racers and royals

Didn’t realise until just now that Kumla v Piraterna is a derby match with only 50 miles between Kumla and Motala Vetlanda v Dackarna is also a derby 30 miles apart and Dackarna and Vastervik are also fairly near to each other 50 miles.

In theory that’s ok but in reality you might have to find another 15 riders to do the GP’s- which would be the worst possible outcome.

I haven`t particularly enjoyed the practice this season- my argument is that Friday nights before the GP`s should be sacrosanct for the riders. The Polish Extraleague do not need to put fixtures on these dates, but think everything revolves around them !!!

The 1st 2 on Saturday had the 1st 2 picks for the final- Kolodziej 1st Madsen 2nd.

Togliatti v Oktiabrskij Wednesday June 19th

Balakovo v Vladwyostock Wednesday June 19th

USA East coast speedway Saturday June 8th

Why should they ? ? If they did it would be Extraleague 1 Fim/BSI 0

That`s last year 2018- if anyone has got any information about Eurosport player showing the Lublin round live- please can they post the details.

Additional match now on TV Saturday June 22nd Gniezno v Lodz Eleven Sport ? 1st race 7.15pm UK time

8 qualifiers from the semi were Tornblom Andersson Hjelmand Palovaara Kling Lindman THJ Henderson

Weather forecast not great for Saturday in Lublin- let`s hope it`s not postponed until the next day.

Friday`s teams Grudziadz v Gorzow https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/zuzel/relacja/94513/mrgarden-gkm-grudziadz-trulywork-stal-gorzow Torun v Lublin https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/zuzel/relacja/94512/get-well-torun-speed-car-motor-lublin

Just completed watching the final Tuesday match Masarna v Lejonen where the track staff worked wonders to get the match on after heavy rain delayed the start for over an hour. Unfortunately the home team didn`t show the same effort as the track staff and were once again beaten soundly.Lindback again dissapointing in front of the 790 spectators( cost cutting to come soon so they can complete the season ?) Kasprzak was on a " going day" before a zero in his last ride. Drabik was the best rider for the Gislaved team.

I would imagine AJ will return and Lambert will be No 8 and will replace anyone not going well in the top 5 ie D Lampart

Just watched Eskilstuna v Rospiggarna with 2165 in attendance. In a match delayed by what must have been some heavy rain, it was a really decent match with Rasmus Jensen on fire for the Hallstavik club. Smederna always looked in control of the match after Doyle touched the tapes in heat 1. I still think Rospiggarna have a decent team and will surely climb the table and be in the play-offs.

Zagar racing must live in a village- and i think i know therefore who he is. Joel Andersson is riding in Sweden tomorrow for Kumla Indianerna.

Just watched Piraterna v Vastervik 1918 were in Motala. On paper the home side looked weaker than the visitors and so it proved. Several decent races with Jack Holder`s late replacement Krzysztof Buckzowski always in the thick of the action with a double figure score. The Michelsen versus Pedersen heats were intresting to say the least with them throwing handlebars at each other on more than one occasion.

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Thursday`s teams Kumla Indianerna v Piraterna- live on Freesports 6pm KUMLA INDIANERNA 1 Thomsen 2 K Bjerre 3 Protasiewcz 4 Milik 5 C Holder 6 L Lindgren 7 Andersson PIRATERNA 1 Sundstrom 2 Michelsen 3 Huckenbeck 4 Kaczmarek 5 NKI 6 D Davidsson 7 Przedpelski

Just watched Dackarna v Vetlanda and despite the 54-36 home victory i thought it was a cracking match with heat 4 the highlight. 3413 were there.

I have a suggestion for the Wroclaw qualifying-as we know 8 only will be there and a 1hour TV programme to fill. I suggest they do 2 draws for going position and have 2 runs each instead of one with the fastest time taken. So 1-8 go once in a drawn order. Track grade then 1-8 go again in a new order. Sorted

Round 5 DMPJ Poznan Monday June 17th

Not sure it will change their policy- but you could fire off a polite email to office@speedwayekstraliga.pl and explain that more and more people are travelling from the UK to watch the best league in the world and as this is the 3rd Friday/Sunday switch of the season it is not doing the credibility of the fixture list any good and is inconveniencing many fans.

Ostrow v Gdansk Saturday June 15th