Steve Shovlar 10,439 Posted September 14, 2018 I gave up on it. Just a terrible format. Long gaps between heats, with the format so bad some riders are coming out for their third ride against ridrrs who are making their first. Bad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
teijahn 8 Posted September 14, 2018 This heat arrangement would seem to be a good way to diminish interest in the sport. Hopefully future rounds can field 16 riders and a more sensible format. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DutchGrasstrack 804 Posted September 14, 2018 They like long meetings as well. BBQ, friends, some racing. Few years ago we had a speedway meeting in Blijham which ended in like 2 hours. Result was that everybody was moaning that it was such a short event. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
teijahn 8 Posted September 14, 2018 4 minutes ago, teijahn said: This heat arrangement would seem to be a good way to diminish interest in the sport. Hopefully future rounds can field 16 riders and a more sensible format. And if they do so, how would that pan out for riders? given that the major prize is based on progressive points. Those added to the rider list would be unlikely to feature in the thick end of prize money. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
teijahn 8 Posted September 14, 2018 3 hours ago, nw42 said: I can see that 1st prize is a nice little hatchback, 2nd prize a pushbike, can't quite make out what 3rd is, could it be a white line marker? So who gets the white line marker? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nw42 2,048 Posted September 14, 2018 1 hour ago, teijahn said: So who gets the white line marker? I don't know, just got up for work, gave up on that after 4 races, helped me sleep though. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 20,972 Posted September 15, 2018 10 hours ago, DutchGrasstrack said: They like long meetings as well. BBQ, friends, some racing. Few years ago we had a speedway meeting in Blijham which ended in like 2 hours. Result was that everybody was moaning that it was such a short event. It is why I like speedway in Denmark and not too keen on Longtrack.Denmark rattle through quickly with few breaks and often here in Germany even speedway meetings take for ever,but Longtrack more so.The difference is most tracks in Germany and France only have one or two meetings a year and try to make the most of it in terms of dragging things out to maximize money taken for food and drink etc and also to give this feeling of a festival,whereas in Denmark tracks are hosting meetings on a regular basis Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,723 Posted September 15, 2018 Result Wyniki:1. Michael Jepsen Jensen - 9 (3,1,2,3) + 1 miejsce w finale A2. Grzegorz Zengota - 11 (2,3,3,3) + 2 miejsce w finale A3. David Bellego - 10 (1,2,2,3) + 3 miejsce w finale A4. Krystian Pieszczek - 8 (2,2,2,2) + 4 miejsce w finale A5. Greg Hancock - 7+3 (2,0,2,3) + 1 miejsce w finale B6. Niels Kristian Iversen - 7+2 (1,3,3,0) + 2 miejsce w finale B7. Wadim Tarasienko - 6+1 (1,0,2,3) + 3 miejsce w finale B8. Linus Sundstroem - 7+0 (3,3,0,1) + 4 miejsce w finale B9. Jakub Jamróg - 3+3 (1,1,1,d) + 1 miejsce w finale C10. Luke Becker - 6+2 (0,3,2,1) + 2 miejsce w finale C11. Tomasz Gapiński - 4+1 (0,1,1,2) + 3 miejsce w finale C12. Stephane Tresarrieu - 1+0 (0,0,1,0) + 4 miejsce w finale C13. Nicolas Vicentin - 1 (0,1,0,d) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,723 Posted September 20, 2018 Piraterna website(Motala) has these riders listed for 2nd round Greg Hancock – USA Niels-Kristian Iversen – Danmark Linus Sundström – Sverige Oliver Berntzon – Sverige Grzegorz Walasek – Polen Grzegorz Zengota – Polen Adrian Miedzinski – Polen Michael Jepsen Jensen – Danmark Vadim Tarasienko – Ryssland Tomasz Gapinski – Polen Karol Baran – Polen Edward Mazur – Polen Timo Lahti – Finland Krysstian Pieszczek – Polen Jakub Jamrug – Polen Wild Card – ? Reserv – ? Reserv – ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,723 Posted September 27, 2018 (edited) Saturday`s line-up and draw- i still have no idea of TV/internet coverage 1. #88 Niels Krystian Iversen2. #53 Linus Sundstrom3. #1 Grzegorz Walasek Kim Nilsson4. #29 Grzegorz Zengota 5. #707 Krystian Pieszczek 6. #415 David Bellego 7. #31 Jakub Jamróg 8. #3 Wadim Tarashenko 9. # 93 Oliver Bertzon 10.# 52 Jepsen-Jensen 11. #45 Greg Hancock 12. #22 Luke Becker 13. # 82 Tomasz Gapiński 14. # 114 Andreas Lyager 15. #46 Edward Mazur 16. W/C Jonas Davidsson 17. R 1 - Anton Karlsson 18. R 2 - Johan Jensen Edited September 28, 2018 by racers and royals Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,723 Posted September 28, 2018 Kim Nilsson replaces Walasek i understand. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,723 Posted September 29, 2018 Shambles of a competition - line- up is rubbish https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/zuzel/relacja/92544/ii-runda-sdc-w-motali Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f-s-p 832 Posted September 30, 2018 On 9/29/2018 at 5:48 PM, racers and royals said: Shambles of a competition - line- up is rubbish https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/zuzel/relacja/92544/ii-runda-sdc-w-motali Why didn't you start a thread on the Veenoord Golden helmet and tell everyone how rubbish that was? Cant really understand the negativity regarding this... At least not all of it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,723 Posted September 30, 2018 2 minutes ago, f-s-p said: Why didn't you start a thread on the Veenoord Golden helmet and tell everyone how rubbish that was? Cant really understand the negativity regarding this... At least not all of it. What a rubbish line-up that was in Holland https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/zuzel/relacja/93223/turniej-o-zloty-kask-w-veenoord Back to the Diamond cup 1st round couldn`t even get 16 riders and ended up with 13 in such a cr&p format it was "two on the trot" in every race. 2nd round must have been around 8 changes- no Internet or Polish TV coverage Round 3 Krsko there will be one man and his dog watching!! Round 4 is in doubt because the city of Rzeszow are not prepared to stump up any cash to support the round there- and why should they support such a " Mickey mouse" event Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 20,972 Posted October 1, 2018 (edited) Should have been called ‘Crock of sh-ite’ lol Edited October 1, 2018 by iris123 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites