T.N.T.

Nicki Pedersen extends lead to 17 points after 3rd place in Sweden (Round 7) 2008 GP LEADERBOARD 116 1 Nicki PEDERSEN DK 99 3 Jason CRUMP AUS 89 6 Greg HANCOCK USA 84 5 Hans ANDERSEN DK 82 4 Tomasz GOLLOB POL 80 2 Leigh ADAMS AUS 61 10 Andreas JONSSON SWE 53 7 Rune HOLTA POL -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 52 15 Fredrik LINDGREN SWE 48 12 Niels Kristian IVERSEN DK 47 16 Wild Card xxx 45 8 Scott NICHOLLS GB 40 9 Chris HARRIS GB 38 11 Bjarne PEDERSEN DK 31 14 Krzysztof KASPRZAK POL 25 13 Lukas DRYML CZR

Not old enough to have ever watched these in action, but I would have loved to have seen Bluey Wilkinson ride.

The top 8 qualify direct. I then think that the Qualifiers should find 8 riders to ride in the GP Challenge Final against the next 4 in the standings and 4 selected riders who may have missed out due to injury, riders in form and also the World U-21 Champion. These 16 would then find the other 7 qualifiers for the next years series.

The Wolves programme ran a column about this saying Tai Woffinden and Joe Haines should be in the England team and Ty Proctor in the Aussies team. Most likely Chris Holder, Troy Batchelor, Daniel King, Lewis Bridger and Ed Kennett will also feature in what looks like some interesting meetings. There should be more test matches like in the 70's and 80's as the England V Denmark clashes were great .... bit one sided at the moment, but we could always take on America with confidence now

Great show from a Wolves legend. Would have loved to have had him back on a 4.89 average and now he is scoring well at Poole and now the Polish Champion Well Done Adam 6 A. Skórnicki 3 3 3 3 3 15 5 J. Hampel 2 3 3 2 3 13 13 G. Walasek 2 2 3 3 2 12 14 T. Gollob 3 2 1 3 2 11 16 D. Baliński W 3 2 3 1 9 2 K. Kasprzak 3 1 1 1 2 8 8 P. Protasiewicz 0 1 3 2 1 7 15 R. Kościecha D 1 2 2 2 7 1 T. Jędrzejak 0 0 1 2 3 6 3 S. Ułamek 2 U 2 1 1 6 4 J. Kołodziej 1 2 2 W 1 6 9 R. Holta 3 1 0 4 17 D. Stachyra 1 3 4 7 S. Drabik 1 2 D U 3 10 Mi. Szczepaniak 2 0 1 0 0 3 11 A. Gomólski 0 3 0 0 0 3 12 K. Jabłoński 1 0 0 1 0 2 18 J. Rempała 0 0

Give it a year or two and I can't see England not winning the U-21 WTC with Woffinden, Bridger, Haines, Roynon etc etc.

Spoke to Chris (Superbart) last night and I was now glad Fredrik Lindgren never won a heat with the choice of music he had lined up Abba - Gimme Gimme Gimme .... A man after midnight Think Wham - Young Guns would have been more apt being the youngest in the line up, even a song from the Swedish Chef offf the muppets would have been better and expected from a Coventry / Nicki fan .... Good choice overall. Chris - I know it was probably never going to get used (for some listed), but what music did you have ready if any of these won a race ... Ed Kennett Tomasz Gollob Leigh Adams Lukas Dryml Krzysztof Kasprzak Tai Woffinden

