waiheke1 Posted September 16, 2018 Report Share Posted September 16, 2018 3 hours ago, PHILIPRISING said: FOR a while Meaning what, since 2017? Pretty sure Emil was given a spot for the 2017 series without going through the qualifiers? Not sure that's "a while" or why we couldnt be specific? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric i Posted September 16, 2018 Report Share Posted September 16, 2018 1 hour ago, waiheke1 said: Meaning what, since 2017? Pretty sure Emil was given a spot for the 2017 series without going through the qualifiers? Not sure that's "a while" or why we couldnt be specific? I can confirm he didn't do the qualifiers. Leon needs to be in the GPs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted September 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 It seems they make the rules up as they go along to suit themselves, it's like NKI being "first reserve" this year, shouldn't that be "wild card first reserve". We've also still got the daft situation of GP wild cards, who was the Slovenian guy in the last round, completely out of his depth, the GP series is well enough established now to do away with these nation wild cards, if they can't support a GP without one, they shouldn't be staging one, there's loads of places that would/could Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 Name 5 ideally not all in Poland 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted September 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2018 BV, Vojens, Australia, NZ, USA 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted September 18, 2018 Report Share Posted September 18, 2018 (edited) Name 3 then if it is too hard.Vojens don't want to(struggling for funding since the council started pumping money into the local football+ice hockey) and it seems BSI only want 1 in the UK and that is Cardiff,so have another go,this time 3 tracks Edited September 18, 2018 by iris123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted September 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2018 Seems like you've convinced yourself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waiheke1 Posted September 19, 2018 Report Share Posted September 19, 2018 15 hours ago, iainb said: BV, Vojens, Australia, NZ, USA 5 So Nz stopped as it wasnt financially viable. They insisted on a local wildcard who was not competitive. Australia stopped as not financially visble. US noone has been found who thinks it financially viable. And if they did u csn be sure they would need a wild card- likely to be a rider of potential who would score 00000. Belle vue should happen, dont understand BSI reluctance. Iris has answered Vojens. So we have 1... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted September 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2018 Australia and NZ not financially viable at those venues. USA, perhaps BSI/IMG should run the first few and take the risk to prove it could be financially viable at the right venue. I don't believe Vojens can't make it pay if the likes of Prague, Germany and Slovenia can. Anyway, well done to Leon Madsen! It'll be great to see him in the GP series next year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted September 19, 2018 Report Share Posted September 19, 2018 (edited) I think the problem is Vojens would host 1 big meeting a year whereas football and ice hockey hold 10 or so league games with the odd derby and some cup games etc.Vojens don’t even enter a team in the Danish league,so is very low profile and maybe there is just no speedway fan sitting high up in the council.Phil Rising has mentioned a few times that Vojens won’t host big meetings As I have mentioned before the big local team(sports club)was founded in 2004 and is getting lots of backing.The ice hockey team,who I think play in Vojens are affiliated as European clubs do https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SønderjyskE_Fodbold https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SønderjyskE_Ishockey And an important part of it all was the local government changes which meant Vojens council was scrapped and Vojens found themselves under Haderslev control in 2007 Edited September 19, 2018 by iris123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waiheke1 Posted September 19, 2018 Report Share Posted September 19, 2018 2 hours ago, iainb said: Australia and NZ not financially viable at those venues. USA, perhaps BSI/IMG should run the first few and take the risk to prove it could be financially viable at the right venue. I don't believe Vojens can't make it pay if the likes of Prague, Germany and Slovenia can. Anyway, well done to Leon Madsen! It'll be great to see him in the GP series next year Not sure au/nz viable at any venue? You need a decent stadium. It will likrly therefore need temporary trsck laying. Logistics costs are high. Guess it would be interesting to know whether bill Buckley would have broken even if no fee was payable to BSI? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldRacer Posted September 21, 2018 Report Share Posted September 21, 2018 On 9/19/2018 at 1:33 AM, iainb said: Australia and NZ not financially viable at those venues. USA, perhaps BSI/IMG should run the first few and take the risk to prove it could be financially viable at the right venue. I don't believe Vojens can't make it pay if the likes of Prague, Germany and Slovenia can. Anyway, well done to Leon Madsen! It'll be great to see him in the GP series next year Where in the US do you think would be the right venue to host a GP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customhouseregular Posted September 22, 2018 Report Share Posted September 22, 2018 Madison Square Garden? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted September 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2018 On 9/21/2018 at 9:14 PM, OldRacer said: Where in the US do you think would be the right venue to host a GP? Probably Costa Mesa, that's the place that has the history and heritage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILIPRISING Posted September 23, 2018 Report Share Posted September 23, 2018 5 hours ago, iainb said: Probably Costa Mesa, that's the place that has the history and heritage TRACK about half the size for an FIM meeting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted September 23, 2018 Report Share Posted September 23, 2018 Watching Madsen to day makes you think he would be a top 8 candidate if he were riding in it.Possibly could nick a win in one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney the robin Posted September 24, 2018 Report Share Posted September 24, 2018 I think Madsen deserves to be in it, the series needs to allow fresh blood in and on current form he is certainly a top 16 rider.He also has a good chance of doing well because he is such a good gater will he get in? i have my doubts.I think with Puk and Pedersen( wildcard) he will miss out 3 Danes??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted September 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2018 (edited) 17 hours ago, PHILIPRISING said: TRACK about half the size for an FIM meeting After some of the crap that has been served up track wise over the years and also recently, shouldn't be an issue. They make the rules up as they go along as regards qualification and reserves, so they could do the same with the track Edited September 24, 2018 by iainb 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILIPRISING Posted September 24, 2018 Report Share Posted September 24, 2018 8 minutes ago, iainb said: After dinner of the crap that has been served up track wise over the years and also recently, shouldn't be an issue. They make the rules up as they go along as regards qualification and reserves, so they could do the same with the track HAVE you ever been to Costa Mesa? It's a fun track but in no way suitable for a Grand Prix. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted September 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2018 (edited) 22 minutes ago, PHILIPRISING said: HAVE you ever been to Costa Mesa? It's a fun track but in no way suitable for a Grand Prix. No I've not... Just trying to come up with ideas of why it can happen rather than shutting people down all the time on why it can't. Was Krsko suitable for a GP? Terenzano? Etc. Etc. God forbid that Speedway should be fun. These are the best riders in the world, it's a world championship, they should be able to ride all tracks. Where was the monster energy thing run the other year? Edited September 24, 2018 by iainb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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