From: mick@donut316.freeserve.co.uk To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"Subject: GP Field Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 18:48:05 +0100 Has anyone posted the Riders and race jacket numbers for tomorrows opener ? If so, can they re-post or if not can someone post.... M. Mick Ibbotson Player Manager - Internet Owls http://www.internet-owls-fc.org.uk Nationwide Bound
From: johnlowe@callnetuk.com To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"Subject: Match Report: Edinburgh 48 Glasgow 41 Date: Sat, 06 May 2000 05:14:19 +0100 Edinburgh Monarchs 48: Glasgow Tigers 41 Premier National Trophy Lothian Arena, Armadale Friday 5th May 2000 Edinburgh edged to a win over Glasgow after a last heat decider produced a home 5-1. Such was the dominance of Peter Carr and Robert Eriksson that the result was never in doubt despite the apparent closeness of the scoreline. Edinburgh did have Ross Brady in the side despite suggestions that he would miss the match with his recurring toe injuries. Perhaps mindful of Brady's suspect fitness, Peter Carr was switched back to number 3 to partner Ross while Kevin Little switched to number 5. Brian Turner was making his final appearance for Monarchs. Glasgow had Simon Stead guesting for James Grieves and James Birkinshaw in for Scott Courtney. The weather was dry although it was becoming cold as the meeting started. Monarchs Captain Peter Carr won the toss and it was announced that Peter had selected gate position B. When the riders came out, in fact gate position A was in used with Glasgow off 2 and 4 for the first heat. Heat 1: Robert Eriksson, Sean Courtney, Blair Scott [58.3] Robert Eriksson made the gate from trap one followed by Simon Stead. Blair Scott tried an big one around the outside to attempt a pass Stead. He ran too wide on the second bend and ended up last. Simon Stead stopped after shedding a chain when second. (4-2) (4-2) Heat 2: Aidan Collins, Brian Turner, James Birkinshaw [59.5] Aidan Collins made a start while Christian Henry tried the same move as Blair Scott with the same outcome! Henry then retired with engine failure. Brian Turner produced a determined ride to stay ahead of Birkinshaw. (2-4) (6-6) Heat 3: Peter Carr, Richard Juul, Ross Brady, Emiliano Sanchez [58.3] Carr and Brady went ahead but Juul soon passed Brady. The remainder of the interest was centred on attempts by Sanchez to pass Brady. On the last lap Sanchez seemed to have forced his way inside Brady but Ross produced a surge off the last bend to take third. (4-2) (10-8) Heat 4: Les Collins, Kevin Little [58.1] Kevin Little and Christian Henry were first away. Les Collins took around one lap to pass Henry. On the back straight of the second lap, Henry took a wrong line allowing Birkinshaw to catch up. Birkinshaw tried an inside pass on the third bend but Henry appeared to be holding on before Birkinshaw took him into the fence. Birkinshaw was excluded from the rerun. This time Les Collins made the start and Kevin Little on Peter Carr's bike could make no impact. Henry stopped once more. (2-3) (12-11) Heat 5: Peter Carr, Ross Brady, Sean Courtney [59.3] Carr and Brady were first away and so it remained after Simon Stead packed up when in last place. (5-1) (17-12) Heat 6: Robert Eriksson, Les Collins, Aidan Collins, Blair Scott [59.3] Les Collins surprisingly outgated Robert Eriksson but was passed on the outside off the second bend of the first lap. Blair Scott appeared to be struggling for speed and Aidan Collins was able to pass easily. (3-3) (20-15) Heat 7: Richard Juul, Emiliano Sanchez, Kevin Little, Brian Turner [59.6] Kevin Little came out on a Blair Scott bike and fared little better than Blair had done in the previous heat and trailed behind the Glasgow pair. (1-5) (21-20) Heat 8: Blair Scott, Aidan Collins, Sean Courtney, Christian Henry [59.9] Blair Scott came out ahead and held off a determined Aidan Collins who came in as a reserve change. Courtney came in third ahead of Henry. (3-3) (24-23) Heat 9: Peter Carr, Les Collins, Ross Brady, James Birkinshaw [57.8] James Birkinshaw came in for Aidan Collins to complete his third ride. Carr and Brady once more made the start. Les Collins pursued Brady relentlessly and just took second place after a pass on the line. (4-2) (28-25) Heat 10: Robert Eriksson, Blair Scott, Emiliano Sanchez, Richard Juul [58.8] Eriksson and Scott had an easy 5-1 from the gate. (5-1) (33-26) Heat 11: Les Collins, Kevin Little, Sean