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Thanks for that info Sir Matty, do you have contact details for Travel Plus and do they have a website by any chance? Which tours did you go on with them? They shall do very soon. Watch this space.

In Speedway Star today. Round 1 - May 1 - Germany Round 2 - May 15 - Poland or Germany Round 3 - May 29 - Stockholm, Sweden Round 4 - June 12 - Cardiff, Britain Round 5 - June 26 - Copenhagen, Denmark Round 6 - July 10 - Krsko, Slovenia WORLD CUP BREAK Round 7 - August 21 - Gothenberg, Sweden Round 8 - September 4 - Prague, Czech Rep. Round 9 - September 18 - Poland or Germany Round 10 - October 2 - Hamar, Norway Interesting that Slovenia remains after Dryml's crash and what his dad said. Where could the German GP(s) be held? My vote goes for the fantastic Olympic Stadium in Munich. One Poland is almost defineatly going to be Bydgoszcz. What about the second, if there is a second as it could be the German 2nd GP instead! Instead of a second German GP, I think another country e.g Italy (Lonigo) could have been introduced, or maybe Russia and we could get Roman's millions out of Chelski and into speedway lol!

Yes, top team from each qualifier into Final, next two into Last Chance. Top two from Last Chance to Final. There will also be two separate Preliminary Rounds for non-seeded teams. The top team in each will qualify for the Final Tournament. I haven't heard anything about the heat format, but I heard the Joker may have gone (and about time too). Wouldn't the sensible option be to have the old 4TT WTC format for the meetings so that it is more of a team event...........Hang on, I said sensibe therefore it will never happen in speedway :roll:

Quite a few people care, its not all about what you want :twisted:

Small bit in the 'every picture tells a story' section of the Daily Mail with a picture from the Wembley world final in 1955 and a bit about the memorial service for Craven.

I never said it would have been fair on the other guys or that shultz should get one. Yes Matej won the continental final the first year but imo there were better riders to be seeded the year after (notably Joe Screen)

This forum seems to be full of intelligent posts like these nowadays :roll: The reason I put Matze Schultz into the equation was for the same reason Ferjan got in a few years back.

Eureka I've got it lol! Regular 20 heat format. (Backwards so that riders seeded 1-4 meet in heat 20 instead of 1) Then a B final (5th to 8th) with riders scoring points 4,3,2,1 to add to their totals. And then an A Final with points 8,7,6,5. I ran it with speedway meeting and it works lol

It definatly works. If the points the rider scores in the meeting are those which go to their totals eg 15, 13. Then every point is vital and with only 15 riders in it all season they will all be going for the title as every point could be the difference between victory and loss. You'd need to change the first round of heats as you'd end up with the top 4 riders in heat 1 together. Prehaps when seeding the riders they go in an order like this. 1, 5, 9, 13?

Great idea imo. Less Riders = less distruption to gb league More rides for each rider Only riders in it to win it The prize money shared between 16 instead of 24.... Less riders to transport to gps outside of normal speedway countries. Its a great idea and makes it much more difficult to win as there will be 15 riders all in it to be world champion.

A simple way of doing it is indeed the 16 rider format. You could have 16 regular GP riders and the bottom 2 from the previous GP race-off with the wildcards, the top 2 take place in the event, the last 2 become wildcards. After the regular 21 (inc race-off was 15 & 16) have a semi final (3rd - 6th) with the winners meeting the top 2 in the final. Points in the final itself are added to the totals but doubled. This rider total is then how many points they scored in the GP. For example: Crump - 3,3,3,3,3,6 = 21 Rickardsson - 3,1,3,2,3,4 = 16

Haven't heard of it but it would solve all the problems the Elite League has as well as making the GP a more 'Elite' Group with 16 riders all capable of actually winning a GP. I'd say its a good idea. 14 regulars and 2 wildcards?

He was pretty pleased to beat Bo as well as beating Ondrasik and Franc in the overall standings. I really do believe Lubos can go far (I'm not being biased). He has the right attitude towards his racing and from what I could see against the Isle of Wight when he scored 7+3, the oxford fans have already taken him to heart.

