mikebv

Wouldn't it be part of the Eurosport contract? If not, then maybe therefore a chance to stream it around the country on a PPV basis? Wouldn't charge more than a fiver though if they did.. The reason being is that one of the anomalies of having "no Speedway over here" this year is that I have never watched so much of it...!! Poland, Sweden, SEC, GP Challenge and the GP's... Almost becoming too much Speedway.. Having to record so much I am not sure I will get round to watch it all.. Best Speedway watching season ever..

Makes sense to plan a move away from Greyhound tracks.. No long term growth plan (no matter how good), will be delivered if you are relying on the sport of greyhound racing to provide you ongoing with their facilities to use..

Any system is open to rider manipulation and it can easily exist in the 'every point counts' system.. Riders could throw away race points to let other 'no threat' riders qualify for the top eight at the expense of riders who might beat them to the title.. For me, it would be better to have a full qualifications system for four finals than the current half and half differing process for the top eight and bottom eight that we have now.. Keeps it simple for the fans..

Great minds..... It would tick a lot of their boxes... Why was it changed? Presume there was a flaw in the cunning plan? Personally can't see one as it would deliver the winner getting the most points, and four hard fought final races...

Re the points system. . Should do a D Final, C Final, B Final and an A.. Keep it simple, top four to A Final, next four to B Final etc.. That way it rewards the best riders on the night for their performance v their counterparts, and the commentators can explain to those watching that each race counts to the riders final qualifying position.. 25 to the winner, 20 to second, 18 and then 16 to the A Final riders 14, 13, 12, 11 to the next four.. 9,8,7,6 to the next four And 4,3,2,1 to the D Final riders.. Two points difference per final to reward those who qualify for the C, B and A Finals.. And a big points tally to the rider who wins a GP, (to reflect that hugh achievement).. And the more GP wins a rider gets the more the likelihood he will win the World Title... Which is how it should be.. And the rider who crosses the line first in the Final scores the most points, Which is what the FIM want.. It would also keep most riders in with a chance of either going "up" a Final or dropping "down" a Final going into their last rides, and therefore potentially meaning a big swing in their final points tally (eg first in a C Final or last in a D would be an eight points difference), so should make for some great racing..

Fair comment.. Woffy's gating isnt where it needs to be head to head, but his natural talent will always put him in the mix.. With his eyes closed he is definitely top 8 given he is so good.. And he does very well at Prague where so many 'top riders in the Polish league' seem to not go as well.. Four would be amazing but not unrealistic..

Both meetings would make a great DVD.. At this level you truly are amazed at what these guys can do.. What a sport... The two meetings in Prague may decide the title... And Woffy seems to like it..

Well done Magic.. And Woffy in a great place to win another World title..

That will be it.. Gate three was by far and away the worst all night with hardly any winners.. But NKI and Artem knew it would come good in the semis..

Wow.. What a sport this is/can be... Truly awesome.. PS Why choose White?

I bet that pits interviewer is eye candy.. Hard to see with the masks on.. She certainly hasn't a clue about Speedway..

Those tyres are rubbish..

Awwwww, no!! I put Dudek down and meant to put Laguta.. Its those Polish letters that confused me...

The huge plus for the SGP was that every position in every race counted because every point counted.. Now it no longer works like that.. Maybe they should call the 20 heats 'qualifiers' to the Semi Finals and Grand Final?.. (As that is effectively what they are) That would then make it a bit clearer to the 'layman' watching as the scores achieved during the meeting for the riders then have zero relevance other than gaining their final position in the meeting if outside the top 8. Or their qualification for the final races if within the top 8 qualifiers.. Nigel and Kelvin could mention the heats as "Semi Final Qualifiers" at every opportunity to push home the understanding of what's actually going on.

Did they use Ofqual to put the new scoring system together..?

Excellent meeting... And good to have Nigel and Kelvin back too..... As good a double act commentating wise that any sport has...

Philistine... It's progress. don't you know. . Tomorrow night the Joker will be used....

Freddie got nine for two rides... What colour helmet cover was he wearing to do that?

Very true... A very simple sport seemingly ran with great difficulty by very simple people..

You ride your balls off scoring points head to head against every other rider in the meeting and then end up scoring less points than you already have scored... And then go home with less points than someone you have already scored more than... Makes sense that...

It will be like Crumpy and Pedersen slow racing so neither won a race.. Why do they piss about with something that doesn't need pissing about with..? If they didn't want the rider who wins a GP doing it by scoring less than another rider who ultimately didn't win it, then just give bigger extra points in the final. .

Not sure but I think Antonio has boycotted it...

Not like Freddie that...

If you've already qualified you might as well try something different with the bike.. There's no risk so why not?

Looks like Scott has one or two others to showcase over the coming meetings...