OveFundinFan

Made my night seeing Ove Fundin in the pit area……at 90. So that sorted….Michelsen in next years GP as European Champion.

Looks like the SEC is Michelson's to lose. If he wins it means he will be in next years GP’s. I don’t mind that, he can mix it at times. At the moment he seems to be on form, so hope he does it. Would be good if Woryna could pick up a bit. Be nice to see him in the GP’s. Was Toni Woryna of the 1960’s his grandfather. I remember seeing him race at Wembley.

I always understood that Emil couldn’t get the right level of sponsorship to fulfil a full season of GP racing so opted out for a few years.

I would be interested to know why it is now that a number of russian speedway riders have decided to join British teams. Could understand more if they were newbies, but 2 of them were 1st and 3rd in the 2021 world GP series. Just seems a bit strange to me. I don't suppose they will ever say why they come to UK all of a sudden.

As it looks at the moment, still one GP to go, I would have the current top 10 back next year. Plus winner of SEC, currently leading is Mikkelson, plus the 3 from the GP Challenge of which Wozniak is already through, then possibly Kvech and a Pawlicki. That leaves 1 place....... possibly Rasmus Jensen, Lebedev, Kubera, even Anders Thomson who isn't too bad and mixes it (just injury took him out this year).

Not everyone is for Russian riders in the GPs, no matter who they are.

So the two Russians who flew into the UK to (allegedly) look a the clock on Salisbury cathedral then flew out couple days later were fictitious - even though they have been identified as Russian agents. They themselves were not poisoned by the nerve agent because they protected themselves. The innocent woman who died didn't protect herself because she didn't know anything that was going on. The ex Russian agent opened his door nor knowing the nerve agent was under the handle, likewise his daughter touched her dad sometime after, again not knowing. Have you not watched the series on Litvinenko, the Russian who was poisoned in London by a cup of tea, and died a horrendous death. If not watch it, very interesting.

So did Bomber come second overall to Smolinski. I know Bomber didn't -ave a good day but was he enough points ahead to get 2nd?

So you think that a sponsor who has probably paid 10's of thousands of pounds will just say "that's fine by me". Pull the other one. What do you think will happen at the next GP....... I'll tell you what would happen..... it would happen again, and again. Then it's anarchy, it will be a free for all....... truly seen as a Micky Mouse sport. Can you imagine England playing a world cup football match, and the entre forward says I'm going to wear MY sponsors logo today. If you want speedway to be recognised as a world sport then it's got to be done professionally all As for you point "I think we should be able to see what's gone on here", I agree with you. In an earlier post I commented BZ did a simple mistake, took the wrong kevlars. Others have pointed out he knew what he was doing and giving publicity to HIS main sponsor. If that theory is proved the case I can see BZ being thrown out of the whole series for this year with no certainty of a place for next year. It's getting very interesting.

If next years gp’s get the”fresh” riders some posters on hear want because “it’s the same ones year by year” THEN you would see the weakest gp field ever for a whole gp year. Next year I would have in the current top 10 plus the SEC winner (possibly) Michelson as it stands, plus the 3 from GP challenge. The GP challenge May put Jan Kvech into next year GP…. that’s how the rules go, but IMO he is not GP quality….yet.

Without sponsors there likely be no world GP's, without sponsors in the UK would be no premiership nor championship. Someone's paying for you to get enjoyment.... remember that.

His mistake. He will make sure next time.

You were right, now reversed, so Basso 2nd.

So Zmarzlik wore non conforming leathers with respect to advertising. Imagine you paid 10's of thousands of pounds to advertise your business to appear before a potential world wide audience at every gran Prix/practice/news (everything included in the legally drawn up document signed by all parties). We talking big money here. Then someone turns up advertising a different sponsor. Do you think the sponsor who paid lots of money for GP advertising would be happy. Riders will have signed contracts too, no doubt stating the organisers of the GP's lay down the rules and riders/pit crew etc will have read the rules and agreed to adhere to them. I can easily see Zmarzlik made a simple mistake but the responsibility is to advertise the GP sponsor. Legal boys would have been all over this if the penalty stipulated was not adhered to, and rightly so. The FIM would have been in deep trouble, with this and potentially lost sponsors for next year - lack of adhering to contracts. As for the suggestion Poland could withdraw riders and tracks from next year's GP's..... they will fully understand the situation because they too will have legal documents with their own sponsors...how do you think they can afford big money to the riders on Polish racing.

Problem with Cierniak is he is too fast. So much so he has not got the experience of coming from the back against riders that are now equally as fast as he. very impressed wth 2 Danish reserves tonight as well as Casper Henriksson.

If the culprits get caught all they will get is smacked hands and told not to do it again.

Sad news to read.

He can’t count. From where I sat (in my living room) I counted 61,217

If indeed he is negative would this lead to legal action against SCB….. at least for loss of earnings, possibly damage to reputation.

Not conversant with H&S rules, what changes have taken place since BV hosted the 2016 world team that would not allow the temporary stand?

Presumably the stadium, with temporary stands in use, was approved as safe in 2016 for the world team championship on 2016.

With temporary stands on bend 3-4 about 8500 max. That’s similar to some gp’s this year.

You are thinking outside the box.... that's fine. However this can only be a non starter. Letting the public loose on a two wheel motor cycle, even an electric powered one, has to be a no go. A go kart has four wheels and a bumper guard all round. Need a lot of cotton wool to prevent serious injuries on any form of 2 wheel racing.... unless they have stabilisers lol.

No apologies here for being critical but..... more then a few on here in last couple years been criticising the fuddy duddy music churned out at speedway meetings.... like it not going to attract the young spectators the sport desperately needs, So WBD, Knowing the audience it wants to attract, plays modern music and gets criticised. They can't win it seems.

Some of the comments on here all add to why British speedway is in the dumps. Riders can spend 10’s of thousands of pounds on equipment but the spectators say going watching is worth only £15 for 15 races. Then it comes to the cream of British racing event, a GP with the worlds best riders giving it all, and they did once again, in a city centre (couldn’t get any more centre), meeting guaranteed no matter what the weather, seats (not standing) from £20 and a fair chunk of the crowd would be in that price range, plenty of meeting day activities including bars, eateries, parks, , rolling hills 10 miles away, sand & sea…………. and they still want hotels for £30 a night. Get a pop star performing in the same stadium and entry could be £60-£100, the hotels in 3 figures, and the city will be rammed full, no problem. We know the prices in 2024 will be at least this years prices, so if you want to go you get saving from now. The show is not moving to Wembley, but Wembley costs would be similar if not more, the facilities of parks, rolling hills, sand & sea will not be there, parking probably madness and high price, don’t know about bars and eateries, hotels just as expensive etc……. you can’t guarantee a meeting cause if it rains that’s it done, it would be a temporary track with its potential problems, and as I recall the racing at Wembley was not brilliant anyway. Atmosphere was good, very good….. but what would you prefer a fantastic atmosphere or good racing. My choice would be good racing every time. Cardiff can produce good racing, it has over the years, massive hiccup last year, but lesson learnt they are not going to let that happen again.