Rob B Posted August 26, 2022 Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 Out of interest why no semi and final? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharpenRake Posted August 26, 2022 Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 1 hour ago, Star Lady said: Impressed by the truck taking the bike back to the pits. Be interested to see if that method is employed tomorrow Glasgow speedway also has a vehicle for taking back bikes to the pits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fliss44 Posted August 26, 2022 Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 Wow that was a brilliant meeting! The youngsters gave us great entertainment. Top draw stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bavarian Posted August 26, 2022 Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 38 minutes ago, Rob B said: Out of interest why no semi and final? 16 riders, 20 heats, and possibly a run-off at the end to decide who becomes world champion - this was just like a good old WORLD FINAL ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eide67 Posted August 26, 2022 Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 Hugely enjoyable meeting with close, skilful and hard racing from all involved. Great attitude from these young lads, lots of enthusiasm and emotion but highly professional and no messing about at the tapes - they just sat still till the tapes went up then raced as hard as they could. Great to see Ace Pijper involved having watched him in Armadale second-halves from a very young age. Congratulations to the winner, Mikkel Andersen, and lovely to see what it meant to his dad, Brian. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted August 26, 2022 Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 1 hour ago, Rob B said: Out of interest why no semi and final? Because that was the rule set at the start of the season- probably thought too much for boy and machine ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ndbendbeerhut Posted August 26, 2022 Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 Great match. Would love to see the likes of Doyle, Zmarszlik and Bewley on these little 250s.. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OveFundinFan Posted August 26, 2022 Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 24 minutes ago, 2ndbendbeerhut said: Great match. Would love to see the likes of Doyle, Zmarszlik and Bewley on these little 250s.. Yes, that would be interesting. would also like to see today GP stars riding 500cc 2 valve Jawa engines bikes. Probably see closer racing, just a tad slower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
False dawn Posted August 26, 2022 Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 20 minutes ago, 2ndbendbeerhut said: Great match. Would love to see the likes of Doyle, Zmarszlik and Bewley on these little 250s.. My feeling is that, despite the engines being tuned etc., the 250s are much more evenly matched. This naturaly leads to more closely fought races and puts more emphasis on rider skills. This is just a theory of course, but it seems to fit the facts. 2 minutes ago, OveFundinFan said: Yes, that would be interesting. would also like to see today GP stars riding 500cc 2 valve Jawa engines bikes. Probably see closer racing, just a tad slower. And this post, that appeared whilst I was composing mine, seems to be in the same vane. An interesting side note. Someone prominent in the speedway world said in my hearing recently that the worse thing speedway ever did was to announce race times. Hmmm, makes you think. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrs Posted August 27, 2022 Report Share Posted August 27, 2022 Thought the whole programme was great and a real incentive for the lads to get to the final on a real track in a magnificent stadium. I hope the FIM continue development programmes like this. congratulations to the first three especially Mickel Andersen . Something tells me that the Polish lad who was third is going to be a real personality if he sticks to the sport. Ace and Luke weren’t disgraced by any means and performed well, congratulations to those that work with them in Berwick academy.. finally ,absolutely brilliant to see Brian Andersen again after all these years. I’ve never seen him so happy.. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrs Posted August 28, 2022 Report Share Posted August 28, 2022 On 8/26/2022 at 9:51 PM, OveFundinFan said: Yes, that would be interesting. would also like to see today GP stars riding 500cc 2 valve Jawa engines bikes. Probably see closer racing, just a tad slower. Taking rough average winning times from the GP last night and comparing them to SGP3 winning times, not a scientific comparison at all, but most average winning times last night were 1m 3sec, or 1m 4sec compared to 1m 8sec for the kids on 250's, so only roughly one second per lap slower for the young lads. I was surprised that the difference was so small. It would be interesting to see the power ratios for modern 500cc and 250cc bikes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OveFundinFan Posted August 28, 2022 Report Share Posted August 28, 2022 1 hour ago, jrs said: Taking rough average winning times from the GP last night and comparing them to SGP3 winning times, not a scientific comparison at all, but most average winning times last night were 1m 3sec, or 1m 4sec compared to 1m 8sec for the kids on 250's, so only roughly one second per lap slower for the young lads. I was surprised that the difference was so small. It would be interesting to see the power ratios for modern 500cc and 250cc bikes. Thanks for that. I was trying to remember Fridays times. So sticking the full GP riders on a 2valve Jawa would mean they would be going a bit slower, probably require more skill to pass, cost would be thousands of £’s less to riders/promotors. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
