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  1. Posted

    3 hours ago, OveFundinFan said:

    That's the problem of qualifying rounds. Carry an injury, engine failure and you can be out in the blink of an eye. Happened on the lead up to one off world finals many times. That reality shows having human beings selecting who goes in and who comes out is a reasonable way of getting a GP line up. Problem then is every man and his dog on a forum want there voice heard. The selection committee has heard the call for fresh faces and delivered. Not to everyone's liking...but you asked, you got, suck it.

    Nothing wrong with the qualifying system, all riders should be in it. Too much dross back in again 

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    2 hours ago, Wee Eck said:

    Max rode at Toruń with a broken wrist. It is alleged he was considering pulling out of the meeting but was informed that would jeopardise his chance of getting a wild card. Fat good that did him. He must be severely irritated by the politics of the organisers including a 28 year old Latvian and a 30 year old German ahead of him. 9th in the World is not good enough for the GPs it seems. 

    Not qualifying for the GP challenge final from the semifinal, may not have helped

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  9. Posted

    1 hour ago, OveFundinFan said:

    Apart from Doyle, Vaculik, Lambert, Get below Wozniak and it all gets a bit iffy with kvech, Pawliki, Becker, Lebedevs. One in the 2024 would be enough, two of them could be a disaster for the series. Lebedevs would be my choice, he has the maturity, but doesn’t seem to be able to nail it when required ie recent SON and now the Challange. Beckets not quite there yet, Pawliki (I remember them both only a few years ago), so it’s got to be Kvech…and I not exactly jumping with joy but perhaps best of that bunch for next year.

    This is exactly the thinking that holds speedway back. Today two of the top five in the GPs showed their class, but Lambert who is currently eighth was soundly beaten by Kvech and Becker. This is on track that Lambert is the current track record holder, yet people want to stay with the same old faces. 

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  10. Posted

    49 minutes ago, jrs said:

    I had mixed thoughts on Lamberts exclusion, originally I put it down to Pawlicki carrying too much speed into the bend, but then there was no need for Lambert to drift so wide , and I think it ended as the correct decision. As Daz said would have been good to see a replay.

    From where I was sitting at the end of the 4th corner lambert was rightly excluded, it looked like a desperate, dangerous move 

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  13. Posted

    5 minutes ago, Roger Jacobs said:

    Post on Speedway Friends Facebook says nothing found to be wrong …

    Blixt, the manufacturer of the carburettors has checked them today, all four Kowalski had were legal. 

    Lots of old has beens happy to throw mud on their media though

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  14. Posted

    20 hours ago, Ghostwalker said:

    Well, it is easy to be fast when you are using oversized carburettors. Kowalski was caught with two oversized carburettors at scrutineering in Västervik today
    for the meeting between Västervik and Indianerna. The carburettors were confiscated. He was allowed to check in two other carburettors and was allowed
    to participate in the meeting accordingly to the rules.

    https://speedwayfans.se/indianforare-ertappad-med-for-stora-forgasare-i-vastervik/

    Today Kowalski's carburettors were checked by the manufacturer, and were found to be legal. I wonder how many riders will put apologies on their twitter pages

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  15. Posted

    1 hour ago, OveFundinFan said:

    Ok, re your last statement. You name 2 riders who were in last years Challenge final in Glasgow that should be riding in this years GPs instead of Lambert and Fricke......that is do better than Lambert and Fricke.

    What has last years GP challenge final got to do with anything. Lambert and Fricke failed to qualify for the 2024 GP challenge final. 

  16. Posted

    8 hours ago, OveFundinFan said:

    The winner of last years GPChallenge is riding in this years GP series, that’s what you want.  Are you sure he should be there?  I agree with the GPChallenge, but does it always throw up the best rider for a 10 meeting long GP series. Riding at GP level is different to riding in any league. So much mental commitment as well as other resources needed in abundance.  Vaculik dropped out of GP series for a bout 4 years (if I recall correctly) so to “mature”as a rider. Lambert was in the GPs as the SEC champion, dropped out of the GPs, came back last year, from series reserve, a different (more mature) rider. Sometime human judgement is better than statistics ie league averages. It must be a headache for those that have to decide and this discussion we having now takes place every year…….just seems to have started earlier this year.

    What I would like to see is, 15 riders that have qualified to ride in the GPs through a real qualification system. 

    Lambert and Fricke both tried to do this and failed. Is it right they could get wild card picks over any rider who has made the GP challenge final.

  17. Posted

    1 hour ago, OveFundinFan said:

    What rider would stick is nose out and say “I’m going to make the top 6” and therefore not enter the qualifier for the next year. None. So you going to have a qualifier with 15 of the current riders which ends up being the same as a GP meeting of which they already done 10 in the season, and only room for 1 “fresh” name in the qualifier. Me thinks that needs more thought.

    Both Lambert and Fricke failed to make the GP challenge final, are you sure the 15 GP 'stars' really are the best out there. The GP challenge is a race point based, one off meeting. The also rans in the GPs stay there because they score enough over 10 rounds to make the top 12, which always get the wild card picks. Unless they are Polish.

     

  19. Posted

    26 minutes ago, racers and royals said:

    Not sure i agree. In GP 2024 we have top 6 from 2023, 3 from the challenge1 from the SEC and 5 picks. Which could mean we lose 4 from this season- Kim Nilsson but then who ??. Newcomers Piotr Pawlicki is back on form but not sure too many more better than what we have. Obviously the Russians would enhance the serirss but if they are back we would possibly lose 6 from this season !!

    So, unless the two Russians are included, we will have 11 of the current 15 reinstated into the 2024 GP series, two of which could be riders not good enough to qualify.

    What message does that send to riders who qualify for the GP challenge final but finish outside the top 3.

    Is it any wonder why the GP has become so dull, same old same old, yawn

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  23. Posted

    14 minutes ago, 1 valve said:

    Maybe, but currently they ride for other teams in the Premiership....New team required to be put together for next season, but safe to presume that "names" have already been spoken to about signing up for the 2023 Lions

    Peterborough are going Championship, belle vue paid for the use of lambert by letting Kurtz ride for Leicester, sorted

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