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The trouble is though you can’t compare Europe with Oceania(sounds like some Disney film), as a qualifier from Europe involves loads of different countries. This is basically limited to Australians and then opening it up for anyone else !!! Is it going to be another route for Europeans or will only Australians get a GP spot? And don’t tell me the same will apply for the Americans? Well at least there are a couple of Argentinians who could enter !!!

Not sure I see the point of this. And the line up doesn’t seem that strong either !!!

Mauer getting a bit carried away with all those riders. He wouldn’t use them all even if he was in the league for 10 years

Now announced S.Mauer L.Fienhage D.Möser R.Gafurov T.Busch B.Ernst L.Baumann M.Koscielski And then a whole host of riders on reserve including Celina Liebmann, Danny Maassen, Smetala,Holub ,Hummel and Mirko Wolter etc, etc even old face Sekula

Seems on Thursday it will be announced that an area has been found and agreed to build a stadium that they hope will hold its first meeting in 2021. The big stumbling block, as ever is money!!! https://www.nordkurier.de/neubrandenburg/gibt-es-in-neubrandenburg-bald-wieder-speedway-rennen-1137390511.html?fbclid=IwAR13ntCDHRsJQVcwfZgVK6VKb2qP7Gio2942VJ7KlentSLSvXGtyqS3X2eQ

See earlier post on that one....

It is also expected that Lukas Baumann and Ben Ernst will also sign. Both U21, so I wouldn’t come to any conclusions atm that Fienhage or anyone will be at reserve just yet

Dominik Möser is the next Wittstock rider announced

Celina Liebmann now official for Wittstock

Like you say they are cheap. You point out the problem yourself which I stated. The whole economics of it for someone running a sport. You can’t sell seats a bit further away for the same price someone down the road is selling seats right up near the action. If you are Arsenal or selling tickets for The Rolling Stones you can maybe get away with selling tickets with a poor view. But you also have far more tickets with a good view

Yeah, that was a big problem. It was like they were trying to stretch the meeting out over the whole day. Good to hear they seem to have improved that

I like the early Rolling Stones stuff, but wouldn’t call myself a Rolling Stones fan. Just like I used to watch Road Racing in the Barry Sheene days particularly the GB v USA Easter series, but wouldn’t consider myself a Road Racing fan

Cloppenburg on my birthday might also be worth considering. My girlfriend has friends who run a hotel in the area and has been on about visiting.... Scheeßel though, isn’t far away. But my visit there and two tries visits to Mulmshorn bored me to tears

I mean he has been running his team in the Bundesliga for some years and tends to have decent foreigners. Has even sponsored one or two top riders in the GPs.Ulamek I think was one Then just a week ago stated foreign riders have no club feeling. Just turn up for the money and often don’t care and don’t do a good job. He is a bit of a hot head. He I think employed Marvin Sekula as rider and seemed coach for his son. But had an on track bust up and threw a few punches so it was reported

The trouble is who in their right mind would plan a multi use stadium with football and speedway. ? As said the viewing for your main market is poor. Then the way speedway goes who would make a plan for a sport that might run 2,3 or.4 years then disappear for a decade etc then make another shot comeback. Better to run with two stable sports that can better use the facilities. That is generally how football plan stadia now. As I said elsewhere Millwall planned for the New Dwn to be used for concerts etc which better fit a football stadium that a Motorsport. Football stadiums are generally in built up areas anyway and a Motorsport would meet problems with residents. Who wants extra planning problems ? Football and Rugby or Hockey etc makes sense. Maybe horse racing and speedway more so. But I now see horse racing coming under scrutiny in the States by protesters. Just like Greyhounds are in the UK

Yeah, but we aren’t talking about the 70s. It’s like comparing Wembley in the 1940s with today...

And you have to sell that ‘but further away’ to fans. Today football is generally the top sport and yet you would want those fans out at a disadvantage to a lesser sport ? Why should they then pay good money for a poor view ? It just doesn’t work like that anymore. People expect a good stadium with a good view and a certain standard of facility nowadays like decent toilets Doesn’t sound like a good business strategy to give potentially your main source of income the poor standards, when probably just down the road another club is offering something better

Be interesting to see how the team pans out, seeing as Frank Mauer was criticizing foreign riders as mercenaries and wanted it to be a training ground for German riders

Let us know nearer the time and we can meet up

Ludwigslust !!!

Yeah I just saw that Jari Mäkinen posted the calendar. Is he doing Long Track now ?

We had it all before....changing the regs so they could use a Polish speedway track. Didn't last long from memory

Political move to expand the Longtrack world ?

Again I have to disagree on the Challenge. Not sure what a look back at the top 5 over the past decade would give. But like to bet there would be. few names that would be well out of their depth in for a whole season !!! Just because I remember watching Lubos Tomicek almost qualifying

Are we about to see a new, or return of an old club starting in Neubrandenburg in North Germany https://speedway-nb.de/