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Well as Grachans book costs a fiver each,i guess.....yes

And i thought it was pretty much the same as Swedish I thought it must even be similar to Norwegian as Rune Holta can speak Danish.At least a lot better than he can Polish Thanks Ghostie

Maybe you can translate this then? GP or GP

Yes i saw Darcy a couple of years back in Denmark at the 80cc World Champs.Also met Mick this year with the youngsters in Denmark.There is some great talent among them.Arthur Sissis just amazed me.And Taylor Poole,Clinton Dennis and Sedgie all look promising.Like i say there is talent out there My photos from Denmark here

Reckon Nicki will be hanging back while the others go off to their hotels.Then he will get a bit of practice in

Yes.Just a temporary gap while the next lot come along.I imagine in a couple of years there will be a few good riders again.What about the Sedgmen bros?Are they still in Swindons plans?

No.Someone was saying to me at Holsted for the Team U21 Final."It doesn't look good for Australia next year".As most,if not all their team is too old.Maybe Kozza Smith is the only one who would still qualify

U21 again i think.As long as you are U21 some time next year

Seems Andreas is ill in bed with a dodgy tummy and might not ride tomorrow.Maybe Tobi Kroner will get a chance to replace him Story in German sadly False alarm.Sadly Lubicek takes Jonsson's place

Thanks Tmc.Thought it was you doing it.Probably because of the Olsen edition you published in Backtrack and of course the excellent Tommy Jansson translation

Well if the rumours doing the rounds in Germany and even Denmark of late are to believed you have missed your chance to see another GP there.Seems lots of people have heard from various sources that this will be the last on in Gelsenkirchen

Thanks for that Frigbo. Any details on Kjaer?How many meetings he did? And never even heard of Tilgaard.Any details on year,meetings?Please?. I just love you guys with all the stats

Think he moved over to the States and is in this competition quite a bit.Conkers is the expert on this competition and these guys.I am sure he can add some detail if he see's this thread

He had such a happy cheeky face. Still got his autographed photo.F.Thomsen.Was one of the colourful(leather-wise)riders in the early 70s.One of the first danish riders Ole brought over i guess?Wasn't Krause Kjaer over the year before?

Does seem Emil Sajfutdinov is in with a good chance of a GP wildcard.Olsen has said "Sajfutdinov is young,exciting and has a professional team....there are a lot of things that must be looked at,but one thing is sure:Emil would fit into the GPs good" Olsen is also looking at signing Emil to ride for Vojens in the Danish Superliga next season Emil said "If i got the chance to ride in the GPs i would probably take it" More on Emil and the GPs in German here

Anyone know what books are going to be issued in the near future?Was retro speedway going to issue an english translation of Ole Olsens book?

Yeah i know.I was just...................oh fagehtabahtit

Is that the guy who used to run around Waterden Rd with a tin can squashed on his foot in imitation of a steel shoe?Think there was a young girl who was with him.One of her relatives was a rider i think.Maybe she would know more if she is still around Can't help with his date of birth or career details,but i seem to remember he had a Kentish accent,so was probably born in Britain despite the Yank sounding name

Yes he was.But although he pulled out of the meeting in Prague on monday he will be in the German GP Here is the video of the crash Nicki P crash

Didn't he miss his flight? That's what i read anyway

Lawrence has already explained the situation.I don't really think it is "their ridiculous regulations".They own the rights to the tv coverage and thanks to that we have one or two meetings online every weekend.What is "ridiculous" about that.All companies that own rights want to get the best results from them.And like Lawrence says if they can come up with the money maybe they can carry on.Seems only sensible to me rather than "ridiculous"

20 years or so,eh Jacky? Doesn't time fly by

Seen Wozniak a few times now and he does look good.But he can only be about 16 years old.Didn't realise he was a Bydgoszcz rider

It is a difficult one.Someone before said something about the youngsters tried to qualify but failed.Well of course being young they are on a learning curve and next year will probably be better than this.By how much remains to be seen.The likes of Walasek and Ulamek are more than likely not going to be better than this year. I am a fan of the old one off World Final.It can't be beaten for atmosphere and publicity,but it is gone.The GPs are here to stay.I do think for the sport as a whole they are better.Maybe not for the sport in Britain,league wise.That is a problem for the Brits to sort out.But to complain about the age of the riders.Well Adams,Hancock and Gollob regularly beat all the youngsters.The top 5 or 6 are well ahead of the others.Those below,you could change around the names each year and they will do the same as the previous lot. The problem with any qualification process is the tracks.Get Walasek in a quali process that involves the tracks he rides well and he is more than likely to get through.You could say the same about Ferjan or Dryml or perhaps Kylmäkorpi.Luck of the draw.

Thanks to you, Lawrence for an excellent service