Steve Shovlar 10,439 Posted April 24, 2010 Thought it was a slightly above average GP with a boring final to be honest. Didn't buy into Tatum and Pearsons ravings at all. A few good races but nothing to rave about like those two have. Brits disappointed as usual. Clear to all the Tai is currently miles out of his depth. Shouldn't really have got the WC. Harris suprised by making the semi so can't moan about that as its better than he usually does. Holder continued his Poole form by riding slow bikes. Put himself about but Emil went past him like he was standing still. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SCOTLAND1314 121 Posted April 24, 2010 What a breath of fresh air for the Speedway GP. Good track = Good racing. Simple. Thanks to Tony Olsson, common sense prevails. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TrueBee 147 Posted April 24, 2010 Enjoyed that GP, good racing throughout! Lets hope this continues! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pandorum 1,259 Posted April 24, 2010 Well another boring meeting to add to all the other boring GPs Bloody Hell that was amazing......great racing from the off, super TV coverage, decent commentary, nice Sky programme with 3 good guests...well done to everyone especially the track staff.....awesome! Lets hope this is the first of many! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
seanisnumber1 0 Posted April 24, 2010 Fantastic GP with some quality racing and a bit of dirt on the track - long may that continue for the rest of the season. Harris did well to get to semi but made a shocking gate and Tai looked well out of his depth unfortunatley!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KEITH M 850 Posted April 24, 2010 (edited) Thought it was a slightly above average GP with a boring final to be honest. Didn't buy into Tatum and Pearsons ravings at all. A few good races but nothing to rave about like those two have. Brits disappointed as usual. Clear to all the Tai is currently miles out of his depth. Shouldn't really have got the WC. Harris suprised by making the semi so can't moan about that as its better than he usually does. Holder continued his Poole form by riding slow bikes. Put himself about but Emil went past him like he was standing still. Have you ever seen a good speedway meeting? As every meeting you go to, one of the teams involved seems to be crap which spoils a good night, every report you have made on a t.v meeting that doesn't involve Poole seems to be an average meeting and every Premier League meeting that has been on t.v in your opinion has been crap. For any newcomer to the sport reading your reports will never want to go to a live speedway meeting Edited April 24, 2010 by KEITH M Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tomhaines 68 Posted April 24, 2010 An absolutly fantastic meeting on a fantastic track, well done everybody involved! Watching at home there was just a totally different atmosphere... usually its a case of filling in the scorecard job done after the first lap or so and feeling completely let down at the end of the meeting when you realise you've wasted 3 hours. Instead it was entertaining and definately a great advert for the sport. Similarly you felt a different atmosphere in the studio with their jobs being made much easier as the racing did the talking. Well done to everybody, finally SGP is a product we can be proud to say is the pinnacle of our sport. Lets hope rounds 2-11 are as good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Jasper 192 Posted April 24, 2010 Enjoyed that, there was some cracking action on track, with a few surprises, Holder set the tone going past Crump very feorcefully however Crump was too good form in the end, lets hope it continues! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Shovlar 10,439 Posted April 24, 2010 (edited) Have you ever seen a good speedway meeting? As every meeting you go to, one of the teams involved seems to be crap which spoils a good night, every report you have made on a t.v meeting that doesn't involve Poole seems to be an average meeting and every Premier League meeting that has been on t.v in your opinion has been crap. For any newcomer to the sport reading your reports will never want to go to a live speedway meeting I thought it was above average for a GP. Just didn't think it was spectacular as the commentators were going on. It was like they were on a mission to rave whatever the meeting was like. It was good but not as great as they were say (my opinion of course). There were a few good races. Holder battle with Crump and Emil, Kolodziej, Pedersen going backwards, Zorros win. By the way just a heads up. I thought that PL meeting at Scunthorpe last year was very good. Edited April 24, 2010 by Steve Shovlar Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jacques 3,114 Posted April 24, 2010 I loved it! Brilliant racing, brilliant track. I wish we could have that kind of track here, the racing was awesome.... Does this put GP Speedway back on the map? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nevs 4 Posted April 24, 2010 Thoroughly enjoyed that, not the borefest they can sometimes be. If that sets the standard for the rest of the season bring it on-Just hope the following meetings are as entertaining as that one was. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tigerblues 10 Posted April 24, 2010 (edited) Excellent GP, loved it from start to finish. The final was shaping up superbly before the crash (speaking of which, going by their comments afterwards, was I watching a different race to Havelock and Nicholls!?) so it was a shame that was cut short but what a GP on the whole. Crump brilliant, as was Hampel but I expected a good one from him and I thought Kolodziej was very good aswell. Bomber had a good first 2, was nowhere in the next 2 and then did well enough to just get through to the semi-final where he was never really in it. Tai was on the pace at times but didn't look to have the same speed or control as others, but I'm confident with time we will see big improvements. Also want to mention Holder who, in his first GP, gave a good account of himself with some tough racing and I think we can look forward to some good GPs from him in the near future. So a good, well-prepared track is all the GPs needed. Hopefully with Tony Olsson in, we can look forward to this all year Oh, and as always I loved the commentary. "I'm glad it's only a minute long, I couldn't cope for 2" Classic Kelv Edited April 24, 2010 by tigerblues Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BritPete 625 Posted April 24, 2010 Goodbye Olsen, hello decent racing! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hyderd 1,216 Posted April 24, 2010 Super meeting and one that will have new fans coming to the sport. Well done T Olsen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spencebel 181 Posted April 24, 2010 Wow! what a meeting....Congrats to everybody,not missing Ole Olsen. Great for the sport..... Congratulations to Jason... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
