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I thought the future of Rowne was also in doubt.Vladimir Trofimov had a lot of trouble last year and i thought there was a big question mark over the tracks future

You've obviously got your house in order,Norbold.Wish i could find my stuff so quickly!

Was that it for these guys then.Never to be heard of again?It's hard to imagine in todays speedway world,some of these guys would have been snapped up in no time given the results they had.I'm assuming they didn't come back to Dublin the next year,so who was riding at Shelbourne Park in 1952? Interesting bit in the programme: "Johnnie Gibson has earned the unenviable nickname of "crashwall" by his habit of hitting the safety fence."He was released from Army service to ride for the team. Nick Nicolaides,24 year old University student,saw war service in Japan and China.Had his first ride on a track prepared by one of his Army unit. Don Hawley was nicknamed "Herc" for his weight-lifting abilities.

Try here.Twominutewarnings site is pretty comprehensive

Here is an interview with Steve Schofield.Don't worry scroll down and it is in english as well

A bit surprised Stekkers picked J.B.Jensen instead of Charlie.Because he won the Euro Championship i guess as league averages would point to Gjedde being the better of the two.Still a very strong bunch.

Look at the top of the thread,Ian.Conkers has posted the relevant info By coincidence today i came across an old Speedway Pictorial "Focal review" of the G.B v U.S.S.R test series 1965 with pics of Plechanov,Samorodov and of course the great Gab Kadirov

That looks very unlucky for Antti.Needed jut 1 point from his last 2 heats to finish 3rd(2 points from 2 and he was in a run-off for second)and fluffed it! Doesn't look good for the World Championship though for the non-russians

Are they the three who will be at Holsted for the Scandanavian quali for the U21?

Thanks Norbold.Very quick.Funnily enough the "Brummies" were off on tour of Sweden and a meeting in Oslo after the return in Dublin.Must have been a regular thing.

Funnily enough i was just looking through a few old programmes and came across a few things on the "blonde bombshell".One from a B.V prog in 1948 compares the 2 post war youngsters Lawson and Dent Oliver.Seems Oliver was at this point a "big" track specialist while Lawson had his best performances on the small London tracks.Here is a snippet.."Folks might say...why can Louis put up such a good show in London and not Dent.Why is Dent apparently better than Lou at Belle Vue.The answer again is simple.Lou is essentially a small track rider first.His particular style is "bang on" as he would say,on the smaller circuits.Eric Langton has been heard to remark that if ever Lawson lost his slide,came out of the corner as fast as he went in-nobody would see him." Another interesting one from a few days before the 1949 World Final about the 3 "Aces" in the final,Jack Parker,Dent Oliver and Lou carries on in the same theme. "Dent's riding during the last few weeks needs no commentary now,but our stalwart is under no illusion as to his chances unless he can on this great occasion master the Wembley circuit.Louis,on the other hand,is very much at home there.His trouble is that he's slow starting most times and usually takes a heat or two to get going."

Lets not forget the German contingent joining Wölbert,Matze and Hefe...Stephan Katt,René Schäfer and Tobi Busch

Last meeting was in 1951.Just how old is your fiancee?Not as old as his friend i guess

And does your budget stretch as far as a trip to Berlin,Conkers?

Just filling my application form out! My plan is to go to the training Friday and then "gegengerade" Saturday.Undecided at the moment but think i might go to Poland Sunday to see Gorzow

results from day 2 + totals Ufa 56 Shishegov(2,3,3,2) Drozdov(2,2,2,2) Krasnikov(3,3,3,3) Sterlitamak 46 Samorodov(2,3,3,3) Chapalo(1,1,2,0) Kononov(1,2,1,2) Saransk 42 Lumpov(3,2,3,2) Kryskin(3,1,3,1) Gavrilkin(0,0,1,-) Uchaly 36 Bogdanov(3,3,2,3) Mustafin(2,1,0,1) Kamalov(0,3,0,0) Vostok 31 Laguta(1,2,3,3) Sajfutdinov(0,1,0,0) Kaminskij(0,2,2,2) Novo 25 Polikarpov(3,3,0,0) Ovdin(1,1,2,1) Korchemaha(0,2,0,1) Wjatskije Poljany 10 Filimonov(1,1,2,1) another 2 rounds will be held next month in Wjatskije Poljany where they will hopefully field more riders

results from day 1 taken from www.russpeedway.ru Ufa 26 Shishegov (2,1,2,3) Drozdov (3,1,1,2) Krasnikov (2,3,3,3) Sterlitamak 25 Samorodov (3,3,3,2) Chapalo (1,2,2,1) Kononov (0,3,3,2) Saransk 23 Lumpov (3,3,2,3) Kryskin (1,3,0,3) Gavrilkin (2,1,2,0) Uchaly 18 Bogdanov (2,3,2,3) Mustafin (0,3,1,0) Kamalov (2,2,0,0) Vostok 14 Laguta (3,2,3,1) Sajfutdinov (2,1,0,0) Kaminskij (-,0,1,1) Novosibirisk 11 Polikarpov (2,1,3,2) Ovdin (-,-,2,-) Korchemaha (0,1) Wjatskije Poljany 5 Filimonov (1,1,1,2)

