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Post by admin on Oct 20, 2013 19:46:19 GMT
Full list starting the Grand Prix season in 2014:1 Tai Woffinden (Great Britain) 2 Jaroslaw Hampel (Poland) 3 Niels Kristian Iversen (Denmark) 4 Greg Hancock (USA) 5 Nicki Pedersen (Denmark) 6 Emil Sajfutdinow (Russia) 7 Matej Zagar (Slovenia) 8 Darcy Ward (Australia) 9 Krzysztof Kasprzak (Poland) 10 Kenneth Bjerre (Denmark) 11 Martin Smolinski (Germany) 12 Tomasz Gollob (Poland) 13 Fredrik Lindgren (Sweden) 14 Chris Holder (Australia) 15 Andreas Jonsson (Sweden) AJ scrapes in and they tossed a coin for Lindgren/Vaculik but it came down for the wrong one. 11 Martin Smolinski (Germany) 
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Post by Hodgy on Oct 20, 2013 21:29:33 GMT
Just about as good as it could get, bar one. Vaculik stated a few weeks ago he wanted out of the GP's for a couple of seasons.
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Post by Bigcatdiary on Oct 22, 2013 11:26:23 GMT
Qualified Substitutes in case any of the top 15 are missing according to SGP are
1. Chris Harris
2. Troy Batchelor
3. Michael Jepsen Jensen
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Post by admin on Oct 27, 2013 10:28:38 GMT
Vaculik stated a few weeks ago he wanted out of the GP's for a couple of seasons. The Zarnovica-born rider finished 14th in the World Championship on 62 points – leaving him 44 points short of automatic qualification for next year’s series. Despite winning the Gorzow SGP on his competition debut as a substitute rider in June 2012, Vaculik found it hard to deal with the extra pressure that comes with being a Grand Prix regular. The talented Tarnow and Vargarna rider is determined to bounce back once he has regained his consistency in the Swedish and Polish leagues, and he admits a tough year among the SGP elite will benefit him in the long run. He said: “I’m happy I got the chance to race in the Grand Prix. I want to say a big thanks to BSI. Being part of the top 15 riders in the world was awesome. “I can see I’m still not ready for it yet. But this year has given me a lot of experience. I will profit from this in the future. I will come back and fight to be world champion. “I can’t buy the experience I have gained. Sometimes you have to take one step back to take two forward. I’m happy and I can just focus on next season. I want to be fast in the leagues.” sgp |
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Post by admin on Nov 15, 2013 8:17:17 GMT
2014 FIM SPEEDWAY GRAND PRIX CALENDAR:
April 5: New Zealand FIM Speedway Grand Prix (Auckland)
April 26: European FIM Speedway Grand Prix (Bydgoszcz, Poland)
May 17: Finnish FIM Speedway Grand Prix (Tampere)
May 31: Czech Republic FIM Speedway Grand Prix (Prague)
June 14: Swedish FIM Speedway Grand Prix (Malilla)
June 28: Danish FIM Speedway Grand Prix (Copenhagen)
July 12: British FIM Speedway Grand Prix (Cardiff)
August 16: Latvian FIM Speedway Grand Prix (Riga)
August 30: Gorzow FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Poland (Gorzow)
September 13: Nordic FIM Speedway Grand Prix (Vojens, Denmark)
September 27: Scandinavian FIM Speedway Grand Prix (Stockholm, Sweden)
October 11: Torun FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Poland (Torun)
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Post by admin on Nov 15, 2013 8:32:25 GMT
Organisers will be praying Sweden don't qualify for the World Cup. Could be playing on June 14 or Fri-Sun at some point  FIFA World Cup matches |
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Post by admin on Nov 15, 2013 8:40:28 GMT
British Speedway should start around April 5 so if we're not going with GP tarts then there is no need to start in the freezing & dark middle of March to give them engine testing facilities at our expense, prior to their first proper meeting.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2013 13:19:21 GMT
I thought that Vojens was off the calendar? Good old Ole.  |
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Post by Hodgy on Nov 15, 2013 14:17:36 GMT
7 of the 12 rounds in Poland, Sweden or Denmark. Not really the idea of a GP.
