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PK, Jagus and Andersen unbeaten after two races each. Andersen and Jagus meet in Ht 10.

Click on "Grand Final" young fellow.

Jagus looking very good - just blasted Rune Holta away in his second heat. Edit: Jagus almost 3 seconds faster in Ht 5 than Andersen in Ht 4 - some serious track work done between those heats, I imagine, or is Jagus that fast?

Robert Kosciecha's odds seem very generous.

Why ruin the splendid SWC - easily a more satisfying competition than the GPs - by staging it on Cardiff's abortion of a track?

I heard a rumour that Vincent Vega is in negotiations to take over BSI - you young ladies still willing to, er, negotiate over Loram's inclusion in 2007?

Just as well you're not the referee then. Six days is a long time to wait for the re-run to take place.

Wasn't there talk of a German grand prix a couple of years ago? I'd guess either Russia or Germany. Or maybe the Pavlic millions will lure BSI to Croatia?

I'll go with: Hans Andersen Wieslaw Jagus Piotr Protasiewicz

Anyway, however you pronounce it, it's probably nothing like how Tony Millard pronounces it - although Millard's pronunciations are liable to change during the course of a meeting, so he might get it right once or twice.

I guess Jacek Rempala will be thrilled to be classed among the "younger generation" - there can only be a year or so difference in age between him and Tomasz Gollob.

But he didn't win a single GP during the year he became world champion.

So, after his acrimonious departure from Czestochowa, could Rune Holta be heading for an inelegant departure from Rzeszow? It looks very much like he's offended Rzeszow's chairperson Marta Poltorak: http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/news/a6673

How about this for a slight surprise - one of young Gollob's defeats came at the hands of Berwick's Jacek Rempala.

And Tomasz Gollob remains Poland's best rider after claiming his seventh Polish individual crown in Tarnow last evening. Gollob finished on 13 points, one point ahead of Torun's Wieslaw Jagus who finished second. Sebastian Ulamek was third and Jaroslaw Hampel fourth. Wieslaw Jagus, of course, rides in the GP qualifying final in Vetlanda this weekend and with his sparkling form this season, few would bet against him upsetting BSI's applecart by getting into their circus.

Well, after the storming success of my last effort - I asked who'd be Sweden's next GP winner and up Andreas Jonsson popped to win the following GP - I thought I'd be a generous Mongol and ask who'll be Britain's next GP winner? And Britain has waited an awful long time - the last British triumph was that of Martin Dugard way back in 2000, I think. But Britain still has an active GP winner in Mark Loram - realistically, however, Loram isn't likely to add to his two wins. Can Scott Nicholls throw his bulk around sufficiently to win, or will Crump and Co always be too good come semi-final or, occasionally, final time? Will it be Stead or Harris the two great white hopes of the present, or will Britain have to wait for Bridger, Auty and Branney (I've got to keep Auntie Sue happy, she's after my blood) to do the business? Now, don't forget to thank me when Lee Richardson triumphs in Prague.

But has there ever been such a rule? After all, neither Nicki P nor Hancock were excluded after their coming together, exiting the 2nd turn, in Prague a couple of years ago?

The trouble is, you may think Gollob is passed it, but he keeps qualifying. Anyway, the coming GP season (I think well ahead) should be interesting - the first season without TR.

Good word - I like it and I'm going to try and use it more often in conversation and here. I pronounce "invective" my word of the week.

