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1) there are far better ways to achieve that 2) this won't be the case in the Cardiff & Warsaw GPs. I find it odd they created a system for the reason you said, then qualifying can stop the GP winner being top scorer.

Must admit it was better when ALL points counted.....

To be honest I was completely unaware of this until tonight. Why launch something for just 2 rounds? It’s making a farce of the current scoring. Just do it for every round or don’t bother. Too much of a gimmick for my liking.

Really can't understand the point of the scoring system, for example Woffinden 3 points = 1 GP point. If Woffy had fallen off instead of winning one race, he'd still score the same single point! Then you have Kvech, Wozniak & Vaculik all scoring 6 points, but Vaculik gets 2 more GP points than Kvech - is this really the best they can come up with?

You don't think its worthwhile watching at Scunny, Glasgow, Redcar or Workington?

They wouldn’t know that !!!! I’m sure they said that Lebedevs rides for Daugavpils- whereas he hasn’t ridden for them for at least 3 years !!!

He was also out wide looking for grip when there wasn't any...

Source please. I must be imagining things as I thought Berwick had used the automated starts for their four home meetings so far.

24 took part and i’m pleased to say that the spread was too hard for 13 of you punters !! Only 11 carry on to round 2 yes Holder cost me but i cannot see why so many piled in on Woffy !!! I had seen nothing so far this season to think he would be anywhere near winning the meeting. Leaderboard after round 1 Daz S £1800 Dave Rowe £1550 Hilly £1275 shockster £1200 Salty £1150 Speedwaysliders £900 Icescot £700 Col £597 Fromafar £500 Racers and Royals £500 Garry1603 £250 WE LOSE full-throttle NIL gmarsbar2 —£100 JohnBolly —£200 tintin —£200 The Cheese —£200 r8gdp —£200 iand —£300 Shrewsbury Wolf —£600 psycho3a —£1000 London Racer —£1200 TTT —£1800 Panthers99 —£2800 Robbie B —£4200 round 2 is in Warsaw on Saturday 11th May

Scunny"s heat leader trio must be a worry . Howarth did manage to win a race tonight , Allen did battle for his points , but Palm Toft was dreadful . For the home team , Son of God will never score an easier maximum . Schlien and Kemp were able back ups . Don't think the home fans will be looking forward to Son of God returning next Saturday

They have both been around a long time experimenting should be done at a practice session.Your missing Douglas who was a real No1 and very reliable everywhere unlike his replacement.

You get the feeling he would look Bartek in the eye and not be fazed.. And also not let him ride up the inside of him at the apex of any turn...!! Bartek clipping his back wheel would not be a surprise.. Unlike many who basically "soil'" themselves and drift out and get their race ruined as they lock up, heading towards the fence..

What a race... Jack Holder is a proper potential winner this year... Has that arrogance needed... And takes no prisoners...

https://x.com/bluepride32/status/1784183079096983828 Red lights are working!!

Berge beating Pederson from back twice some good races

Probably making the numbers up, let's be honest Danny isn't too far from njl standard and could do with the extra practice as I'm sure that's why he's doing it .

For that reason I don't know why they only use one track. I would think they'd get more fans if it was held at different tracks as you'd get 2 or more sets of "home" fans attending, rather than some just attending the final?

I will say this again; at least this system guarantees that the GP winner gets the most points! I HATE when people do this, but here's how it WOULD have looked under the old system (with comparison in brackets)... 18 - Holder (-2) 14 - Zmarzlik (=) 12 - Lambert (=) 12 - Doyle (-6) 11 - Huckenbeck (=) 11 - Lindgren (-5) 9 - Madsen (-1) 8 - Kubera (-1) 7 - Michelsen (-1) 6 - Vaculik (-1) 6 - Wozniak (=) 6 - Kvech (+1) 5 - Lebedevs (+1) 5 - Bewley (+2) 4 - Zagar (+2) 3 - Woffinden (+2)

GP points 20 J Holder 18 Doyle 16 Lindgren 14 Zmarzlik 12 Lambert 11 Huckenbeck 10 Madsen 9 Kubera 8 Michelsen 7 Vaculik 6 Wozniak 5 Kvech 4 Lebedevs 3 Bewley 2 Zagar 1 Woffinden

Personally I thought it was a pretty decent GP, above average in fact compared to recent years. It may not be racing for the purist, but the way the bikes and tracks are riders seem to have to be pretty extreme to make any moves and use the ruts, it certainly makes for entertainment and the FIM don't seem to be in any hurry to tone the bikes down. Heat 15 was purist stuff and a great race! None of the noobs disgraced themselves and probably did at least as good as some of the journeyman that have been cast aside this year with maybe Huckenbeck being the stand out. Maybe the reason a lot of the field don't resonate with some is because we just don't get to see most of them regularly in this country anymore? As for Woffy, for me he's at the stage of his career where he's quite comparable to Doyley and the contrast between the 2 is blindingly obvious to see, just the body language on the bike, Doyley looks as though he'd do almost anything to get back to the top, his semi final 2nd place was all you needed to see, brilliant stuff, Woffy... I can see him retiring from Speedway at the end of the year. Well done to Jack Holder, very impressive, I like his style, just the right amount of arrogance without going over the top with it and he's able to back it up unlike Woffy these days.

Here you go: Ht 1 52.79 track record! 2 - 54.69 3 - 54.03 4 - 52.96 5 - 52.96 6 - 53.32 7 - 53.06 8 - 54.95 9 - 53.62 10 - 53.51 11 - 53.33 12 - 55.27 13 - 53.94 14 - 53.15 15 - 53.13

Woffinden done at this level think this is the last we will see of him the GP

Riga is a nice city and the GP will be in the day (they have no lighting) so still time to go out after the meeting. Warsaw is always a great atmosphere and a fabulous city to explore

Maybe a lot of Comets fans have Church on Sundays.!!!!!!!!!!!