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Yes, but wasn't that more to do with Pot Noodle becoming too associated with Wales ("tectonic plates" "food of Britain, isn't it?" and all that) and not wanting to be stereotyped by eatinig his favourite food?

104 Euros = £80ish... Can you believe it? The worlds biggest sulk for something barely more than what you would get in this country for a speeding ticket. If someone wants him they will be welcome to him. Maybe I'm old fashioned, but how anyone can desert their country over anything, let alone something so petty is beyond me. I've been caught on a GATSO in Birmingham, and received a £60 fine for my actions, but that's not made me say "to hell with Birmingham, I wanna be a Cockney" or anything remotely similar. Maybe I'm out of setep though. Has anyone here's who's been caught speeding in their home town, upped sticks and moved to somewhere else as a result?

Simple questions really, Sky start their coverage at 6pm UK time. How much build up is there and what time is the first race scheduled to be? Cheers

Good job well done Superbart, but with a bit of room for improvement for next year... e.g Motorhead's "Bomber" for Chris Harris, "Nickles and Dimes" by Dolly Parton for Scot Nicholls, and you'll have to get a band to do a bespoke version of "Tai Me Woffinden Down" for next year, 'cause he's going to be there for the next one, and find something a bit more Aussie for the real Aussies. Mind you, it does kind of rely on these guys winning races. Is it all cheesy? Yes of course it is. Just as cheesy as any pantomime. Just as cheesy as "You'll Never Walk Alone" at Anfield. But I think that people like it that way on the whole. It's called entertainment. If anyone wanted originality, they could have gone to see the Zutons at Canock Chase instead. The Last Night of the Proms stuff was great. "You're a Blanker" was very risque, and I was holding my breath for you on that one mate! But hey, you got away with it, so the boundary is set back a bit more now. Only let down was the accoustics. As someone said, it all sounded rather tinny. It needs discussions with a proper PA company to do it all justice, especially as the stage etc all faces the cameras and the rich people on the home straight, whereas us mere mortals are in the poor seats on the bends and the back straight. We got too much tinniness and too much echo, and not nearly enough bass. Oh, and it's not Perry Barr...you CAN turn the volume up a notch or two too! The neigbours won't complain...

Quite right...it would be like the Whacky Races without Dick Dastardly if there was no Nicki Pedersen in the Grand Prix series.

There are an awful lot of times that "All Four Back" is a simple cop-out decision for a ref to make. This ref made some decisions. Shame that they were wrong ones. Seems that anything you do can get you shot...including doing nothing. The reason I think Pedersen got stick was because of the same reason that Drogba and Ronaldo get stick in football. They go over too easilly and try to get an advantage from it. They don't get the advantage from being good at their game, they do it from being good at their gamesmanship (some call it cheating). The problem is that Pedersen had a rubbish first heat, and needed "something extra" in his other races to gain his points, and getting riders excluded by looking like an innocent victim and conning the referee was his way of doing it. He's an old pro, he knows he's get booed for it, but its points that win World championships, not popularity, so he went with it. Maybe Simon Cowell could run a Speedway Championship - The S Factor - or something, with telephone voting from the public, then we'd see a different Nicki Pedersen, I'm sure.

Yes, but I'll be coming to Germany next year. Is the German Championship always at this time of year? Also, where are Gustrow and Stralsund? I was hoping for somewhere no more than an houre or so by train from Munich, which is why I was hoping that Olching or Landshut might have something happening there?

Hi I am planning a trip to Oktoberfest in 2008, and would like to know if the season is still active at the end of Sept, so that I can get on a train to Olching or Landshut (or somewhere) to see some genuine German speedway action. Thanks in advance for any help Martin

Can't better what's been said. Rest in peace Kenny

The fans of Birmingham Brummies have lots to thank Ray Wilson for, as well as the fellow fans of Leicester. Ray was instrumental in pulling the Brummies out of the "First Division" doldrums by their bootlaces. Ray has many friends in Birmingham, and we all hope that he will be there on our Opening Night on 21 March, to celebrate our return.