Courtney, Brian Turner [59.1] Les Collins replaced the 'mechanically challenged' Simon Stead as a tactical substitute. This paid off as Les beat Kevin Little and Sean Courtney. (2-4) (35-30) Heat 12: Peter Carr, Richard Juul, Christian Henry, Aidan Collins [58.7] Peter Carr had another easy win while Christian Henry produced a determined ride to keep Aidan Collins at the back. (4-2) (39-32) Heat 13: Robert Eriksson, Les Collins, Simon Stead, Kevin Little [58.4] Robert Eriksson maintained his immaculate form with a win ahead of Les Collins and Simon Stead. (3-3) (42-35) Heat 14: Richard Juul, Emiliano Sanchez, Christian Henry, Ross Brady [60.2] Glasgow brought in Richard Juul as a tactical substitute for Birkinshaw. Christian Henry made the start but Juul produced a great outside sweep to take the lead. Sanchez was third ahead of the tiring Brady. Henry managed to stay ahead of Sanchez for three laps but Sanchez passed to set up the last heat decider. (1-5) (43-40) Heat 15: Peter Carr, Robert Eriksson, Les Collins, Richard Juul [58.7] The unbeaten Carr and Eriksson swept ahead from the gate and remained in front to complete maximums. (5-1) (48-41) Edinburgh Monarchs Robert Eriksson 3 3 3 3 2* 14+1 Blair Scott 1 0 3 2* 6+1 Peter Carr 3 3 3 3 3 15 Ross Brady 1 2* 1 0 4+1 Kevin Little 2 1 2 0 5 Brian Turner 2 0 0 2 Christian Henry R R 0 1 1 2 Glasgow Tigers Simon Stead R R 1* 1+1 Sean Courtney 2 1 1* 1 5+1 Richard Juul 2 3 0 2 3 0 10 Emiliano Sanchez 0 2* 1 2* 5+2 Les Collins 3 2 2 3 2 1 13 Aidan Collins 3 1* 2 0 6+1 Scott Courtney 1 X 0 1 Robert Eriksson and Peter Carr totally dominated the meeting winning nine heats between them. Neither looked remotely like losing. Only Blair Scott of the rest of the team produced a heat win. Blair started very badly and then was unbeaten in his last two rides. Ross Brady had some hard rides. He had to fight all the way for a point against Sanchez in his first ride. He tried to fight off a challenge from Les Collins in his third ride. He was clearly tiring by his last ride. There were signs that he is regaining his form. He made three starts in his four rides. Christian Henry struggled early on with two engine failures and a last place but came good in his last two rides. He is now making a few starts. Brian Turner, on his farewell appearance, made little impact. Les Collins was once more the pick of the visitors and had the beating of everyone apart from Carr and Eriksson. Richard Juul is now putting some scores together and showing what a good Armadale rider he always has been. Simon Stead was a disaster as a guest and was plagued by bike problems. Sanchez and Courtney produced some points without making much impact. Aidan Collins looked very assured and produced three great rides. Man of the match: Peer Carr Most exciting rider: Les Collins Next home meeting: v Newcastle, Premier National Trophy, Armadale on Friday 12th May 2000 John Lowe http://johnlowe.net Edinburgh Monarchs Official Website http://www.edinburghmonarchs.org.uk/
From: nikulin@hotmail.com To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"Subject: GP on Polsat?? Date: Sat, 06 May 2000 02:25:20 PDT Will Polsat be showing the GP tonight? They did so last year, but what about this season? Grand Prix will be on Wizja Sport (poland), Sky Sports (England), SVT1 & SVT2 (Sweden) and DR1 (Denmark). ********************************************************* * Jonas Holmqvist E-mail: nikulin@hotmail.com * * ICERACING - The most spectacular sport in the world! * ********************************************************* ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
From: marian@ksinet.univ.gda.pl To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"Subject: Re: GP on Polsat?? Date: Sat, 6 May 2000 11:48:18 +0200 From: Jonas Holmqvist >Will Polsat be showing the GP tonight? They did so last year, but what >about >this season? Grand Prix will be on Wizja Sport (poland), Sky Sports >(England), SVT1 & SVT2 (Sweden) and DR1 (Denmark). Not. Polish gov TV will show highligsht (40 min) instead of Polsat but this is only terrestrial. On other side in Poland live coverage will be Canal+ not Wizja :-( Marcin