Ok Chris, (Superbart) here is my take on it Land of Hope & Glory - Brilliant piece of music and possibly played at the right time. Sky obviously loved it as they broke from an interview to show Bomber walking back with it blaring in the backgound and all the Union Jacks waving. 10/10 Nicki's Music - While "Bad Boys" often sums up him nicely, he was the innocent part in many ways then and maybe the correct piece of music would have been "I get knocked down ... I get up again". ... The Ivor Biggun track, well I must admit I had a gigle at it, but I have to agree that with Cardiff being a day when a lot of kids are present maybe isn't the right place. ... As for "He's a Scumbag" .. well that one worked well. 5/10 Wizard of Oz - Have to say its a play on words and thats all. So one is Oz, the other Aus ... so what. Well Done it was fitting as he was the wizard of the day. 9/10 Maybe when Bomber won a race, you good have played "Dambusters" or Bomb the Base, "Beat Dis" Scott Nicholls - Didn't catch what was played when he won, but thought you did well having something ready in case he did win one. Think Thin Lizzy's "Boys are back in town" or maybe Iron Maiden's, "Bring your daughter, to the slaughter" Hans Andersen - Fine with the HCA music, but after recent events (with Freddie and Bomber) then maybe "Your more than a number in my little red (black) book" would have been fitting. Overall mate, job well done and you will learn from your mistakes. PS; May I suggest next year if you get the chance you should play AC/DC's "TNT"

As many know I'm not the biggest Nicki fan, but this thread is stupid. Yes he got lucky with a number of referee calls that went in his way, but thats not his fault and can't be called cheating in that sense. Yes he stayed down on the track, but thats nothing to do with making sure the ref goes his way. Thats an old tried and trusted way of getting your pit crew to get the bikes back to the pits, clean out the dirt from the clutch and air filters etc etc. Nick can be hard and ruthless and is possibly the most aggresive rider around today, possibly too aggresive but to call him a cheat in this way is like saying Bill Gates can't operate a computer !

Nicki revels in the role of the villan and has earnt the tag through his own actions in the past. I agree that it wasn't his fault last night, it was the referee that made the mistakes and Nicki can't be blamed for any of the incidents. As for a great servant to British Speedway, how has he been and maybe if he didn't try for more money than any other rider he would still be riding here as he was approached by at least two teams about his availability. As a rider, I admire his skill and bravery but his actions and attitude to fellow riders have let him down too much. I didn't boo him last night, just had a few chuckles at how many times he ended on his butt.

AFTER ROUND 5 - Cardiff - TOP 8 2008 GP LEADERBOARD 80 1 Nicki PEDERSEN DK 70 3 Jason CRUMP AUS 64 6 Greg HANCOCK USA 62 4 Tomasz GOLLOB POL 49 2 Leigh ADAMS AUS 48 5 Hans ANDERSEN DK 46 10 Andreas JONSSON SWE 41 15 Fredrik LINDGREN SWE

Have to say the choice of music was great When Nicki was having his accidents, the music was "Bad Boys, Bad Boys .. What you gonna do" then "He's a Scumbag" and then in the semi-final as he gotto his feet ...."I'm a Winker (misprint) ... Nice Jason Crump won a race ..."We're off to see the Wizard .... The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" As for the crowd, I would say it was up on last year. The home straight had plenty of seats on the upper level free, but otherwise the stadium was pretty full, so I would estimate close to 45-50,000 there. PS; Finally met the legends that are Shazzybird and Seb the Snail

The track is a disgrace Yes ..... Got to watch the replay after just getting back but although there was some ruts, it didn't seem that bad and many mistakes werre done by entering too fast on the wrong line. In all there was some great races, but the track preparation after 20 heats has to be questioned. Why for the Semi-Finals and Final did they grade the dirt off the inside and push it to the outside line ? Was it something to do with Bomber and Nicholls being in seperate races The difference being Nicki knew he would not be in any re-run. In the others, he got away with a few, but its the age old ploy of .... they cant put the 2 mins on while a rider is on the track ... meanwhile his pit crew rush his bike back to clean out the clutch, re set it etc etc. Time Wasting The fact he got straight up, ran to his bike and cleared the track proved in a few split seconds there was no serious injury. The initial reaction was the same as any crash, but after two seconds and he is up running, then the jeers were only directed at possibly the most disliked rider the sport has seen for many a year. Great final and a truly remarkable piece of bravery and great riding from Crumpy to edge out Herbie to lift the title. Leigh Adams was wrongly excluded and it cost him a semi-final place, but poor Bjarne was excluded and it cost him a place in the final and a golden chance to win the meeting and go into the big German race. Thats some serious money by being excluded after showing great riding skills all night.

