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2000 North American Archive of International Speedway
Message Section
May 6, 2000
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).
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* Jonas Holmqvist E-mail: nikulin@hotmail.com *
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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.
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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 kevin@meynell.com
To: speedway@egroups.com
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
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.
From: marianb@amedec.amg.gda.pl
To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"
Subject: 06.05.2000, Praha CZE, Grand Prix of Czech Republik
Date: Sat, 6 May 2000 22:17:02 +0200 (MET DST)
Heat winner runner-up third fourth
1: 16 Mark Loram 9 Stefan Danno 17 Andy Smith 24 Bohumil Brhel
2: 18 Antonin Kasper 15 H.Gustafsson 10 Chris Louis 23 M.Makovsky
3: 11 Billy Hamill 19 Peter Karlsson 22 Rafal Dobrucki 14 Brian Karger
4: 21 Todd Wiltshire 13 C.Stonehewer 12 M.Karlsson 20 Brian Andersen
5: 22 Rafal Dobrucki 20 Brian Andersen 17 Andy Smith 23 M.Makovsky
6: 10 Chris Louis 12 M.Karlsson 14 Brian Karger 24 Bohumil Brhel
7: 13 C.Stonehewer 11 Billy Hamill 16 Mark Loram 15 H.Gustafsson
8: 18 Antonin Kasper 21 Todd Wiltshire 19 Peter Karlsson 9 Stefan Danno
9: 12 M.Karlsson 16 Mark Loram 22 Rafal Dobrucki 9 Stefan Danno
10: 15 H.Gustafsson 10 Chris Louis 20 Brian Andersen 19 Peter Karlsson
11: 13 C.Stonehewer 21 Todd Wiltshire 8 Ryan Sullivan 1 T.Rickards - X
12: 2 Tomasz Gollob 11 Billy Hamill 7 Greg Hancock 18 Antonin Kasper
13: 10 Chris Louis 12 M.Karlsson 3 Jimmy Nilsen 6 Jason Crump
14: 16 Mark Loram 15 H.Gustafsson 5 Leigh Adams 4 Joe Screen
15: 18 Antonin Kasper 8 Ryan Sullivan 3 Jimmy Nilsen 4 Joe Screen
16: 7 Greg Hancock 1 T.Rickardsson 5 Leigh Adams 6 Jason Crump
17: 11 Billy Hamill 13 C.Stonehewer 15 H.Gustafsson 10 Chris Louis
18: 16 Mark Loram 12 M.Karlsson 21 Todd Wiltshire 2 Tomasz Gollob
19: 2 Tomasz Gollob 1 T.Rickardsson 15 H.Gustafsson 18 Antonin Kasper
20: 21 Todd Wiltshire 10 Chris Louis 8 Ryan Sullivan 7 Greg Hancock
21: 10 Chris Louis 11 Billy Hamill 2 Tomasz Gollob 12 M.Karlsson
22: 21 Todd Wiltshire 16 Mark Loram 1 T.Rickardsson 13 C.Stonehewer
23: 2 Tomasz Gollob 1 T.Rickardsson 12 M.Karlsson 13 C.Stonehewer
24: 11 Billy Hamill 16 Mark Loram 10 Chris Louis 21 Todd Wiltshire
Final and current GP standings
Pos No Rider GP Classic scoring
1 11 Billy Hamill USA 25 322323
2 16 Mark Loram GBR 20 3123322
3 10 Chris Louis GBR 18 13230231
4 21 Todd Wiltshire AUS 16 3221330
5 2 Tomasz Gollob POL 15 30313
6 1 Tony Rickardsson SWE 14 X2212
7 12 Mikael Karlsson SWE 12 1232201
8 13 Carl Stonehewer GBR 10 233200
9 8 Ryan Sullivan AUS 8 121
10 15 Henrik Gustafsson SWE 8 203211
11 7 Greg Hancock USA 7 130
12 18 Antonin Kasper CZE 7 33030
13 3 Jimmy Nilsen SWE 6 11
14 5 Leigh Adams AUS 6 11
15 4 Joe Screen GBR 5 00
16 6 Jason Crump AUS 5 00
17 20 Brian Andersen DEN 4 021
18 22 Rafal Dobrucki POL 4 131
19 9 Stefan Danno SWE 3 200
20 19 Peter Karlsson SWE 3 210
21 14 Brian Karger DEN 2 01
22 17 Andy Smith GBR 2 11
23 23 Michal Makovsky CZE 1 00
24 24 Bohumil Brhel CZE 1 00
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