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  1. Posted

    Just to confirm doing rest of the season at Lynn. Can be at No. 7 until end of August. Bringing 3 bikes plus 4 engines plus Polish mechanic. (No GTR door stop - lol) had good season with Wilki Krosno. Last home meeting broke the track record there in 68.32secs 410m Poland’s longest track. Really looking forward to the rest of season at Lynn and to try to make playoffs. Been asked by a number of teams if he wishes to double up, but has refused all offers as wants to concentrate on Lynn. Hope this gives you info you wanted. See you 25th July 

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    Re car park charge. I recall 2 years ago ago Buster telling me that the Council wanted to raise rent on the back straight car park to £30k per year (believe that was the figure) he was arguing with them re the rise. I don’t know but perhaps he manage to persuade them not to raise the rent back then, but now they have insisted on it. Hence why he now needs to charge £1 to park there. If that is the case then you can’t actually blame him for making a parking charge. 

  9. Posted

    On 2/9/2018 at 12:52 PM, stevebrum said:

    Now that all teams are completed ill make my prediction for the new season. 

    1. Poole - with 2 Polish ringers they are head and shoulders above every team bar the Aces. Kurtz should continue to improve. Holder is the key because whilst he is on a low average he seems to have been in free fall the past 2 seasons in the UK. Sundstrom is another on an out dated average. On paper the strongest team.

    2. Belle Vue - extremely solid and the only team that looks capable of matching the Pirates man for man. Cook is Mr Belle Vue whilst Fricke has great potential for continued improvement. Bewley for me is one of the stand out reserves this season. Drodz is the key rider to the Aces being potential champions this year.

    3. Leicester - again on paper a very attractive looking side. 2 brand new riders to the league is the only question mark. Pieszczek is the key rider to getting used to British tracks and also with the Polish mafia continuing to allow him to ride with no interference. Newman in reserve should be a strong scorer too.

    4. Wolves - a strong top 4 should ensure a top 4 finish. Thorssell is proven on away tracks now just taking over as number one he will need to step up but is more than capable. Reserves appear weak however Morris is a much improved rider since his last top flight stint. Underrated reserve IMHO.

    5. Swindon - both Morris and Musielak will start in more responsible positions. Question marks over where the improvements will come from. Like Wolves look weak in reserve however Zack was starting to look a threat in reserve before he got injured last season.

    6. Rye House - similar to last season. Very solid with no real number one although KK should improve his dismal 2017 average. If he can get back to being an 8 pointer then they are a real threat. Another one with a ringer this time in reserve in Clegg. Definitely a number 7, just his average is falsely low. As a team will need to improve on the road if they are to be a real threat. At home should be pretty invincible. 

    7. Somerset - outstanding number one however the back up looks weak. Plenty of capable riders just struggle to see who can step it up particularly away from home. Jeppesen could hold the key to a much better season if he settles well.

    8. Kings Lynn - someone had to be bottom and I'm surprised a team with Iversen in would be bottom either. Lambert could make yet more strides as great back up to Niels however the rest look very weak. Newcomer Andersen could make a difference. 

    Great prediction 

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  10. Posted

    15 hours ago, lisa-colette said:

    Kings Lynn updates on twitter are lying when they kept putting 'from the gate' then?? And a KL fan saying she was trying not to fall asleep as it wasn't entertaining!!

    No - Poole riders were just crap out of the gate. Were crap round the first bend, then the second, third and fourth for four laps. Just because opposition was dire doesn’t make the track a gate and go track. You could see it in their faces as they came off from track walk. “This track has got shale on it,  not used to that, there are no holes in track, the starts are deep and we are f...k’d “ and yes they were so right. 

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  11. Posted

    52 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said:

    Gaters track. Kings Lynn have mullered us out of the starts. Read updates. First 8 heats were virtually all reading Lynn gate, Lynn gate, Lynn gate again etc.

