iris123 20,852 Posted March 11, 2018 44 minutes ago, f-s-p said: Andreas Jonsson and Jacob Thorssel. Over 100k a year has been speculated. Guess it all depends on what currency that 100k is in But can you honestly see Thorsell or even Jonsson,who is over the hill getting that sort of money in pounds sterling when it has been estimated that the /th/8th best earner(Zmarzlik-Kolodziej) in the Polish league is on about 300k for a season?Some middleweight is getting 30% of that for 3 meetings that are nowhere near as important as Ekstraliga.....who has been doing the speculating is my next question Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f-s-p 832 Posted March 11, 2018 24 minutes ago, iris123 said: Guess it all depends on what currency that 100k is in But can you honestly see Thorsell or even Jonsson,who is over the hill getting that sort of money in pounds sterling when it has been estimated that the /th/8th best earner(Zmarzlik-Kolodziej) in the Polish league is on about 300k for a season?Some middleweight is getting 30% of that for 3 meetings that are nowhere near as important as Ekstraliga.....who has been doing the speculating is my next question Bauhaus was their main sponsor last season, think they had Jonssons bike and kevlars all to themselves. I’m not talking about just sbp here.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f-s-p 832 Posted March 11, 2018 And its different being paid money to ride compared to receiving sponsorship. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 20,852 Posted March 11, 2018 (edited) 7 minutes ago, f-s-p said: Bauhaus was their main sponsor last season, think they had Jonssons bike and kevlars all to themselves. I’m not talking about just sbp here.... Oh ok.Maybe you can understand my confusion then as we were and particularly the post you quoted was most definitely One could almost speculate from your post that there is very little extra sponsorship for this series,it is just a sponsor who is sponsoring these riders anyway.... Edited March 11, 2018 by iris123 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark 1,497 Posted March 12, 2018 8 hours ago, f-s-p said: Andreas Jonsson and Jacob Thorssel. Over 100k a year has been speculated. Where do you obtain that information. Sterling or 100k zloty which would be about 20k uk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f-s-p 832 Posted March 12, 2018 Speculation, not information. Euros. And honestly, for the very limited information I have over the past decade on rider sponsorship, I’m not that bothered about it. It most certainly can be correct, or even more. My point was that Bauhaus is putting money in to speedway, thats a good thing... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Humphrey Appleby 13,901 Posted March 12, 2018 18 hours ago, Mark said: don't watch it then, easy. I doubt it'll be shown where I live, even if I wanted to. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 20,852 Posted March 12, 2018 8 hours ago, f-s-p said: . My point was that Bauhaus is putting money in to speedway, thats a good thing... I guess it is,but wouldn't it be a really good thing if these companies paid their taxes,as well as paying a couple of speedway riders.Ok,the guy is now brown bread,but the german founder of the company was a billionaire,but payed the same amount of tax as one of the plasterers or carpenters that used his shop.In fact i'd guess AJ probably paid more tax than he did Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f-s-p 832 Posted March 12, 2018 17 minutes ago, iris123 said: I guess it is,but wouldn't it be a really good thing if these companies paid their taxes,as well as paying a couple of speedway riders.Ok,the guy is now brown bread,but the german founder of the company was a billionaire,but payed the same amount of tax as one of the plasterers or carpenters that used his shop.In fact i'd guess AJ probably paid more tax than he did Cant argue with any of that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark 1,497 Posted March 15, 2018 On 12/03/2018 at 9:52 AM, Humphrey Appleby said: I doubt it'll be shown where I live, even if I wanted to. You're on a different planet. Of that there is no doubt. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,697 Posted March 15, 2018 (edited) Live coverage on Eurosport 1 at 5pm on Saturday 24th March from Torun with Dave Rowe and Sam Ermolenko trackside. Edited March 16, 2018 by racers and royals 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,697 Posted March 20, 2018 Last team named and draw for Saturday`s opening round eKantor.pl Team: 1. Piotr Protasiewicz 2. Patryk Dudek 13. Grzegorz Zengota Fogo Power: 3. Jarosław Hampel 4. Emil Sajfutdinow 14. Janusz Kołodziej Starkom Racing Team: 5. Vaclav Milik 6. Gleb CzugunowMonster Energy Speedway Team: 7. Greg Hancock 8. Paweł Przedpełski 16. Chris Holder Team Bauhaus: 9. Andreas Jonsson 10. Jacob Thorssell 17. Wiktor LampartTrans MF Pro Race Team: 11. Martin Smolinski 12. Leon Madsen 18. Andrzej Lebiediew 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RobMcCaffery 2,752 Posted March 21, 2018 (edited) Sadly Sportowe Fakty are casting doubt over Saturday's event. https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/zuzel/744481/get-well-przeklada-sparingi-i-odwoluje-treningi-co-ze-speedway-best-pairs For those unable to follow the link or translate it appears that this week's training match at Torun against Unia Leszno, having already been switched from Wednesday to Thursday is off again due to frost in the track, rescheduled for next Wednesday, and unless temperatures rise there is a risk that the pairs may have to also be rescheduled. They're hoping the track ca be readied for practice on Friday. Edited March 21, 2018 by RobMcCaffery Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DutchGrasstrack 804 Posted March 22, 2018 It's moved to sunday. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RobMcCaffery 2,752 Posted March 22, 2018 (edited) It appears that Torun have relaid the first bend. Sunday's timings are 1.30 pm parade, 2.05 pm first race, UK time. Bear in mind we switch to BST overnight so the clocks here go forward an hour. I presume CET is also switching the same night. There could be problems with Eurosport who have live cycling scheduled on E1. E2 has recorded motorcycling from Bangkok which could be shifted but are due to show live Motocross at 4 pm. We'll have to wait and see. I'm sure David Rowe can confirm. Edited March 22, 2018 by RobMcCaffery Share this post Link to post Share on other sites