ciderman

How do I go about that then Snyp??

In my original letter to the organisers I have asked the first tand second questions, any reply will be posted. Whilst I can understand him (olsen) being in charge of the temporary tracks, I can't see the benefit of him dictating how other tracks should be prepared. I can only think of the Fiasco in Sweden when the track was unrideable, but from memory that was also a temporary track was it not?

Yes agree, finances usually have a great bearing on the outcome of most discussions. Wonder how many Fan's only have SKY or SKY SPORTS because of the Speedway coverage. I personally would'nt have SKY If it wasn't for the Speedway. Wondering how mwny others are in the same boat?

Just to enlighten you all. I recieved a reply from Harry Horsley today, he thanked me for my comments and has passed my letter on to the relevant parties. However, He did inform that the track prep was the responsibility of the FIM. Therefore could we all be being a bit harsh om Olsen? He may after all be only following someone else's wishes. I don't know. If I get a further response I will let you know. However as pointed out by ' The Know' in an earlier reply, Harry Horsley is not the man to get in touch with. If I get a point of contact I will pass it on and each individual can pass on their own feelings, no doubt in a courteous manner.

Well who else do we contact to make our feelings known. You can't reply on the Speedway GP site, won,t accept e mails and there is no points of contact to register any concerns we may have. Not really ideal given it is supposed to be a major company.

I get the sane response. However why don't we all e mail the Head of IMG Motrsports and let him know what we think. In a constructive manner of course!! Will be interesting to see if we get a response. harry.horsley@imgworld.com my thoughts have been sent, including the fact you can't e mail the Speedway GP Site.

Yep agree, Aparently SKY are advertising the Swedish GP as Round 3 of the World GATING Championship Grand Prix. All my arguments with friends who have been tuning in to watch the sport I love have been shot to threads, First out of gate wins- After watching the first two GP's I unfortunately have to agree.!!!

Agree with all the posters in this section, track crap. Couldn't wait to get home last night, picked up the Curry, bottle of non alcoholic lager,bar of choc, heating had been on full blast, switched tv on listened to Tatum etc building the track up, was like a kid waiting for Santa. Sadly Santa failed to deliver. When you have experienced riders (Adams, Tatum, Ermolenko and Johnno) stating it as it is, why is nothing done about it. The GP's are falling flat and it's coming down to track prep, was it Tatum whoi said we are watching a demo of extremely fast riding. Think the track prep is Olsen's doing, now surely the people with the most say are the riders. Why dont the riders such as Gollob,Crumpy,Adams,Hancock and any of the others who didn't like slick tracks to get together and get the w****r overuled or even better thrown out!! He can even make Bydgoscz crap!!! I will add my vote. GET RID AND PUT THE RACING BACK INTO SPEEDWAY

Wondering if anybody can help me, I would like to purchase a poster of the GP but cant seem to find anywhere to buy one. Any suggestions?

Still in shock. However having had 24 hrs to think about this I personally don't think there was any hidden agenda behind this, it's just been a complete balls up. Surely no Insurance Co/Policy would cover human incompetence, therefore this farce must have huge financial implications on IMG. Lets assume the following: Reported ticket sales were relatively low (10-11000). These as stated will be refunded in full along with a free ticket to another GP say average ticket price of £35 refunds of £350,000 due (double this if everybody takes up the offer of a free GP next year) Stadium rental £ ?? Riders costs ? Staff ? Pre Meeting Promotions? Lost Sponsorship Revenue from meeting Sponsors, Track Building and Shipment Costs and anything else I've missed. The following costs of renting Bydgoscz, possibility of no meeting sponsor along with all the other associated costs. Would imaging they are looking at a £1 million plus hit. Therefore getting the meeting ON I feel would have been their(IMG) main priority. My own thoughts on this follow: Following the last indoor meeting in Denmark and all the crashes due to the rutted track it was reported that a number of high profile riders had stated that should they produce a indoor track like that again in the future they would refuse to ride it. I personally feel that the riders have taken that stance this time and got the FIM to back them up. IMG have I think been quite happy to run the indoor meetings on temporary tracks that they know cut up and cause error's and accidents to try and make the sport more gladitorial and tv friendly. (Who knows it may be under their instructions that Ole builds the track to create this.) Having finally realised that apart from a few riders the vast majority of the meetings profits go elsewhere, the costs incurred in running in the GP, the vast majority of the rider's have seen sense and regardless of cost and potential losses have told IMG they would not ride on an unsuitable track (unlike the last ten eight years when the potential of worldwide \GP earnings were unknown. (Out of Interest does anybody know if the riders recieve much more in points and prize monies now than eight years ago) IMG are to embarrased to state the riders won't ride, make up excuses about the track to try and save face. Wether we will ever find out the true reasons I don't know. But I feel we might be in for an interesting close season regarding the GP. Doe's fresh faces and youth equate to (we will race on any track you lay Sir) because I want to be World Champion and I'm to young to see the bigger picture and where all the monies gone. I will watch next week with interest to see if anyone is held up to take the blame. If someone's head doesn't roll then !!! (Could this be the end of the Man Made Tracks? I personally hope not, however thats another argument ) On realising that the meeting was not going to go ahead a contingency plan had to be put into place to annouce to the fan's and Press, hence Poland. On a final note, why they hold the final meeting in Germany (not one of the better supported Speedway hotspots) is beyond me. Roll on next week

Does anyone know if tickets are still available or is it sold out. O the GP ticket site its not showing buy tickets. Thank you.