Bradford Ace 183 Posted May 5, 2008 Just watched the Gorzow v Leszno meeting this afternoon & was quite surprised at how small the track is there compared 2 what u expect Polish tracks 2 be like. Having seen most of the Ekstraliga ones now & also quite a few in the 1st Division it looks to be the smallest & tightest circuit i've seen so does anyone have the actual track sizes in metres 2 compare?? Cracking little stadium tho with a lovely stand down the back straight that makes viewing very good i would guess. Not the best ever but pretty decent & good 2 see the master Mr Gollob carrying on from where he left off last week at the GP. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 21,107 Posted May 5, 2008 (edited) TBH i watched a few meeting from Gorzów last season and none were very good. But they have done the stadium up atreat over the winter I have put a few heats from Gorzów on youtube though Edited May 5, 2008 by iris123 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Subedei 0 Posted May 5, 2008 (edited) Just watched the Gorzow v Leszno meeting this afternoon & was quite surprised at how small the track is there compared 2 what u expect Polish tracks 2 be like. Having seen most of the Ekstraliga ones now & also quite a few in the 1st Division it looks to be the smallest & tightest circuit i've seen so does anyone have the actual track sizes in metres 2 compare?? Cracking little stadium tho with a lovely stand down the back straight that makes viewing very good i would guess. Not the best ever but pretty decent & good 2 see the master Mr Gollob carrying on from where he left off last week at the GP. Track lengths in the Ekstraliga: Czestochowa: 368 metres (Track record: 62.21 seconds - Greg Hancock, 2006) Gorzow: 329 metres (Track record: 61.16 seconds Tomasz Gollob, yesterday) Leszno: 342.5 metres (Track record: 58.4 seconds Krzysztof Kasprzak, 2007) Rzeszow: 395 metres (Track record: 66.45 Maciej Kuciapa, 1998) Tarnow: 392 metres (Track record: 68.16 Tony Rickardsson, 2006) Torun: 333 metres (Track record: 59.03 Tony Rickardsson, 2005) Wroclaw: 387 metres (Track Record: 63.5 Jason Crump, 2007) Zielona Gora: 340 metres (Track Record: 60.68 Grzegorz Walasek, 2007) And track lengths in Liga I, without record details: Bydgoszcz: 348 metres Daugavpils: 373 metres Gdansk: 349 metres Grudziadz: 379 metres Ostrow: 372 metres Poznan: 397 metres Rawicz: 330 metres Rybnik: 357 metres Edited May 5, 2008 by Subedei Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Liverstam 0 Posted May 5, 2008 Track lengths in the Ekstraliga: Czestochowa: 368 metres (Track record: 62.21 seconds - Greg Hancock, 2006) Gorzow: 329 metres (Track record: 61.16 seconds Tomasz Gollob, yesterday) Leszno: 342.5 metres (Track record: 58.4 seconds Krzysztof Kasprzak, 2007) Rzeszow: 395 metres (Track record: 66.45 Maciej Kuciapa, 1998) Tarnow: 392 metres (Track record: 68.16 Tony Rickardsson, 2006) Torun: 333 metres (Track record: 59.03 Tony Rickardsson, 2005) Wroclaw: 387 metres (Track Record: 63.5 Jason Crump, 2007) Zielona Gora: 340 metres (Track Record: 60.68 Grzegorz Walasek, 2007) And track lengths in Liga I, without record details: Bydgoszcz: 348 metres Daugavpils: 373 metres Gdansk: 349 metres Grudziadz: 379 metres Ostrow: 372 metres Poznan: 397 metres Rawicz: 330 metres Rybnik: 357 metres Proper track lenghts, those. Stockholm is 372, used to be 387 and had been for ages, until someone decided to measure it another time last season. Wonder where those 15 metres went? Any track under 300m should be banned! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 21,107 Posted May 5, 2008 Proper track lenghts, those. Stockholm is 372, used to be 387 and had been for ages, until someone decided to measure it another time last season. Wonder where those 15 metres went? Any track under 300m should be banned! Well my local track is ~392m.Doesn't always make for better racing though Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Liverstam 0 Posted May 5, 2008 Well my local track is ~392m.Doesn't always make for better racing though Agreed, but certainly 9 times out of 10 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bradford Ace 183 Posted May 5, 2008 i also think that big tracks do seem more exciting generally altho not always. Probably cos i was brought up watching Halifax & then Bradford & the 2 main away tracks i went to in those days were Sheffield & the old Belle Vue so they were all pretty huge!! Ya do get some good close racing at the smaller Kirky Lane altho this is sadly lacking at the mo due to the state the track is usually in!! Thought the Gorzow track was small but 329m which it is for Polish standards altho its probably as big as most in the elite League!! Torun is also a similar size altho havent seen a meeting from there yet to compare. The Leszno one looks one of the bigger ones event tho it isnt, which is prob cos its so wide!! Went 2 Wroclaw in 1992 for the world Final & i'm sure it looks a lot narrower now, esp on the 4th corner so not sure if they've brought it in a little since then. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Subedei 0 Posted May 5, 2008 The Leszno one looks one of the bigger ones event tho it isnt, which is prob cos its so wide!! Leszno, or as Leigh Adams splendidly persists in calling his adopted Polish home of 13 seasons, Lezno, is just much faster - over ten metres longer than Gorzow, but the track record is about three seconds lower. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fingersfin 181 Posted May 5, 2008 Poznan v Bydgoszcz, another belter, you guys are spoilt!! Loved the starts marshalls outfit, like something out of Trumpton and then his wee wave as the tapes went up, bless The wee Russian, Johnson and Jooooonas were superb entertainment with Norbert Kosciuch catching the eye for Poznan. Crowd didn't look that great although still bigger than every elite league club Thanks as always Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Subedei 0 Posted May 5, 2008 (edited) The wee Russian, Johnson and Jooooonas were superb entertainment with Norbert Kosciuch catching the eye for Poznan. Amazingly, Norbert Kosciuch was mentioned as a possible target for Berwick last season, before they signed Truminski. It looked like he'd have been quite a catch. And Skornicki put in a good shift for Poznan as well. But the star of the show, once again, was Sajfutdinov - what a talent. But someone really ought to tell Elite League promoters that we can see this type of action on-line and then maybe they'd try and give us a little entertainment on a Monday night. At the minute, the Elite League is just being embarrassed by this feast from Poland. Edited May 5, 2008 by Subedei Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lawrence 0 Posted May 5, 2008 (edited) BTW - Jonas Davidsson set the New Track Record in Poznan - 66,51, and this is his first Track Record in Poland... :-) Motor ma szybki, kevlar ma czysty - Jonas Davidsson jest zajebisty [His bike is fast, his kevlar clear - Jonas Davidsson doesn`t know what`s rear ] Edited May 5, 2008 by Lawrence Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Subedei 0 Posted May 5, 2008 I take it he's never called J0000nas in Bydgoszcz. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Liverstam 0 Posted May 6, 2008 Poznan, what a beast of a track! Decent meeting aswell Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mama 28 Posted May 6, 2008 (edited) You are really lucky guys watching that meeting from Poznań. As many Poznań fans said to me after the meeting against Polonia - it was the most exciting match there with the biggest number of passing since they've reactivated speedway in Poznań few years ago Edited May 6, 2008 by Mama Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HBKPCNBob 5 Posted May 10, 2008 Will the link on page one be showing the GP Live?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
