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Post by hmac on Mar 29, 2016 15:38:12 GMT 12
If i recall rightly, NZ has one allocated spot in either a quarter or semi-final of the GP Challenge series. Think he was offered the spot last year, but being "late notice", didn't have the time or finance etc to arrange bikes and travel....think it was at Longino in Italy. Hayden Sims took the oppurtunity, scored one point from memory. BWD would be the obvious choice to get the invite this year I'd guess, but hell, the standard is so high in Europe, just so many very good riders above his level in the various leagues.
Just to add, Bradley Wilson-Dean is to be NZ,s nominated rider apparently. Lines up in Round 1 quali, at Kings Lynn (GB). Would be the hardest meeting of his career so far one would think. Seems to be a few riders in there from the "smaller" nations as well, so hoping he has a good one.
GP Challenge schedule is as below
GP Challenge Format:
07.05 - Round 1 - Kings Lynn (GB)
07.05 - Round 2 - Slangerup (DK)
07.05 - Round 3 - Terenzano (IT)
16.05 - Round 4 - Abensberg (DE)
28.05 - Race-off 1 - Gorican (HR)
02.07 - Race-off 2 - Lonigo (IT)
03.09 - Challenge - Vetlanda (SE)
Countries per meeting:
Kings Lynn: 2x GB, 1x US, 1x AR, 2x DK, 2x FR, 1x BE, 2x AU, 1x NZ, 1x PL, 1x FI, 2x SE.
Slangerup: 2x CZ, 1x GB, 2x DK, 1x UA, 2x LV, 2x AU, 1x RU, 1x NO, 1x PL, 1x SK, 2x SE.
Terenzano: 1x CZ, 1x GB, 2x SI, 2x DE, 1x DK, 2x IT, 1x UA, 1x HR, 1x HU, 2x PL, 2x SE.
Abensberg: 2x CZ, 1x GB, 1x SI, 2x DE, 1x DK, 1x FR, 1x IT, 1x LV, 1x AU, 1x HU, 1x RU, 1x AT, 2x PL.
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Post by knownotmuch on Jun 12, 2016 23:36:55 GMT 12
Good to see so many close races and such a close battle for the top of the standings.
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Post by Parrot on Jun 13, 2016 12:20:44 GMT 12
It's a kind of Magic  Last round of the SEC Best Pairs is supposed to be showing on Sky Sports at midday 14/6 according to my sky decoder |
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Post by Parrot on Jul 28, 2016 11:46:45 GMT 12
Big weekend on tv with both the raceoff and the final of the SWC shown live on Sky. Interesting that Poland have fired their captain Maciej Janowski and replaced him before the final, replacing him with Krystof Kasprasczak. The meetings are at the newly built Speedway Center in Manchester.
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Post by hmac on Jul 30, 2016 17:49:17 GMT 12
Event 1 at Vojens was good, Event 2 at Vastervik was a ripper, the Race-off in comparison was a snooze fest. Track was just too juicy after the weather etc, so hopefully they can slick it off a bit for the Final. Hard one to pick, all the teams have some claims, even the Poms. They got Woofy, Lambert who has a lot of x-factor about him,Danny King who thrashed all in the British Champs and had a great 2nd-half at the Cardiff GP. Cook could be their weak link. Sweden were awesome in Event 2, all were in top form on home ground. Aussie wre dominant for most of the race-off, if Max Fricke is fit then they could suprise. Poland, ....was a big call to drop Janowski.. but if "the good" KK turns up, might be a good move. He had a big score at Bellevue earlier this year. Hopefully the youngsters "my boy" Zmarzlik, Dudek and Pawlicki keep their heads and don't overide, which sometimes happens. I'm going for Poland 1st, Sweden, Aussie, Poms, but really this thing could go any way.... just please, not the Poms lol.
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Post by knownotmuch on Jul 31, 2016 0:18:22 GMT 12
Must admit finding the decision to replace Janowski with KK, a big call. I have only seen a few Elite meeting this season but KK has been poor every time. The Poles certainly have the talent to win.
