dabbsjoe

isn't it only a 4 man team this year

does Greg Hancock still have some business links with Monster other than his sponsorship. wasn't it something to do with he owned part of the company that distributes Monster in Sweden

i can't disagree with anything you've put there. it should be clear for all of us that the problems with Speedway in the UK all lie at the feet of the BSPA. We've seen in the last week that BSI have got themselves a big name sponsor in Monster Energy and from seeing a lot of Monster Energy marketing and promotions over recent years the SGP can only benefit from it.

i was impressed with him last year before his ban, but after finding out why he was banned that clouded every score he'd got all season up to the point of him being found out. also think he needs to prove himself in the polish and swedish leagues first before being given a shot in gp's

given the same amount of time on UK tracks as Holder and Ward have had would give a fairer indication of how good he is. ward wasn't great in his first EL year, he was good but he wasn't spectacular. however last year Ward for me was a stand out while Holder stood still and had the same problems with being worn out around mid to late august that he had year before. Ward has more chance than Holder to be WC i think. Jury is still out on Emil but he certainly has the skills shown so far to be WC he just needs less injuries/accidents

good to see some plans that will hopefully pay off and help develop the future of US speedway riders

Lindgren and Woffinden at Wroclaw apparently for 2012

Nicki Pedersen has signed for Gdansk

i'd like to see a rule where to qualify for the GP's riders have to ride in the 3 main leagues in the world. thus raising the profile of themselves and the GP series

For me the current format works best as you'd have over half the field just making up the numbers in a pairs format. the only change i would make to the current format is to bring a pairs style to it. instead of 1 rider from each nation i'd have 2 riders from 2 nations in each race but 4 nations in the meeting. either 4 riders to each team or leave it at 5 but make it so each rider rides with each of his team mates.

i agree and i like nothing more than watching league meetings, but after being brought up watching speedway in the early 90's until present day. but do you not think now that the real art of team riding has almost vanished from speedway. even though riders ride in teams these days they still ride for themselves more than anything

was just about to say this, he knew well before the end of the season that Torun wanted him back in there team for 2012

i think you mentioned the problem and the reason why nobody can see the benefits of money from the GP series like they can in sweden. The BSPA

yes we also develop the aussies ahead of our own

not forgetting that lovely tweet he put up telling the fans where to go (which got swiftly taken down) after he'd failed in the race off after talking himself up again. the guy might have talent just a shame he doesn't have the brains

If Vaculik is next in line won't this scupper Poole's team building plans for next season if he gets chosen as his average will suddenly become 8.00 ?

i'd love to see Bridger in a GP, imagine all the talking he'd do on his twitter in the weeks leading upto it and then come the GP we wouldn't even notice him until he starts blaming his score of 00000 on everything but himself

if he turns it down what would the odds be on him being the wildcard for teh New Zealand GP

i think ZG will go with Protasiewicz, i think even Greg himself said on twitter that was most likely due to PP's status with the fans of ZG and the community

on the subject of money wasn't it mentioned that Gollob was being paid 1 million us dollars just for his monster energy sponsorship for this year

With Davey Watt in the middle trying to calm it all down and Boycey in the background showing them how he knocked Gollob out

will he win one before Holder is a better question

it's not bad but it's not great either. the percentage could probably be less if you go back further. his form from the end of last year is where the majority of podiums come from, but he was only in the series last year after another wild card oppurtunity

but this year he has only got 10% podium finishes. if you include all of last years Gp's and this years he has 5 podiums from 21 Gp's (23%) i think. but lets look at 2009 as well he had 0 podium finishes from 11 Gp's so thats 5 podiums from 32 GP's (15%)

it was. there was always entertainment with Sam during those years