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2000 North American Archive of International Speedway
Message Section
June 19, 2000
From: G.Russell@cchs.usyd.edu.au
To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"
Subject: Grand Prix Qualifiers
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 08:19:04 +1000
Rob's comment last week about Jason Lyons being good enough to be in the
Grand Prix was pretty close to the mark. Undoubtedly there are others like
say "Sudden Sam."
To me the qualifying system for the GP is the one weakness in the GP Series
that has to be sorted out.
One or two guys presently in the series have never ever threatened to get
in the A Final since the system was changed to a "Knockout" type
formula. It is fairly obvious they can't cut the mustard. I am prepared to
give the benefit of the doubt to Brian Andersen who I believe has not been
the same rider since his injury. Does it do the sport any good to see the
same guys getting eliminated in Heats 5 and 6 or Heats 9 and 10 in every
GP??????
I just wonder if it is feasible to guarantee a spot for every rider who
does not make the top 10 (except Wildcards) in the Grand Prix Challenge.
Would it not be better to ensure some of these riders who are perennially
in spots 19-22 to be eliminated from the GP Challenge? When it became clear
the World U/21 Champion was having trouble keeping up in the GP Series, the
system was changed. Should the bottom end of the GP be any different?????
I also wonder whether the top 10 should be changed back to the top 8.
These are two questions I am opening up for debate. Let's hear your
opinions folks.
Regards
Glenn Russell
Glenn Russell
Computer Operations Supervisor
Cumberland Campus
The University of Sydney
NSW
Australia
From: swaalen@online.no
To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"
Subject: Nordic Final Results
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 01:08:42 +0200
1. (11) Rune Holta, NOR, 3-3-3-3-1 = 13+3
2. (14) Lars Gunnestad, NOR 2-3-3-2-3 = 13+2
3. (9) Nicki Pedersen, DEN 2-2-2-3-3 = 12
4. (5) Stefan Andersson, SWE 3-3-2-3-0 = 11
5. (2) Niklas Klingberg, SWE 3-0-3-2-2 = 10
6. (10) John Jörgensen, DEN 0-2-3-2-2 = 9+3
7. (1) Peter Nahlin, SWE 2-1-2-1-3 = 9+2
8. (16) Bjarne Pedersen, DEN 3-3-1-1-1 = 9+1
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9. (12) Jesper B. Jensen, DEN 1-2-1-3-2 = 9+F
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10. (6) Kaj Laukkanen, FIN 1-1-0-2-3 = 7
11. (4) Andreas Jonsson, SWE 1-1-1-1-2 = 6
12. (13) Claes Ivarsson, SWE 1-0-2-1-0 = 4
13. (3) Ronnie Pedersen, DEN ef-2-0-0-1 = 3
14. (8) Peter I. Karlsson, SWE 2-0-1-0-0 = 3
15. (7) Tomi Reima, FIN 0-1-0-0-0 = 1
16. (15) Björn G. Hansen, NOR 0-fex-0-0-1 = 1
Pre- meeting qualifying heat:
1. Peter I. Karlsson, SWE 3
2. Hans N. Andersen, DEN 2
3. Juha Kousumanen, FIN 1
4. Tor E. Hielm, NOR tex
Norway on the top in Scandinavia this week-end !
Stein
From: Sideways31@aol.com
To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"
Subject: Costa Mesa Results - June 17, 2000
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 19:28:27 EDT
Andy "The Enforcer" Northrup stopped Charlie Venegas' winning streak at three
with a hard earned Scratch Main Event victory at Costa Mesa.
Northrup and Venegas were lined up in gates three and four, respectively, and
it was "The Edge" who was first to turn one. Venegas couldn't stay on the
inside groove and when he drifted wide Northrup used the low line to take the
lead. Venegas battled valiantly on the outside for a lap but couldn't find
the grip necessary to regain the lead. This allowed the rest of the field to
pass Venegas as well. Dukie Ermolenko tried in vain to catch Northrup, but
the man who is a police officer by day, stretched his lead all the way to
the checkered flag. Shawn McConnell finished third, Chris Manchester
finished fourth, and Venegas finished fifth.