I'm picking the Swede's to win again, they have no weak link in the team. Two scores of 13 and two of 11 in their qualifier speaks volumes for them being the complete package.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2016 15:12:33 GMT 12
www.speedwaygp.com/news/article/5093/seventh-heaven-for-polesCongrats Poland! Absolutely rapt with Team GB getting silver medal, against the likes of Sweden, and Australia. Being British born as I am. really impressed with all the riders. as expected Woofy was the star the meeting with 19 pts. including maximum ride in Joker race. your probably hear Aussie fans whining that those points from Australian based, british born. not suprising reaction, for side who was expected get medal. ended up with nothing... lol also gave valuable experience new kids, Craig Cook, lambert, and Danny king. which they won't likely forget in hurry.
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Post by hmac on Jul 31, 2016 17:20:37 GMT 12
Yep congrats to Poland. After reading Doyles comments about the Poms, I'm glad to see they got their backsides handed to them lol. Only positive for the Aussies was seeing Darcy in good spirits and looking well. He wants a job in speedway, they should make him team manager, Lemon's days must be numbered after all his c*** ups. Fair dues to the Brits, pity it took them so long...apart from Woffinden...to get going. looked liked the Swedes caved in once they were out of contention for the gold...kinda opposite to GB. Very enjoyable meeting all round.
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Post by knownotmuch on Jul 31, 2016 23:47:05 GMT 12
You picked it right hmac, the Poles rode with such maturity and thoroughly deserved their gold medals. The racing was so much better than the race-off with many top class passes.
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Post by Parrot on Aug 1, 2016 1:14:24 GMT 12
Jesteśmy mistrzami świata which translates to "We are the champions of the world". My Polish half is very happy but my NZ half is still annoyed we cant get a team in the competition. The most interesting thing of the whole competition was hearing the USA manager's interview during the race off where he described their 5 year plan to get the youngsters riding in Europe. Hopefully NZ can do the same thing.
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Post by knownotmuch on Aug 28, 2016 17:43:08 GMT 12
Racing out of the top draw at the Gorzow GP. Jason Doyle has come of age as a rider this year, would not be surprised to see him crowned Champion at the Aussie GP.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2016 18:42:06 GMT 12
Racing is always out the top draw at Gorzow. Congrats Top 3 riders, best race the year Thus far. I still favour Woofy win World Title, going be close.
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Post by hmac on Aug 28, 2016 21:06:42 GMT 12
Doyle really has come on strong, considering he's spent most of his career in the lower divisions til the last couple of years. Proves it's never too late. Think the next GP is gonna reveal quite a bit, Tetrow in Germany, not many of them have ridden there before. All heating up nicely for a good Melbourne finish perhaps.
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Post by Hoosier on Oct 23, 2016 9:01:26 GMT 12
Hancock penalty was a joke last night.....complete farce
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Post by powerbuilt on Oct 26, 2016 9:34:49 GMT 12
Hancock penalty was a joke last night.....complete farce Fully agree. Just back from Melbourne and strange to make this ruling, would have be interesting to see how it arrived, did another rider protest (I am yet to watch on Sky). Linback also let a race lead go in the final stages at Melbourne, and others throughout the SGP this year. Only 21,500 at track so overall Auckland crowds were not to bad after all for the three SGP's they staged considering Melbournes population of over 4 millon. No alot of adveristing around the city for the speedway more for the Superbikes at Phillip Island (on the same weekend) Some talk that SGP may not be back at Melbourne as the Stadium has just been brought by an AFL club for $220m, hope it is not the case. |
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Post by hmac on Oct 26, 2016 12:29:59 GMT 12
Disagree. Fact is "tanking" a race is against the rules... this being an individual championship, not a teams event... He already had the championship won.(and good on him for that), but seems pretty clear he was trying to engineer the result in favour of Holder...former Poole teammate, Torun teammate, and probably more importantly, Monster teammate. His clutch lever excuse doesn't make sense. On the British commentary, Pearson and Tatum were pretty on to it straight away, but the Aussie world feed ignored it completely, until Grin withdrew from the meeting. And yep. it has happenned many times in the past, without punishment in most cases....this time they decided to do something about it.
Doyle being knocked out of the running may have contributed a little to the lower gate, but everything I,ve heard is that there was very little promotion of the event, hell, people i know within a stones throw of Etihad didn't even know it was on... they went to Phillip Island.
