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2000 North American Archive of International Speedway
Message Section
July 29, 2000
From: jangrainger@bigpond.com
To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"
Subject: Re: Mail digest
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 07:34:40 +1000
Like you Lee, I must be missing something here, ?????
Regards, Jan
From: jangrainger@bigpond.com
To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"
Subject: Re: Wiggy
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 09:59:31 +1000
Ray, Magne Hvilen was kind enough to give me an e-mail address for Simon
swigg@hotmail.com. I have already sent a message to him on behalf of the
Gosford Speedway Competitors & Supporters Club. He is a very popular
person in Australia and it would be nice if everyone could remind him just
how special he is.
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> From: ray.blackwell@libertysurf.co.uk
> To: Internet Speedway Fan Club List
> Subject: Wiggy
> Date: Thursday, July 27, 2000 9:49 PM
>
> Would it be possible via the riders on the list Jan, Jason etc. for us
all
> to put some short mails together and ask someone to pass on to Simon our
> very best wishes for whatever the future hol$s for him and let him know
> that
> the whole of the speedway world are thinking of him and praying that
just
> for once a miracle might occur. That way his privacy is respected.
>
> Ray Blackwell
From: johnlowe@callnetuk.com
To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"
Subject: Match report: Edinburgh 57 Glasgow 34
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 04:33:45 +0100
Edinburgh Monarchs 57: Glasgow Tigers 34
Premier League
Lothian Arena, Armadale
Friday 28th July 2000
Edinburgh secured arguably their easiest home win of the season over a
dismal Glasgow side who had been expected to run things close. Edinburgh
were sharper out of the gate throughout the meeting and also managed to
produce passes when required. Les Collins and James Grieves were good value
for Glasgow but had no real support apart from a late flurry from Rusty
Harrison. Edinburgh outclassed Glasgow in all departments, particularly at
second string.
Edinburgh were at full strength with Kevin Little returning after injury
while Glasgow also had James Grieves back although he was far from being
fully fit. Mark Courtney and Rusty Harrison made their Armadale debuts
although in Harrison's case this was delayed until heat 9 as he was late
arriving at the meeting.
The match somehow escaped the heavy rain that drenched the neighbouring
area. There was nothing more than a few drops of rain and the track had to
be watered throughout the meeting as the thunder rumbled on over Bathgate
and Livingston. The pre-match parade was dispensed with because of concern
about the weather.
Monarchs Captain Peter Carr lost the toss and gate position B operated with
Glasgow off gates 1 and 3 in heat 1.
Heat 1: Robert Eriksson, Les Collins, Blair Scott, Aidan Collins [57.3]
Robert Eriksson made the gate from trap two with Les Collins breathing down
his neck. Blair Scott made a good start to sweep around Aidan Collins to
secure third place. Les kept up the pressure throughout but Robert Eriksson
made no mistake to win.
(4-2) (4-2)
Heat 2: Christian Henry, Will Beveridge [62.1]
Glasgow went with one rider in the absence of Harrison. Will Beveridge made
the start while Christian Henry just managed to cut off Scott Courtney's
outside sweep from gate 4 at the second bend. Courtney spun at that point
and was unable to get his bike going again and retired. Beveridge fell on
the third bend but restarted to take second place.
(5-0) (9-2)
Heat 3: Peter Carr, James Grieves, Emiliano Sanchez [Awarded]
James Grieves made the start and repulsed an early outside challenge from
Ross Brady before Peter Carr took over and passed Grieves on the inside and
pulled away. Ross Brady appeared to be taking an easy third place ahead of
the sluggish Sanchez but fell on the third band of the third lap collecting
Sanchez. The race was stopped and awarded with Brady excluded.
(3-3) (12-5)
Heat 4: Kevin Little, Mark Courtney, Christian Henry, Scott Courtney [58.9]
Mark Courtney made a start and did not appear to be a rider who had never
ridden the track before. Kevin Little gave chase and after probing on the
inside he eventually produced a great outside pass off the fourth bend.
Christian Henry held off the challenge from the lively Scott Courtney.