And here's today's Ekstraliga results: Wroclaw versus Bydgoszcz Wroclaw..54 9..J Hampel..2',1',0,3 = 6+2 10..K Bjerre..3,2,3,2',1 =11+1 11..H Andersen..1,3,3,2',2 = 11+1 12..T Gapinski..3,0 = 3 13..J Crump..3,3,3,3,3 = 15 14..R Jamrozy..0,1,0 = 1 15..N Klindt..2,0,1 = 3 16..P Swiderski..3,1,0 = 4 Bydgoszcz..35 1..P Protasiewicz..0,0,2,1,1 = 4 2..R Sawina..1,2,1',0,0 = 4+1 3..R Kosciecha..2,2,2,2,1,2 = 11 4..E Sajfutdinov..0,0 = 0 5..A Jonsson..2,3,0 = 5 6..M Jedrzejewski..1,0,1' = 2+1 7..K Buczkowski..3,1',2,0,3 = 9+1 8..K Klecha..0 = 0 Ht 1..Buczkowski, Klindt, Jedrzejewski, Jamrozy 2-4 (2-4) Ht 2..Bjerre, Hampel, Sawina, Protasiewicz [E/F] 5-1 (7-5) Ht 3..Swiderski, Kosciecha, Andersen, Sajfutdinov [Fall] 4-2 (11-7) Ht 4..Crump, Jonsson, Buczkowski, Klindt [Ex/T] 3-3 (14-10) Ht 5..Andersen, Sawina, Swiderski, Protasiewicz [E/F] 4-2 (18-12) Ht 6..Crump, Kosciecha, Jamrozy, Klecha 4-2 (22-14) Ht 7..Jonsson, Bjerre, Hampel, Jedrzejewski 3-3 (25-17) Ht 8..Crump, Protasiewicz, Sawina, Jamrozy 3-3 (28-20) Ht 9..Bjerre, Kosciecha, Hampel [Fall], Jonsson [Fall] 3-2 (31-22) Ht 10..Andersen, Bugzkowski, Jedrzejewski, Swiderski [Ex] 3-3 (34-25) Ht 11..Hampel, Kosciecha, Klindt, Sajfutdinov 4-2 (38-27) Ht 12..Gapinski, Andersen, Protasiewicz, Buczkowski 5-1 (43-28) Ht 13..Crump, Bjerre, Kosciecha, Sawina 5-1 (48-29) Ht 14..Buczkowski, Andersen, Protasiewicz, Gapinski 2-4 (50-33) Ht 15..Crump, Kosciecha, Bjerre, Sawina 4-2 (54-35) Notes: 1..Ht 3 and Swiderski replaces Gapinski for Wroclaw. 2..Ht 4 and Wroclaw's Klindt gets himself into mischief at the tapes and is excluded. 3..Ht 5 and Swiderski replaces Gapinski for Wroclaw. 4..Ht 6 and Klecha replaces Sajfutdinov for Bydgoszcz. 5..Ht 9 and Jonsson replaces Sajfutdinov in a tactical move by Bydgoszcz. 6..Ht 9 and we've a re-run without Wroclaw's Hampel and Bydgoszcz's Jonsson after they clash and are both unable to take part in the re-run. 7..Ht 9 and Jonsson has now been withdrawn from the meeting and is on his way to hospital. 8..Ht 10 and Swiderski replaces Gapinski for Wroclaw. 9..Ht 10 and Buczkowski replaces Jonsson for Bydgoszcz. 10..Ht 10 and we've a re-run without Wroclaw's Swiderski, who gets himself into mischief and is excluded. 11..Ht 11 and Klindt replaces Jamrozy for Wroclaw. 12..Ht 12 and Buczkowski replaces Jedrzejewski for Bydgoszcz. 13..Ht 13 and Kosciecha replaces Jonsson in a tactical move by Bydgoszcz. 14..Ht 14 and it's Andersen-Gapinski for Wroclaw and Protasiewicz-Sajfutdinov for Bydgoszcz. 15..Ht 14 and Buczkowski replaces Sajfutdinov for Bydgoszcz. 