The Handicap Main featured all back yardage riders as there were two riders
on the 40 yard line, three on the 50, and three on the 60. Jim Estes beat
Manchester off the 40 yard line and led into turn one followed by Northrup
from the 50, and Venegas from the 60, but the referee determined that Venegas
had too good of a start and ordered a restart with Venegas lining up on the
80 yard line. This time it was Manchester who led the field into turn one
with Estes in tow. Manchester quickly opened up ground on Estes because
Estes was busy fighting off the very determined Northrup who was seeking a
double main event victory. Estes withstood the challenge for 4 laps but as
he entered turn three Northrup bumped him off the line and took over second
in a move that should've brought out a red, but the referee allowed the race
to continue. McConnell capitalized and took over second, but he wasn't going
to catch Manchester who was long gone and looking very much like the former
Overseas Champion that fans remember. "Fast" Eddie Castro finished third,
Randy DiFrancesco finished fourth, and Estes finished fifth.
Randy Skinner made an auspicious return to action by capturing the Support
Main Event. Skinner, who has missed the first two months of the season
because of an off-season injury, didn't show any signs of rust with a smooth
performance to win the main. Paul Hitchcock was second, Sean Larned was
third, and Danny Holt was fourth.
The Support B Main Event was undoubtedly the most action-packed race of the
evening with several lead changes, none of which due to a rider falling, and
passing throughout the field. The last two laps saw first-year rider Randy
Kreps, Johnny Lupo, and longtime veteran Bill Green swap the lead several
times. Green led as they went into turn three the final time but drifted
wide. Kreps and Lupo made the same mistake and as the trio exited the turn a
three-man drag race saw Green come out victorious by inches. Lupo was
credited with second and Kreps with third.
The Support B Consolation had one of the wildest and scariest crashes seen at
the legendary Costa Mesa oval. When the riders entered turn one Eloy
Medellin fell down and Ed Martinez was left with absolutely nowhere to go.
Martinez used the prone Medellin as a ramp and jumped several feet into the
air and straight toward the turn two wall. Fortunately, Martinez was able to
get the bike down and avoid a disaster. Martinez was down for several
minutes but got up on his own and participated in the restart.
Crystal Kramer continued to show her fellow juniors that she was one lady who
will not be messed with as she rode to victory in both Junior heats. In the
second heat, Skyler Greyson put up a challenge, but Kramer held him back to
secure the victory.
This coming week features two races on the Southern California speedway
schedule as the riders return to the Ventura
Raceway Friday Night. "The
Commotion by the Ocean" is a 1/5-mile banked oval that will provide exciting,
high-speed racing. That is followed by the annual 25-lap main event at Costa
Mesa on Saturday Night.
RESULTS
Support B Consolation
198 - Mike Boyle 20
153 - Craig Muzio 10
269 - Ed Martinez 20
178 - Eloy Medellin 20
147 - Winston Williams 20
160 - Jeremy Toepfer 10
Support B Main
336 - Bill Green 20
125 - Johnny Lupo 20
165 - Randy Kreps 10
211 - Doug Lupo 20
107 - Monte McKeon 10
168 - Howard Larson 10
Support Main
383 - Randy Skinner
114 - Paul Hitchcock
226 - Sean Larned
220 - Danny Holt
Junior Heat #1
27 - Krystal Cramer
2 - Skyler Greyson
99 - Miles Calvin
198 - Justin Boyle (fell)
Junior Heat #2
27 - Krystal Cramer
2 - Skyler Greyson
99 - Miles Calvin
198 - Justin Boyle (non-starter)
Handicap Main
130 - Chris Manchester 40
6 - Shawn McConnell 60
14 - Eddie Castro 50
12 - Randy DiFrancesco 50
56 - Jim Estes 40
11 - Bobby Schwartz 60
166 - Andy Northrup 50
43 - Charlie Venegas 60 (penalty line) (retired)
Scratch Main
166 - Andy Northrup
15 - Dukie Ermolenko
6 - Shawn McConnell
130 - Chris Manchester
43 - Charlie Venegas
Ryan Evans
sideways31@aol.com
From: tw@ubcom.net
To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"
Subject: Re: Jason Crump U21 victory
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 01:49:04 +0200
On 17 Jun 00, at 19:46, Anthony McGuire wrote:
> I was wondering if someone could tell me where Jason Crump won the world u
> 21 in 1995?. Cheers Anth
>
www.speedway.org/history
Tampere/Finland
Thilo
From: tw@ubcom.net
To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"
Subject: Longtrack semifinal 2 Pfarrkirchen/D
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 01:49:04 +0200
Longtrack WC Semifinal Pfarrkichen/D
A-Final:
1. Gerd Riss/D
2. Robert Barth/D
3. Kelvin Tatum/GB
4. Massimo Mora/I
5. Ralf Loeding/D
6. Herbert Rudolph/D
B- Final:
7. Pavel Ondrasik/CZ
8. Antonin Svab/CZ
9. Uppie Bos/NL
10. Stephane Tressarieu/F
11. Roy Verbruegge/NL
12. Jaroslav Ptak/CZ
C-Final:
13. Stefan Katt/D
14. Mitch Godden/GB
15. Christian Huelshorst/D
16. Vladimir Trofimov/UA
17. Alessandro Milanese/I
Qualified: 8+1
Andre Pollehn did not show up, Doncaster is injured
as well as Lyatosinsky.