Did i imagine it being our own Chris Harris that got 2nd in the Under 21s???? :? Ooops! Sorry, that should be Bomber not Szomberski

My view is that if the German GP is in Berlin then a German rider shouldn't be needed as a large number of Poles could easily travel there. I also think that next season, riders shouldn't need to ride in both the qualifying and GP series. Instead, a GP challenge should be run with - 12 Non-Qualifying GP riders Next 4 From GP Qualifying meeting World Under 21's 1st and 2nd Top 6 Wildcards/Reserve riders from the GP series. That would make a meeting like this, this year line-up as Lukas Dryml Piotr Protasiewicz Mikael Max Tomasz Bajerski Lee Richardson Hans Andersen Bjarne Pedersen Mark Loram Todd Wiltshire Bo Brhel Jason Lyons Kris Cegielski ---- Joonas Kylmakorpi Simon Stead Rafel Dobrucki Billy Janniro ---- Jarek Hampel Rafel Szomberski ---- Peter Karlsson Ronni Pedersen Tomas Topinka David Howe Peter Ljung Roman Povazhny Then the next riders in qualifiyng final coming in to replace those who are injured/retiring.

OK, Top 10 Jason Crump Nicki Pedersen Tony Rickardsson Leigh Adams Tomasz Gollob Greg Hancock Scott Nicholls Ryan Sullivan Rune Holta Andreas Jonsson Qualifiers Piotr Protasiewicz Bjarne Pedersen Bo Brhel Ales Dryml Jesper Jensen Kaj Laukkanen. That Leaves out Lukas Dryml Mikael Max Tomasz Bajerski Lee Richardson Hans Andersen Mark Loram Todd Wiltshire - Retiring Peter Karlsson Jason Lyons Kris Cegielski - Injured Ronni Pedersen That qualified 16 works out like this. DEN - 3 AUS - 3 POL - 2 CZE - 2 SWE - 2 FIN - 1 GBR - 1 NOR - 1 USA - 1 The fact that Denmark has 3 qualifiers may force Hans Andersen out. Loram & Nicholls should probably get seeded as Britain only has Scott, but Cardiff does not rely on fans supportting the Brits as say Poland does so both may not be neccassery business wise. As the biggest Speedway Nation I expect Poland to get two of these nominations. Most definatly Bajerski and Hampel, especially after Jarek showed what he could do in Bydgoszcz. I expect Sweden to gain another rider, especially with two GP's there this season. I expect that they will get one place which will be a battle of the brothers, however neither have shown their true form in the GP's this year but I don't really see anybody in Sweden who is ready for the GP's yet (Plenty ready in a few years tho). The next place is most definatly going to go to Lukas Dryml. Despite there being 2 qualified Czech's already. As for the final place, who knows! My 6 Lee Richardson Mikael Max Tomasz Bajerski Lukas Dryml Jarek Hampel ??????? Last place between Hans Andersen Mark Loram Peter Karlsson Tomas Topinka Matej Zagar Billy Janniro Matze Schultz (German Champion) Remember, this is my opinion.

How about a meeting in GB during June at a proper speedway track. and then Cardiff as the season ender. Having 2 meetings in GB at Cardiff and Glasgow would force most fans to choose one or the other, thus halfing the attendance.

That's probably how I'd call it as well. Chorzow looks like a no no after a poor crowd this year and the extra proper track at Wroclaw makes it more of a balanced series. Munich would be my choice as I said but Berlin is more likely to get the nod because it is closer to Poland and therefore more likely to attract a higher crowd.

They don't have to 'fail' all it needs is a rubbish gate draw for them in the semis and tony to win the gp.

