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WembleyLion

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  1. I did a 14 hour direct flight to Buenos Aires then hired a car and drove about 200 miles to Carlos Casares. A bit tiring but I thoroughly enjoyed it!
  2. I would certainly be interested. I visited last November to watch Speedway at Carlos Casares (just under 200 miles from Buenos Aires) and really enjoyed my time there.
  3. Interesting announcement in Speedway Total today! Speedway Grand Prix on centennial in 2022 From Patagonia Speedway confirm that the Speedway Grand Prix 2022 will run in the city of neuquén - centenary in October 2022 in the framework of the celebrations for the 100 years of the city. " we put again in knowledge of journalists, authorities, leaders, relatives and fans who will have specifically a speedway gp in Argentina for 2022 in neuquén-Centenary for October 2022 in the framework of the centenary of our city " Source: Patagonia Speedway Facebook #Speedway #GSP #SPEEDWAYGP @ Centennial, neuquén, Argentina https://m.facebook.com/SpeedwayTotal/
  4. They were trying to get some Speedway races at Randfontein this year. When I went to Walkerville in 2017 and spoke to one of the SA riders, Neil Petitt, who informed me that from time to time he put in demonstration laps at a few other circuits. I’m not sure but Randfontein might have been one of them though.
  5. Hi Tim In Norway I have done Mjosa, Oslo, Skien and Kristiansand so I just need Elgane for the full set. In Finland I'm sorry to say I have only done a GP at Tampere so I need to work on that a bit!
  6. I did fly to Bucharest but then hired a car. The journey was about 145 miles each way about half of which was motorway. Overall it took just over 3 hours going mainly due to Friday ‘rush hour’ traffic. Coming back on a Sunday was a bit quicker!
  7. Hi Tim I went to Braila in July for rounds one and two of the Romanian Championships. Seven riders riding each other twice with 3 riders per race. Adrian Gheorge won on both days but the second day was curtailed from 14 heats to 7. I was made very welcome in Braila and thoroughly enjoyed the trip.
  8. I have been to Zarnovica Tim but not Nagyhalasz as yet. You probably watch more Speedway than any of us!
  9. Hi Tim I feel sure Tai will come back stronger next year. Eight more tracks this year including Rivne in The Ukraine and Braila in Romania! Hope all is good with you.
  10. Unfortunately I can think of at least five riders who will not be able to make Friday.
  11. I went to a meeting at Welland in 2017 which was billed as Canada v USA but was basically a 9 race individual for 7 riders (4 from Canada and 3 from USA). There were 45 races in total, mostly Flattrack and Speedway getting 9 races was as good as it gets. The Speedway event was won by Jeff Orosz who had come out of retirement. I was fortunate enough to spend quite a bit of time in the company of Canadian riders Kyle Legault (who rode for many years in the UK) and Nic Fafard who both told me just how Canadian Speedway has declined in recent times, so much so that the only racing in Canada in 2017 was the 9 races I saw - I was very lucky to be able to plan a trip to coincide with this event! I don’t believe any Speedway racing took place in 2018 although there was some Speedway (a few races at one meeting) at Welland this summer. In 2017 I also went to Walkerville in South Africa and experienced much the same as I had done in Canada with Flattrack again dominating the scene. The decline in Speedway against Flattrack is happening much closer to home as well - Holland and Austria in particular!
  12. Never in Speedway to my knowledge but has happened in horse racing and greyhound racing a fair bit! In Speedway we rarely get dead heats given these days. I have seen about 15 in 49 years of watching of which all but one were over 25 years ago!
  13. and Danny Phillips for his part in the same incident.
  14. Looks like they will try to start on time! Hope the rain stays away long enough!
  15. Sorry for not responding sooner but I see several others have already adequately answered your question.
  16. Actually based on other accounts he probably should not have been riding his bike at all at that point! My original comment was only relating to the behaviour of the marshall which is the only aspect I can comment on as it is the only aspect I have seen footage of.
  17. There are still many things to clear up but to my mind having seen the video of Cook and the marshall I would blame the marshall for that particular incident. I appreciate there are many other aspects to this as to what happened both beforehand and afterwards. Good job the marshall didn't do it to Martin Dugard back in the day as I reckon he (the marshall) might have ended up a lot worse off!
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