False dawn Posted August 28, 2022 Report Share Posted August 28, 2022 (edited) 9 hours ago, OveFundinFan said: Thanks for that. I was trying to remember Fridays times. So sticking the full GP riders on a 2valve Jawa would mean they would be going a bit slower, probably require more skill to pass, cost would be thousands of £’s less to riders/promotors. But still it gets worse. Brian Karger invents a new fancy ignition box. Programmable with different engine mapping settings no doubt. Anders Thomsen is the "guinea pig" and wins a GP using it (shades of Egon Muller, eh?). Virtually everyone in the pits, 2 GPs later, has one. Now those of us that have been around a while, will not find any of the above very surprising. What did take me back was Kelvin (or was it Chris?) saying in commentary that the pits were full of these boxes the night before, i.e. on the 250s in the SGP3 Final. Edited August 28, 2022 by False dawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted August 29, 2022 Report Share Posted August 29, 2022 5 hours ago, False dawn said: But still it gets worse. Brian Karger invents a new fancy ignition box. Programmable with different engine mapping settings no doubt. Anders Thomsen is the "guinea pig" and wins a GP using it (shades of Egon Muller, eh?). Virtually everyone in the pits, 2 GPs later, has one. Now those of us that have been around a while, will not find any of the above very surprising. What did take me back was Kelvin (or was it Chris?) saying in commentary that the pits were full of these boxes the night before, i.e. on the 250s in the SGP3 Final. Brian Karger was in Wroclaw for the SGP 3 i gather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OveFundinFan Posted August 29, 2022 Report Share Posted August 29, 2022 9 hours ago, False dawn said: But still it gets worse. Brian Karger invents a new fancy ignition box. Programmable with different engine mapping settings no doubt. Anders Thomsen is the "guinea pig" and wins a GP using it (shades of Egon Muller, eh?). Virtually everyone in the pits, 2 GPs later, has one. Now those of us that have been around a while, will not find any of the above very surprising. What did take me back was Kelvin (or was it Chris?) saying in commentary that the pits were full of these boxes the night before, i.e. on the 250s in the SGP3 Final. So, once everyone has a “smart Karger box” the one time benefit is reduced, so just scrap its use now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted August 29, 2022 Report Share Posted August 29, 2022 11 hours ago, False dawn said: But still it gets worse. Brian Karger invents a new fancy ignition box. Programmable with different engine mapping settings no doubt. Anders Thomsen is the "guinea pig" and wins a GP using it (shades of Egon Muller, eh?). Virtually everyone in the pits, 2 GPs later, has one. Now those of us that have been around a while, will not find any of the above very surprising. What did take me back was Kelvin (or was it Chris?) saying in commentary that the pits were full of these boxes the night before, i.e. on the 250s in the SGP3 Final. Also shades of Smolinski when he won a GP. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star Lady Posted August 29, 2022 Report Share Posted August 29, 2022 1 hour ago, OveFundinFan said: So, once everyone has a “smart Karger box” the one time benefit is reduced, so just scrap its use now. Imagine if they had done that when the first lay-down appeared 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DutchGrasstrack Posted August 29, 2022 Report Share Posted August 29, 2022 6 hours ago, racers and royals said: Brian Karger was in Wroclaw for the SGP 3 i gather. He was indeed. Most of the kids in the top got one of these boxes. Although it was said that it was 'unfair' to the other kids as these boxes are quite an investment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted September 1, 2022 Report Share Posted September 1, 2022 I can't believe what I've just seen! I've just managed to catch up with this after hearing good reports and I must say it was one of the most entertaining Speedway meetings I think I've ever seen... it was much more like the sport I fell in love with in the the late 70's. I'd love to see a full meeting with the senior's riding these 250cc machines, don't suppose it'll ever happen though. Well done to Axeman jnr! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OveFundinFan Posted September 1, 2022 Report Share Posted September 1, 2022 I dont want to see top seniors on those 250cc bikes, I want to see them on 500cc 2 valve JAWAs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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