OveFundinFan

It was a good meeting to watch and, as we all know, on a track that can be raced on. As to the quality of the entrants compared to the World GP series, rarely if ever, has the world championship had the top 16 riders in the world in it, and I say that considering the one off world title meetings and the gran prix series. Sure you could take some of those riding in the European championship and they would fit nicely into the gran prix series, but it isnt going to happen, so we get on with what we got. And in my opinion there is probably only one rider, Emil, that is consistent enough to warrant slotting into the gran prix series to replace a rider already in the world series.. From the rest, yes they can race well, very well at times, but are not consistent enough, and I am talking here about the Laguta brothers, Vaculik, and some others. Lets face it, they all have a chance of going through the qualifiers or having a permanent wild card.

The Gerhard engine seems to be trialling well by harris and Lambert over in the uk. Performing well enough to encourage more then a few to purchase when they come on the market, especially if servicing costs are slashed. And whilst not everyone can afford to pay for their GM engines to be highly tuned, its a fact that not every rider will be able to benefit from the tuning - ie not everyone can ride a highly tuned engine to its full potential.

1960 at Norwich - a sad day for Belle Vue speedway fans, two popular riders.

The track team is already in to Cardiff stadium, much longer time then the 6 days they normally have. So we should see, hopefully, a better track that will hold up to practice on the Friday and racing on the Saturday. If all goes well then Melbourne should be ok if they have the same amount of time.

It looks to me like the Gerhard engine is lacking a bit on the straights. It pulls from the gate well but not the straights, maybe gearing or something more technical.

So that means a PL rider needs to earn £28 per race just to pay for the service, never mind any other costs. What do they have to do to earn £28 per race?

Wow! thats almost a GP standard line up, and arguably as good as a GP line up. First race looks a classic for starters.

Yes, cant spell his name - Buscowski or something like.

Oh dear, thats sad, especially as he was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Is Chris Harris riding that new engine? Looks different.

Anyone heard any more about Jarek? How bad are the breaks, Estimate of time out of action?

As my score chart shows :- Milik 2 2 4 0 2 2 Krcmar 2 0 0 0 0 Suchanek 1 \ ex 1 1 Kus 1 1 1 0 0 TOTAL 20 Kudriashov ex 0 \ 1 1 0 Laguta ex 1 3 4 3 Gafurov 0 2 2 1 Belousov ex 1 3 1 2 2 TOTAL 27 What was confusing was the names as riders were at the start was different to what was actually going on (I think).

I asked earlier, jim3751, whats stopping someone going back to upright engine (as laydown ones seem to be a cause of a problem), but no one come back yet. Perhaps no one knows what the regs say.

We are from the north west as well, well Chester, we take a lovely route straight down the middle of Wales, by pass Wrexham, go through Brecon Beacons, really good. 2013 we parked at City hall, opposite Travelodge near the Quay. so last year 2014 we went straight there, only to find an attendant directing everyone to the football ground which we had passed. Hope Cardiff City football ground is the park this year as it was easy to find, only about 1 mile north of the Millenium Stadium, £5 return last 2 years. Its dedicated buses that just shuttle back and to the Millenium

Hopefully not too much off topic, but seeing as there is critiscism of lay down engines, whats stopping someone going back to an upright engine ? Are there regulations stippulating what position an engine should be in?

So there can be problems with permanent outdoor tracks as well as temporary indoor tracks.

'67 was a brilliant win for him, think he missed '66 due to a Swedish ban, but in '67 where all and sundry were changing to Jawa, for the world final Ove had a JAP stuck in his frame, telling his tuner "just get me to the first corner first". It worked - they didnt call him the crafty fox for nothing. And of course it was another Belle Vue world champion.

Affectionately me and my mates used to call him Andy Pandy. A really good rider as stated. (for those old enough to remember Andy Pandy)

The Man says it all really I was there in 1967 as well CHR

The make or break for temporary tracks surel has to be the British GP (Cardiff) in 6 weeks time. If the track ruts up and kills the racing, as opposed to riding, I think that could finish off temporary tracks at the end of 2015, or at least put it into motion so it ends when current contracts end. Having said that, I just feel that Cardiff 2015 is going to be a good one.

Nice to see Martin Vaculik pounding a way to next years GP's. After 2013 I remember he said he would wait a couple years to get more experiance then try again..... looks like he's trying.

Much better meeting then I expected, though as others have said, the first half dozen races were boring. Some good action later though. I recorded it on Sky (as I usually do). Was watching F1 qualifying, then I watched the recording of Prague, just about got heat 20 watched then turned over for Eurovision which wasnt too bad this year. When it got to the boring results time of Eurovision I turned back to speedway and got the 2 semis and the final, which I watched again on Sunday.

Latest statement re Marketa:- The Czech Republic FIM Speedway Grand Prix will stay in Prague for the next three years after Autoklub Marketa signed a new three-year deal to host the event until 2018. Hope tonights racing justifies that contract.

I agree with you, CB7, here is a quote from one of my earlier posts..... "Big shake up needed from the top down."

Has'nt worked for them yet.