Thilo
From: rovers@direct.ca
To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"
Subject: Let's Meet
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 23:40:57 -0700
Hi everyone:
I'm visiting the UK this July for the first time in over 20 years. Anyone
who'd like to introduce themselves at the following spdwy venues feel free
to email me:
Sat July 22 Lynn
Tues July 25 St Austell
Wed July 26 Poole
Fri July 28 UK GP Practice Session
Sat July 29 UK GP
All the best,
Tim Wilde
Shale Shifter Speedway Fan Directory ("faces of speedway fans")
www.geocities.com/shale-shifter/
From: tony@fortframes.cz
To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"
Subject: Czech U21 Championship - Round 4
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 08:51:01 +0200
17.06. Svitavy
1 Josef Franc, Olymp 3 3 3 3 3 15
2 Tomas Suchanek, ZP Pardubice 3 3 3 3 2 14
3 Miroslav Fencl, Slany 3 3 3 2 1 12+3
4 Ondrej Sebela, Marketa Prague 2 3 2 2 3 12+2
5 Kvetoslav Sebela, Marketa Prague 3 1 3 2 0 9
6 Jan Balihar, Chabarovice 2 2 0 2 3 9
7 Jan Hlacina, Slany 2 2 2 3 F 9
8 Marek Knize, Marketa Prague 1 2 2 3 1 9
9 Pavel Hlavacek, ZP Pardubice 2 2 2 1 2 9
10 Jiri Hudecek, Brezolupy 1 1 1 T 3 6
11 Miloslav Prokop, Slany 1 0 0 1 2 4
12 Petr Vacek, Slany 0 1 1 0 2 4
13 Petr Polasek, Brezolupy 0 0 1 0 1 2
14 Filip Musil, Marketa Prague 1 T 1 0 F 2
15 Petr Kotek, ZP Pardubice E 1 0 1 F/R 2
16 Zdenek Simota, Plzen 0 0 F 1 X 1
17 Petr Malek, ZP Pardubice (res) 0 1 1
18 Pavel Polasek, Brezolupy (res) X 0
Next round: Mseno on September 9
Regards
Tony Skach
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From: gary_rob@ix.netcom.com
To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"
Subject: Fast Fridays Speedway, Auburn, CA June 16, 2000
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 09:48:13 +0200
Fast Fridays Speedway, Auburn, CA -June 16, 2000
A hot night at Auburn, with some excellent racing, as always a lot of
overtaking, but a number of injuries to riders.
Scratch Main
1. Billy Janniro
2. Bobby Hedden
3. Mike Faria
4. Charlie Venegas (tapes, disq)
Charlie Venegas had been suffering clutch problems all evening, and in the
scratch main it pulled him right into the tapes. The rerun was a great race
with Bobby Hedden getting the gate, being chased hard by Billy Janniro, who
got past him on lap 2. Third man Mike Faria was close behind.
Scratch Consi
1. Ryan Fisher
2. Bart Bast
3. Robert Curry
Tommy Hedden also qualified, but was a non starter. Ryan was first out the
gate, followed by Bart and that was the way it stayed for 4 laps.
Handicap Main
1. Ryan Fisher
2. Bart Bast
3. Mike Faria
4. Charlie Venegas
5. Billy Janniro
6. Robert Curry
Another great win for Ryan Fisher. He has truly established himself as a top
performer, and at the age of 16. His brilliant riding, along with his calm,
mature attitude must put him at the top of the list of the long term hopefuls,
in the future of US Speedway. This was a great race, with Ryan and Robert
Curry starting out on the 30 yard line and the rest coming off the 50. Ryan
lead all the way through, and maintained a safe lead. Behind him a strong
battle took place, with Charlie Venegas initially trying the outside, before
finding it was no quicker.
