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and they really call this "International Match Of Nations" ?

yes it is, because he earns exactly what he scores in all of his races that night. Winning a final of a Grand Prix meeting is fine and sees him standing on top of the podium as the GP winner on the night, but it is all races (seven races, if he reaches the final) that count for the championship, and if he was not able to beat his opponents in the heat races it is only fair that he does not score the most points.

I would keep the old scoring system as we had it, all race counts for the world championship, and the scoring in every race is 3-2-1-0, simple as that, easy to understand, and totally fair for every rider.

Phil Morris is responsible for the track conditions. All he does is water the track too much. There were very long and boring track preparation breaks last night because of this, and it still did not improve the racing, there was hardly any overtakign in the first twelve heats. But the racing got a little better towards the end and it did improve dramatically in the two semis and the final, when it really mattered. It is obvious that for most of the riders the heat races are just not worth taking any risks, due to that highly unpopular new point scoring system. There's lots of hard work to do for DISCOVERY/EUROSPORT to restore the SGP series to its former glory next year. But I very much doubt that they will be the right people for that job. With them it could easily get worse, but I hope I'm proved wrong.

Vienna/Austria once was a hotbed for speedway here on the Continent. The sport was very popular there in the 1950s with top international riders such as Fritz Dirtl, Josef Kamper and the Killmeyer brothers Karl and Leopold. Briggs, Moore, and Fundin often rode in open international meetings at the huge Prater Stadium in Vienna in the late50s/early 60s.

He is the son of former rider Miroslaw Jablonski

There are currently no other Austrian speedway riders, but only the two You have mentioned, Daniel Gappmaier and the sixteen year old junior rider Sebastian Kössler. By the way Robert Grichtmeier is not an Austria, he is German (Bavarian) and already 50+.

The first time Chugunov rides in a Polish national team !

they have not found another national team to take the place so they think about letting a combined team compete, some European select with Slovenian and Slovakian riders

Loktaev of the Ukraine

I thought the racing was pretty interesting and unpredictable with the track conditions making it rather difficult for the young riders. Not a bad meeting to watch, though.

Tai down in heat one

Good quality tv coverage, but the match is very one-sided. Morizès leads 23-7 after six heats. The meeting is currently interrupted (rain delay)

Morizès v Lamothe now live here https://ligue-nationale-speedway.fr/match/lns-motul-2021-morizes-lamothe-landerron

Today at Brokstedt the Dutch will be without Jeffrey Sijbesma. He was injured when he fell at a meeting in Nordhasted yesterday. Sijbesma will be replaced in the team of the Netherlands by their reserve rider Dave Meijerink.

The first of the two matches today, Morizès vs Lamothe, will also be made available for free to watch live via Facebook https://www.facebook.com/liguenationaledespeedway/photos/gm.955817505203739/2235070936636064/?type=3&theater The racing starts at 12h30 (UK time) Britian's Adam Ellis and Chris 'Bomber' Harris ride for the Morizès team. vs

Today, Sunday, August 1, is another double header meeting in the French Spedway League. You can sign up and watch it all via www.fanseat.com

Drew Kemp rides for Gdansk

https://vk.com/video452077671_456239050

Now live Polish League One RYBNIK v GDANSK https://vk.com/video452077671_456239050

Due to the new (confusing) GP point system introduced by the FIM , it seems that the heat races are not contested with the same intensity by the riders anymore, knowing that the points they score in the heats do not count for real in the world championship. A rider can affort to drop five or six points in the heat races, which will still be enough to make the top eight. Poinst scored to not count in teh end, so why shoud a riders take any risks in a heat race. That lack of desperation to go for every single point was quite obvious last night. The important races are only the two semis and the final. The heats have become rather dull now. Also, the gap in points with the new scorign system has become huge already. And with only the top six (instead of eight) qualifying for next year, there will soon be a lot of riders below the top ten riding the SGPs without much motivation.

Early on in this meeting Berge had some trouble with his bike, and Smoli was struggling too, but they all came good in the end. Landshut will very likely make the play-offs now. The team really isn't bad at all.

Yes, I tend to agree that it was rather one-sided. I had expected a much closer contest. It got a lilttle better after heat 5 though. P.S.: Let me recommend You not to miss the chance to got to Cloppenburg next weekend for the 250cc World Champs. You will enjoy that, I am sure!

With all the rain we've had this year everything grows out of sight.