From: wimvandenberg@hotmail.com
To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"
Subject: Dutch Open 15 April Amsterdam
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 16:05:25 GMT
This is to inform you that due to bad condition of the track
in Amsterdam (much rain last days) the Dutch Open Speedway on 15 April is
cancelled.
We hope to see you in Veenoord on 16 April!!
Till then!
Wim van den Berg
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www.speedway.org/nl/dsf
dank u/thank you
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From: Sideways31@aol.com
To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"
Subject: Costa Mesa Results - April 8, 2000
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 15:18:22 EDT
Sorry that these results are so late. I forgot the actual e-mail address to
post directly on the site. This is the same report that I posted on the
onelist.
Gary Hicks overcame a rough track to take the victory in the Scratch Main
Event as Costa Mesa kicked off what could be its final season in front of a
large crowd with the annual Coors Light Spring Classic. Hicks and Bobby
Schwartz gated together and were side by side as they entered turn three.
Hicks stuck to the low line leaving Schwartz out wide to battle the massive
ruts in the track. Hicks sped away with an easy victory. Charlie Venegas
and Northern California rider Chad Felicio managed to get by Schwartz for
second and third respectively. Schwartz ended up fourth and Shawn McConnell
finished fifth.
Charlie Cooley took an easy victory in the Handicap Main as he led all eight
laps and was never seriously challenged. Ryan Fisher had a circuitous
journey to end up second. Fisher was in second after the first lap, then was
passed by several riders. After several laps in fifth place, he worked his
way back up to second as he took the white flag, but he didn't have enough
time to catch Cooley who looked very smoothe considering the condition of the
track. Randy DiFrancesco finished third ahead of Felicio and Charlie Venegas.
Veteran rider Danny Perkins, who returned to speedway last year after a long
layoff, was the victor in the Support Main Event. Perkins, starting from the
20 yard line, worked his way past Mike Lupo and ran away from the field.
Lupo, who didn't race in 1999, held on to second place and Billy Lyons
finished third.
Howard Larson won the Support B Main Event in his speedway debut. Fellow
newcomer Rod Lenz finished second and veteran Mike Boyle finished third.
There were several riders who made the trip from Northern California, but the
most unique visitor was Bevan Compton from South Africa. Compton, who has
been in the United States competing in ICE series couldn't pass up the
opportunity to race at the world famous venue. However, Compton had a hard
time adjusting to the small track and didn't transfer out of either heat.
The track was rough all evening with several holes developing in turns three
and four. The holes forced most riders to two-wheel into the corner to avoid
crashing. The circumstances made for some very interesting and unpredictable
racing throughout the evening and left many riders picking themselves of the
ground and even more shaking their heads. Fortunately, there were no
injuries.
RESULTS
Support B Consi
141 - Tom Collier 20
147 - Winston Williams 20
103 - Brent Smith 20
269 - Ed Martinez 20
132 - David Moore 10
317 - Craig Mumma 10 (non-starter)
Support B Main
168 - Howard Larsen 10
196 - Rod Lenz 10
198 - Mike Boyle 20
202n - Harry Bradwell 20
211 - Doug Lupo 20
249 - John Stunkard 10
Support Consi
338 - Dave Delbridge 20
219 - John O'Neill 30
120 - Bill McCarley 30
91n - Bill Hermant 30
131 - David Lynch 30
226 - Sean Larned 30
Support Main
189 - Danny Perkins 20
162 - Mike Lupo 10
321 - Billy Lyons 20
417n - Scott Olney 20
197 - Greg Starcevic 20 (penalty line)
182 - Rudy Laurer 30 (penalty line) (fell)
Handicap Main
16 - Charlie Cooley 30
6n - Ryan Fisher 40
12 - Randy DiFrancesco 40
54n - Chad Felicio 40
43 - Charlie Venegas 60
11 - Bobby Schwartz 60
173 - Bryan Thompson 10
6 - Shawn McConnell 60 (penalty line)
Scratch Main
3 - Gary Hicks
43 - Charlie Venegas
54n - Chad Felicio
11 - Bobby Schwartz
6 - Shawn McConnell (fell, remounted)
Ryan Evans
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From: tony@theverve69.freeserve.co.uk
To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"
Subject: Re: Mail digest
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 20:03:01 +0100
I'm not a big contributor to the list, however I eagerly await every new
posting. What has prompted me to write is the issue of "Family Sport". I
managed to get my wife interested in Speedway (no mean feat I'll tell you)
in the last few years at Odsal. Having witnessed one heat she was hooked
and wanted our children to come along too.