Handicap Consi
1. Bobby Hedden
2. Paul Orlandi
3. Ian Ferris
4. Chad Felicio
5. George Snodgrass
6. Tommy Hedden
In the first running of this race, Paul Orlandi had quite a commanding lead,
when Tommy Hedden fell. Tommy's fall appeared quite graceful, more or less
landing on his feet, however sustaining a broken hand in the process. He
was operated on the next day. The race was re-run with a staggered start
with Orlandi, Ian Ferris and Bobby Hedden much closer together. Bobby made
a great start, getting past Ian, then later getting past Paul.
Div 2 Main
1. Ivan Sevart
2. Tom Adams
3. Richard Powell
4. George Snodgrass
5. Dave Booth
6. Mike Browne
Another win for Bart Bast's nephew, Ivan Sevart.
Div 2 Consi
1. Marvin Sonnier
2. Matt Browne
3. Harlan Bast Snr.
4. Scott Olney
5. Don Chipman
Div 3 Main
1. Billy Hiles
2. Greg Hooten Snr.
3. Kevin Ferreira
4. Robert Mellor
5. Dave Baker
6. Bruce Baker
7. Mike Hooten
8. Dennis Chandler
Billy Hiles had another convincing division 3 win. This time he went
straight into the lead, but the race was stopped. In the re-run he did the
same thing, but within a lap his hand went up as his engine stopped. He then
appeared to turn the fuel back on, and re joined the race in fifth position.
It took him another lap and a half to regain the lead.
Div 3 Consi
1. Mike Achilles
2. Vince Bertolucci
3. Bill Warnock
4. Gino Bellino
5. DeFreece
6. Eric Ryan
7. Les Veale
8. Brian Leventon
Junior Div 1
1. Greg Hooten Jnr.
2. Chris Kerr
3. Bryan Yarrow
4. JJ Martynse
5. JT Mabry
Junior Div 2.
1. JT Fowler
2. Josh Newby
3. Danny Easley
4. Chris Olney (ef)
Junior Div 3
1. Chris Smith
2. Paul Johnson
3. Bruce Bast
4. Mitchell Johnson
5. Tom Fehrman
6. Michael Wade
7. RJ Becerra
8. Adam Butler
Other riders injured included popular lady rider Rachalle Kerr. Rachalle
fell down in her division 2 heat without injury, but before she had a chance
to get up, another rider ran into her. She also had a broken hand. Her
injuries could have been much more serious. The other rider's footpeg went
through her leathers into her back protector. Rachalle attended Cal Expo on
Saturday as a spectator.
Veteran rider Rich Mignano broke an ankle in a fall in his division 3 heat.
Bill Thomas, the oldest regular competitor in Northern California, (at the
age of 76 he must be the oldest competitor in the world!) fell in his
division 2 heat, damaging his shoulder muscles, thankfully no bones broken.
Mike was supposed to be going to the Overseas Final this weekend, but was
unable to raise the funds to do it. So the only US representatives will be
Sam Ermolenko, John Cook and Josh Larsen. Good luck to all three of them!
