Steve Turner

Peter Johns is based in Stockton, with his PJ Racing setup...but I'm pretty sure he wasn't behind PJ Frames. He's always been focussed on heads, valves and engines, rather than frames. But then I don't know who was, so I'll stand corrected if mistaken.

It's all set and ready to go...just be patient

Sorry mate, not this time (although I can guarantee Hans got plenty of maximums in the years you're after.) Rob Peasley will should have records of Hans' time at Oxford. Send him a 'pm'. You should try the same with Gambo for the Cov stats. Good luck Let me know if ya fall short Kevin, and I'll see what I can do

I expect my invite got lost in the post

It might have something to do with the fact that the WRC soaks up £65m in annual sponsorship Plus, as it was the first event of it's kind, they were desperate to get a half-decent crowd in...which they didn't really manage btw...so they HAD to keep the prices down.

Yes, an endless GP budget is all-important it seems. It would be nice if it wasn't like that...but it is. No doubt, TRick's fans are hoping that the bulk of his budget came from a 'clean' source. We shall see.

You shouldn't have messed about for the last 2 rounds then should ya Jilly ?! Top 16 seems the obvious one to go for, to stay in-line with the 'lesser' GP competition. It's also 2000 Credits and more. Next year will see everyone start with 200 Credits, by the way...in the hope of hanging on to a few players a bit longer next time

That's what it will be Matt, Top 16. Aren't you the lucky one

I can only see them dropping Sullivan and Chrzanowski. To be replaced by Zagar, definitely, and either Kasprzak or Bjerre.

Any interesting ones Matt ?!

Panthersfan...1 point left, means you're out You couldn't have continued...so that was the end for you ! Cheat !

Yeah, it'll add a bit of pressure putting a world ranking in the game Drakey, you only really had one bad GP...excellent season, despite that. Woody was the only player to improve his score in every single GP...London Witch was closest to matching that feat, with only the first GP seeing her drop points. Three of the Top 10 (smiles, Subedei and James) picked all-time favourite Rickardsson just once...German Speedway Fan, in 18th, never picked him at all ! I don't really know why, but I found two players whose betting stood out to me... don't ask ...it was just the way they tried to play the game. So thankyou Jimmy Smith and PsychoGirl

Yeah, I had Greg and Leigh...ending up with 74,058. But it wasn't about me was it. Well done to everyone who enjoyed the game Fair play if someone comes up with a different game idea for next year, but if not, I'd be happy to stage another battle

Cheers Cowboy... The big winner's in this GP are pretty obvious really... woody-the-champ scored 25,000... drakey got 23,400... smiles gained 14,055... Subedei added 9,430... and Shale Eater scored 6,800 The biggest loser's in this final round, were Ruby Tuesday 2,150... pirate paul 1,620... jimmy smith 1,600... Silver Cheetah 1,460... and f-s-p 1,100 It was the first and only GP of the year where the four 'favourite' riders all made the Final. But obviously many of you took a bigger gamble to try and gain loads of points...for some it worked, anyway

