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Interesting to see if that line up actually changes. Craig tweeted a couple of days ago that he was looking forward to racing for Rybnik this weekend. Don't know if that was him actually confirming he'd been picked, or just being hopeful....

Totally agree, Leszno almost always seems to produce top racing, and heat 15 was a belter to finish with.

Emil turns it up a notch when it matters in heat 11! Super ride.

I'm pretty certain he will be. These line ups often don't show the number 8 for some reason. Last night's scorecard from Torun doesn't show Fricke, even though he scored 11 or 12! Edit: it shows him on my phone screen but not on my iMac screen. Strange!

OK, from what I have gathered so far from Polish friends, here is what they understand about the new rule: 1. The number 8/16 must be under 23 years old. 2. They can be Polish or a foreigner, as opposed to the numbers 6s and 7s who must be Polish. 3. They can ride in heats 1, and 3-15, replacing anyone once only, unless a) that rider is also under 23, as in the case of Drozdz or Lebedevs last night or b ) if they replace an injured rider during the match they can be used to cover all their rides, as in when Doyle pulled out after heat 1 last Sunday at Gorzow. There may be other bits to this that haven't yet been explained to me, but that clears it up a bit so far. Fricke is there only because he's u23 (same with Jack Holder I suppose last night at Torun), but it certainly strengthens Wroclaw to keep him in that position.

Is someone here able to give a clear explanation as to how the new rules with the number 8s works this year? Like Eric I above, there are a few of us who'd like to be clear about this one. Cheers.

Absolute peach of a move from Przedpelski there!

That was for last year's fixture. Tonight it was 13,500.

Can't take anything away from Nicki tonight as he was by far the best rider on view. Not seen him look so hungry for a number of years now. Looks like Kowalski has got his motors set up very sweetly. Long may it last as whatever you think of him, (and I'm not exactly an admirer) he's box office.

And now it's clear. All ready to go :-)

Hope it stays this way as I see there are some thunderstorms forecast for the area around Czestochowa...

Probably just extra track time for the ZG riders.

Yeah, it's a bit narrow. Some great heats though nonetheless.

And in fact this turned out to be a great match too. Great to see Nicki make such a good return to the sport, even though he's not one of my favourites. Zengota impressed me for ZG.

Just seen this - cheers!

Pretty sure the siren of the ambulance as it left the stadium was perfectly audible moments after it drove through the pits.

Miedziński is a lucky lad to walk away from what was a terrible heat 9 smash.

Thank God I only have the Polish coverage!

Yes, loved it yesterday. Recorded the Leszno meeting and have it set to record both Extraliga meetings this afternoon/evening.

Fabulous first match. If they're all half as good as that, I will be well happy watching them all year!

Superb reply from Janusz and Emil.

Have to say the start marshall is annoying me with his infuriating demands to move the Leszno riders when they are in perfectly good positions...

My God that brought the stadium to life! Great heat 7.

Glad I bought the NC+ box and system. Goodbye to all the dropping streams and associated problems of the past...

A chance to redeem himself here... Well, it could have been!