Gary Roberts - groberts@iee.org
From: marian@ksinet.univ.gda.pl
To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"
Subject: Josef Kamper Memorial Na/Lo (A) 17.6.00
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 10:00:16 +0200
----- Forwarded message from Wolfgang Fuellenhals -----
Hi everybody,
here is the result of the "Josef Kamper Memorial"
from Natschbach/Loipersbach (A), 17.06.2000:
1. 8 Matej Ferjan (SLO) 3-3-3-3-3 =3D 15
2. 9 Joachim Kugelmann (D) 2-3-2-3-3 =3D 13
3. 12 Andrea Maida (I) 3-2-3-2-2 =3D 12+3
4. 7 Helmut Lercher (A) 2-3-2-3-2 =3D 12+2
5. 2 Izak Santej (SLO) 3-3-2-2-1 =3D 11
6. 10 Marek Mroz (PL) 1-2-3-3-2 =3D 11
7. 3 A. Dalla Valle (I) 0-2-1-2-3 =3D 8
8. 1 Walter Nebel (A) 2-2-1-1-1 =3D 7
9. 4 Ronny Wei=DF (D) 1-1-0-2-3 =3D 7
10. 15 Thomas Stadler (A) 3-1-1-0-0 =3D 5
11. 6 Jernej Kolenko (SLO) 0-0-3-1-0 =3D 4
12. 5 Manuel Hautzinger (A) 1-R-0-1-2 =3D 4
13. 14 Radek Smolik (CZ) 2-1-F-R-1 =3D 4
14. 13 Toni Pilotto (A) 1-1-1-0-1 =3D 4
15. 11 Ivan Nagar (A) 0-0-2-1-R =3D 3
16. 16 Norbert Gr=F6gler (A) T-F-0-0-0 =3D 0
Superfinal 6 riders / 6 rounds:
1. Matej Ferjan (SLO)
2. Joachim Kugelmann (D)
3. Marek Mroz (PL)
4. Andrea Maida (I)
5. Helmut Lercher (A)
6. Izak Santej (SLO)
regards from Austria
Wolfgang
From: ovalking@geocities.com
To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"
Subject: British 250/350/500sidecar GT Champs.
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 09:20:45 +0100
The 500cc Sidecar Association staged British Championships took place
yesterday in glorious summer conditions. Watering helped keep the dust
down and it was a professionally run show. The actual quality of racing
was nothing special and there were a few delays, but the scores were
close, creating tension right to the end.
Unofficial results:
250s:
98 winner Richard Smith & Lee Street were the guys to beat. They never
met in the heats and were both unbeaten, so it was all on the final.
Street got the gate but Smith was held up in traffic and by the time he
got past the impressive James Childe Street was gone.
There was a delay @ heat 12 after a nasty 4 man pile-up. Gary Wells
injured a shoulder and Paul Cooper & Adam Shipp took no further part.
L Street 60 (max)
R Smith 58
J Childe 45
K Strudwick 44
D Knowles 44
C How 39
A Denholm 34
S Mander 32
R Lively 30
S Hall 25
L Pitman 21
J Weeks 21
S Morbey 21
P Simmons 21
M Netherwood 21
J Walker 18
C Knowles 17
M Klassen 17
M Williams 13
P Cooper 12
A Shipp 10
C Smith 10
G Wells 8
M Rowe 6
350s:
Just like the 250s 2 unbeaten men met for the first time in the final.
And it was decided from the gate with Stoke Potter Tony Atkin retaining
his title, holding off the determined efforts of Jason Handley in the
fastest time of the day. I was impressed with the youngsters on show,
James Complin & Rhys Wilding were particularly exciting.
T Atkin 60
J Handley 58
N Taylor 46
G Williamson 43
M Taylor 40
J Complin 39
D Rumsey 37
G Stanton 34
R Tolley 33
L Gayden 29
M Childe 25
R Wilding 25
T Giles 23
B Morbey 19
G Roberts 17
M Toplis 17
B Powell 16
J Hartley 16
J Cox 14
R Ashworth 14
S Wilson 12
T Mount 11
M Bowden 10
P Knowles 9
P Ranson 8
A Gomm 7
A Parfoot 7
C Smith 5
I Gutteridge 3
500 sidecars:
This was very open. No one dominated and 3 crews were level 1st prior to
the final.
L & C Goodwin 31
M Read/Thorpe 27
Lloyd/Higgins 26
Salisbury/Hughes 23
Palmer/Hogg 21
Steward*2 20
Drury/Webb 16
Richards 14
Willis/Simpson 14
Rowlands/Griffiths 13
Rowlands *2 11
Bennett/Tong 11
Moorcock/Sweeting 6
Hopkins/Langford 5
Wright/Meredith 5
Neale/Jones 4
Kerrison/Ashby 4
Canning/George 3
Hine/Greatrix 2
Gary
From: tw@ubcom.net
To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"
Subject: John Underwood
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 12:14:50 +0200
Hopefully noone can confirm the roumor about John Underwood:
He should have been killed in a road accident ?
Thilo
From: anthonymcguire@dingoblue.net.au
To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"
Subject: David Tapp Interview
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 20:31:17 +1000
Here is the link to the interview that Matt Payne Of SMA site conducted with
David Tapp recently: I encourage you all to have a look at a very well put
together interview by a Matthew, who since bursting onto the Speedway media
scene has really put together some very good reports and interviews and is
somewhat of a rising "Ben Shields" in the Speedway media world. Who knows
Tappie may give him job as editor at this rate.
http://www.speedway.net.au/release.asp?NewsId=484
Regards,
Anth
From: leon@oxford-cheetahs.demon.co.uk
To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"
Subject: Jon Underwood
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 13:10:00 +0100
It is my painful duty to inform you all of the death of Jon Underwood.