Alan Ham continually complained that Speedway was not sustainable in
Bradford given the competition from the rugby and football teams, blah,
blah, blah. Yet to my knowledge, never really made a serious commitment to
attracting new supporters. By commitment I don't mean the local press and
radio ads, I mean selling the sport to the public, either the quid for a kid
(or is it kid for a quid) or improving the commercial side of the sport.
As a family we have only seen a small number of meetings primarily due to
cost and secondly that there is now no team in West Yorkshire, so I take my
hat off to the likes of Kings Lynn. They are showing a professional, long
term commitment to providing the sport with a future, something that the
BSPA and above should be doing.
Sky coverage will not secure the future of this sport. If interest doesn't
increase pro rata to the investment then it will be dropped. Speedway is in
the best position it has been in for decades, shouldn't we now be seeing a
long term strategy for the sport, rather than the future being left to
individual clubs?
Tony
A Gator
From: chris.brown7@virgin.net
To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"
Subject: Oxford 43 Eastbourne 50
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 23:59:01 +0100
Oxford 43
Eastbourne 50
Elite League
14/4/2000
Oxford
Todd Wiltshire 2 2 2* 2 2* 3 13 + 2
Roman Povazhny 0 1* 0 1 + 1
Ales Dryml 0 0 1 1
Steve Johnston 3 1 6! 3 2 0 15
Jimmy Nilsen 3 1 2* 3 3 12 + 1
Lukas Dryml 1 0 0 0 1
Jon Underwood 0 0 0 0
Eastbourne
Joe Screen 3 2* 2 0 7 + 1
Dean Barker 1 3 F 1* 5 + 1
Martin Dugard 2 2* 3 3 10 + 1
David Norris 1* 3 1 3 1* 9 + 2
Paul Hurry 2 3 1 1 2 9
Brent Collyer 2* 0 0 2 + 1
Petri Kokko 3 1* 1 2* 1 8 + 2
Heat 1 - Joe Screen ; Todd Wiltshire ; Dean Barker ; Roman Povazhny ;
(2-4)(2-4)
A good pass by Screen up the inside of Wiltshire, Povazhny almost got into
to 2ns at one point with Wiltshire but ran out of track
Heat 2 - Petri Kokko ; Brent Collyer ; Lukas Dryml ; Jon Underwood ;
(1-5)(3-9)
Easy from the gate for the Eagles pair
Heat 3 - Steve Johnston ; Martin Dugard ; David Norris ; Ales Dryml ;
(3-3)(6-12)
Norris gated ahead only to be passed by Johno, Dugard chased very hard and
almost caught Johno on the line
Heat 4 - Jimmy Nilsen ; Paul Hurry ; Petri Kokko ; Jon Underwood ;
(3-3)(9-15)
Good battle out front from Nilsen/Hurry
Heat 5 - Dean Barker ; Joe Screen ; Steve Johnston ; Ales Dryml ;
(1-5)(10-20)
Johno almost getting into the lead on bend 3 with Barker riding a superb
corner to force him out and open the door for Screen
Heat 6 - Paul Hurry ; Todd Wiltshire ; Roman Povazhny ; Brent Collyer ;
(3-3)(13-23)
This was scary, Povazhny made the start and battled with Hurry, on entering
the 4th bedn he appeared to lock up in front of Todd who along with Collyer
had to take very smart action to avoid him, Hurry was then away but Roman
continued to made the same mess on the same corner each time
Heat 7 - David Norris ; Martin Dugard ; Jimmy Nilsen ; Lukas Dryml ;
(1-5)(14-28)
Nilsen missed the gate badly and was never able to get back on terms
Heat 8 - Steve Johnston (Golden Double) ; Todd Wiltshire ; Petri Kokko ;
Dean Barker(F) ; (8-1)(22-29)
A first maybe. Johno in as a GD and penalised for moving before the tapes
went up and therefore forced to go back ANOTHER 10 metres hence starting 25
metres behind. Todd made the gate and slowed up the race as you would expect
and Barker fell on lap 3 leaving Johno the chance to catch and pass Kokko
and be waved through by his teammate. Surely the first GD win off a 25 metre
handicap. Any of the Eastbourne guys think that Todd was respnsible for
bringing don Barker, because for some reason he felt the need to hurl abuse
and threats at Todd after the race ??
