 25, 2013 ONLY a guess can could be May 31... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostwalker Posted September 25, 2013 Report Share Posted September 25, 2013 any news about the Danish GP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILIPRISING Posted September 26, 2013 Report Share Posted September 26, 2013 PROBABLY two in Denmark ... Copenhagen and Vojens. DMU celebrate their 100th anniversary in 2014 and are very keen to mount their celebrations around a GP in their national stadium and their capital city. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashdad Posted September 26, 2013 Report Share Posted September 26, 2013 Do we know when the full calamder will be made public Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topsoil Posted September 26, 2013 Report Share Posted September 26, 2013 Was there a bit of spite from the SGP in the Speedway Star hightlighting the small crowd for the European Championship round in Gorican and the possible absentees for the final round? Surely better concentrating on their own competition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manchesterpaul Posted September 26, 2013 Report Share Posted September 26, 2013 (edited) Was there a bit of spite from the SGP in the Speedway Star hightlighting the small crowd for the European Championship round in Gorican and the possible absentees for the final round? Surely better concentrating on their own competition. Sadly that stood out to me too. Interested in doing the Prague Gp next year has there been any indication yet on the date? No offence but i wish they would ditch it. Doesn't seem to be any great interest in speedway in the Czech Republic these days. There have been some fantastic league meetings but sadly raced in front of one man and a dog with the likely highest attendance being the epic day when one man and two dogs attended! Edited September 26, 2013 by manchesterpaul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphrey Appleby Posted September 26, 2013 Report Share Posted September 26, 2013 Was there a bit of spite from the SGP in the Speedway Star hightlighting the small crowd for the European Championship round in Gorican A bit rich of them considering the crowd for the Italian GP... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted September 26, 2013 Report Share Posted September 26, 2013 A bit rich of them considering the crowd for the Italian GP... Think it seems to be relevant in asking just who the Speedway Star are serving.Are they really giving unbiased and informative stories to their readership or are they serving the people who supply the stories?Do they publish anything about the poor attendances at GPs or at league speedway?Do they criticize track prep at GPs or British speedway?Guess we might get a story about the Polish Final farce,but was there an in depth feature about the farce at Belle Vue?I would hope a speedway magazine has no bias towards any promotion or organisation over a rival Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILIPRISING Posted September 26, 2013 Report Share Posted September 26, 2013 A bit rich of them considering the crowd for the Italian GP... A bit rich of them considering the crowd for the Italian GP... WHICH was bigger than that in Gorican for the SEC. But we have consistently questioned having a GP in Italy. Not in any way due to SS but there won't be one in Italy next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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