Jon was killed in a road traffic accident on the continent over the
weekend.
All at Oxford Speedway are saddened by this terrible news and our
thoughts are with the Underwood family.
There is an obituary to Jon Underwood on the Oxford Speedway Website and
also an online book of condolence. All messages will be passed on to his
family.
--
Regards,
Leon M Hill.
Oxford Speedway - www.oxford-speedway.co.uk
From: kevin@meynell.com
To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"
Subject: Re: Grand Prix Qualifiers
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 15:36:58 +0100
Glenn,
>I just wonder if it is feasible to guarantee a spot for every rider who
>does not make the top 10 (except Wildcards) in the Grand Prix Challenge.
>Would it not be better to ensure some of these riders who are perennially
>in spots 19-22 to be eliminated from the GP Challenge?
For me, the problem is with the whole qualifying system rather than the
inclusion of certain riders in the GP Challenge. The current geographical
split means that many good riders don't have the opportunity to reach the
GP Challenge (whilst some poorer riders do), and the format of the GP
Challenge itself makes it easier for existing GP riders to re-qualify.
I've made such points several times in the past, and probably better to
direct people to an article I've written on the subject:
http://www.meynell.com/speedway-articles/wisc-v2.html
Regards,
Kevin Meynell
From: rowe.m@cableinet.co.uk
To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"
Subject: Wolves 49 Peterborough 41
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 23:05:57 +0100
Anthony Weaver is sending a full report with heat details etc. so I won't
duplicate. Amazing turnaround in this match, Wolves were trailing 30-36 at
the interval after heat 11, and it looked like match over. At that stage,
Peterborough had won 9 of the 11 races.
However, that old codger Sudden Sam showed once again why he is the greatest
rider outside of the Grand Prix (!) with a fantastic performance to win 3 of
the last 4 races, and Wolves took the last 4 heats 5-1, 5-1, 4-2, 5-1 to win
49-41.
Wolves
Ronnie 7+2 - Very subdued in his first 3 rides. Said he had dreadful bike
problems, having a cracked frame on one bike and an engine problem on his
second. Solution was to make one good bike out of the two, and he got paid
wins in heats 13 and 15...
Adam 7+1 - Great return from the "difficult" number 2 position... included a
win over Peter Karlsson in heat 6.
Jesper 7+3 - Good performance, teamed up with Sam for two 5-1's, many
expected him to get the nod in Heat 15 but this time Peter Adams chose
experience!
Sam 14 pts - 4 wins, a puncture while well clear in his first ride, and a
defeat by Peter Karlsson. Vintage stuff from Sam, superb performance.
Nicki 7 - Very erratic, looked to be trying too hard... redeemed himself by
a stunning gate and win from the dreadful gate 4 in heat 13.
Wayne 2 pts - Rode with more fire and determination, led heat 2 until
Woodifield executed a ruthless pass up the inside, the two riders squared up
after the race, and for a while it was real "hanbags at 10 paces" stuff with
Nigel Sadler also involved...
Roman 5+2 - Battling performance as ever, very likeable guy becoming a real
crowd favourite.
Peterborough
Ryan Sullivan 5 - Very quick win in heat 1 then did little right.
David Howe 7 - Good performance, won his last 2 including beating Nicki
Pedersen in his last
Sam Tesar 8 - strange night, 2 wins, 2 thirds...
Stefan Andersson 8+1 - Same again - good score I guess, surprise choice
ahead of Sullivan for the last.
Peter Karlsson - 9 from 5 - Surprised (but delighted) that he didn't score
more points. Conceded vital 5-1's to Wolves in heats 13 and 15, good on you
Peter, I didn't need the rotten fruit after all. :-)))
Nigel sadler - 0 from 3 - dreadful, two engine failures then nowhere, what
was he playing at?
Brett Woodifield - 4 from 5 - Faded badly after winning heat 2, surprising.
So there you go, track was dreadful after about halfway, with a blue line
appearing early on, there was some good racing, but gating was vital later
on.
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