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  1. One particular picture Bernt Persson, dont know the name of the girls - can anyone help? Think the one on the left could be Elizabeth Michanek, and the one on the right Rosemary Wall
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    Bysarna?

    spanner47, you will not be dissapointed. It really is a scenic little island. It really is very different, and its easy to forget that you are 'half way to Russia'.Whilst you are on the ferry, try talking to the Destination Gotland crew about speedway. Many of them are big Bysarna fans, and are regular visitors to the track, when time permits. I'm sure you will enjoy your visit
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    World U21 Semi 1/7

    Sorry Searley, but most people would not agree with you that he would have reached the final. As far as reserves go, thats exactly how Mr Kennett managed to get to the semi, as he was drafted into the 1/4 final when the Russian couldn't get a visa, and did well enough from that meeting to qualify. However he didn't do enough from the UK qualifying round to reach the 1/4 final.
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    G P Qualifier

    This is at best, laughable Chris, we are comparing Leigh Lanham who apparently only ride one track (at the highest level in the UK, by the way), to Edward Kenett, who apparently can ride more than 1 track ( not at the highest level in the UK). There can be no doubt, that if he wanted it, Leigh Lanham should have been given this chance, as he fully deserved it by finishing in a higher position in the qualifying meeting.
  5. Excellent coverage Anders, and with the updates on speedway.nu, just what we have come to expect from Sweden. Your work is much appreciated by those of us in the UK with an interest in the Swedish Leagues. Thank You
  6. At the end of the day, the promoters cannot make any desicion on a meeting once it has started. Discussions to abandon should be between the Riders / ref & C of C. The situation of promoters getting involved will always cloud the issue, with undue pressure being applied for financial reasons.
  7. Sorry Steve, we are going to have to disagree on this one. From where I was sitting, the track did not look at all good, and the way the riders were 'spinning up' in the turns, suggested that it had been made with a very hard base so that the water couldn't soak in, and any water applied (naturally or otherwise) just sat on the top, and effectively turned to ice, as commernted on by numerous riders in the interviews.
  8. Quite right Lupus, If the track had been in a good ( Not Slick, not over watered) condition at 15:29 then the situation would have been recoverable to a satisfactory degree, and the ELRC would have stood a chance. If there was a heavy duty grader available, why wasn't it used ? Maybe there was a Grader, but no new shale to put down ?
  9. I have to say that I agree with you 100% on that one HenryW. If the levels of rain had been as described, and if there had been no watering past 15:30, the ONLY explanation was that once again we were going to be presented with an Ole Olsen track. The equipment on display whilst they were trying to repair the damage to the track, suggested that available equipment was basic in the extreme - not really a good reflection on Poole/BSPA (delete as appropriate). As far as blaming the riders, I think that is plain daft. The discussions between the riders/ Clerk of the Course / Referee on SKY showed quite clearly that the riders were coming out to race (not ride) on the proviso that it didn't start raining again. We all saw what happened, and I can't believe that the riders can be held responsible for the meeting being abandoned. The clerk of the course intimated that everything possible (with limited resources ?) had been done on the track. (By the way, I am intrigued what H&S would make of the guy's tryong to manhandle the bag of sawdust - a definite lack of appropriate equipmet, and hence a risk assessment) IF blame has to be aportioned to what was yet another fiasco really, then I would say it should be Weather 20%, Riders 20%, organisers 60%. Does anybody think that we should have another topic entitled ' An open letter to the organisers of the 2006 ELRC' ?
  10. Absolutley sure that we are all awaiting the verdict from all the Poole fans on the lack of aptitude for track preperation for todays ELRC. Have a look at post #23 on this thread, for the alternative (and many would say more realistic) thoughts on Pooles track preperation. Match Report
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    1.bundesliga Starts

    Have spoken to Niklas last week, and he has indeed signed for Brokstedt, and is looking forward to riding for them in the bundesliga. At this time he wasn't sure which meetings he was going to ride in. As an side, if you have Microsoft Map Point 2004 (or maybe Autoroute), and do a 'find' for Neuenknick one of the options it will come up with is Speedway-Club Neuenknick, complete with all details including phone number. Its the only speedway track that I have found on Map Point, so I say well done to the club.
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    More "name That Rider"

    The only other option would be Bent Rasmussen, but the rider in question looks 'too tall', and I don't remember him having a dark Bell Moto helmet, but he did have a white one.......Doesn't look like his bike either Does that make me 'anorak of the day' ?
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    More "name That Rider"

    206 John Smith in Baseball cap, John Eglese in the White jumper, ?? 210 Billy Sanders, John Louis (?), Lance King, Alan Grahame 213 Rickard Hellsen in White (on somebody elses bike, but I don't know whose), ??
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    More "name That Rider"