16..Ht 15 and it's Bjerre-Crump for Wroclaw and Sawina-Kosciecha for Bydgoszcz. ----------------------- Bonus points calculated per British Elite League. ----------------------- All details from: http://www.sportowefakty.pl ----------------------- ----------------------- ----------------------- ----------------------- Tarnow versus Czestochowa Tarnow..39 9..T Gollob..3,0,2,3,2,3,2 = 15 10..J Kolodziej R/R 11..J Gollob..1,2,0 = 3 12..S Burza..0 = 0 13..S Nicholls..2,2,2,0,1,1' = 8+1 14..K Zielinski..0 = 0 15..P Hlib..3,1',1',0,2',0 = 7+3 16..M Rempala..1,1',1,2,0,1 = 6+1 Czestochowa..51 1..R Sullivan..2,3,1,3,3 = 12 2..S Drabik..0,0,3,0 = 3 3..S Ulamek..3,3,3,1,0 = 10 4..L Richardson..2',0,1,0 =3+1 5..G Hancock..3,2',3,2,3 = 13+1 6..C Hefenbrock..2,3,1,1,2' = 9+1 7..D Romanczuk..1',0 = 1+1 8..M Piekarski = DNR Ht 1..Hlib, Hefenbrock, Romanczuk, Zielinski 3-3 (3-3) Ht 2..T Gollob, Sullivan, Rempala, Drabik [Fall] 4-2 (7-5) Ht 3..Ulamek, Richardson, J Gollob, Burza 1-5 (8-10) Ht 4..Hancock, Nicholls, Hlib, Romanczuk 3-3 (11-13) Ht 5..Sullivan, J Gollob, Rempala, Drabik [Ex] 3-3 (14-16) Ht 6..Ulamek, Nicholls, Hlib, Richardson [Ex] 3-3 (17-19) Ht 7..Hefenbrock, Hancock, Rempala, T Gollob 1-5 (18-24) Ht 8..Drabik, Nicholls, Sullivan, Hlib 2-4 (20-28) Ht 9..Ulamek, T Gollob, Richardson, Nicholls 2-4 (22-32) Ht 10..Hancock, Rempala, Hefenbrock, J Gollob 2-4 (24-36) Ht 11..T Gollob, Hlib, Ulamek, Richardson 5-1 (29-37) Ht 12..Sullivan, T Gollob, Hefenbrock, Rempala 2-4 (31-41) Ht 13..T Gollob, Hancock, Nicholls, Drabik 4-2 (35-43) Ht 14..Sullivan, Hefenbrock, Rempala, Hlib [E/F] 1-5 (36-48) Ht 15..Hancock, T Gollob, Nicholls, Ulamek 3-3 (39-51) Notes: 1..Ht 2 and Rempala takes the R/R for Tarnow. 2..Ht 2 and Tarnow's T Gollob swoops round the outside of Czestochowa's Sullivan on the final bend to take the win. 3..Ht 5 and Rempala replaces Burza for Tarnow. 4..Ht 5 and we've a re-run without Czestochowa's Drabik, who gets himself into mischief and is excluded. 5..Ht 6 and Hlib replaces Zielinski for Tarnow. 6..Ht 6 and we've a re-run without Czestochowa's Richardson, who is adjudged to have caused Tarnow's Hlib to fall and is excluded. 7..Ht 7 and Rempala replaces the R/R for Tarnow. 8..Ht 8 and Hlib replaces Zielinski for Tarnow. 9..Ht 9 and Nicholls takes the R/R for Tarnow. 10..Ht 10 and Rempala replaces Burza for Tarnow. 11..Ht 11 and Hlib replaces Zielinski for Tarnow. 12..Ht 12 and T Gollob replaces Burza in a tactical move by Tarnow. 13..Ht 12 and Rempala replaces J Gollob for Tarnow. 14..Ht 13 and T Gollob takes the R/R for Tarnow. 15..Ht 14 and it's J Gollob-Hlib for Tarnow and Sullivan-Hefenbrock for Czestochowa. 16..Ht 14 and Rempala replaces J Gollob for Tarnow. 17..Ht 15 and it's T Gollob-Nicholls for Tarnow and Ulamek-Hancock for Czestochowa. ----------------------- Bonus points calculated per British Elite League. ----------------------- All details from: http://www.sportowefakty.pl ----------------------- ----------------------- ----------------------- ----------------------- Rzeszow versus Torun Rzeszow..62 9..T Chrzanowski..1,3,2,3 = 9 10..K Baran..3,1,1,2' =7+1 11..T Rempala..3,3,1,2 = 9 12..M Kuciapa..2',2',3,2' = 9+3 13..N Pedersen..3,2,3,3,3 = 14 14..D Stachyra..2',0,2',2',3 = 9+3 15..P Miesiac..3,2',0,0 = 5+1 16..M Les = DNR Torun..27 1..A Miedzinski R/R 2..M Puszakowski..0,0,0,3,0,0 = 3 3..W Jagus..2,1,3,3,0 = 9 4..K Slabon..0,1,1,1,0,2,0 = 5 5..T Wisniewski = DNR 6..A Wisniewski = DNR 7..D Stachowiak..0,0,0,0,1 = 1 8..K Zabik..1,1,1,2,2,1,1 = 9 Ht 1..Miesiac, Stachyra, Zabik, Stachowiak 5-1 (5-1) Ht 2..Baran, Jagus, Chrzanowski, Puszakowski 4-2 (9-3) Ht 3..Rempala, Kuciapa, Jagus, Slabon 5-1 (14-4) Ht 4..Pedersen, Miesiac, Zabik, Stachowiak 5-1 (19-5) Ht 5..Rempala, Kuciapa, Zabik, Puszakowski 5-1 (24-6) Ht 6..Jagus, Pedersen, Slabon, Stachyra 2-4 (26-10) Ht 7..Chrzanowski, Zabik, Baran, Stachowiak [E/F] 4-2 (30-12) Ht 8..Pedersen, Stachyra, Slabon, Puszakowski 5-1 (35-13) Ht 9..Jagus, Chrzanowski, Slabon, Miesiac 2-4 (37-17) Ht 10..Kuciapa, Zabik, Rempala, Stachowiak 4-2 (41-19) Ht 11..Chrzanowski, Stachyra, Jagus [Ex/2], Slabon [Ex] 5-0 (46-19) Ht 12..Puszakowski, Rempala, Zabik, Kuciapa 2-4 (48-23) Ht 13..Pedersen, Slabon, Baran, Puszakowski [Ex] 4-2 (52-25) Ht 14..Stachyra, Baran, Stachowiak, Puszakowski [E/F] 5-1 (57-26) Ht 15..Pedersen, Kuciapa, Zabik, Slabon [E/F] 5-1 (62-27) Notes: 1..Ht 1 and Zabik replaces A Wisniewski for Torun. 2..Ht 2 and Jagus takes the R/R for Torun. 3..Ht 4 and Zabik replaces T Wisniewski for Torun. 4..Ht 5 and Zabik takes the R/R for Torun. 5..Ht 6 and Torun's Jagus forcefully passes Rzeszow's Pedersen to take Torun's first heat win. 6..Ht 7 and Zabik replaces T Wisniewski for Torun. 7..Ht 7 and Stachowiak replaces A Wisniewski for Torun. 8..Ht 8 and Slabon takes the R/R for Torun. 9..Ht 9 and Miesiac replaces Baran for Rzeszow. 10..Ht 10 and Zabik replaces A Wisniewski for Torun. 11..Ht 10 and Stachowiak replaces T Wisniewski for Torun. 12..Ht 11 and we've a re-run without Torun's Slabon, who is adjudged to have caused Rzeszow's Stachyra to fall and has been excluded. 13..Ht 11 and Torun's Jagus fails to beat the 2 minutes and is excluded. 14..Ht 12 and Miesiac replaces Kuciapa for Rzeszow. 15..Ht 12 and Puszakowski takes the R/R for Torun. 16..Ht 12 and Zabik replaces A Wisniewski for Torun. 17..Ht 13 and Slabon replaces T Wisniewski in a tactical move by Torun. 18..Ht 13 and we've a re-run without Torun's Puszakowski who gets himself into mischief and is excluded. 19..Ht 13 and Rzeszow's Baran has engine troubles while in 2nd place, but he manages to coast home for 3rd. 20..Ht 14 and it's Baran-Stachyra for Rzeszow and Puszakowski-Stachowiak for Torun. 