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Post by rodders on Nov 15, 2013 14:39:52 GMT
7 of the 12 rounds in Poland, Sweden or Denmark. Not really the idea of a GP. Shows how far we have fallen!!!! |
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Post by admin on Nov 15, 2013 16:01:18 GMT
7 of the 12 rounds in Poland, Sweden or Denmark. Not really the idea of a GP. They are the major speedway nations though. We're not F1 or MotoGP which has real worldwide interest  |
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Post by Hodgy on Nov 15, 2013 16:15:30 GMT
7 of the 12 rounds in Poland, Sweden or Denmark. Not really the idea of a GP. They are the major speedway nations though. We're not F1 or MotoGP which has real worldwide interest Maybe, but which one out of the 12 has the biggest attendance. It's not any of the 7 from the major speedway nations. |
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Post by Bigcatdiary on Nov 15, 2013 22:15:51 GMT
They are the major speedway nations though. We're not F1 or MotoGP which has real worldwide interest Maybe, but which one out of the 12 has the biggest attendance. It's not any of the 7 from the major speedway nations. That's a very good point. |
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Post by admin on Nov 16, 2013 9:25:09 GMT
They are the major speedway nations though. We're not F1 or MotoGP which has real worldwide interest Maybe, but which one out of the 12 has the biggest attendance. It's not any of the 7 from the major speedway nations. Does that justify us having two or 3 in the calendar? Depending on where they are held I doubt that we'd get 40,000 for the three. Our domestic product is Third World, much like most of the Best of British speedway I hate to talk us down but using a joker and still finishing behind Latvia in the 2013 SWC  |
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Post by Bigcatdiary on Nov 16, 2013 10:51:32 GMT
Maybe, but which one out of the 12 has the biggest attendance. It's not any of the 7 from the major speedway nations. Does that justify us having two or 3 in the calendar? Depending on where they are held I doubt that we'd get 40,000 for the three. Our domestic product is Third World, much like most of the Best of British speedway I hate to talk us down but using a joker and still finishing behind Latvia in the 2013 SWC Talking of the SWC, I wouldn't enter GB until we at least are competitive, that would save the BSPA money. I cannot say I am a big fan of the SWC, personally I think the tac joker ruins it as the events in the last few years have shown, riders deliberately pulling up or trying to come last crosses the line in my opinion. |
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Post by Hodgy on Nov 17, 2013 13:45:09 GMT
Maybe, but which one out of the 12 has the biggest attendance. It's not any of the 7 from the major speedway nations. Does that justify us having two or 3 in the calendar? Depending on where they are held I doubt that we'd get 40,000 for the three. Our domestic product is Third World, much like most of the Best of British speedway I hate to talk us down but using a joker and still finishing behind Latvia in the 2013 SWC What justifies Denmark having 2 GP's. Oh yes, Ole. Silly me. My preference would be each country gets one round, maybe an exception for the European GP (whatever that means but gives Poland an excuse for two). |
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Post by Hodgy on Nov 17, 2013 20:17:51 GMT
Does that justify us having two or 3 in the calendar? Depending on where they are held I doubt that we'd get 40,000 for the three. Our domestic product is Third World, much like most of the Best of British speedway I hate to talk us down but using a joker and still finishing behind Latvia in the 2013 SWC Talking of the SWC, I wouldn't enter GB until we at least are competitive, that would save the BSPA money. I cannot say I am a big fan of the SWC, personally I think the tac joker ruins it as the events in the last few years have shown, riders deliberately pulling up or trying to come last crosses the line in my opinion. Wouldn't that be like POSH not entering the FA Cup. We need to enter to highlight how far we are falling behind. I'm all for the SWC, but every 2 years would be my preference. Agree the tac joker does make it a farce, that rule has to go. |
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