Henry made a slip on the last bend but recovered while Courtney fell trying
to capitalize.
(4-2) (16-7)
Heat 5: Peter Carr, Ross Brady, Les Collins, Aidan Collins [57.6]
Peter Carr gated ahead of Ross Brady and Les Collins. Carr allowed Brady to
catch him and then team rode to keep Les at the back.
(5-1) (21-8)
Heat 6: Robert Eriksson, Blair Scott, Mark Courtney, Scott Courtney [58.7]
Scott Courtney replaced the absent Harrison as a reserve change. Robert
Eriksson started well and led Mark Courtney and Blair Scott through the
second bend. Blair Scott was not content with third place and continued to
press eventually passed Mark on the home straight. The match was rapidly
turning into a walkover.
(5-1) (26-9)
Heat 7: James Grieves, Kevin Little, Will Beveridge, Emiliano Sanchez [59.1]
James Grieves made a great second bend and held off a determined challenge
from Kevin Little to record a first heat victory. Will Beveridge took an
easy third place ahead of Sanchez.
(3-3) (29-12)
Heat 8: Blair Scott, Les Collins, Christian Henry, Aidan Collins [58.9]
A surprising tactical move saw Les Collins introduced as a golden double
tactical substitute for Scott Courtney without replacing Aidan. Blair Scott
and Christian Henry made the start ahead of Aidan. Les soon made the ground
up and was past Aidan and also rounded Henry early on the second lap. Blair
was flying by this stage and Les was unable to make any real impression.
(4-4) (33-16)
Heat 9: Peter Carr, Ross Brady, Mark Courtney, Rusty Harrison [58.9]
Rusty Harrison had now arrived and came out to join Mark Courtney. Carr and
Brady gated once more although Carr pulled ahead leaving Ross to fend for
himself. There followed a fascinating duel between Mark Courtney and Ross
Brady with Mark riding the white line and Ross around the outside. Ross
managed to hold on for another maximum.
(5-1) (38-17)
Heat 10: Blair Scott, James Grieves, Robert Eriksson, Emiliano Sanchez [58.6]
James Grieves produced a brilliant second bend to lead Scott and Eriksson.
Grieves withstood an inside surge from Eriksson and an outside attempt by
Scott. Blair continued to press and swept past Grieves on the outside of
the back straight to the biggest cheer of the night.
(4-2) (42-19)
Heat 11: Kevin Little, Les Collins, Rusty Harrison, Will Beveridge [58.9]
Rusty Harrison replaced Aidan Collins as a reserve change. Kevin Little
came up with a great ride to defeat Les Collins. Will Beveridge fell and
restarted while last.
(3-3) (45-22)
Heat 12: Peter Carr, James Grieves, Christian Henry, Rusty Harrison [57.8]
James Grieves produced another start but Peter Carr gave chase and
eventually edged ahead on the second lap. Christian Henry stayed ahead of
his fellow countryman Rusty Harrison.
(4-2) (49-24)
Heat 13: Robert Eriksson, Les Collins, Kevin Little, Mark Courtney [58.8]
Eriksson and Little gated pursued by Les Collins. Eriksson pulled ahead to
win easily but the battle for second went all the way to the line as Little
held off Collins until Les finally passed on the last bend and withstood a
surge by Little to take the decision.
(4-2) (53-26)
Heat 14: James Grieves, Rusty Harrison, Ross Brady, Christian Henry [59.3]
James Grieves came in as a tactical substitute and Rusty Harrison as a
reserve change for Glasgow. Christian Henry came in as a reserve change for
Will Beveridge. For once the Glasgow pair made the start and held on for a
first heat advantage to give the score a degree of respectability.
(1-5) (54-31)
Heat 15: Robert Eriksson, Les Collins, James Grieves, Blair Scott [58.8]
Peter Carr sat out the last heat after his engine started making expensive
noises. Blair Scott got the nod to join Robert Eriksson to face Collins and
Grieves. Robert Eriksson didn't make the best start from gate 1 but took
James Grieves wide on the second bend to put him out of contention.
