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5/16/2016 7:11pm
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Racing in Grand Prix 193 of 194 in GP series history three time champ and American legend Greg Hancock chases another medal at 45 years old. He finished strong last year and scored 10 points at round 1 in Slovenia to start off this year.. With the full cast healthy and hungry the racing will be tough.
http://speedwaygp.com/rider/greg-hancock
There will be over 50,000 fans in the biggest stadium in Poland and it it will be supercharged atmosphere for round 2.
Hopefully the track will shape up to provide some good racing. With great action on the track and some rock n roll in between races the Polish fans love speedway and their racers. Three of the eleven Gp's will be held in Poland.
Along with the cast of former world champions this GP will include four young Polish racers who are all under 21 champions, three are regulars in the series plus the wild card entry for this round.
Slovenia GP highlights, Nicki claims he has no complaints about the hard racing. He is tough and races hard.
http://speedwaygp.com/news/article/4836/video-krsko-highlight-reel
Racing in Grand Prix 193 of 194 in GP series history three time champ and American legend Greg Hancock chases another medal at 45 years old. He finished strong last year and scored 10 points at round 1 in Slovenia to start off this year.. With the full cast healthy and hungry the racing will be tough.
http://speedwaygp.com/rider/greg-hancock
There will be over 50,000 fans in the biggest stadium in Poland and it it will be supercharged atmosphere for round 2.
Hopefully the track will shape up to provide some good racing. With great action on the track and some rock n roll in between races the Polish fans love speedway and their racers. Three of the eleven Gp's will be held in Poland.
Along with the cast of former world champions this GP will include four young Polish racers who are all under 21 champions, three are regulars in the series plus the wild card entry for this round.
Slovenia GP highlights, Nicki claims he has no complaints about the hard racing. He is tough and races hard.
http://speedwaygp.com/news/article/4836/video-krsko-highlight-reel
So the link on my firestick.,see if it hooks me up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUfhUYtfDZU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf1i_oOUv4Q
The Shop
Thought Greg was going to get him one,the heat he won from blue was kil er.
I bet the crowd noise in that place is deafening.
In handicap racing Cook would start on the 50 yard line and rip around the outside in the dirt close to the wall until he was in the lead and then pull it down to the inside sometimes riding with one wheel inside the pipe.
Polish final.
http://speedwaygp.com/news/article/4876/video-warsaw-final-replay
Track looks primo.
http://www.speedwaygp.com/
Greg got away with one,shame he couldn't make the final.
And what's up with #3? Dude is crazy,kept checking his hair in the mirror.
Mrs. #3 Helen Huttman
https://www.google.com/search?q=helene+h%C3%BCttmann&biw=1280&bih=602&t…
Pit Row
the Greg thing goes back to 2004 Prague GP where this happened:
I was at this GP but the memories of this incident are a bit hazy as there had been a 90 minute rain break in the middle where the beer tent was hit hard
and the more recent incident Block is talking about is this one from Swedish league racing last year where he basically pulled the same move:
https://youtu.be/8_CpuipYZ_A
the most respected clothesline in speedway
and he is an all round great guy as well
Quite the Arsehole, Pedersen seems to be. But, a very successful one. He and Hancock present a remarkable contrast.
Every year when I go to Europe, I hook up with my Danish relo's, and, generally take my 2 young Nieces to the MXDN and / or a few GPs. I love that they so enjoy spending time with their weird old Aussie 'Uncle', though it's becoming ever more stressful as both are tall, beautiful blondes, and I really get pissed off with a lot of blokes hitting on them....
Anyway, the girls / their parents are complete Motorcycle freaks - but, even being compatriots of him, and admiring his sporting achievements, they all are less than 'fans' of his. They regard him as a nasty bastard., and, I've seen the girls scolded for using , what I assume were rather rude, Danish words when referring to him.
SGP has realized the benefits of allowing a bit of 'drama' within the meetings, for a long time - giving the riders / teams a fair bit of leeway when it comes to scuffles with each other / argueing with officials - in other forms of the sport, you'd be in deep shit of you verbally abused an official for a decision you thought was wrong, or, so much as laid a hand on another rider.. But, it seems to work, and good will seems to be prevalent, much of the time.
It's a wildly intense sport, with a fair amount of contact, be it accidental, or deliberate. Hancock is the Gentleman / Elder statesman of the sport - a true great, well up there with any in Motorsport.
When this thread started, I knew Gollob's Steel Shoe would get here, He's a bit more unique than the usual MX 'Fan Boy' we get. Look up Gollob - a fantastic rider
Pederson is definitely a dick! Youtube is full of people getting the shits and wanting to punch on with him.
This Aussie wildcard wasn't gonna let him get away with riding like a knob ache haha
sounds like those trips to see your family are fun ...do you ever get to a Danish speedway track? Their programs for the kids are second to none......good to know that some of them see it with Pedersen as well though..... I was very surprised when the crowd boo'd Woffinden last night after what was clearly Nicki's fault........ I blame Ole Olsen for the way Nicki is, as it was him who took him under his wing and taught him the dark arts
I was impressed with Masters that day Jemcee ....... most guys in their first GP would get walked over by the likes of Pedersen.....same old move again though eh? ....There is shutting the door & there is being a dangerous twat............. nice to see Leigh Adams in that clip - he was pure class on track
It's also been rumbling between Matej Zagar & Pedersen for the last few years
and as for Gollob (the man who is ready for retirement) ..... this is him trying to break down the team riding of Woffinden & Milik in Polish League Racing.....he is a wizard!
that would have been a good experience and well supported.... I know the hard work that goes into the tours and the good feeling .... what tracks did you ride? .....Rye House, Mildenhall & Peterborough are my local tracks
do you still race?
I've got to a couple of Danish races - don't ask me what track(s), I just follow my relo's around, and enjoy myself. A few in Poland, which, one got a bit hairy. It seemed a little bit of the nastiness that is present at their football games, was spilling over into speedway one night. Made the mistake of going to a football game near Lodz once - shizer, that was bloody tribal, in the extreme, Never, Ever again.
The Ole' Olsen you mention - the Speedway rider, or the Rally rider.? Met the Speedway one quite a few times, decades ago, as the promoter of Liverpool Speedway here in OZ, Mike. Raymond, who's son I made frames for, was heavily involved in BMX, and, Ole' went to quite a few BMX races with the Raymonds . The Rally Rider one, I got to know with the Wynns Safari / Australia Safari, as I worked at the Acerbis importers, and he glomed onto us there. Leaving his 'swedish princess' behind to rule the roost / drive us mad with her behavior, whilst he did the Safari. He was / is, somewhat of a raconteur.
Have to get around to my brothers place to watch this weekends SGP - he has a Ginormous TV / Movie room, He and his wife are quite fanatical about Speedway, watch it all the time, and record the events for me to see, whilst draining their Bourbon stocks and eating them out of house and home. It's weird with those two, they love Speedway, but despise SX, describing it as a bouncy, bouncy, bouncy, jump , jump jump bounce bounce wank fest. It's hard to argue against that, at times, but I don't see why it doesn't appeal to them beyond that. - can't get them to recognize the skills and bravery of the riders - family, can be unfathomable. .
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