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no apparently not.

yer kolodziej is leading by a point, so he could be back, Michelsen would probably another to make way.

IMO Thomsen, Przedpelski are gone and either Doyle or Fricke depending on if Bewley makes top 6. Emil and Atrum will be in with kim Nielsen who qualified. The rest will stay the same.

Madsen comes last zmarlik wc.

yer but extra stand costs.

malilla has 15000 capacity, Belle vue is 6000 so its still probably more there than Belle vue could hold.

IF Zmarzlik outscores Madsen he's almost certainly going to be crowned champ tonight.

Its a shame Berlin doesn't have a covered stadium, because it would attract a decent crowd. Its very accessible from Poland and most of northern Europe.

Not much longer I would have thought, its going to be a little amateurish without Russia.

I agree, I was amazed there wasn't already a rule to prevent this but then again the speedway rule book has always been a bit of a mess.

I thought a lot of the ice races were Russian, will the FIM let them ride under a neutral flag or will they be band?

So Waldstadion in Frankfurt is the other option. The advantage being is it has a roof but is it too ambitious to get a good crowd in when its so far away from the speedway heartlands. I personally think its too risky running a temporary track outdoors, Horsens was very lucky to get away with it.

ostseestadion? no roof hell of a gamble if it is.

Disagree I don't think there would much difference in attendance between NL and CL. Its been proven loads of times that clubs that have gone up and down the leagues have seen little change in their attendance. Its understandable clubs want to compete at the highest most prestigious level especially if they have had a lot of success in the lower league. I also doubt that Poole would disappear if they moved to the NL, it would seriously annoy some of their fans and maybe put a few off from attending but I bet more than 90% of the fans would still attend.

Its disappointing clubs don't like NDL when I think they would be much more financially sound running at that level. Does anything else go on at the stadium? You would of thought a speedway family would be keen to see some sort of racing, even if they did Isle of Wight sort of thing.

Reading the polish speedway press, Cardiff, Manchester, Gorzow(crazy 4 year deal), Torun, Warsaw, 2 in Germany probably Teterow and an Indoor football stadium (Gelsenkirchen again?), Australia(new track in Sydney?). I would be surprised if Prague, Malilla and Vojens weren't back. Not sure about Gorican and it is said that Wroclaw won't be back because they got SWC.

Am I right i saying the winner of the final gets promoted and second plays Grudziadz (7th in Extra league).

Good work, how did you find out which councillors are going to be on the committee? I would of thought the more emails of objection the better but I will also hang fire. I hope fans don't give up the fight because of the Planning Officer's report, its not unusual for the planning committee to go against the planning officer when there is strong public opposition.

Can you elaborate?

I am not exaggerating when I say that was the worst meeting I have ever seen and I have watched racing from Berwick and Leicester. Why oh why did Discovery sign a 4 year GP deal with this dreadful track.

Its odd that the lower attendance was for their biggest meeting of the year, is that because it was Friday meeting? Some of the Polish attendance figures look dodgy, Ostrow have the same attendance(5564) figure quoted for 2 different meetings and then again with 5666. Some clubs are rounding to nearest 1000 or 100.

Looks like a good crowd in.

Completely disagree, massive over reaction IMO.

They might well just of said its because of a bad forecast.

Discovery want a second GP in Britain, (Bradford has been ruled out) it looks like they are trying for Belle Vue. The sticking point seems to be the capacity, they need to get it up to 10000 or more to make it pay for Discovery. What effect would this have on a already dwindling Cardiff crowd? Some people (the purest) won't care but I personally think it would be a mistake to make Cardiff unviable. I think it would make more sense to alternate between the 2 venues, one year Cardiff, the next Belle Vue and so on.