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No, but it's gone VERY quiet on the subject!

For all TRUE speedway fans, the world does not revolve around just the GP's. There are also plenty of other sports to watch apart from speedway. The question seems to be aimed at speedway fans who watch only the GP, and have no other interest in sport. Don't think there is many of those about.

Can only imagine how Gollob and Emil will cope with an eighth-of-a-mile track ... Don't think I'd want to be sitting too close to the fence! It's cheap too - only 18 US dollars for an advance ticket - so bound to sell out. Now, will an American GP follow in 2014???

Looks like Monster Energy are getting involved big-time in our sport. At Industry, California on Dec. 29th: POLAND - Tomasz Gollob, Maciej Janowski SWEDEN - Antonio Lindback RUSSIA - Emil Sajfutdinov GREAT BRITAIN - Scott Nicholls, Edward Kennett USA - Greg Hancock, Billy Hamill, Ricky Wells, Bryan Yarrow, Gino Manzares, Tyson Burmeister, Jimmy Fishback, Billy Janniro, Charlie Venegas

04.05 : Qualifying Round 1: Daugavpils, Latvia : Latvia v Ukraine v Germany v Argentina or Croatia or France 20.05 : Qualifying Round 2 : Miskolc, Hungary : Hungary v Slovenia v USA v Italy 13.07 : Event 1 : Czestochowa, Poland : Poland v Australia v Russia v Winner Qual.Round 1 15.07 : Event 2 : King's Lynn, Great Britain : Great Britain v Denmark v Sweden v Winner Qual.Round 2 18.07 : Race-Off : Prague, Czech Rep : 20.07 : Final : Prague, Czech Rep : Czech Rep v

Too true. 2 years ago - at the Dubliner pub on the main drag - 2 pints of Carlsberg & 2 Burger and Chips = £37.50 !!! NEVER again!

I went to Parken twice, in 2006 and 2008, and it was noticable on both occasions that quite a lot of people were still coming into the arena up to around heat 12. I formed the impression (which may be wrong) that the stadium was selling tickets cheap after the meeting had started. When I returned in 2010, there were hardly any latecomers. And later I noticed that the crowd for that year had dropped considerably.

They have, I believe. The only source I can now find consistently is the Polish speedway weekly, Tygodnik Zuzlowy. I dont know how reliable the figures are, but then some of the FIM figures were inaccurate in my opinion. And we don't know how either source accounts for the sometimes copious number of "complimentary" (i.e free) tickets.

I have updated my chart showing all the reported attendance figures for each GP and World Cup Final since the competitions began. The chart is at http://www.internati...o.uk/extra9.htm

Final Russian League Table 2012 1. Balakovo M8 W7 D0 L1 Race Pts +171 Match Pts 14 2. Togliatti M8 W7 D0 L1 Race Pts +121 Match Pts 14 3. Vladivostok M8 W4 D0 L4 Race Pts +47 Match Pts 8 4. Salavat M8 W2 D0 L6 Race Pts -119 Match Pts 4 5. Oktyabrsky M8 W0 D0 L8 Race Pts -224 Match Pts 0 Russian Champion Grigory Laguta Russian U-21 Champion Andrey Kudryashov Russian U-19 Champion Vadim Tarasenko

Just like to say thanks to Premier Sports for the coverage in 2012, and to manchesterpaul for the scoresheets for each match. I think Dave Goddard deserves a medal for his commentaries - such a relief from the adrenalin fuelled nutter on another channel - but I do think that Premier could at least give him an on-screen credit! Lets do it all again in 2013

Gollob an expensive luxury for Hammarby this year - 69 pts in 40 rides. Dosen't look interested some of the time.

I dont think the Joker is any more popular with the riders than it is with many fans. The "blame" for the rule rests solely with the FIM. Who must also expect the blame for the injuries which are going to be sustained by some poor rider who one day finds two riders immediately in front of him suddenly stopping. Potentially it's an extremely dangerous rule.

This is a disgraceful commentary by Pearson and Tatum. It is repetitive to the point of total boredom. The ONLY things they are discussing are the delays and the virtual certainty that it will not proceed beyond heat 12. I should think that any casual viewers will have switched off by now, thanks to their depressing commentary. Sky should sack the pair of them, they are doing the sport no favours at all

Don't forget that under the 25-heat 5-rider teams that has been in operation for the last few years, there was no reserve then either! Each of the 5 riders had 5 scheduled rides. So nothing has really changed - we still have no reserves. I'm not saying that's right - it's not - but remember that the reduction in riders from 5 to 4, and the reduction in heats from 25 to 20, is presumably an effort to cut costs by FIM / IMG / BSI (not that they would ever admit it), so the addition of a 5th rider to 4-man teams would defeat the object.

The last time that was tried, a few years ago in Leszno, 3 of the 4 teams had riders who became suddenly injured! It made a mockery of the whole thing. I would like to see 22-heat meetings, 5 riders per team, the number 5 having two scheduled rides against the other number 5's, and up to 3 rides maximum as a reserve for other riders in the team. P.S Love your minimax race cards!

Feed on Premier Sports is excellent Dare I suggest that, on a dodgy track, and 3 days before the next Grand Prix, the GP riders are taking things a tad easy???

This is a VERY tough meeting for GB, I wish them every bit of luck there is. Winner of each semi-final + highest scoring second place team join Poland in the Final Other semi-final is at Abensberg 28 May - Germany v Sweden v Russia v Finland Great Britain Richie Worrall Joe Haines Kyle Howarth Steve Worrall Kyle Newman Australia Sam Masters Alex Davies Nick Morris Darcy Ward Dakota North Denmark Mikkel B Jensen Mikkel Michelsen Thomas Jorgensen Lasse Bjerre Michael Jepsen Jensen Czech Republic Vaclav Milik Eduard Krcmar Roman Cejka Ondrej Veverka Zdenek Holub

Why is there an old British red telephone kiosk in the Norrkoping pits?

Agreed, commentator (anybody have his name?) has obviously done plenty of research, and knows the sport well. And no manic SHOUTING! What a relief. Thank you, Premier Sports. Oops ... what happened to the feed?

USA have certainly got the toughest of the two "semi-finals": Poland v Denmark v Russia v USA (Bydgoszcz July 7) - they need to finish at least 3rd to make the race-off, and Russia are no pushover these days The other semi is: Great Britain v Australia v Czech Republic v Germany (King's Lynn July 9)

Or maybe GSI bought the rights to STOP Polish speedway being shown on UK TV, which could further affect the low attendances at many tracks .... probably not, but just a thought !!

If we can watch live Swedish speedway with English commentary, why not Polish?

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Everybody seems to have forgotten the very first Polish rider to appear in the UK Max Rech was a fighter pilot in the war, he later settled in Devon or Cornwall, and rode for St Austell in their league teams in the early to mid 1950's.