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2000 North American Archive of International Speedway
Message Section
July 13, 2000
From: jangrainger@bigpond.com
To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"
Subject: Re: The way forward ???
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 09:03:55 +1000
Steve, I too was interested in your thoughts about speedway. It is my
opinion that in Australia we still run our speedways more on a social level
than business level. Maybe David Tapp will change that. I believe we will
always go around in circles (to use your words). You see, Australia is
such a wonderful country, with many, many opportunities for young people to
become involved in all types of sports and to get kids interested in
speedway is no mean feat and if you don’t have juniors to nuture you don’t
have depth in future speedway. I think our biggest blow to the sport was
the untimely death of Roy Thomsen who was not only a great supporters of
juniors but a great administrator and referee. When you lose someone of
his calibre the sport loses direction. Also, gone are the days when one
could turn up at a track with a second hand JAP and still be competitive.
The costs today and limited sponsorship probably see a lot of talented
riders sitting on the hill. Oh, and one more thing......I don’t remember
too many ego’s around the pits during the hey days of speedway. Anyhow,
that’s how I see it. Come on Glenn, your Aussie thoughts please.
From: tony@fortframes.cz
To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"
Subject: RE: Czech Team for Czestochowa
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 08:50:09 +0200
Thilo, foreign licence makes no problem. In team championship the passport
decides. Remember Lukas's elder brother Ales who had German licence as well
and rode in the Team final last year. Also for example Simon Wigg, Todd
Witshire or Marvyn Cox used to ride with foreign licence but they weren't
allowed to represent the country which issued the licence in the team
championship.
If I know this rule was broken only once - at Ljubljana, Slovenia in 1994.
Vladimir Visvader and Gaspar Forgac rode for Slovakia in group C of the
team championship although they had Czech passports (both of them have
Slovak nationality but have lived in Czech Pardubice for many years). But
no of the FIM officials didn't mention the fact. :-)
Regards
Tony Skach
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Poedmit: Re: Czech Team for Czestochowa
> Lukas Dryml.
No problem for him as he is riding with a german licence ?
Thilo
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From: sboz@vtown.com.au
To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"
Subject: Sulli's slant
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 20:58:02 +1000
Howdy all,
'Speedway Bikes of Oz' is now able to present a weekly =
column from Ryan Sullivan via the pages of the 'Evening Telegraph' from =
Peterborough. The latest issue can be seen from the 'Whats New' page of =
the web site.
Also Jason Crump features weekly courtesy of the 'Gold Coast Bulletin' =
on the Site.
Cheers,
Peter Henderson
Gold Coast, Queensland
'Speedway Bikes of Oz'
http://plhenderson.tripod.com/index.htm
From: abronisz@alpha.net.pl
To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"
Subject: Re: Sam Ermolenko
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 15:18:32 +0200
----- Original Message -----
From: Ruth.Lawton@uce.ac.uk
> According to local news last night Sam is out for 6 - 8 weeks
So he's gonna miss "Inter" final? If so that would be one of the biggest
losses this season. Sam has been in a brilliant condidtions, he would have
been able to qualify so easily...
> Ruth
Andrzej Bronisz
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From: schult@speedway.org
To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"
Subject: Re: Sam Ermolenko
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 18:17:08 +0200
I think, Sam can be start in Holstedt.
Claudia
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Ruth.Lawton@uce.ac.uk
>
>> According to local news last night Sam is out for 6 - 8 weeks
>
>So he's gonna miss "Inter" final? If so that would be one of the biggest
>losses this season. Sam has been in a brilliant condidtions, he would have
>been able to qualify so easily...
>
>> Ruth
>
>Andrzej Bronisz
>abronisz@alpha.net.pl
>
>"Only Hans Nielsen is good enough"
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From: Ruth.Lawton@uce.ac.uk
To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"
Subject: Sammo Ermolenko
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 17:46:39 +0100
According to Sam he will be back for the intercontinental!! It may not be as
bad as he first thought (ie a month out rather than 6 - 8 weeks)
Jason Bunyan though looks to be out for the season.
So, do we think CVS will be ringing Mikael Karlsson and asking him if he
wants a brief slot in the Wolves team?
Ruth Lawton
From: schult@speedway.org
To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"
Subject: Jason Bunyan
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 18:56:31 +0200
Jasons operation was all good, the leg was broken in 4 places, but it has
been mended very good, Jason has recovered from the drugs and is much
happier. He will ride again next year on Grasstrack, but Speedway he is not
sure yet.
Claudia
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From: drowe@coventry-speedway.freeserve.co.uk
To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re:_=5Bspeedwayweb=5D_Coventry-Belle_Vue-situation=B4s?=
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 18:51:46 +0100
>Hi all fans!
>
>Take a look on Coventry Bees websitepage:
>
>http://www.coventry-speedway.freeserve.co.uk/crazy.htm
>
>and read this opinion of what They called a CRAZY situation in SPEEDWAY of
Britain!
>
>Unless reading or what?
>
Not quite sure what the above line meant, Stephen, but the general point of
the page is that I'm a Coventry fan and so what other clubs get up to
doesn't really concern me - until it starts to have such an effect on the
club I support! I think we have been messed around more than any other team
by both the Jorgensen situation and the on-off-on-off-on-off again Cup tie,
not to mention now the row over us having to go there on the 21st without
Hamill & Hancock (what a great advert for the sport that is!), so whilst I
sympathise with Aces fans over what they've had to put up with this year,
and don't like to see the World's most famous club in this state, I just
wanted to set out what a mockery it is making of the sport. Entirely my
opinion - that page does not reflect official Coventry policy (although
Colin Pratt might feel that way!) - but if it provokes discussion, then
fine!