Heat 9 - Steve Johnston ; Jimmy Nilsen ; Paul Hurry ; Brent Collyer ;
(5-1)(27-30)
Another titanic battle with Hurry battling non stop to split the fast gating
Cheetahjs pair
Heat 10 - Martin Dugard ; Todd Wiltshire ; David Norris ; Roman Povazhny ;
(2-4)(29-34)
A fairly uneventful one
Heat 11 - Jimmy Nilsen ; Joe Screen ; Dean Barker ; Jon Underwood ;
(3-3)(32-37)
Won comfortably by Jimmy from the gate
Heat 12 - Martin Dugard ; Petri Kokko ; Ales Dryml ; Lukas Dryml ;
(1-5)(33-42)
As easy a 5-1 as you will see
Heat 13 - Jimmy Nilsen ; Todd Wiltshire ; Paul Hurry ; Joe Screen ;
(5-1)(38-43)
Again Hurry's never say die attitude made for a cracking battle
Heat 14 - David Norris ; Steve Johnston ; Petri Kokko ; Lukas Dryml ;
(2-4)(40-47)
Lukas Dryml made the start only to mess up the 4th bend and go out of
contention. Again Johno had to pass the electric starting Kokko
Heat 15 - Todd Wiltshire ; Paul Hurry ; David Norris ; Steve Johnston ;
(3-3)(43-50)
Another cracking race with Johno almost running into Norris and Norris going
across the track to avoid running into Wiltshire
All in all a disappointing result for the Cheetahs but in all honesty not
too many went tonight expecting to win against a side with 3 former Cheetahs
and Kokko and Norris who always ride the track well. At 14 down it looked
desperate but the GD and 5-1 pulling back 11 points in 2 races made in a
little more competitive. The Cheetahs were never going to win this match
though at any stage. The Top 3 scored 40 of the 43 points but 3 riders
cannot win a match.
The Heat Leaders were superb, Johno is a revelation and Todd weighed in
again with a hefty score, Jimmy 's gating was excellent. The problems lay
below this. Roman is trying very hard, probably too hard and needs to work
out the best way round the track because he sure hasn't worked it out yet.
The Dryml's continue to struggle badly, apart from Lukas's last race they
were out of contention by the first bend and they need a confidence boost
quickly. We always knew Jon Underwood would score little so is exempt from
any criticism.
For Eastbourne, Screen started well but seemed to fade in the races where
the Cheetahs top guns were there, Dugard was his normal Oxford self and
Norris had flashes. Hurry as ever tried 110% and Dean Barker rode solidly,
still can't understand why he was so upset after Heat 8 though. Collyer
scored more than I guess he would be expected to and the Kokko's electric
gating will always get him points in this league. He made starts from all 4
gates tonight.
Oxford are certainly a Heat Leader away from being a truly competitive side
and even then the Dryml's need to show the potential they clearly have. The
encouraging thing is that a 3 man team lost to by only 7 to a team that will
be the best visiting team this season. Traditionally they have a superb
record at Oxford with all the ex Cheetahs so its not time to be too
despondant yet.
