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I wondered if it was Olle, he looked really dapper, like he was at the speedway before going for a big night out in Stockholm, must be the Swedish climate.

Right then, Torun it is, see you then. Cheers all, great night's entertainment.

Because he's wrongly assuming that Hampel has gone through the card in Poland, which if he does then Woffinden will need 6points for the title. And I bit, didn't even see who posted it

True, his words had Made in Britain written right through them, great interview. That shot of his shoulder then, ouch...

Iversen, top Dane, about time Niels.

I suppose they will be chuffed as at least it goes to wire in their own GP, perfect ending.

Would be nice but, Dryml & Lindback, hmm..

Totally understandable but that was very cryptic from Tai. Maybe his injury is one that would mean him pulled from the meeting if he announced it. Oh well, keep it going Tai, you're making this Englishman feel very proud. True Lion..

Cheers Paul, I knew you'd have it all worked out and showing on your bank of screens

And PK is there tonight apparently, so am I right in assuming he's well on the mend? Sorry but I haven't seen anything about his progress.

Cheers Paul, that's exactly how I have it Thanks of course to your racecard, I worked it out after my post. So is NP still right that he needs 12pts, surely not, that's only if Hampel doesn't drop a point, isn't it?

Can one of our more mathematical heads tell us whether it can still be won tonight, if so what has to happen? Or will it go to the last GP? Thanks in advance.

I know it's dragging on but I'm finding it quite exciting, really big night for most of us on here, a British World Champion in the making, fantastic. Got to say it's the least expected of all the British winners(in my time), I wish I was one of the ones who grabbed the 200/1 or better odds.. Come on Tai, just keep your nerve for another.... 6hrs or so and you'll win it.

I think you could be right, they are all falling like flies around him, except for Greg, the added incentive, if he needed it, is that now TG is out of the meeting he can definitely put himself in the top 8 with a good night tonight.

I'm convinced this is a euphemism for some unusual pursuit you'd rather not share with us

Great ride from Ward, it's as though he did what Tai should have done in ht2, just held the inside, maybe he didn't have the strength with his shoulder. Like SCB said, he just seemed to do nothing. Well at least it seems we have a racers track tonight, hope they don't have a curfew.

Great call Alan, he can trap that's for sure, looked at home throughout the race. Maybe it's because he's not a good journalist.

Agreed, it would be a crying shame if that were his last ever GP, early days I know but that was some knock he took, poor bloke. Get well soon Tom.

Looked like he had too much power for the move he wanted to make, which if he saw Lindbacks last bend effort would mean he was for going around Gollob. Going to be a long old night.

Sorry, hope they're both ok, looks like TG has copped it bad. Great minds you say, don't know about that but there was definitely something intuitive for me, even on the first 2 bends. Who knows, maybe we'll have a final round showdown after all, the pair of them in plastercasts, or whatever.

I've never raced a bike but somehow I could see that coming a mile off, hope he's ok.

Great picture Pete, I never saw him ride as I was only born in 1960. My first favourite rider was Soren Sjosten, apparently similar in stature to Peter Craven, definitely similar in style judging by the stills I've seen of Peter. I loved watching Soren, even at 10yrs old I reckoned if he could do it at five foot nothing it wouldn't be long before I was on the track myself, sadly my hopes dwindled. RIP Peter & Soren. Nice thread OP

Still looking good on grass a couple of months ago, seems to have kept himself in shape and was in a league of his own at the meeting I attended, good shout.

Ok, my mistake, I was following the thread though. Wrongly thought you were highlighting how differently Briggs is/was perceived by the british public in comparison to the likes of Lennox Lewis. Lennox won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year, just like Greg Rusedski, yet both of these would be considered not to have quite captured the British public's hearts. It was indeed a great accolade for Briggs when you consider he was 2nd only to Bobby Moore (RIP) in 1966, Geoff Hurst was 3rd, can you imagine the British public voting for a New Zealander in front of their own World Cup hero? I've never been confident in the reliability of the voting system for these awards. He was a great rider but he's been even better at keeping his profile high since he stopped riding. Fair enough Philip but the same would have happened if you'd turned up with Joe Bugner, or Lennox Lewis, but, as Sidney pointed out earlier, they weren't taken to the hearts of the British sports fans.