    Was in pits with riders. Not gate and go, Poole riders didn’t like grippy track and only started getting points as track got slicker. If Middlo wasn’t up for it, then he sure should be up for next years Oscars. Poole frankly were woeful ! 

  12. Posted

    1 hour ago, bigcatdiary said:

    Both Lynn and Poole PR state quite clearly Klindt is riding at Lynn tonight and other sources confirm the same, it does seem rather unprofessional if this information is circulated knowing it’s incorrect or misleading with at least one party clearly at fault.

     

    Nicolai was complaining about baggage allowance this morning on his SAS flight from Birmingham. Assume flight isn’t to King’s Lynn 

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  13. Posted · Edited by DWP

    I know many of the King’s Lynn fans still have a soft spot for Nicklas Porsing. Very sadly on Thursday night, Nicklas’s fiancé gave birth to their little girl in her 8th month of pregnancy. Sadly her little heart was not strong enough to bring her into this life. Nicklas and Vitalina are totally devastated. However, their parents, myself and my wife were here in Poland to comfort them. Vitalina is now home and they are being very strong. This has been a terrible week for them, as earlier in the week we were mourning the death of Nicklas’s Stal Rzeszow team mate Tomasz Jedrzejak. Nicklas and Vitalina pray for their little girl and thank the many speedway fans from around the world who have sent their condolences and best wishes. 

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  14. Posted

    18 hours ago, tellboy said:

    Not the best nor worst meeting,there was some good racing though.Jorgensen seemed the only one to get the outside line working though.Even though Robert was out of sorts tonight he still managed to post the fastest time.Maybe due to Bewley pushing him all the way.Yes Robert did say afterwards he had problems all night.Saying that he had to keep chasing the set up, more than what he had to do all season.But the track was slightly different tonight he said but they are professionals and should be able to deal with it,excellent comment i thought.

    Thought Riss spoke well too,he was unhappy with himself he wants to score more.But he said he hopes to find the correct set up soon,although he seemed amazed how much the track changed during the meeting.Certainly a good addition to the team.

    Still feel Iversen isn't right yet,ok when he gates but seems to lose his bottle a bit when chasing.

    Dale also indicated that S.Lambert may stay in the team,he answered a question and said why change a winning team.

    Imo this team won't win the play-offs,Poole are the strongest team right down to their no7.I was hoping maybe,somehow we could get a no7 that was equal to that one at Poole then i would fancy our chances.Was Porsing just visiting tonight:rolleyes:

    Yes just a 4 day visit to U.K.  Fancied his favourite Dinner at The Hare Arms so popped over as no Holsted meeting yesterday and next meeting is Sunday in Rzeszow 

  15. Posted

    11 hours ago, Skidder1 said:

    So the usual several pages of bs following a Poole trouncing of the opposition.

    I really can't understand the issue about 'oilgate'. I would go as far as to say that every speedway track in the country has used oil to help bind 'iffy' shale. Even the renouned trackman Buster suggested using it during the infamous 'first bend hole' incident a few seasons ago which caused the KL call off!!

    With the oil being put on the track after the meeting I guess we'll have to wait to see if Leicester 'ride under protest' at next week's Wimborne Road home meeting?!:blink:

    I can't add anything else about the meeting other than to say that 3 Poole riders set their fastest race times of the season so far.

    (NB. For those arguing the environmental/H&S issues, last night's meeting was actually sponsored by a Health and Safety Compliance Specialist!!):):t:

    No he didn’t and I was on track with him. He asked for shale, was told none available and Poole track man suggested old oil and Buster laughed and said “you must be f..king kidding”. I don’t recall you being on the track that evening. So fake news 

  16. Posted

    1 hour ago, BurntFaceMan said:

    How is it an environmental offence? It is their track... They can do as they please.

    It might go against the recommended guidelines but it's not against the law to use an oil as a binder.