Cheetahs averages after 2 away and 1 home meeting tell a story. Last years
averages are in brackets
T Wiltshire 8.89 (8.25)
R Povazhny 3.20 (5.48)
A Dryml 0.44 (7.50 Ass)
S Johnston 7.29 (6.90)
J Nilsen 8.00 (8.32)
L Dryml 2.18 (5.00 Ass)
J Underwood 0.89 (3.00 Ass)
Total 36.38 (44.45)
A bit of scope for changes I fancy
Chris Brown
The Official Lawrence Hare Website
http://come.to/hare
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From: johnlowe@callnetuk.com
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Subject: Match Report: Edinburgh 48: Jawa Czech Republic 41
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 02:47:12 +0100
Edinburgh Monarchs 48: Jawa Czech Republic 41
International Challenge
Lothian Arena, Armadale
Friday 14th April 2000
Edinburgh had a comfortable win over the touring Czech side. The Monarchs'
heat leaders were virtually unstoppable with only two points dropped
between them.
Brian Turner did return after injury but Ross Brady missed out after
breaking two toes in an accident on a trials bike. Rider replacement
operated for Brady with Derek Sneddon coming in at number 8. Sneddon took
all four of the rider replacement outings.
The day was cloudy but the rain held off. The track was in reasonable
condition, especially considering the extreme weather earlier this week.
Peter Carr lost the toss and gate position B was used with Edinburgh off 2
and 4 for the first heat.
Heat 1: Kevin Little, Michal Makovsky, Blair Scott [59.6]
Kevin Little made the gate but Adrian Rymel appeared to have passed him on
the outside when the Czech pulled up with a smoking engine. Blair Scott
missed the start and tried, without success, to get past Makovsky.
(4-2) (4-2)
Heat 2: Robert Kral, Brian Turner, Christian Henry, Josef Franc [61.1]
Brian Turner made a fair start but seemed to be apprehensive and was passed
by Robert Kral with an outside swoop. Christian Henry held third place and
was pressured by Josef Franc. This pressure was rewarded when Franc slipped
inside Henry on the last lap, only for the Monarchs' reserve to come back
on the outside through the last bend.
(3-3) (7-5)
Heat 3: Peter Carr, Tomas Topinka, Richard Wolff [58.7]
Topinka made the start but Carr blasted around the outside on the back
straight as if Topinka was stationary. Derek Sneddon, in as rider
replacement fell and retired when in touch.
(3-3) (10-8)
Heat 4: Robert Eriksson, Robert Kral, Pavel Ondrasik, Christian Henry [58.3]
Robert Eriksson swept ahead to win by a huge margin. Christian Henry
harried Ondrasik all the way.
(3-3) (13-11)
Heat 5: Peter Carr, Michal Makovsky, Adrian Rymel, Derek Sneddon [58.5]
This produced another commanding win while Derek Sneddon looked impressive
and pushed Rymel all the way.
(3-3) (16-14)
Heat 6: Pavel Ondrasik, Kevin Little, Blair Scott [60.3]
The Czech pair gated but Franc fell on the second bend. Kevin Little and
Blair Scott were unable to pass Ondrasik.
(3-3) (19-17)
Heat 7: Robert Eriksson, Richard Wolff, Tomas Topinka, Brian Turner [59.5]
Eriksson had a commanding win over Wolff and Topinka.
(3-3) (22-20)
Heat 8: Robert Kral, Christian Henry [61.2]
Blair Scott was clearly shunted into the second bend fence after being
sandwiched. There were cries of disbelief when it was announced that Scott
had been excluded. This ruling was changed with Rymel being excluded. In
the rerun Kral nearly put Blair into the fence once more, but he managed to
take avoiding action but dropped way behind. Blair set off after Kral and
Henry. He eventually managed to pass Christian, and then had a real go at
Kral. As Blair tried an outside pass on the third bend, the Czech moved out
and Blair was again fortunate to stay on. Blair made one last attempt on
the last bend but ended up in the fence.