Congratulations to woody-the-bee on becoming the 2005 Forum Grand Prix Champion ! It's second place for Drakey, our long-time leader, and joining them on the internet rostrum...Smiles 1st ~ woody-the-bee ~ 33000 pts 2nd ~ drakey ~ 32000 pts 3rd ~ smiles ~ 20001 pts 4th ~ Subedei ~ 15240 pts 5th ~ Shale Eater ~ 9000 pts 6th ~ tomazpozrl ~ 8555 pts 7th ~ Phil ~ 8330 pts 8th ~ Timbo ~ 8324 pts 9th ~ London Witch ~ 8000 pts 10th ~ James ~ 4500 pts 11th ~ Witches Vs Hammers ~ 3600 pts 12nd ~ Mark Evans ~ 2916 pts 13th ~ beercellar ~ 2492 pts 14th ~ diamonds_are_forever ~ 2300 pts 15th ~ Matt Davis ~ 2230 pts 16th ~ skitts61 ~ 2000 pts 17th ~ KevtheRev ~ 1762 pts =18th ~ jill ~ 1530 pts =18th ~ German Speedway Fan ~ 1530 pts 20th ~ Gaz W ~ 1150 pts 21st ~ Dark Horse ~ 900 pts 22nd ~ shirls ~ 794 pts 23rd ~ BritPete ~ 690 pts 24th ~ cov_bees_2005 ~ 515 pts 25th ~ f-s-p ~ 500 pts 26th ~ Laser558 ~ 400 pts 27th ~ big rob ~ 336 pts 28th ~ Jo_1515 ~ 332 pts 29th ~ tomhaines ~ 319 pts 30th ~ Robbo ~ 280 pts 31st ~ Sir Lunchalot ~ 240 pts 32nd ~ darrenaces ~ 229 pts 33rd ~ Tabby3 ~ 197 pts 34th ~ Creamer ~ 126 pts 35th ~ wimbledonwomble ~ 124 pts 36th ~ sportsnut ~ 120 pts 37th ~ Addy ~ 95 pts 38th ~ smillie ~ 89 pts 39th ~ Tina ~ 81 pts 40th ~ Dicey ~ 79 pts 41st ~ Jim Blanchard ~ 58 pts 42nd ~ Oil Man ~ 55 pts 43rd ~ Robbobee ~ 28 pts 44th ~ rami ~ 26 pts 45th ~ yellowspanner ~ 21 pts 46th ~ beesboybert ~ 11 pts 47th ~ cleggy621 ~ 10 pts =48th ~ Cornishman ~ 9 pts =48th ~ Jurek ~ 9 pts 50th ~ Aussie ~ 8 pts 51st ~ Niels#1 ~ 6 pts 52nd ~ The Concrete Cowboy ~ 4 pts =53rd ~ Col ~ 2 pts =53rd ~ ballinger ~ 2 pts Out of the game, due to running out of Credits were... panthersfan, Shnikies, squeeky, Ruby Tuesday, pirate paul, jimmy smith, Silver Cheetah, Star Lady, creetingblue, Cougar Pirate, Shale Eater's girlfriend, Crazy Munchie, born_2b_mad, steve jones, Redflags, Papa Bazarou, micky76, Electro, pug/206, vog, Daryl, Kevin Hammond, B52, Bezza, SuperSwindon, Chris, PsychoGirl, ZKZ Kitten, full-throttle, Jay, Charles, Ozyace, klone, SCB, sjw, scottymelloty, chivs, garf, Joester, the bolton wonderer and Rico Thanks for playing along, it's been fun...see you in April !!

You certainly have some unusual opinions, Subedei When you consider they had 40mm of rain in 2 hours on the track...they've done a good job on it...and most of the rider's are going-for-it. Suits most fans I'd have thought.

And how much room did Nicki leave Linda ?! C'mon Nick

Who cares what the track looks like ? It never looks good at Lonigo, but it rides well...and that's what counts !

Good decision ref...sadly that was Scotty's fault...but didn't AJ take it well ?

Are Sky covering it now then (I don't have Sky Sports) ? We're on Heat 4 Shawn

Heat 1, Great move from Stefan Andersson...certainly surprised Nicki ! Could be a few surprises on this track ! Heat 2, Super-smooth Chrzanowski !!

Don't panic, they've only just finished the parade anyway...

Yeah, I'm expecting a big finish from Greg too...although he has the worst draw, at number 10. Bjarne has the best draw, with Scotty getting the next best. Looking forward to the track cutting-up a bit and making them all work for their points...should be a good meetin' Still think they should've got The Great Armando in the line-up though...and I don't mean at reserve !