21..Ht 15 and it's Kuciapa-Pedersen for Rzeszow and Slabon-Zabik for Torun. ----------------------- Bonus points calculated per British Elite League. ----------------------- All details from: http://www.sportowefakty.pl ----------------------- ----------------------- ----------------------- ----------------------- Leszno versus Rybnik Leszno..51 9..L Adams..2,0,2',3,3 = 10+1 10..R Miskowiak..1,2,3,2 = 8 11..R Dobrucki..3,3,0,0,2' = 8+1 12..D Balinski..2',2',3,3,2' = 12+3 13..K Kasprzak..2,3,3,0,3 = 11 14..A Kajoch..2,0,0,0 = 2 15..S Musielak..0,0 = 0 16..N Kosciuch = DNR Rybnik..39 1..C Harris..3,1,1',2,1 = 8+1 2..R Chromik..0,0,3 = 3 3..R Povazhny..1,2,1,0 = 4 4..R Szombierski..0,0 = 0 5..Z Czerwinski..3,3,1',1',1,0 = 9+2 6..P Pawlaszczyk..3,1 = 4 7..W Druchniak..1,1,2,1' = 5+1 8..D Gizatulin..1',2,2,1 = 6+1 Ht 1..Pawlaszczyk, Kajoch, Druchniak, Musielak 2-4 (2-4) Ht 2..Harris, Adams, Miskowiak, Chromik [E/F] 3-3 (5-7) Ht 3..Dobrucki, Balinski, Povazhny, Szombierski [E/F] 5-1 (10-8) Ht 4..Czerwinski, Kasprzak, Druchniak, Musielak 2-4 (12-12) Ht 5..Dobrucki, Balinski, Harris, Chromik 5-1 (17-13) Ht 6..Kasprzak, Povazhny, Gizatulin, Kajoch 3-3 (20-16) Ht 7..Czerwinski, Miskowiak, Pawlaszczyk, Adams [E/F] 2-4 (22-20) Ht 8..Kasprzak, Gizatulin, Harris, Kajoch 3-3 (25-23) Ht 9..Miskowiak, Adams, Povazhny, Szombierski 5-1 (30-24) Ht 10..Balinski, Druchniak, Czerwinski, Dobrucki [Ex] 3-3 (33-27) Ht 11..Adams, Gizatulin, Czerwinski, Kajoch 3-3 (36-30) Ht 12..Balinski, Harris, Druchniak, Dobrucki 3-3 (39-33) Ht 13..Chromik, Miskowiak, Czerwinski, Kasprzak [Ex] 2-4 (41-37) Ht 14..Adams, Dobrucki, Gizatulin, Povazhny 5-1 (46-38) Ht 15..Kasprzak, Balinski, Harris, Czerwinski 5-1 (51-39) Notes: 1..Ht 6 and Gizatulin replaces Szombierski for Rybnik. 2..Ht 8 and Gizatulin replaces Chromik for Rybnik. 3..Ht 10 and Druchniak replaces Pawlaszczyk for Rybnik. 4..Ht 10 and we've a re-run without Leszno's Dobrucki, who gets himself into mischief and is excluded. 5..Ht 11 and Gizatulin replaces Povazhny for Rybnik. 6..Ht 11 and Czerwinski replaces Szombierski in a tactical move by Rybnik. 7..Ht 12 and Druchniak replaces Pawlaszczyk for Rybnik. 8..Ht 13 and we've a re-run without Leszno's Kasprzak, who seems to have clashed with team mate Miskowiak and has been excluded. 9..Ht 14 and it's Adams-Dobrucki for Leszno and Povazhny-Gizatulin for Rybnik. 10..Ht 15 and it's Balinski-Kasprzak for Leszno and Harris-Czerwinski for Rybnik. ----------------------- Bonus points calculated per British Elite League. ----------------------- All details from: http://www.sportowefakty.pl

But would it have been? Or would Andersen, gifted a permanent wild card, have been the also-ran he was in 2005? It looks like being left out of the GPs at the start of the season has done Andersen the power of good.

Awful news - here's hoping that both Jonsson and Hampel are okay.

Looks very much as if Andreas Jonsson has been taken to hospital following a clash with Jaroslaw Hampel in Poland today - here's hoping the fellow is okay.

And there was poor old Subedei thinking you'd lost all respect for Nicholls earlier: http://www.speedway-forum.co.uk/forums/ind...opic=27756&st=0 I guess there must have been a residue of respect left for you to lose after this one.