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http://www.sportowef...ydarzenie/21792 and i be back with one more in a second with the Swedish one

You shameless fibber we so know you 139. Ouch for Smederna in heat 7 but were up against a strong pairing and hopefully Laguta had genuine bike problems and not just saving face by dropping out lol.

10.1.18 IT IS Apologies i doing ten things at once and having originally found the correct scenario i then lost track and i think i quoted the regs for bonus points during the regular season. But i got brownie points for giving preference to girlfriend on phone while she got a break at work lol. Come on Ghostwalker admit it now.......Smederna got a chance tonight Yep i lost track being busy. After five heats i haven't got a clue who's going to progress. Although glad to see Smederna as i thought would make a good fight of it. Very pleasing to see such a good crowd as well. Oh yeah......plea to everyone who watches on Premier Sports please contact them to ask/beg for a new coverage contract next season. (Rightly) praise them for the super entertainment we get in an early evening sports slot that most channels have filler or repeat programmes in.

10.1.8 10.1.8 Separate Heat at the same number of driver's points in Race Off:In the event that both teams have achieved the same number of driver points after the two meetings will Arbitration heat conducted to determine which team wins. The arbitration shall be conducted in the Heat maximum 3 heats with two nominated drivers from each team in the so-called "sudden death". BeforeArbitration heats begins, the respective coaches nominate three couples in their team. The pairs shall nominated in the order they are to be used. The home team nominates its drivers first.If there is a tie in the first leg arbitration conducted another arbitration heats with next nominated pair, etc.. If the score after three heats arbitration is still pending nominates respective coach 1 driver + 1 spare for him to implement a fourth and decisive Arbitration heats, according to SR 5.5 I'll check when there is a break to see which reg falls under what heading. Unless Ghostwalker can clarify the difference before then. I'm multi-tasking big time here lol.

Gee picture freezing during a race now on PS going to go to a stream as backup. GrrRRRR stream has the freeze too lol. It ok PS came back in time. Eklof winning a good thing for Smederna as we know Berntsson is capable of better. So Eklof a bonus performance.

Smerderna need Berntsson to do well here...no pressure there now lol

From the 2013 regulations (play-off section) via Google Translate: 10.1.7.1 Separate Heat on lagbonuspoäng at equal results In the event that both teams have achieved the same number of driver points after both meetings shall be one (1) arbitration heat conducted to determine which team wins lagbonuspoängen. Team leaders nominate one driver + 1 spare for it, under SR 5.5. The home team nominates first 5.5 nominated driver Heat When the rules of the contest requires a heat of nominated drivers, the respective Coach nominate a driver and a reserve for this, unless otherwise stated in Additional contest rules or running schedule in question. The courses will be drawn and if only two driver participates, are used inner race (1 and 2) and the outer race (3 and 4). At two-and fyrlagsmatcher retained team colors regardless of randomized starting path. At trelagsmatcher used helmet hood consistent with randomized starting path I understand that means a run-off with ONE rider from each team. A reserve rider is nominated in case of tapes exclusion etc. SIncerely hope that those who are outside of Premier Sports coverage and geographically excluded from their online subscription can get a good stream. Ok Ghostwalker posted the same time i got to check what 10.1.8 says in case it's different from 10.1.7

Easily done i've still got my red and white on from Man U last night. Forgot you off on your travels. Life is good.

That's a pretty good deal. I was unaware, or had forgotten, that the riders had frieght paid for. I was only going on previous posts in forums mentioning massive costs for riders. Will the same payments apply if there are GP's in Australia (i presume so) and the USA? Doesn't look like an Argentinian GP is likely to surface, would be a great four 'world' GP's to have mind. Sad to see no mention of China recently who are getting most sports to stage a showpiece event there.

Ahh ok thought he was talking about Chris Harris. But i was skimming through forum threads whilst i had a few moments spare. Although the rules i referred to apply to any rider called up to race in New Zealand if Chris Holder doesn't compete. It will be quite an outlay especially if it's only for one meeting in the series.

