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He was accused of having a dodgy silencer by fellow riders.Said it sounded strange in the pits when warming up

Since then he had trouble.Not picked by Denmark for SWC etc.And as I mentioned it must have been more than just a personal clash with Stekkers as the situation remained pretty much the same when Secher had the job and now also with Hans

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2 minutes ago, stewmac said:

Strange that if they were concerned that the silencer wasn't legal, they didn't have it examined. 

Can’t remember the full story,but that is the way it often seems to go in speedway.Someone is slyly accused of something without anything official being done.I think Stekkers also talked about ‘polish speed’ in one SWC and I think said he knew what goes on as he rode in Poland and of course I think Olsen was also backing him up.But no official complaint was put in.We also had Holder and Ward making snide remarks about Smolis bikes on the GPs

It was also strange to me how the story came out on one or two Danish sites and I never saw any conclusion.It just seemed to disappear,but the aftermath was Madden seemed to be an outcast,so you had to conclude there was more to it than came out

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1 hour ago, stewmac said:

Strange that if they were concerned that the silencer wasn't legal, they didn't have it examined. 

If it's the same incident that I recall, they did check it and he was fined for having an illegal silencer.

It happened back in 2011. I think it was at the Danish qualifier to get into the GP qualifying rounds.

However, it was checked before the meeting started and although he was fined he was still allowed to race in the meeting, after changing silencer, and qualified.

As you may recall, others caught with illegal silencers that year suffered suspensions, so Leon got off very lightly.

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22 minutes ago, iris123 said:

Seems my memory is rubbish then...It was actually 2010. I thought it happened the same year that Kennett was caught, and I thought that was 2011...Oh well, I must be getting old and forgetful ;)

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13 hours ago, stewmac said:

Thanks. 

Long time ago now though. Goodness, Dudek was convicted much more recently for drugs and seems to have been forgiven well and truly....

I wonder if his sponsor has anything to do with that?

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On 6/23/2018 at 4:49 PM, iris123 said:

Can’t remember the full story,but that is the way it often seems to go in speedway.Someone is slyly accused of something without anything official being done.I think Stekkers also talked about ‘polish speed’ in one SWC and I think said he knew what goes on as he rode in Poland and of course I think Olsen was also backing him up.But no official complaint was put in.We also had Holder and Ward making snide remarks about Smolis bikes on the GPs

It was also strange to me how the story came out on one or two Danish sites and I never saw any conclusion.It just seemed to disappear,but the aftermath was Madden seemed to be an outcast,so you had to conclude there was more to it than came out

I remember that couple of prats those two

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