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16 pt lead in GP. Hampel's best score this year 16 and he is not Motoarena specialist. Tai needs a point or two to be world champion and he knows it. That's probably the reason to start in SEC and fight for double crown. Not much risk IMO.

The problem is Roman Karkosik (Unibax Torun owner) is multimillionere who can buy whole league if he wants to. I'm afraid Unibax will pay some small fine (like Rzeszow did earlier in the season in similar situation) and everyone in charge of Polish speedway will pretend that nothing happened. Sad day for Polish speedway.

Nicolai Klindt just tweeted: Nicolai Klindt ‏@nklindt3m tonights meeting in my home town was cancelled - it's been rearranged for tomorrow

Hello Ghost is it 20 heats then top 2 to the final and places 3-6 to run off from which the best 2 also makes the final? Thanks in advance

Is Bager really that bad? 1,0,0?

They can pick any option. 90% sure they will pick Sullivan at home and R/R (for Holder) away.

Gollob did the same in Gdansk (first SEC round). On a slick track he is always able to find good setup straight away (actually this days he can only be true himself on a slick tracks, any grip or bumps and no Gollob which is sad). Was is typical Daugavpils ultra slick track during practice? You say Emil tried different lines. Interesting. In last few meetings including Terenzano and Togliatti he was pretty slow and I believe his bikes are better when there is a little bit more grip. IMO the slicker the better for Tai at this stage of the season.

Interesting last round in prospect. Will Bydgoszcz help Wroclaw to stay in Ekstraliga? Hancock in or out? Who will pay him more? Wroclaw to ride or Rzeszow not to ride? Will Leszno help Tarnow to reach playoffs? Gorzow in fine form but are they able to win away by 5+? Falubaz or Wlokniarz? Who will finish regular season on top? Amazing season. And by the way it is also very tense and tight in other leagues too. No clear favs in GB and Sweden!

Ghost if you could get Hammarby lineup for tonight (I'm 100% sure it will be different than the initial one) I will appreciate your help.

Clearly the most interesting meeting is the one in Vastervik. It will decide semifinalist. Home needs to win by 6+ (or by 4 and win race off) to be in the semi. Indianerna - Smederna will decide 4/5 place which is not that important, Vetlanda will walk Hammarby over after tonight's result, Piraterna - Vargarna also not much at stake as Vargarna need a 6+ win plus Vetlanda not to win at home which will not happen. Cmore should go to Vastervik (I know the track there is rubbish, gate and go with no passing at all). Interesting what side will Hammarby take to Vetlanda.

Now or never for Hammarby Speedway! Last in the series table with four points behind Wolves, three games left to run including the last week rained off match against Smiths - location is not optimal for Hammarby Speedway. Now or never is it about home on Gubbängen on Tuesday against league leaders pirates or risk Hammarby to go from the top division. - It is true - we have to win on Tuesday, saying Bajens coach Anders Delight. And there's a lot going for it, the shape of some of the guys are on their way back, the track has been fantastic the last two games and we have two stars that run well in the last two World Cup races in Copenhagen and Terenzano. It is the Danish new signing Kenneth Bjerre he is referring to, the wildcard in Copenhagen, and Leon Madsen, a replacement for the injured Andreas Jonsson, who last Saturday in the Italian GP race made ​​it to the semifinals. And for the first time in a long time can Hammarby pattern a team with three real heat conductors; Kenneth Bjerre, Artem Laguta and Leon Madsen. - It feels really good, says Anders Delight. Both Kenneth Bjerre and Leon Madsen also driven well into leagues is a form curve pointing upward! Preliminary roster available on SVEMO at 21:00 Sunday night! Walasek not mentioned in that interview. Makes me think Hammarby will ride with 3 heat leaders Laguta, Bjerre and Madsen. Walasek for sure should be mentioned as 4th heat leader if fit.

Hi Ghost, pretty sure Walasek was going to miss all remaining Elitserien meetings due to back injury. Are you sure he will ride?

In interview after last meeting in Czestochowa Walasek said that he feels very bad, not comfortable on the bike at all and thinks about his back pain all the time. He suggested that it may be better to finish season now then take more risk riding with injured back. I'm sure there will be huge pressure on him in Rzeszow to ride next 2 home meetings as Rzeszow is in a fight to avoid relegation. IMO he will ride in Ekstraliga only.

R/R for Walasek? Or Artem Laguta to replace him?

What happened to Hammarby? I know Walasek and Artem out but 21-69? I hope they will be relegated. Hate teams that only put good side and fight at home and manipulate avarages by big losses away. Madsen and Bjerre both should have scored double digits on such gating paradise Vastervik track usually is.

Latvians are only good in slick conditions as it is always slick in Daugavpils. You can check for example Bogdanovs scores in Polish 1 Liga away from home. http://speedwayresults.com/rider.php?name=Maksim&surname=Bogdanov

Title decided by joker again. lool

Agree with one thing. Reserve is needed. IMO with max 4 rides allowed (to prevent situation when top rider is at reserve).

Not a chance. Name countries other than Poland and maybe Denmark able to field 7 man team. Poland vs. GB (7 man teams) 63-27 on any track outisde UK I'm afraid.

Hello after watching Manzares 'engine failure' last night decided to do some quick maths. We all agree joker and tactical subs should be there only to keep meetings alive not to decide medals or titles. What would be perfect rules for you guys? I love decision that heats 17-20 are nominated, with leading team picking last. That was correct change IMO. But as proved yesterday any double pts joker used by replacing one rider with the other can make big points swing. Manzares dropped one point but Hancock gained 6. Wells from gate one was of course able to pick up some point but against solid Tai, Podzuks and Doyle I would rather say he would have scored 0. It means -1+6 from US perspective and -1 from perspective of all 3 other teams. Final score was 36-31-29-28 instead of 37-26-30-29. It is simple then. If it was the final, USA silver with joker, 4th place without it. Which rules would you like: 1) no joker, no tactical subs at all, best 4 man team on track wins 2) only tactial subs allowed when 6 behind 3) joker allowed BUT only rider who is already in heat lineup (in this case Wells in heat 16) 4) joker allowed when 10 behind and tactical subs when 6 behind 5) EVERY team can play joker once a meeting, any time they want in heats 1-16 with no tactical subs allowed So many possibilities, no perfect solution for sure but almost all more FAIR than current situation. What do you guys think?

Woodward it is then. Aussies favs for sure.

WHole SWC 2013 is slowly becoming farce. Riders missing and now lazy BSI stuff. How long does it take to update site or throw lineups through Twitter? 3-5 minutes?

Does anyone have full lineups with riding order?

Harris is a joke in Prague. 2-3 weeks ago he rode slick track in Daugavpils (for Grudziadz), scored 1 pt in 2 rides and said in interview that he has no equipment for slick tracks at all. Do you guys expect any grip in Prague?

Yeah, totally forgot about Marcin Rempala. One of my fav speedway races: