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My observations of zmarzlik/kurtz is zmarzlik not a gator Kurtz is, zmarzlik forces openings,Kurtz is a clever opportunist bit like woffinden was, zmarzlik is not easily muscled out of the way, Kurtz away from belle vue seems to be, I think in the rough and tough world of the GPs I think zmarzlik has the edge but if you can make gates like Kurtz your always going to be in the mix

10 years in the GPs and he never finished lower than 5th that is ridiculous consistency and astonishingly he is only 31

The points scoring system helps others more than Bartosz IMO .Keeping the Top men close.Even Bartosz has that sussed though.The one will say though is ,he is not gating as consistent as he used too over the last couple of seasons whether that is bike up or not.Kurtz seems to be his main challenger for consistency.Shame for Bewley getting injured he certainly looked in great form.Woryna and MJJ have added something to this Seasons GPs .

I’m interested to know if these engine failures we are seeing are these ignition boxes, 2 weeks back zmarzlik had a bike failure on the start line in Rzeszow (hell hadn't froze over)and last night Kurtz had one, he came out on same bike in next ride so wasn’t an engine blow up, it’s happened to some others too, although any bike can fail I thought the days of top riders having bike Breakdowns were well and truly behind us

Back in the 90s I was determined to master Exeter, I was only going there once a season with stoke or whoever and when ever I went I was crap, knowing Bruce cribb I asked for his advice about how to ride it, his advice was clip the kerb going into 3rd bend and then go straight up to fence, seeing as their fence was steel this was the last thing I wanted to hear but his thinking was if your already on the fence and lose control you will just skim off the fence, if your on the inside and lose control you will travel across the track hit the fence full on, now I understand what he was saying but unfortunately I didn’t have the balls to try it, I can’t say a rider will take a bigger risk if there is an air fence, that’s not how a rider thinks

Blödorn wins the Auerhahnpokal in Teterow ahead of Sajfutdinow and Thorssell. However, a nasty incident took place. Following a crash, Blödorn apparently kicked Mario Häusl, who was lying on the track.

The problem is and always will be the consistency and that is why Zmarzlik is the best. Even when he doesn’t win he gets damage limitation. You have Dudek and Lambert performing for Torun but didn’t show up yesterday. And same for a lot of the others, even bewley who I like can disappear of any meeting. Zmarzlik is always there or there about. Last night showed me that Kurtz is really ready to bring this battle. He started OK but then had a mechanical issue but still when required in the last two races (one to get into the LCQ and the other to win it) he found what he needed and made it happen. So he is showing to me he can still make a poor start to a meeting turn around into damage limitation just like Zmarzlik.

Apologies for the delay in updating the table- i have been holed up in a darkened room since 9pm yesterday evening unable to face the world !! my only consolation is that Bet 365 very much mirrored imaged my predictions. 18 big winners( including yours truly) move on with fatter wallets all round and we lose 1. Leaderboard after round 2 Prague. London Racer £5400 Icescot £5050 Personalresponsibility £4400 Fromafar £3000 iand £3000 Garry 1603 £2600 gmarsbar £2400 Shockster £2400 r8gdp £1600 Skippy147 £1200 Dave Rowe £1125 tintin £1100 Salty £1100 Racers and Royals £1000 come on the skipper £800 the refused £700 gjcone 44 £400 Col £203 WE LOSE The cheese NIL i will no doubt come back fighting in rounds 3 and 4 which are the Belle Vue double header on Friday and Saturday 5th/6th June.

Just watched it, a look at Google says, "Yes, it is!"

SHEFFIELD: Jack Holder, Anders Rowe, Chris Holder, Leon Flint, Josh Pickering, Jye Etheridge, Luke Killeen. BELLE VUE: Brady Kurtz, Kye Thomson, Kyle Howarth, Zach Cook, Niels-Kristian Iversen, Tate Zischke, Will Cairns.

BELLE VUE: Brady Kurtz, Kye Thomson, Kyle Howarth, Zach Cook, Jaimon Lidsey, Tate Zischke, Will Cairns. SHEFFIELD: Jack Holder, Anders Rowe, Chris Holder, Leon Flint, Josh Pickering, Jye Etheridge, Luke Killeen. Not a bad Aces line up all things considered 👍🏻

Links for Krosno v Poznań: https://vkvideo.ru/video-234681448_456239212 https://vksport.vkvideo.ru/video-53550004_456242648

And that'd the issue Rob will only offer a packet of fags which is great from a sustainability point of view but equally a shame as if they dropped Ablitt and got in Vuolas they should be pretty much unbeatable at home all season barring injuries (possibly Poole aside).

Yes picking up on the lazy management quote stick with someone who's reliable but won't get any better, or try and make the effort to unearth an unpolished gem you might get 5-6 seasons out of before he leaves for Poland.

Bonkers isn't it but given a squad system will never be entertained I guess that is what we have.

That's the Rob Godfrey business model to a t Mike at least until Harry has got that deal for some Arabs based in Dubai to take over the operating model of the sport.

The thing is all three of those tracks from a fanbase point of view so long as run to a sensible budget were sustainable it was the issue of the tracks being sold for housing that did them in.

It’s part of that qualifying. Instead of the 4 riders out setting the fastest time in 1 minute like yesterday, they just line up at the start for a 4 lap race- 4,3,2 and 1 GP points awarded. Should be around 3pm. so that’s 1st round qualifying(16 down to 8) 2nd round qualifying (8 down to 4) Sprint race.

I think he's a classic case of just doing enough. Look at last night, none of the other finalists managed double figures in Landshut, but he just keeps getting to the final. I'd love to see him be truly tested but I don't think he will be this season.

I know Clive Featherby has died but did he have a son also called Clive? Just wondering if it was him on this week's Breaking Dad programe with Bradley Walsh. It was in Brisbane and Monster Truck racing.

FIM Speedway site is very quiet about them, seem to have qualifying at 2pm on race day so when do they fit in the sprint?

Lindsey guest for Bewley, Howarth guest for Kildemand & K Thomson guest for Blodorn on Monday. Think I'll give it a miss

Only because the FIM complete cock-up of that 4 way (?) tie at Cardiff a few years back that they stupidly changed the rules to no head to head but fastest times !!

I prefer the cooler temps, according to the news we only have weather in the South and South East.

i dont think zmarzlic is riding poor, he is still on top of his game , i just think some of the other riders have upped their game, but not as consistantly.