Speedway - A different kind of sport

[Warren Aspinall]

Looks like Billy 'the bullet' Hamill is back riding. Apparently he's in the US world cup team.

[Linus]

Looks like Billy 'the bullet' Hamill is back riding. Apparently he's in the US world cup team.

Yup, with Hamill & Hancock agreeing to ride this year, along with Ryan Fisher & Ricky Wells, they *should* have enough to make the televised rounds. *Should*.

[Warren Aspinall]

I went to the Brummies v Wolves meeting last night, the Brummies won 50 - 43. Birmingham look to have a solid team this year with Bjarne Pedersen, Josh Auty, Barker & King leading the way. Last night they threatened to annihilate Wolves & the final score was as close as they got, it has to be said though that apart from Lindgren & Woffy, Wolves look very poor.
       Brummies seem a decent punt for a playoff place this year.

[avfcpg]

I went to the Brummies v Wolves meeting last night, the Brummies won 50 - 43. Birmingham look to have a solid team this year with Bjarne Pedersen, Josh Auty, Barker & King leading the way. Last night they threatened to annihilate Wolves & the final score was as close as they got, it has to be said though that apart from Lindgren & Woffy, Wolves look very poor.
       Brummies seem a decent punt for a playoff place this year.

Saw Wolves vs Poole...looked pretty poor I agree although early days yet. How did Bjarne ride for you? He was much loved down at Poole for many years and didn't let us down too often...top bloke and top rider. Never quite got into that "top" bracket on a consistent basis, but wasn't far off..

[avfcpg]

1st GP looming...who do you fancy. First one difficult to call as always. I'll go for Holder, he's the only one I've seen as yet !!

[Warren Aspinall]

Crump to roar back to form for me. I'll go for Crump, Holder, Sayfutdinov & Harris as the 4 finalists.

Can't wait for it to start, i'll be bleary eyed at 4 in the morning.

Ladbrokes odds

                  
2012 New Zealand Grand Prix   
Jaroslaw Hampel   
9/2
Greg Hancock   
6/1
Tomasz Gollob   
6/1
Andreas Jonsson   
6/1
Jason Crump   
7/1
Chris Holder   
7/1
Emil Sayfutdinov   
8/1
Nicki Pedersen   
12/1
Kenneth Bjerre   
20/1
Fredrik Lindgren   
25/1
Hans Andersen   
40/1
Antonio Lindback   
40/1
Chris Harris   
50/1
Bjarne Pedersen   
66/1
Peter Ljung   
150/1
Jason Bunyan   
200/1

                       

[Warren Aspinall]

Well done Hancock, once again he rode consistently.

2012 SGP RIDER LINE UP
POS           RIDER                    PTS
1      #1   Greg Hancock            22
2      #3   Jaroslaw Hampel       18
3      #5   Tomasz Gollob           15
4      #10   Nicki Pedersen           13
5      #12   Antonio Lindback       13
6      #4   Jason Crump             12
7      #6   Emil Sayfutdinov         8
8      #9   Fredrik Lindgren         8
9      #13   Bjarne Pedersen         7
10      #15   Hans Andersen           6
11      #11   Chris Harris                 5
12      #2   Andreas Jonsson        4
13      #7   Kenneth Bjerre           4
14      #8   Chris Holder                4
15      #14   Peter Ljung                 4

[avfcpg]

Hancock yet again...fair play to the guy.
Lindback looks like getting back to the rider he once looked like he could have been before his err.... indiscretions & loss of form.
Hampel looked good, Holder was poor. The rest pretty much as I expected.

Was disappointed in the actual meeting itself. Huge track and pretty slick...

[Linus]

Coventry Bees looking fantastic so far this season - Poole on Friday, and I'm going to both...

[avfcpg]

Coventry Poole is always a cracker...Bees look solid this year. Should be a great meeting. 2 Home wins I reckon...

[avfcpg]

Great result for Poole this morning...such a shame Ward isn't in the GP's this year...he's pretty special...

[avfcpg]

BOOM !! GO Noddy. What a final....Holder was immense there....

[Warren Aspinall]

Yep cracking GP & a memorable final aswell. Glad Holder won as the young brigade can now take over.

standings.

2012 SGP RIDER LINE UP
POS           RIDER                  PTS
1      #3   Jaroslaw Hampel     33
2      #1   Greg Hancock          31
3      #5   Tomasz Gollob         31
4      #4   Jason Crump           24
5      #8   Chris Holder            23
6      #10   Nicki Pedersen        23
7      #2   Andreas Jonsson    17
8      #12   Antonio Lindback    17
9      #9   Fredrik Lindgren     16
10      #6   Emil Sayfutdinov     15
11      #7   Kenneth Bjerre       12
12      #15   Hans Andersen       11
13      #14   Peter Ljung             10
14      #13   Bjarne Pedersen     9
15      #11   Chris Harris             8

[Warren Aspinall]

Looking forward to tonight's GP, I'm going for Hampel to win here, he's in good form & will want to up the ante in the title stakes. Harris will bag his usual 5 pts & Lindback, Crump & Nicki Pedersen to complete the final line up.

[Warren Aspinall]

R.I.P Lee Richardson, died in a crash in Poland, will be sadly missed.

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