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Post by powerbuilt on Oct 27, 2016 13:52:53 GMT 12
Wild Card Riders Names for 2017
26/10/2016, 14:54
Zagar, Janowski, Pedersen and Sayfutdinov handed FIM Speedway Grand Prix wild cards for 2017
Double European and World Under-21 champion Emil Sayfutdinov makes his return to the FIM Speedway Grand Prix series, with Nicki Pedersen, Matej Zagar and Maciej Janowski also awarded permanent wild cards for 2017.
Sayfutdinov last appeared in the FIM Speedway World Championship in 2013, when he won three SGP rounds in Bydgoszcz, Gothenburg and Cardiff, before his season was ended by elbow and knee ligament injuries.The 2007 and 2008 FIM Speedway Under-21 World Championship winner has since gone on to lift the Speedway European Championship twice in 2014 and 2015, as well as winning two Swedish Elitserien gold medals with Vetlanda and a Polish Ekstraliga championship with Leszno last year. Having finished third in the 2009 series and challenged Tai Woffinden hard for the title in 2013, the Russian international is no stranger to pushing for the sport’s top prize.
Neither is Denmark’s triple world champion Nicki Pedersen. He finished 13th in this year’s World Championship after his season was ended by a broken wrist, neck and ribs suffered at the Golden Helmet meeting at Czech track Pardubice on September 18. But after winning World Championship silver and two bronze medals in the last four years, the 16-time SGP winner has been handed another shot at landing his fourth title.
Slovenian star Matej Zagar and Poland’s Maciej Janowski endured the cruellest of fortunes, falling a point short of this year’s top-eight automatic qualification places after the QBE Insurance Australian SGP in Melbourne last Saturday. Two fourth-place finishes in Stockholm and Torun and an 11-point haul in Melbourne were enough to earn Zagar ninth, with the SGP Commission opting to give him a return ticket for the 2017 series.
Last year’s seventh-placed star Janowski slipped out of the top eight in Melbourne after starting the night in seventh. But having won the Kjærgaard Danish SGP in Horsens on June 11, Magic earned a recall for next year.
The wild cards are joined in the series by the top-eight automatic qualifiers, world champion Greg Hancock (USA), Tai Woffinden (Great Britain), Bartosz Zmarzlik (Poland), Chris Holder (Australia), Jason Doyle (Australia), Piotr Pawlicki (Poland), Antonio Lindback (Sweden) and Niels-Kristian Iversen (Denmark. The 2017 SGP field is completed by the top three from the GP Challenge at Swedish venue Vetlanda on September 3 – winner Patryk Dudek (Poland), Martin Vaculik (Slovakia) and Fredrik Lindgren (Sweden).
There’s plenty in reserve in case any of the top 15 riders are forced out of a round through injury, illness or other reasons.
Danish international Peter Kildemand has been called up as first reserve for 2017. Despite falling short of qualification this year, he reached five finals in his first 11 SGP appearances in 2014 and 2015, winning last season’s Kjærgaard Danish SGP in Horsens and the opening round of this term – the Slovenian SGP in Krsko. Former New Zealand SGP winner Martin Smolinski of Germany has been named second reserve and newly-crowned World Under-21 champion Max Fricke from Australia is the third stand-in rider.
The full list of riding numbers will be announced in due course.
2017 FIM SPEEDWAY GRAND PRIX LINE-UP (in ranking order):
1 Greg Hancock (USA)
2 Tai Woffinden (Great Britain)
3 Bartosz Zmarzlik (Poland)
4 Chris Holder (Australia)
5 Jason Doyle (Australia)
6 Piotr Pawlicki (Poland)
7 Antonio Lindback (Sweden)
8 Niels-Kristian Iversen (Denmark)
9 Matej Zagar (Slovenia)
10 Maciej Janowski (Poland)
11 Fredrik Lindgren (Sweden)
12 Nicki Pedersen (Denmark)
13 Patryk Dudek (Poland)
14 Martin Vaculik (Slovakia)
15 Emil Sayfutdinov (Russia)
SUBSTITUTES
20 Peter Kildemand (Denmark)
21 Martin Smolinski (Germany)
22 Max Fricke (Australia)
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Post by hmac on Oct 27, 2016 18:55:39 GMT 12
Can't really think of a stronger field...Roll on next year.
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Post by powerbuilt on Oct 27, 2016 21:39:38 GMT 12
Can't really think of a stronger field...Roll on next year. Yes all the rider will have to be on the pace for each round. |
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