Surprisingly he is riding tonight for his Swedish club in the play-offs but whether that will leave him fit to ride in Denmark remains to be seen as he is far from fit.

Announced 15 minutes ago Magnus Zetterstrom rides tonight! So no changes to the racecard. TV meeting racecard AVAILABLE NOW FREE MiniMax Racecard Elitserien Quarter-Final 2nd Leg Indianerna Vs Ikaros Smederna Tuesday, 27th, August, 2013. Announced 3 minutes ago Henric Lindqvist replaces him.

That's an interesting breakdown. Although there may certainly be some hope that Berntsson and Eklof get more than one point. Laguta and Jonsson could always be capable of an absolute stormer. Mind you 13 points for Laguta would be hard to improve on. Going on to the two weakest riders in more detail and the reasons that they may get more than one point between them. Whilst Linus Eklof has only one race win to my knowledge in the Elitserien this year he has piled up the second places here and there. I hadn't realized until looking back just now that Oliver Bentsson has a number of wins. His best meeting, albeit at home, was scoring 3,3,0,3 against Vastervik. He also scored well away from home in Kumla scoring 2,0,2,3 in that contest. In the very recent fixture away to Indianerna in Kumla in the reserve races Berntsson got a second place in the first one, then in heat 11 he won the race. Both races against the exact same riders as today's opponents. Eklof failed to score. I take your point that it wasn't a do or die meeting for the home team but all riders want to be paid for as many points as possible so they wouldn't exactly be not trying. Maybe Jonsson and Berntsson could be the keys for Smederna in that if they excel it gives a great base for the team to pull off a surprise victory. Both teams finished the season just two points apart and pretty much the same race points for and against. Who amongst the fourteen (or thirteen today) want it more? (Smederna coach now quoted as Zetterstrom only one chance in a hundred of riding today.....come on Bentsson have the meeting of your career so far Smederna needs you)

Estimated weight/height? Or is 'tiny' actually tiny and it's a joke? Sorry, i've never heard of him to know.

The only faint chance of accessing UK attendance figures would need the might of Wikileaks, GCHQ and NSA working at full steam.

When i saw the result this morning i though it was excellent news for the sport at a new track. No offence to Dudley fans but it mattered to Kent more than yourselves. To beat such a top side and one hopes in front of what would be a large crowd because of the holiday and class of the opponents sounds great. However, my heart sunk when i saw that there was no racing only gating good news but which of the above posts is the most accurate? I hoping it's the latter one.

The only thing is that there are clearly defined rules and consequences regarding a SGP rider or substitute rider not taking their place in a meeting. The immediate riding ban won't necessarily be a factor depending on the date of the NZ GP. However, i think a rider is banned from taking further part in the series if he refuses to race when nominated for a GP. So if Chris was called into the New Zealand round and declined to take part he wouldn't be able to enter any others?

Yeah i did say he was 5th in the 'declared' team. I like your advance planning regards the TS and hope your team manager is as on the ball. To be fair Zorro did say in his interview he won't ride if he feels he can't do himself justice. I think your acceptance of inevitable defeat in the tie from the the minute last week's match ended is now actually becoming quite realistic. However, what is the likely mindset of Smederna's riders? are they battlers who will give it a go, or did they like yourself presume all hope ended with only a four point lead last week?

Lol methinks it was a joke Gustix.