    It is against the law to dispose of waste oil. All waste oil most be disposed of and handled in the correct manner laid down by the Environment Agency. Pouring on your garden, yard, field, race track is totally against the law even if you own or rent the land 

  17. Posted

    7 hours ago, g13webb said:

    Wow.. hang on there.      this was predetermined act because Poole had riders missing.    There were no crowds let in  the doors were shut. only a few of us manged to get through he pit gate,  to see the mess that had been created.   

    At least when calling the meeting off a day early, you stop fans the unnecessary  time,  and  expense  that we incurred that day...

    It’s history but for what it is worth. As it was Nicklas Porsing and myself who first walked the track at Poole that day and discovered a hole in the 1st bend at about 5pm. I would like to point out unbiased facts. We walked the track from pit gate anti clockwise until we got to bend 1, Nick toed the track as he had done throughout the walk. The track looked normal but as he toed it, the track gave way easily. More toeing of the track in that area and the track broke up to a gravel base. We reported this and other Lynn riders and Rob Lyon who had arrived came and looked at it. Poole management were informed. On Busters arrival he discussed how the track could be easily repaired with a tractor bucket full of shale, but was informed that there was no shale available. I remember someone from Poole suggested putting down old engine oil to bind the track in that area. But this idea was dismissed. From what I saw of the track we had no reason to think this was deliberate, just general poor track maintenance and astonishment that there was no spare shale available. We drove back to Norfolk and made 2 further trips to Poole in pouring rain, only to be told meeting was off on our arrival each time. Unfortunately when meeting did take place Nick was unable to ride due to a Polish team play off commitment. I think at this first meeting Poole did have a depleted team and Lynn were favourites. But I heard no mention within the Lynn team of any under hand tactics, just disappointment that the meeting couldn’t go ahead. 

  19. Posted

    Just now, blupanther said:

    He's only ridden once for them i believe, just a squad filler by the looks of it. Won't ever improve because he thinks he's the bees knees already, which he is definitely not ...

    Club captain- plus check facts Missed one meeting so far, other than injuries. All riders having to miss a match, he went first, as winning too easily and club want to reduce wage bill. He has nothing against Peterborough. But as I told Carl you are Sunday track, plus he doesn’t wish to do U.K. anymore. 

  22. Posted

    15 hours ago, racers and royals said:

    I watched it live on the internet. Nicklas obviously didn`t break his leg in the crash last week - he must have been a lucky boy.

    Yes I had called from manager on the track to say broken leg and hip. When Nicklas called from hospital he was surprised x-ray showed no breaks. He’s had a bloody painful week with skin looking like someone taken cheese grater to his left side

  23. Posted

    6 hours ago, racers and royals said:

    Wonder what the FIM, Rzeszow and Hancock would have done if the USA had got through to Wroclaw yesterday- as he has a Bydgoszcz v Rzeszow fixture today

     

    When a Team Manager or a Rider has signed on, he is deemed to have entered the meeting and is not permitted to take part in any other motorcycle meeting until the completion of the FIM SoN, unless eliminated from the competition.

    Greg wouldn’t have raced at Bydgoszcz. Rzeszow knew this and were prepared if he couldn’t ride. Nicklas Porsing after his crash last week, opted not to ride today. But was there with his bikes and he or junior rider Rzasa would have ridden if Greg was unable to. Rzeszow won 29-61 so even without Greg or Nicklas it would have still been a big win to Stal.

  24. Posted

    8 hours ago, Bald Bloke said:

    yhat's £60k .Wrong.Im pretty sure ant GP rider would ride hear for £10k per meeting. £60k is just a joke and a lie...

    Where do people get these figures. £60k a meeting, no rider even gets close to that in Poland 

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  25. Posted

    1 hour ago, foreverblue said:

    Yes Erik Riss is a good shout but Thomsen is going so well at the moment I would like to get him in the team and I think he would come in on a 6.37 converted average unless he is re-assessed.

    It’s all very well naming riders you think will fit in. One big problem, they don’t want to do U.K. Do the sums, 2x bikes, van, flights, mechanic, accommodation etc. At U.K.  points pay need to average about 9 to break even. 

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