So it's Round 9, the final Grand Prix of the 2005 season...and the title is still up for grabs, in this competition anyway ! There's little point holding back on your bets this time... ...so go for it !! These are the fixed points for the 9th and final GP, from Lonigo in Northern Italy tonight. Please make sure you've read and understood the Rules of the game, posted elsewhere. Any new, very late entries to the game, joining in for the last round, get to start with 43 Credits. Tony Rickardsson ~ 2 pts Jason Crump ~ 3 pts Greg Hancock ~ 4 pts Tomasz Gollob ~ 5 pts Nicki Pedersen ~ 5 pts Leigh Adams ~ 5 pts Matej Zagar ~ 6 pts Andreas Jonsson ~ 6 pts Bjarne Pedersen ~ 7 pts Lee Richardson ~ 8 pts Scott Nicholls ~ 8 pts Hans Andersen ~ 8 pts Antonio Lindbäck ~ 9 pts Jarek Hampel ~ 7 pts Stefan Andersson ~ 12 pts Ryan Sullivan ~ 10 pts Roman Povazhny ~ 15 pts Tomasz Chrzanowski ~ 25 pts Track reserves Simone Terenzani ~ 100 pts Daniele Tessari ~ 250 pts ...and the current standings (with their chosen bets) are... 1st ~ drakey ~ 8600 pts (Jason Crump 6200 + Tony Rickardsson 2400) 2nd ~ woody-the-bee ~ 8000 pts (Jason Crump 7000 + Greg Hancock 1000) 3rd ~ smiles ~ 5946 pts (Jason Crump 5000 + Scott Nicholls 945) 4th ~ Subedei ~ 5810 pts (Tomasz Gollob 2000 + Jason Crump 3810) 5th ~ Phil ~ 4330 pts (Jason Crump 1500 + Scott Nicholls 500) 6th ~ Mark Evans ~ 3240 pts 7th ~ London Witch ~ 2970 pts (Jason Crump 2000 + Nicki Pedersen 970) 8th ~ Timbo ~ 2824 pts (Tony Rickardsson 2000 + Jason Crump 500) 9th ~ Shale Eater ~ 2200 pts (Jason Crump 2000 + Greg Hancock 200) 10th ~ Ruby Tuesday ~ 2150 pts (Tomasz Gollob 2000 + Matej Zagar 150) 11th ~ tomazpozrl ~ 2055 pts (Jason Crump 1500 + Greg Hancock 500) =12th ~ James ~ 1700 pts (Jason Crump 350 + Leigh Adams 350) =12th ~ jill ~ 1700 pts 14th ~ pirate paul ~ 1620 pts (Bjarne Pedersen 1000 + Matej Zagar 620) =15th ~ f-s-p ~ 1600 pts (Scott Nicholls 1500 + Greg Hancock 100) =15th ~ jimmy smith ~ 1600 pts (Scott Nicholls 1500 + Andreas Jonsson 100) 17th ~ Silver Cheetah ~ 1460 pts (Scott Nicholls 730 + Antonio Lindbäck 730) 18th ~ beercellar ~ 1246 pts (Matej Zagar 623 + Jason Crump 623) 19th ~ Matt Davis ~ 1230 pts (Jason Crump 500 + Nicki Pedersen 500) 20th ~ Star Lady ~ 1050 pts (Andreas Jonsson 500 + Scott Nicholls 550) 21st ~ diamonds_are_forever ~ 920 pts (Matej Zagar 460 + Greg Hancock 460) 22nd ~ skitts61 ~ 895 pts (Jason Crump 500 + Scott Nicholls 395) 23rd ~ shirls ~ 882 pts 24th ~ Witches Vs Hammers ~ 800 pts (Greg Hancock 400 + Jason Crump 400) 25th ~ BritPete ~ 767 pts 26th ~ creetingblue ~ 734 pts (Scott Nicholls 501 + Andreas Jonsson 233) 