    133 Phil Collins, Steve Regling , Kevin Jolly 134 John Louis, Eric Monaghan 135 Jan Andersson 136 Jeremy Doncaster, Andy Grahame, Kenny Carter (or maybe Kelvin Tatum ?)
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    500cc And U15's

    This is not something that will be unique to the UK. The various FMN's and their tecchnical teams having been talking about this for some time now, and it is an ongoing scenario. There are ongoing tests of these machines by the FNM's and their technical members. There are very real concerns, from various FMN's that 2 stroke engines may well be banned soon on environmental grounds, and that something had to be done - the 250 was the most appropriate solution. Obviously there had been concerns about potential accidents, and the possible ramifications of that, for juniors on 500's. As I understand it, this class is being taken up by the FIM, and my guess is that there will be a 250 championship of some description in the future. As for expensive rule changes at short (if any) notice, welcome to the world of speedway from the other side of the fence. As you are no doubt aware, there has been major issues regading carburation regulations, which would have made over 80% of the carburettors in use in the GP series illegal, at a moments notice. You may have noticed that the results of the recent ice semi final in Inzell were not made official for several days, for this very reason.
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    Strange, But True

    Another one from the seventies......King's Lynn had Adi Funk, Austrian champion riding for them. He had been having a rough time machinery wise, and his riding partner, Michael Lee lent him a bike for a meeting. The stars had recorded a 5-1 with Adi being superbly team riden by Michael. After the race Michael did a practice start on the back straight - just as Adi was turning round. End result was a big crash, and 2 completely totalled Weslake machines, and lots of shiny blue fibreglass all over the place....Shortly after this, I think Michael started to use the plastic Preston Petty mudguards that were to be come a bit of a trademark for him
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    Strange, But True

    I put it at 82 -83, but couldn't just remember which.......I can't remember where else we went, other than Lynn, but the Newcastle match was the one that stood out for me. There was also Tommy Nilssons immaculate Bertil Andersson tuned Twin Cam Jawa. He used to pull 'silly' gears compared to everybody else, but boy, did it go, and it sounded so good, especially on a big track like Lynn
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    Strange, But True

    Remember being at Newcastle in the very early eighties with Getingarna, in an early season challenge match (Getingarna being Anders Michanek, Tommy Nilsson, Rickard Hellsen, P.O. Gudmundsson, a very Young Jimmy Nilsen, a very young Per Jonsson amongst others, at that time). The match was going quite well, but it was a little cold, and then it started to snow. Needless to they stopped the racing whilst it was snowing. After a while it stopped, but there was now a fair covering of snow. There was a bit of a discussion, and Mich decided that the answer was to get a track rake (remember them anybody ? ) and scrape a line the width of the rake, around the white line, and at the bottom of the boards. This left a strip of snow in the middle of 2, 1M wide brown strips. Racing started again and the remaining heats were completed. The snow started coming down again shortly after the end, and the visitors had a real interesting drive back to their UK base in King's Lynn, and from what I remember the rest of their meetings went OK, as did all of their pre-(Swedish) season training at King's Lynn
  19. Dekker...it wasn't just Swindon !! TR did second halves at every BL (don't think it was called elite then) track of the time, over a 2-3 week period. The only ones who spotted his potential, were Ipswich !! He was told in no uncertain terms by many promoters of the time that he would never make it !! Congratulations go to Tony on his achivements since then, not least, his achievement of getting his 6th title tonight. I for one, wouldn't be surprised if he got a 7th
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    Ice Racing

    I for one think that if BSI can give ice racing, the shot in the arm that they have given conventional speedway, it will be very good news ideed. Can you imagine what the crowd would be like at Assen, if they get the attendance boosts that conventional speedway seem to have done at the very highest level. You would like to think that BSI could get a TV deal, similar to the conventional GP's......How good would that be.
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    Ice Racing

    Not sure that the outside temperature needs to be too low, as those people who go to Assen on a regular basis can testify.
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    Ice Racing

    Surely, all Ice tracks are temporary ?
  23. Hope you didn't let him see the Daily Express on Saturday then. See this thread: Previous thread
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    Weslake's

    I'm sure John was the first. I seem to remember there being an article in the speedway mail with a picture of JL on his Weslake at Hackney. I think it had a bicycle speedo mounted on the handlebars, which looked a little bizzare if I remember.
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    The Last Jap Engined Machine?

    Fairly sure that the JAP 4V was a reality, and that Bob Humpheries used them with varying degrees of success when with Reading.
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