results from day 2(being run on a GP system with points awarded so have given totals from the weekend) Baltachev(3,3,3,3,3)(15)-45 Arkhipov (3,3,3,2,3)(14)-45 Scherbakov (1,2,3,3,3)(12)-36 Rjabokon(1,2,3,2,3)(11)-32 Alekseev(2,2,2,3,1)(10)-25 Kamalov(0,3,2,2,2)(9)-22 S.Koltakov(2,2,1,2,2,)(9)-26 Kovrizhin(0,3,2,3,-)(8)-17 Ruzanov(3,1,2,1,0)(7)-23 Sotnikov(1,1,1,1,2)(6)-20 Pudov(2,0,0,1,2)(5)-13 M.Koltakov(2,1,0,1,1)(5)-15 Miniahtemov(3,-,1)(4)-16 Nujkin(0,1,1,0,1)(3)-12 Orlov(1,-)(1)-8 Jazinski(0,0,0)(0)-6

results from junior comp in Ufa taken from russian forum S.Arkhipov (3,3,3,3,3)15-25 S.Baltachev (3,3,3,2,3)14-20 P.Scherbakov (3,2,3,3,2)13-18 N.Rjabokon (2,3,2,2,3)12-16 S.Koltakov (2,1,2,3,2)10-14 I.Ruzanov (2,2,1,3,2)10-13 N.Alekseev (2,2,2,2,1)9-12 E.Sotnikov (1,3,3,1,0)8-11 R.Miniahmetov (3,0,2,1,1)7-10 E.Kamalov (-,1,1,1,3)6-9 M.Koltakov (1,1,1,-,2)5-8 P.Nujkin (0,2,0,1,1)4-7 A.Kovrizhin (1,0,1,2,0)4-6 D.Pudov (1,-,0,0,1)2-5 G.Orlov (-,1,0,0,-)1-4 A.Jazinski (-,-,0,0,-)0-3 K.Kichij (-)0 crowd of 1,000 in temps of something like -30!

results from www.russpeedway.ru Kamensk-Uralski 43 V.Khomitsevitch(3,2,2)(1,3)11 I.Ivanov(2,3,3)(-,2)10 D.Ivanov(3,3)(3,1,-)10 D.Khomitsevitch(2,1)(3,3,3)12 Saransk 35 Zakharov(3,2,2,2)(0,3,-)14 Bazeev(1,3,3,)(2,3,2,2)16 Lushnikov(1,0)1 Karpuhin(1)(1,3,1) 6 Blago 35 V.Tschajka(3,1)(1)5 Akhimenko(-,0)(2,2)4 Baraboshkin(3,2,0)(2,1,3,3)14 P.Tschajka(3,3,1)(1,3,1)12 Lukhovitsky 29 Sozykin(0,2,0)(0,1,0)3 Makarov(2,3,3)(3,2,2,3)18 Dushamov(0,2,1,1,)(1,2,1)8 Schadrinsk 24 Krysov(1,2,3,2)(3,2,2)15 Noskov(0,0,2)(0,0,0)2 Zelepukin(0,1,0)(2,2,1,1)7 Samara 14 Goloshejkin(2,1,1,1)(1,3,1)10 Zhujkov(0,1,0)(0,1,0,0)2 Buzmakov(1,0,0)(0,0,1)

Yes and he will have to give up his German title without a fight now.That was his main aim for the season.to hold onto that.

Pletschacher broke his collarbone in the last round,he won't be back training until the end of Feb and hopes to be at Assen for the GSS.So he does have an excuse Conkers.The others....

Why is that then Conkers? How much coverage does Ice speedway get in the Star now?

results from friday taken from inspeed.de Alpenarena Cup 1. Göldi 15 2. Halsall 14 3.M. Schwaiger 12(good result for the 14 year old!) 4. PH Weiss 12 5. Rösti 11 6. Bruckner 10 7. Kreuzberger 8 8. Gartmannn 7 9. Hafner 7 10. Carigiet 6 ( the rocket from Saalfelden ) 11. Cavigelli 5 12. Forcher 4 13. Winkler 3 14. H. Weber 2 Swiss championship 1. Göldi 2. Rösti 3. Weiss 4. Gartmann

Mmmmm!See Gorzow have the following: 19.03 v Tarnow 25.3 v Z.G (looks like at Gorzow) 30.03 v Bydgoszcz what are the chances of a good Tarnow side turning up?Obviously can't see any top foreigners but does Tomek turn out for such meetings?Could go to the Ice speedway in Berlin on the 18th then travel on to Gorzow the next day