Don't need to as I should have a bright Orange/Black jacket with my username on it Setting off Saturday Morning, breakfast at McDonalds, lunch at KFC, meal at Fish N Chip shop ..... May get home in time for a Curry ...... this diet is costly .... but its working

If 7 go through, I will go for 2 KING Daniel ACU Great Britain 3 HOLDER Chris MA Australia 4 KORNELIUSSEN Mads DMU Denmark 7 SULLIVAN Ryan MA Australia 8 STEAD Simon ACU Great Britain 10 B. MONBERG Jesper DMU Denmark 11 SITERA Filip ACCR Czech Republic Shame Fredrik Lindgren can't make it as he would have made the top seven, but he has also pulled out of Poland tomorrow as well.

Got more chance of Wolverhampton winning the league and the KO Cup this year Neither have won a heat, but you have them down as 1st and 2nd ..... "Its the way you tell em"

We have a GP Competition, we have many threads about the GP's, but Cardiff is special and every year many of us head to the Welsh capital to make it a weekend break. Last year the meeting was the best one held there with Bomber winning in the final few yards. However, that was last year ... Who will win this Year ? Although he has never done brilliant at Cardiff, I think Nicki will will this one to extend his lead and book his place in the Super Prix race. 1st ... Nicki Pedersen 2nd ... Jason Crump 3rd ... Fredrik Lindgren 4th ... Greg Hancock

***STANDINGS AFTER COPENHAGEN*** 1 ZKZ Kitten 310 2 Steve Turner 280 3 Hazzman 279 3 ballinger 279 5 Drakey 278 5 T.N.T 278 5 Mateusz 278 8 beercellar 276 8 Scott0311 276 8 falcace 276 Great to see I am in the hunt again this year, but its looking tight with Steve T bringing in 2 riders I have, it means the choice of captain and the odd rider could be crucial.

How I would like to add an answer to that

At least thats two Sandie wil be looking out for now

1 Nicki PEDERSEN DENMARK $60,000 2 Leigh ADAMS AUSTRALIA $50,000 3 Jason CRUMP AUSTRALIA $50,000 4 Tomasz GOLLOB POLAND $45,000 5 Hans ANDERSEN DENMARK $40,000 6 Greg HANCOCK USA $40,000 7 Rune HOLTA POLAND $30,000 8 Scott NICHOLLS GREAT BRITAIN $35,000 9 Chris HARRIS GREAT BRITAIN $35,000 10 Andreas JONSSON SWEDEN $40,000 11 Bjarne PEDERSEN DENMARK $35,000 12 Niels KRISTIAN IVERSEN DENMARK $25,000 13 Lukas DRYML CZECH REPUBLIC $20,000 14 Krzysztof KASPRZAK POLAND $30,000 15 Frederik LINDGREN SWEDEN $30,000 TEAM DYNAMITE 1. Nicki Pedersen © (£60,000) 2. Jason Crump (£50,000) 3. Scott Nicholls (£35,000) 4. Fredrik Lindgren (£30,000) 5. Neils K Iversen (£25,000) Happy with my team cheers TNT'S SHORT FUSES Andreas Jonsson £40,000 Hans Andersen £40,000 Scott Nicholls £35,000 Chris Harris £35,000 Leigh Adams £50,000 captain If transfers are now allowed, can my kids drop the mighty British pair and bring in Tomasz Gollob and Neils K Iversen please. Also make Hans Andersen their captain ... cheers

Neither do you Sandie Nikki and A61 may though

Pleased that PK has made it through and great to see Daniel Nermark in as well. Ulamek did well in a tough line up, will he be back at Wolves ? Ales scored 10, including 3 heat wins .... 2 from gate 1 and 1 from gate 2

You dont qualify Suzie ;)

If things stay as they are now, I could see Bomber getting nominated. The best chance England have of getting a second in the 2009 series would be if Tai Woffinden was to win the World U-21 title.