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I'm sure I've seen somewhere an individual meeting which needed a 5 rider run-off to determine the winner. They all scored 10 points.  Just don't recall the event sadly (advancing age).

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2 hours ago, compost said:

The one I'm struggling to recollect wasn't a GP meeting.

Could it have been a handicap meeting like the Olympique at Wolverhampton? That tended to have compacted scoring...

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3 hours ago, compost said:

I'm sure I've seen somewhere an individual meeting which needed a 5 rider run-off to determine the winner. They all scored 10 points.  Just don't recall the event sadly (advancing age).

Think it was at Kings Lynn? 

Just checked - the Dow Diamond Trophy at the start if 1975 ended with 5 riders tied on 12 points.

4 man run off with Jim McMillan eliminated on fastest times. Except they made a mistake on the times (which was only realised after the run-off) and John Louis, who won the run-off, should have been the one placed 5th. Matters righted by a wee bit extra in Jimmy Mac's pay packet.

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3 hours ago, compost said:

I'm sure I've seen somewhere an individual meeting which needed a 5 rider run-off to determine the winner. They all scored 10 points.  Just don't recall the event sadly (advancing age).

That same thought crossed my mind last night. Was it a Riders' Championship event at Bradford? Instead of having a series of races they just stuck all 5 in a run-off?

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Five riders tied on 12 points in the 1981 Continental Final, although that was the amount that qualified for Wembley.

They still had a series of run-offs which Egon Muller won from Ales Dryml, Edward Jancarz, Jiri Stancl and Zenon Plech.

 

 

 

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20 hours ago, chunky said:

Could it have been a handicap meeting like the Olympique at Wolverhampton? That tended to have compacted scoring...

No that isn't the one I'm thinking of (unfortunately all my books etc are in long term store so I really don't know when it was).

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6 hours ago, compost said:

No that isn't the one I'm thinking of (unfortunately all my books etc are in long term store so I really don't know when it was).

I've only just managed to get all mine after eight years in storage, so I feel your pain! If I come across it, I will post it on here.

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