1st 2 Jason Crump AUS 11 5 20 25 11 16 25 20 133 2nd 12 Nicki Pedersen DEN 20 8 25 16 20 7 18 18 132 3rd 1 Tony Rickardsson SWE 25 13 18 20 13 6 20 6 121 4th 4 Leigh Adams AUS 11 18 13 11 25 18 11 11 118 5th 7 Tomasz Gollob POL 16 8 3 13 16 11 8 25 100 6th 6 Greg Hancock USA 8 16 16 18 11 13 6 8 96 7th 13 Scott Nicholls GBR 6 2 13 11 18 20 6 13 89 8th 3 Ryan Sullivan AUS 6 25 7 8 8 25 5 3 87 9th 11 Rune Holta NOR 13 11 11 13 8 5 16 8 85 10th 14 Andreas Jonsson SWE Inj 2 11 7 7 13 13 7 60 11th 10 Lukas Dryml CZE 18 20 8 7 5 Inj Inj Inj 58 12th 19 Piotr Protasiewicz POL 13 6 8 6 2 3 4 16 58 13th 5 Mikael Max SWE 7 13 5 1 3 8 7 5 49 14th 21 Tomasz Bajerski POL 4 11 7 6 13 5 2 1 49 15th 17 Lee Richardson GBR 7 1 4 Inj Inj 8 7 11 38 16th 25 Hans Andersen DEN 3 4 Inj Inj Inj 11 11 6 35 17th 20 Bjarne Pedersen DEN 2 7 4 5 Inj 3 8 4 33 18th 8 Mark Loram GBR 5 Inj Inj Inj 7 4 4 7 27 19th 15 Todd Wiltshire AUS 2 5 5 2 1 6 3 3 27 20th 26 Peter Karlsson SWE 1 3 6 4 6 Inj 2 4 26 21st 18 Bo Brhel CZE 5 3 1 5 Inj 1 5 5 25 22nd 22 Jason Lyons AUS 1 6 2 8 3 2 1 2 25 23rd 16 Kris Cegielski POL 8 7 Inj Inj Inj Inj Inj Inj 15 24th 27 Ronni Pedersen DEN - 4 6 3 Inj 1 Inj 1 15 25th 35 Tomas Topinka CZE - - - - - - 13 - - 13 26th wc Jarek Hampel POL - - - - - - - 13 - 13 27th 30 David Howe GBR - - 2 - 6 - - - - 8 28th wc Peter Ljung SWE - - - - - 7 - - - 7 29th 29 Roman Povazhny RUS - - - 2 4 - - - - 6 30th wc Matej Zagar SLO - - - - 5 - - - - 5 31st wc Sebastian Ulamek POL 4 - - - - - - - - 4 32nd wc Charlie Gjedde DEN - - - 4 - - - - - 4 33rd wc Izak Santej SLO - - - - 4 - - - - 4 34th wc David Ruud SWE - - - - - 4 - - - 4 35th 28 Robert Dados POL - - - 3 - - - - - 3 36th wc Rafel Kurmanski POL 3 - - - - - - - - 3 37th wc Simon Stead GBR - - 3 - - - - - - 3 38th wc Ales Dryml CZE - - - - - - 3 - - 3 39th 33 Sandor Tihanyi HUN - - - - 2 - - - - 2 40th 34 Joonas Kylmakorpi FIN - - - - - 2 - - 2 41st wc Rafel Szomberski POL - - - - - - - 2 - 2 42nd 31 Chris Harris GBR - - 1 - - - - - - 1 43rd 32 Denis Stojs SLO - - - - 1 - - - 1 44th wc Magnus Zetterstrom SWE - 1 - - - - - - - 1 45th wc Jesper B. Jensen DEN - - - 1 - - - - - 1 46th wc Josef Franc CZE - - - - - - 1 - - 1 47th wc Lars Gunnestad NOR - - - - - - - - 0 Best case scenario for all those neutrals out there. Jason - 6 points = 139 Nicki - 7 Points = 139 Tony - 18 points = 139 What a race-off that would be!

I can see it now. Nicki and Jason in the A Final. Winner takes all and........................ Crump's bike drags him into the tapes! Go Nicki!!!

I'm pretty sure the rules were a race-off a few years ago as it was possible it could happen. Can anyone comfirm the rule? Another possibility is Tony 25 and Jason 13 puts them equal with 2 wins each i think

Looks slightly better like this 1st - Jason Crump - 133 2nd - Nicki Pedersen - 132 3rd - Tony Rickardsson - 121 4th - Leigh Adams - 118 5th - Tomasz Gollob - 100 6th - Greg Hancock - 96 7th - Scott Nicholls - 89 8th - Ryan Sullivan - 87 9th - Rune Holta - 85 10th - Andreas Jonsson - 60 11th - Lukas Dryml - 58 12th - Piotr Protasiewicz - 58 13th - Mikael Max - 49 14th - Tomasz Bajerski - 49 15th - Lee Richardson - 38 16th - Hans Andersen - 35 17th - Bjarne Pedersen - 33 18th - Mark Loram - 27 19th - Todd Wiltshire - 27 20th - Peter Karlsson - 26 21st - Bo Brhel - 25 22nd - Jason Lyons - 25 23rd - Kris Cegielski - 15 24th - Ronni Pedersen - 15 25th - Tomas Topinka - 13 26th - Jarek Hampel - 13 27th - David Howe - 8 28th - Peter Ljung - 7 29th - Roman Povazhny - 6 30th - Matej Zagar - 5 31st - Sebastian Ulamek - 4 32nd - Charlie Gjedde - 4 33rd - Izak Santej - 4 34th - David Ruud - 4 35th - Robert Dados - 3 36th - Rafel Kurmanski - 3 37th - Simon Stead - 3 38th - Ales Dryml - 3 39th - Sandor Tihanyi - 2 40th - Joonas Kylmakorpi - 2 41st - Rafel Szomberski - 2 42nd - Chris Harris - 1 43rd - Denis Stojs - 1 44th - Magnus Zetterstrom - 1 45th - Jesper B. Jensen - 1 46th - Josef Franc - 1