27th ~ Dark Horse ~ 595 pts (Tony Rickardsson 300 + Matej Zagar 295) 28th ~ cov_bees_2005 ~ 572 pts 29th ~ Cougar Pirate ~ 520 pts (Bjarne Pedersen 277 + Scott Nicholls 243) 30th ~ Gaz W ~ 460 pts (Greg Hancock 230 + Scott Nicholls 230) 31st ~ Shale Eater's girlfriend ~ 380 pts (Antonio Lindbäck 190 + Scott Nicholls 190) 32nd ~ big rob ~ 373 pts 33rd ~ tomhaines ~ 355 pts 34th ~ KevtheRev ~ 342 pts (Leigh Adams 200 + Jason Crump 140) 35th ~ German Speedway Fan ~ 340 pts (Greg Hancock 170 + Jason Crump 170) 36th ~ Robbo ~ 311 pts 37th ~ The Concrete Cowboy ~ 279 pts (Matej Zagar 278 + Jason Crump 1) 38th ~ darrenaces ~ 255 pts 39th ~ Tabby3 ~ 219 pts 40th ~ Laser558 ~ 207 pts (Scott Nicholls 107 + Jason Crump 100) 41st ~ Jo_1515 ~ 166 pts (Scott Nicholls 83 + Jason Crump 83) 42nd ~ Crazy Munchie ~ 159 pts (Antonio Lindbäck 100 + Matej Zagar 59) 43rd ~ Creamer ~ 140 pts 44th ~ wimbledonwomble ~ 138 pts 45th ~ sportsnut ~ 133 pts 46th ~ born_2b_mad ~ 115 pts (Scott Nicholls 100 + Matej Zagar 15) 47th ~ steve jones ~ 106 pts (Andreas Jonsson 56 + Scott Nicholls 50) 48th ~ Addy ~ 105 pts 49th ~ smillie ~ 99 pts =50th ~ Sir Lunchalot ~ 90 pts (Leigh Adams 40 + Matej Zagar 50) =50th ~ Tina ~ 90 pts 52nd ~ Dicey ~ 87 pts 53rd ~ Redflags ~ 72 pts (Nicki Pedersen 36 + Lee Richardson 36) 54th ~ Jim Blanchard ~ 65 pts 55th ~ Aussie ~ 62 pts (Jason Crump 2 + Lee Richardson 60) 56th ~ Oil Man ~ 61 pts 57th ~ panthersfan ~ 42 pts (Daniele Tessari 40 + Simone Terenzani 1) 58th ~ Papa Bazarou ~ 36 pts (Scott Nicholls 18 + Matej Zagar 18) 59th ~ Robbobee ~ 31 pts 60th ~ rami ~ 29 pts 61st ~ micky76 ~ 26 pts (Nicki Pedersen 11 + Hans Andersen 15) 62nd ~ yellowspanner ~ 23 pts 63rd ~ Electro ~ 20 pts (Antonio Lindbäck 10 + Bjarne Pedersen 10) 64th ~ beesboybert ~ 12 pts 65th ~ cleggy621 ~ 11 pts =66th ~ Cornishman ~ 10 pts =66th ~ Jurek ~ 10 pts 68th ~ Niels#1 ~ 7 pts =69th ~ Col ~ 2 pts =69th ~ pug/206 ~ 2 pts (Scott Nicholls 1 + Antonio Lindbäck 1) =69th ~ ballinger ~ 2 pts New Entry the bolton wonderer ~ 43 pts (Antonio Lindbäck 42 + Scott Nicholls 1) Out of the competition... ... Shnikies, squeeky, Kevin Hammond, B52, Bezza, SuperSwindon, Chris, PsychoGirl, ZKZ Kitten, full-throttle, Jay, Charles, Ozyace, klone, SCB, sjw, scottymelloty, chivs, garf, Joester and Rico.

No great surprise in the fact that nobody went for Lee Richardson. He was on 10 points, so plenty of credits could have been won...but clearly nobody was THAT crazy More surprisingly, only one player went for Greg Hancock...stand up and take a bow, Niels#1 ! However, as Niels#1 only had 2 Credits to play with...he didn't gain many places