rickmiller

Regardless of the TV situation in the U.K, I'm surprised that the GP's arent streamed via the SGP website. Even if they cant do it live because of contactual obligations surely they can show delayed coverage of their own product?

You were saying??? Germany 47 USA 39 Finland 38 Ukraine 26

Now available online at Amazon - seem to be being despatched within the hour at the moment.

I was surprised but thought it was a pretty sporting thing to do and I did wonder if it was the 600cc one that also has traction control on it? (how do you add 'a hint of sarcasm' to typing?) I also thought there was a rule against it...

I took the scores from the link to the Russian site listed in post 4 and ran them through Google Translate. I dont know where the other ones came from.

By Courtesy of Google Translate: USA 26 Hancock 3,3,3,2,3 14 Fischer, 0, 1, 1, SH, 1 3 Kerr, 1, 0, pi, 1, 2, 4 Wells 0, 2, 1, pi, 1 4 Ingls 0, 0, 1, pi, pi 1 Czech Republic 48 A. Driml 1, 3, 3, 3, 3 13 Riml 3, 3, 1, 3, pi 10 L. Driml 2, 3, 3, 0, 2 10 Tomichek 2, 2, 2, 2, 0 8 Kus 2, 0, 3, 2, 0 7 Finland 29 Katayaytsa 2, 1, pi 3 Reyma 2, 1, pi, pi 3 Haytomyaki 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 3 6 Laukannen 1, 1, 2, SH 1, SH 5 Nieminen 3, 0, 3, 3, 1, 2, 12 Latvia 45 Gerutsky 0, p 0 Paura 1, 3, 2, 1, 2, 1 10 Puodzhuk 3, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3 15 Bogdanov 3, 2, 2, pi, 3, 3 13 Karavatskaya 1, 2, 0, 2, 2 7

Yep, I thought that too - depends if you believe in lightening striking twice... As the finance appears to be coming from several sources, the odds must be for the majority of it being paid.

Just been looking at the Czestochowa website and if Google Translate can be trusted, it appears that finance has been found for Greg Hancock to continue with the team. Good news for Greg but where does that leave Nicki?

Couldnt agree more but don’t, what ever you do, use the word ‘old‘ in front of GH as apparently it's not in his vocabulary!!!!! Ricky is clearly a fast learner and this was another good step after not being too far off the pace at Sheffield last week - just needs the work permit now... Great meeting with some spirited riding and all in all a fitting tribute to the legend that is ‘The Bullet’. The top 5 was pretty much as I expected with Jason being kept honest throughout. Great atmosphere. Enjoyed the war cries although I remember the rivalry being much more fierce 'back in the day'. Oh, and I really can’t believe I ended up supporting Cradley! Thanks Billy and good luck to you and your family for the future..

Forgive me for being synical but its not just another BSI cop-out to avoid printing the wrong programme again (as in Germany 2008), is it?

Hands off, he's ours!!!!! (despite what my fellow Bees fans say!) Agree he wasnt too far off all night. Greg has been encouraging him for some time now and its interesting to note that Ricky is being helped by Billy Hammill's old crew. As Ive said in other posts, he is very determined, has good support and as you said, the bikes are something else!!!

Very enjoyable meeting to start the year. Not been to Owlerton before but will go again at some point. Could have done with a bit more passing (as always!) but I thought the riders all rode with great spirit - Darren + Sharon would have been proud. Nice touch to allow Ricky Wells to have some extra practice after the meeting along with the Sheffield boys. He may not have scored any points but I dont think he will take too long to get going. I'm not sure I'd want my first U.K meeting to be at possibly the fastest track in the U.K!

Everyone is expressing some surprise at Bombers inclusion - maybe he just got lucky because Tai said no, not this year (I'm guessing not quoting) and apart from Richardson, there are no apparent alternatives. This thread confirms that British fans want to support British riders in the GP series. Now would be a great time for a proper British GP series that is open to non-GP riders. The majority of fans and riders are bored to tears with the Elite Leagues A + B nonsense and there are plenty of calls to do something radically different. British riders do not develop to ride for themselves because everything here is based on team racing. You could even run it on the Thursday or Friday before a GP although there is still the hurdle of UK fans not always backing individual racing to overcome. Still, the top riders withdrawal from over here has seemingly helped the promoters to decide that they dont need to work with the GP's so I really dont expect much to change at the conference. Hopefully, the promoters will take their heads out of the sand before they get on the plane!

BSI could have tried a bit harder looking for an alternative track to Bydgoszcz - how about Norden, Coventry, Pardabice or anyware that has the correct FIM approval? It seems too much of a co-incidence that all of the track's 'top brass' were in Germany and is it normal for the insurance assessors to be walking round on Friday morning?

Dont forget that Hans had as much as Greg riding on the final GP and they were just 2 riders who were not happy at the switch. Fair play to Tomasz in taking full advantage of the situation but I cant help feel that most of the speedway world was cheated out of a fair outcome to the series and the super prix.