(2-3) (24-23)
Heat 9: Peter Carr, Pavel Ondrasik, Josef Franc [58.8]
Peter Carr was well ahead of Ondrasik with Sneddon holding a comfortable
third place when Derek suffered a puncture and fell. Carr won the rerun.
(3-3) (27-26)
Heat 10: Kevin Little, Blair Scott, Tomas Topinka, Richard Wolff [59.8]
Monarchs finally made the breakthrough with an impressive 5-1 from Kevin
Little and Blair Scott over Tomas Topinka.
(5-1) (32-27)
Heat 11: Robert Eriksson, Michal Makovsky, Adrian Rymel, Brian Turner [59.2]
Robert Eriksson missed the start for once but carved his way through the
field for another massive win.
(3-3) (35-30)
Heat 12: Peter Carr, Tomas Topinka, Robert Kral, Christian Henry [58.7]
Vaclav Verner brought in top scorer Robert Kral as a reserve change to join
Topinka. Carr had no problems winning and Christian Henry looked impressive
despite trailing.
(3-3) (38-33)
Heat 13: Robert Eriksson, Kevin Little, Michal Makovsky [59.4]
Eriksson and Little were set for a maximum when Ondrasik fell and brought
down Makovsky. There was a rerun with Ondrasik excluded, which produced the
same result.
(5-1) (43-34)
Heat 14: Tomas Topinka, Robert Kral, Brian Turner, Derek Sneddon [60.1]
Edinburgh resisted the temptation to use Kevin Little or Blair Scott as
rider replacement and gave Derek Sneddon a fourth ride. Verner put in
Topinka as a tactical substitute to join Kral. The Czech's delivered the
expected 5-1 over Turner and Sneddon to bring them back within five points
of Monarchs' total.
(1-5) (44-39)
Heat 15: Robert Eriksson, Tomas Topinka, Peter Carr, Robert Kral [58.5]
Topinka made the start but Eriksson always had the line to pass on the
outside. Peter Carr tried everything to pass the vastly improving Topinka
but had to settle for third place.
(4-2) (48-41)
Edinburgh Monarchs
Kevin Little 3 2 3 2* 10+1
Blair Scott 1 1* F 2* 4+2
Peter Carr 3 3 3 3 1 13
Ross Brady Rider replacement (0)
Robert Eriksson 3 3 3 3 3 15
Brian Turner 2 0 0 1 3
Christian Henry 1* 0 2 0 3+1
Derek Sneddon F 0 X 0 0
Jawa Czech Republic
Michal Makovsky 2 2 2 1 7
Adrian Rymel E 1* X 1* 2+2
Tomas Topinka 2 1* 1 2 3 2 11+1
Richard Wolff 1* 2 0 3+1
Pavel Ondrasik 1* 3 2 X 6+1
Josef Franc 0 F 1* 1+1
Robert Kral 3 2 3 1* 2* 0 11+2
The Czechs produced a better performance than in their previous match at
Exeter. Despite not being noted short track specialists most of their
riders were competitive although they made little impression on the
Monarchs' heat leaders. Kevin Little had by far his best match of the
season. Carr looked unstoppable until his last ride while Eriksson gave one
of his best ever Armadale performances.
Blair Scott had few breaks once more and was on the wrong end of some hard
riding in heat 8. Despite a nasty fall, he came back to beat Topinka in
heat 10. Brian Turner managed to get through four rides with no mishaps but
he looked a bit tentative at times, perhaps with some justification.
Christian looked much more comfortable than his previous Armadale
appearance. He failed to make any starts but was always on the pace. Derek
Sneddon failed to score on his debut but was never out of contention.
Of the visitors, Kral was first into his stride but Topinka looked a class
act once he had come to terms with the track. Berwick target Michal
Makovsky looked as if he would have been a fair scorer in the Premier
League had the authorities allowed him to ride.
Man of the match: Robert Eriksson
Most exciting rider: Blair Scott
Next meeting: versus Workington, Armadale on Friday 21st April 2000
John Lowe
http://johnlowe.net
Edinburgh Monarchs Official Website
http://www.edinburghmonarchs.org.uk/
