racers and royals

Extremely sad to see how far this great club has fallen- I was there when a far from fit Thomas Gollob won the world title

There could be more watching in the UK than watching at the track !!

Anyone watching ?

Video of event1 Teterow Polish commentary

Speedway of Nations event 1 Teterow Saturday 2nd June polish Commentary

Edward Jancarz Memorial Gorzow Thursday 31st May all heats short version https://www.cda.pl/video/2331993f1?wersja=720p

Wonder what the FIM, Rzeszow and Hancock would have done if the USA had got through to Wroclaw yesterday- as he has this 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. Beautiful sunny day in Bydgoszcz and a very hot 31C

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.

Great Britain, Australia and Sweden all 7/4JF to win Tuesday.

Time to ressurect this post i made several days ago

I was so nearly right tonight- i just didn`t think of a steel shoe scenario

Pass- maybe it was because they only had 6 months notice !!!

It`s compulsory in 2019 to have 3 riders- 1 of which is U21

To be fair they have again been excellent tonight- but for Nigel to have his scores wrong for 75% of the meeting is not great

Nigel Pearson has had Ukraine score wrong all night- heat 21 is all important.

No all meeting warning

We know something that Nige and Kelv don`t and that is even if the Ukraine had a reserve they couldn`t use him there.

They would have had a great chance if the final of a SWC was in Russia. Kudriashov is no mug and G Laguta will be back after suspension.

6pm UK time

this div 2 match is being shown by podkarpaciel live on the internet meeting starts at 4pm UK time teams https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/zuzel/relacja/84998/polonia-bydgoszcz-stal-rzeszow

If anyone is hoping to watch tonight`s meeting on the internet- please PM me

You have forgotten one thing- the team with the extra rider still have to finish the race although poodling around at the back. Just consider the excitement if one has an ef on the 3rd lap, will he be lapped and excluded or can he get to the finish line in time so he isn`t lapped. !!

Bit previous aren`t you

No check out the race card links on the race card thread- the teams can swap the riders around within the 1 and 3 and 2 and 4 positions at any time( ie each team have 3 - 1 and 3 and 3 -2 and 4 gates over the 21 heats)

With the SWC although many did not like the "joker" at least we had a straight 20 heats straight fight out. With the SON picture the scene in Wroclaw a week tonight- we have had 43 races(over 2 days) building up to the "winner takes all " final( actually 2nd and 3rd in this case !!!) and it`s Poland versus ANO. The full house of partisan Polish fans are going mad with the expectation on seeing their boys lift the trophy and Magic`s bike cuts out with 5 secs left on the clock and is excluded - will the race ever start ?- there will be a mini riot !!! " In front of the starting tape, a countdown clock is placed on the infield indicating the remainder of the 2 minutes time allowance. If, in the opinion of the Referee, any Rider or Riders are not ready to start when the 2 minutes time allowance has expired or are not under the control of the Starting Marshal, they shall be disqualified from the heat. The disqualified Rider or Riders shall not be replaced." and this( different scenario but equally same result)- rider thrown out. 8.4 Unsatisfactory Start Starts will be carried out in accordance with Regulation 70.10.5 Where, in the opinion of the Referee, a start has been incorrect then he will immediately stop the race and order a restart. The Referee will give a warning to any rider deemed to have been the cause of or contributed to the unsatisfactory start. This will be communicated verbally by the Race Director before the race is restarted. In circumstances where the referee is of the opinion that an offence has been committed but the offending rider has gained no advantage and is deemed not to have interfered with any other rider in the same heat, the Referee may allow the heat to continue and issue the warning after the heat is completed. In these circumstances the offending rider must be informed before leaving the pits for his/her next heat. Any starting offence committed after a warning has been given in the same meeting under this Regulation will result in the disqualification of the rider from that race. This will be signified by the showing of his disqualification light by the Referee. The Reserve Rider will not be permitted to take the place of any rider disqualified for starting offences. In my opinion if they wanted to go down this " final race" format then they should have made it best of 3 final races. any scenario`s like above would at least give the team another chance and could actually build up the climax if the final stood at 1 race all !!