Cheers,
Dave.
drowe@coventry-speedway.freeserve.co.uk
From: dave.love@btinternet.com
To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"
Subject: Ipswich 34 King's Lynn 58
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 22:57:58 +0100
Well, what can you say. The scoreline actually flattered the Witcehs, who
tumbled without fight to what can only be described as their worst ever home
defeat - made even worse because it was at the hands of King's Lynn.
Certainly the roles were well and truly reversed from a couple of years ago
when the Witches racked up big scores at Saddlebow Road. The main
difference between then and now is that the 1998 KL team was poor and didn't
expect to win, but still went out and gave their best against a rampant
Ipswich team. Tonight, the Witches were totally out-thought and out-raced.
Whether it was a reaction from Monday night, or whether it was just one of
those (K)nights, there can be no excuses, and I mean no excuses. The loss
of Lol Hare made no difference - he wouldn't have stopped the visitors going
into a 7-23 lead after 5 heats!
Chris Louis emerged with a little credit, but the rest were awful - well
and truly beaten by a King's Lynn team who showed what team spirit and
encouragement is all about, with every man performing at his best from top
to bottom line-up.
Scores:
Louis 2 2 4 3 2 3 16
Bunyan R/R (3+2)
Svab 0 1 1+ 1 1 4+1
Ferjan 1 0 1+ 0 1 1 4+1
Gollob 1 2 1 3 0 1 8
Doncaster 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
Hare 0 0 (withdrawn injured after one ride)
King's Lynn
Crump 3 3 3 1 10
McGowan 1 2+ 3 2+ 0 8+2
Boyce 3 1 2 2 8
Parker 2+ 3 0 3 8+1
Adams 3 3 2+ 3 2 13+1
ADryml 1 0 3 0 4
Madsen 3 2+ F 2+ 7+2
Highlights:
Heat 4: Magnificent ride by Madsen to burst under Gollob at the end of lap
one, and then race the Pole for a whole lap, enabling Adams to squeeze
through, before Gollob gave up and toddled round in third place with
Doncaster well, well behind.
Heat 7: Hard ride by Gollob to come under Boyce and take 2nd place - but
Parker was well ahead. 12-30 after this heat.
Heat 8: Witches first ever GDTS at home resulted in failure, with Louis
catching Ferjan after one lap :-) but struggling to pass Madsen who finally
fell on the third bend (lap 3 I think), probably trying just that bit too
hard. MCGowan was well away by then.
Interval - I took Terry H's push bike into the pits and volunteered to ride
in Red in Heat 9. Mike Smillie smiled, but Magda looked at me quite icily.
Heat 9: Dryml gates and is joined by Adams to team ride home ahead of Svab
and Ferjan.
Heat 10: Louis and Ferjan gate, but Louis doesn't team ride, and Ferjan is
passed by Boyce after a couple of laps.
Heat 13: Adams superb blast all the way round the outside of Louis and
Gollob from gate 4. Crump was at the back, but after three laps Gollob for
some reason decided to visit the fence on the second bend, got stuck in the
deep stuff and gave up (for once I sympathise with those of you on the list
who have complained about Gollob's attitude - see heat 15 for a good
example).
Heat 14: Madsen wraps up a fine night's work.
Heat 15: Nice gesture by Lynn to let McGowan take a nominated ride, and he
held third place behind Louis and Adams for a while, but then Gollob burst
under McGowan on the first bend, and the young Aussie found himself stuck in
the deep stuff by the fence. Did he give up? No, he showed superb control
and rode hard for the remainder of the race, even in last place. That, more
than anything, signified the difference between the two teams on the night.
Man of the Match - definitely Tom Madsen, who seems to really enjoy riding
at Ipswich, but closely followed by McGowan - another super prospect.
So Ipswich have condemned themselves to mid-table obscurity, and King's
Lynn look likely to go on to win their first ever Championship - and they
are riding as a genuine team, so should do it deservedly.
Ironically, the Witches, if they can get their act together, could push the
Knights in the elusive KO Cup 2nd Leg fixture ... but on tonight's evidence,
I shan't hold my breath.
Cheers,
Dave Love
PS: Fixture change on Thursday 20th, it's now Eastbourne the visitors to
Foxhall.
From: TACaddick@home.com
To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"
Subject: Sky Sports video?
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 18:30:46 -0400
Hello all,
Lurker de-cloaking off the starboard bough! My name is Andrew, and I'm an
ex-patriot Wolverhampton fan. Because I live in the speedway wilderness
known as the American Mid-West, and away from all the action, I tend not to
post to the list. However, I do enjoy reading the latest news, results and
banter between list members.
I am wondering if anyone has successfully viewed the Wolves v. Ipswich video
clip on the SkySports web site. Being able to see the lads in action from
this far afield would be absolutely tremendous, but I can't get it to work.
The video is in "Windows Media Player" format, and although I have the
player on my Mac (Yes, I have one of THOSE), it's not the most robust
performer. Why oh why can't they use "Quicktime"? That would make me a very
happy camper indeed.
I would be grateful if someone could check out the link to make sure it's
working and eliminate that as the problem.
The link for the page containing the video is:
http://www.sky.com/sports/video/index.htm#99
You'll need to scroll down a little and select the "Speedway" link. Hope it
works for you guys.
Cheers,
Andrew :-)
PS I would like to thank Mark Lawton for a "Bostin'" Wolverhampton Speedway
website. They should make it official! Your reporting Pi**es all over the E
& S (not too difficult really, is it?) Keep up the good work!
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