From: marian@ksinet.univ.gda.pl To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"Subject: Re: GP Field Date: Sat, 6 May 2000 11:51:23 +0200 >Has anyone posted the Riders and race jacket numbers for tomorrows >opener ? >If so, can they re-post or if not can someone post.... here here 06.05.2000:Praha CZE:Grand Prix of Czech Republik 1 Tony Rickardsson SWE 2 Tomasz Gollob POL 3 Jimmy Nilsen SWE 4 Joe Screen GBR 5 Leigh Adams AUS 6 Jason Crump AUS 7 Greg Hancock USA 8 Ryan Sullivan AUS 9 Stefan Danno SWE 10 Chris Louis GBR 11 Billy Hamill USA 12 Mikael Karlsson SWE 13 Carl Stonehewer GBR 14 Brian Karger DEN 15 Henrik Gustafsson SWE 16 Mark Loram GBR 17 Andy Smith GBR 18 Antonin Kasper CZE 19 Peter Karlsson SWE 20 Brian Andersen DEN 21 Todd Wiltshire AUS 22 Rafal Dobrucki POL 23 Michal Makovsky CZE 24 Bohumil Brhel CZE Marcin
From: r.blackwell@virgin.net To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"Subject: Belle Vue Latest, an apology to Rob Date: Sat, 6 May 2000 12:20:09 +0100 In view of the news coming out of Belle Vue I can't help but feel I should offer my apologies to Rob for the ribbing I gave him at the time of the announcement of the cancellation of Belle Vue v Oxford, obviously Mr Rees has done another job on destroying a speedway venue, So Rob please accept my apologies. Bye 4 Now Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: Ian Consterdine To: Speedwaybikes ; Speedwayweb Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 1:06 PM Subject: [speedwayweb] Belle Vue Latest I understand that Belle Vue stadium was visited yesterday by Colin Reeve and Paul Ackroyd on behalf of the SCB. The upshot is that the Track Licence at Belle Vue has been withdrawn and the track has to be re-laid. I am led to believe that Colin Meredith and the plant equipment used at Coventry are to be brought up to Manchester to completely relay the track, and that the Bill for this will be passed to stock car promoter Steve Rees. If the bill isn't paid, then PNJ Ltd., the Speedway promoting company will seek an injunction preventing the Use of the Belle Vue Speedway Track by Steve Rees and his Stock car promoting company. Apparently I am told that the Stock Car reparations were well below standard, and that the view of the Speedway Control Board is that the Racing surface is unsuitable for Speedway. The drains have been damaged extensively, there are deep groves in the track which are down to the foundations in places and will require extensive work to restore the track to regain the licence. If you are in a position to see today's Manchester Evening News there are further details in that (try www.manchesteronline.co.uk and see if it is on there). Once I am in a better position to give further information, I will update everyone as soon as possible. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- SPEEDWAYWEB - Speedway News and more....
From: r.blackwell@virgin.net To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"Subject: Re: [speedway] James Birkinshaw Date: Sat, 6 May 2000 12:27:48 +0100 Another side to this is that unless the rules have been changed this year then Andy Moore who I believe is the rider named in Sheffields 1-7 is now stopped from getting rides as a guest for any other PL team even though he is not being used by Sheffield, It is about time that if a rider is fit and available then the club who have him in their 1-7 should have to use them. Further to this how can James ride for Sheffield at Glasgow. If he is not in the Sheffield 1-7 then he is still a guest even for Sheffield or have I missed something. Bye 4 Now Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: Kevin Meynell To: Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2000 12:12 AM Subject: Re: [speedway] James Birkinshaw > > >He will ride at Glasgow as the 7 day rule allows a guest appearance followed > >by own team but not vice versa. Hope that's true and it's not just what he's > >been told by the management. > > I doubt it. The rule simply says you cannot ride as a guest if you have > ridden, or will ride at the same track within 8 days. In fact, this rule > exists precisely to prevent members of an away team gaining an advantage. > > Kevin Meynell > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > You have a voice mail message waiting for you at iHello.com: > http://click.egroups.com/1/3555/6/_/2704/_/957568451/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >
From: leon@oxford-cheetahs.demon.co.uk To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"Subject: Live Results Date: Sat, 6 May 2000 16:28:39 +0100 As there seems to be a call for it, I will update results tonight the GP via the live results page on the Oxford Website. www.oxford-speedway.co.uk - follow the link for live results. -- Cheers, Leon.