Ouch re the latter and thanks for info, i've just got home from last night's United match it's 10am here (i'm sober by the way lol, just stayed over elsewhere). Ok i off on a trawl off local Swedish media and elsewhere to try and find if there is any news of what they are doing regards the TV match potential change with Zetters. UPDATE 10:40 I'll leave the racecard as is, I've looked at quite a lot of local Swedish media and if he isn't fit it seems they are planning to use rider replacement. There is a report saying he should ride, however that was posted at 23:45 last night and some of this mornings articles refer to likely rider replacement. On a sporting note having to use rider replacement with him being (i think) 6th (5th in declared team) in Smederna's averages that is not a good thing is is Ghostwalker? or was he riding like a 6th placed rider anyway? Updating with a look at the averages i guess they need him to race. 9.50 Grigory Laguta 7.86 Andreas Jonsson 7.28 Peter Karlsson 6.41 Krzysztof Buczkowski 6.07 Magnus Zetterstrom 4.17 Linus Eklof 4.00 Oliver Berntsson 7.06 Kenni Larsen 4.18 Simon Wozniak UPDATE 11am Smederna's website is carrying a story timed thirty minutes ago where they relay a telephone conversation with Magnus. He is in considerable pain indeed but is hoping to ride using a combination of pain killers and tape. I understand he is visiting his doctors at 1pm Swedish time as well. His shoulder is swollen and currently he can't touch the handle bar! Rider Replacement is indeed plan B according to the team coach.

Awwwww they changed my original 'humorous' title to the thread lol, now that is funny. No worries as i do want the topic itself to be treated seriously and establish facts. My mind boggles at who asked for the title to be changed mind Of the suggestions above, Michael Lee is another who although tall must have weighed next to nothing. Ray Harris in the photo above initially seems a good candidate for weight mass but then you notice that he's the smallest in height out of all the riders in the photo so total weight = ?. As for Arthur Browning any idea of his weight/height? At what point would a team manager or owner look at someone asking to join (train to be a rider) a club and instantly think, sorry there's no point you are too big?. I say big as in muscle mass/weight, because if someone is obese you are unlikely to sign them anyway due to fitness concerns etc.

TV meeting racecard AVAILABLE NOW FREE MiniMax Racecard Elitserien Quarter-Final 2nd Leg Indianerna Vs Ikaros Smederna Tuesday, 27th, August, 2013. Unlike the Danish league team line-ups are unanimous over a multitude of sites and media outlets. Fingers crossed there are no injuries today and this evening for those riders racing in the UK. Weather isn't supposed to be a problem tomorrow. Not sure what time or if i'll be back home tonight as i'm toddling off for the BIG United match. However, if there are any changes through injuries i'll update the racecard in the morning (or in the early hours lol).

Lol re elbowing. Mind you Nicki Pedersen seems to do ok at that despite being small. Re gaps there is a pro as easier to make a big gap lol. Van easy to unload as i'd just open the back doors walk around to the front and tip it up hee hee. Still intrigued as to if anyone can remember a heavily built rider (ideally not fat) or whoever is the biggest around today? UPDATE. just seen you spotted the easier to unload van option too, apologies that's me speed reading again.

Ghostwalker touched upon the above in a thread on another topic in the international section. With myself being 6 foot tall and weighing in at 18 stone (NOT an ounce of fat on me by the way as i don't eat any pies let alone all of them lol) i've always presumed that would mean it impossible for me to become a speedway rider. Now i know there have been tall riders, i think Belle Vue's Paul Tyrer was as tall or taller than me (actually quite a few six-footers start to come to mind but they were all slim or of a light bone structure) but what is a realistic top weight for someone to be able to carry and race on level terms with the tiny jockey like stature of most riders? Maybe to open up the sport to all we should do as they do with racehorses and add handicap weights to the saddle lol lol. Slap 9 stone of metal split either side of a rider's saddle or bike (or better still on his race jacket lol) when facing someone like myself Joking aside anyone know of a likely maximum weight for a speedway rider before it impairs the performance of the bike? Also as Ghostwalker referred to above being too light may also be a problem, although maybe bike set up would help with that whilst not being able to help with the excess weight of a heavily built person. Anyone know of the heftiest speedway rider ever?

Aha! that gives me an idea for a thread in the General section - i'll quote ya there lol. I could ask the questions here but it will sidetrack severely from the topic if i do.