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That counts. Chris Louis' first year at Ipswich (1988) was as a rider from the lower league filling in for absent riders. In terms of consecutive seasons, Thommo has it, because Louis missed a season in the middle of the sequence. All the best Rob

I would imagine Chris Louis' 20 seasons at Ipswich (as a rider, rather than subsequently a promoter) would be hard to beat. All the best Rob

I'd like to see: 1. Greg 2. Lebedevs 3. Milik 4. NKI I think it will be: 1. Greg 2. NKI (unless Nicki P can prove he's fully fit) 3. Milik 4. Vaculik I can't see Holder getting one - he's been poor throughout most of the year. As for the Danish situation, I guess one way out of it is to name Nicki P as a wildcard, then name NKI as first reserve. Then if Nicki isn't fit, you still have a Dane in the series. All the best Rob

JCF getting excited. Anyone got plasters for Olivia, plus a foot pump. All the best Rob

15-heat-formula is better. Second half rider-of-the-night competitions once had their place, but had become abused - there was never a full compliment of riders in them. All the best Rob

Another possible 'gap' - did Les Collins have a year out in 1998? 1975..Crewe..36..131..139..33..5.25..1P 1975..Belle Vue..1..3..2..1..4.00 1976..Belle Vue..10..41..58..7..6.34 1976..Stoke..35..165..368..16..9.31..4F..4P 1977..Belle Vue..36..149..242..51..7.87..3P 1978..Belle Vue..44..181..317..45..8.00..2F..1P 1979..Belle Vue..35..152..264..25..7.60..1P 1980..Leicester..36..168..350..25..8.93..3F..2P 1981..Leicester..47..233..476..22..8.55..1F 1982..Leicester..41..191..396..23..8.77..1F 1983..Leicester..41..180..353..18..8.24..5F 1984..Sheffield..45..191..347..27..7.83..1F..1P 1985..Sheffield..44..180..289..22..6.91..2F 1986..Sheffield..11..42..65..11..7.24..1P 1986..King's Lynn..2..8..4..1..2.50 1986..Edinburgh..44..198..493..9..10.14..12F..1P 1987..Edinburgh..33..162..394.5..9..9.96..6F..2P 1988..Edinburgh..36..216..475..11..9.00..4F..1P 1988..Belle Vue..1..4..3..1..4.00 1988..Sheffield..1..5..3..0..2.40 1989..Edinburgh..36..196..423..20..9.04..6F..3P 1990..Edinburgh..34..183..376..25..8.76..2F..1P 1991..Edinburgh..24..124..260..22..9.10..1P 1992..Edinburgh..24..124..259.5..15..8.85..1F..2P 1993..Edinburgh..45..231..418..51..8.12..3F..3P 1994..Edinburgh..44..231..431..44..8.23..3P 1995..Edinburgh..42..208..296..61..6.87 1996..Cradley&Stoke..31..156..204..38..6.21 1997..Stoke..38..203..468..11..9.44..4F..2P [1998 - ??????????????] 1999..Glasgow..17..91..203..7..9.23..1F 2000..Glasgow..39..212..439..14..8.55..1F..2P 2001..Glasgow..44..221..415..31..8.07..1F 2002..Workington..11..51..90..13..8.08 2003..Glasgow..44..194..279..22..6.21 Read more: http://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/624/les-collins#ixzz4wKRW14yy All the best Rob

I've got a feeling that Andy Smith did miss 2002. When Oxford signed him in 2003 (firstly for the BLC, then for the CL (!), and then for the EL), I'm sure he'd missed the previous year. All the best Rob

Moggo missed 1998, so did 25 seasons (1981-1997, 1999-2006). All the best Rob

That seems to be a reason to LIKE Peterborough Speedway rather than dislike them. Well it was if you were an Oxford or Swindon fan. All the best Rob

The season ends on October 31st, not before. All the best Rob

Jack Biggs' British career spanned 1947 to 1970... 24 years. And that certainly wasn't his whole career. He was killed in action in Australia in 1972 at the age of 50. Not sure when he started racing in Australia - can anyone provide the year? All the best Rob EDIT Rob Hollingworth made his league debut for Berwick in 1973. His final league season was at Boston in 2005. There was a gap in the middle.

Would you like some fish to go with that monster-sized chip? I doubt very much if Redcar are receiving a sizeable bung for the absence of Perks or Andersen - which was the primary rule broken by the current Peterborough promoter. I do agree that a team using SIX guests plus R/R is ridiculous does nothing for speedway's credibility. All the best Rob

Isn't it two days before the Grand Prix and one day after it? Which could well cover both legs of the final. All the best Rob

I think it should be: 1. Greg Hancock 2. Nicki Pedersen if they think he’s fit enough. NKI otherwise. 3. Vaclav Milik 4. Andzejs Lebedevs The only other rider who should be considered is Vaculik. With a strong enough showing in Australia, he could grab the place of Milik or Lebedevs. All the best Rob

No, it was definitely Colin Horton. Around £50,000 in the end. You have to admit, it wasn't your most sensible question. The answer was such an obvious no. All the best Rob

You're now on an alternative planet. I've always liked Peterborough Speedway - nice racetrack, and have fond memories of fours finals. I couldn't stand Colin Horton, though, and couldn't understand why you continued to stick up for him, even when it was obvious that Hans Andersen wasn't getting paid. I'm sure those forum posts are still around here somewhere. Don't repeat that same mistake again... All the best Rob

No, I just care about the future of speedway, including Peterborough Speedway. Still, we all know what an excellent judge of character that you are? After all, you continued to stick up for Colin Horton long after everyone else had given up… All the best Rob

In that if there was a grain of truth in what he said yesterday, he would have surely revealed it before now. The date of the fours was August 6th. In the meantime, he's had his licence suspended and taken part in a tribunal. Surely you'd reveal it at one of those points. If there was any truth in it. Mind you, if you really want to be that gullible... All the best Rob

Well, we've certainly had none of those from the current Peterborough promoter, who now seems to be trying to rewrite history. All the best Rob

If this had genuinely happened, you would have thought that Rathbone would have said so at either at time, or at the time he was suspended, rather than leave it until now. He's been less than complete with the truth at least once, that is, when he announced the heavy fine without revealing that the size of the fine actually matched the size of the bung received from Poland. All the best Rob

Ah, sorry you're adopting the tried-and-trusted 'Edinburgh technique' of claiming to be the under-dogs, so that when you win the cup, you can claim it was an against-all-odds success. In that case, Peterborough are firm favourites, and Ippo are massive outsiders. Happy now? All the best Rob

Not really, they got beaten at Scunny recently (almost managed to lose it on aggregate), and we've lost more home meetings then we won this year. I don't think home and away wins against a poor Workington side and beating Edinburgh at home makes them 'the in-form team'. It's touch-and-go whether Peterborough will beat Glasgow on aggregate, while Ippo should beat either of those two over two legs. Ippo's cup this year, I reckon, with Greaves the trump card. All the best Rob

Pat Clarke (Oxford) won the final. All the best Rob

Just as well Kelvin isn't a team-manager! All the best Rob

No it doesn't. It's ONLY the Riders' Championship. It's there in black-and-white. All the best Rob