Eriksson then passed Les Collins on the outside of the third bend to lead.
Blair Scott just failed to get past Grieves on the second bend but had to
settle for last place.
(3-3) (57-34)
Edinburgh Monarchs
Robert Eriksson 3 3 1 3 3 13
Blair Scott 1 2* 3 3 0 9+1
Peter Carr 3 3 3 3 12
Ross Brady X 2* 2* 1 5+2
Kevin Little 3 2 3 1 9
Will Beveridge 2* 1* 0 3+2
Christian Henry 3 1 1 1 0 6
Glasgow Tigers
Les Collins 2 1 4 2 2 2 13
Aidan Collins 0 0 0 0
James Grieves 2 3 2 2 3 1 13+1
Emiliano Sanchez 1* 0 0 1+1
Mark Courtney 2 1 1 0 4
Rusty Harrison N 0 1* 0 2* 3+2
Scott Courtney R F 0 0
Peter Carr wasn't troubled unduly in his four rides. Robert Eriksson
produced four heat wins but was headed by James Grieves in heat 10. Kevin
Little also had a good meeting losing out to Grieves in heat 7 and Collins
on the line in heat 13.
Ross Brady had a mixed meeting. He fell when easily holding third in his
first ride and missed the start to take third in his last ride. Between
these two he produced a couple of paid wins behind Peter Carr. Blair Scott
was the star of the show despite finishing behind Les Collins in the
opening heat and running last in the nominated heat. He held off Les
Collins in the key 'golden double' challenge in heat 8 and passed Mark
Courtney and James Grieves in his other two rides.
Christian Henry looked very assured scoring in every ride bar his last.
Will Beveridge is still finding the Armadale track a handful and fell twice
in his three rides but was still paid for five points.
Les Collins and James Grieves saved Glasgow from an 'Exeter' type score
with some determined riding. Les was not making starts and failed to win a
heat. James did well considering he was probably not fully fit and was
unable to ride his preferred small track bike. Mark Courtney found the
going tough and only beat Christian Henry of the home riders.
It was at second string that Glasgow really suffered. The only point scored
by the pair of them was gifted to Sanchez by Ross Brady's heat 3 fall and
exclusion. Rusty Harrison made up for his late arrival with a couple of
good rides. Scott Courtney failed to score.
Man of the match: Peter Carr
Most exciting rider: Blair Scott
Next home meeting: v Newport, Premier League, Armadale on Friday 4th August
2000
John Lowe
http://johnlowe.net
Edinburgh Monarchs Official Website
http://www.edinburghmonarchs.org.uk/
From: sboz@vtown.com.au
To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"
Subject: Late Oz tips
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 19:41:21 +1000
Theres still a few OZ GP comp. tipsters to send in their =
predictions.........
Karl Proctor
Tim Wilde
Karen Buffey
Martin Coleman
Rainbow
Phil Mackay
Brendon Mackay
Trevor Boyd
Jonathan Birkert
Mick Ibbotson
Mr. Ensville
Jeff Povey
Nick Goodman
Nick Dyer
Cheers,
Peter Henderson
Gold Coast, Queensland
'Speedway Bikes of Oz'
http://plhenderson.tripod.com/index.htm
From: marianb@amedec.amg.gda.pl
To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"
Subject: 29.07.2000, Coventry, Grand Prix of Great Britain
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 23:11:41 +0200 (MET DST)
Heat winner runner-up third fourth
1: Lee Richardson Ryan Sullivan Brian Karger M.Karlsson - G
2: C.Stonehewer Martin Dugard Antonin Kasper Peter Karlsson
3: Jimmy Nilsen Greg Hancock Brian Andersen John Jorgensen
4: Joe Screen H.Gustafsson Andy Smith Todd Wiltshire
5: Todd Wiltshire Peter Karlsson Brian Andersen Brian Karger
6: M.Karlsson Antonin Kasper Andy Smith John Jorgensen
7: Martin Dugard H.Gustafsson Jimmy Nilsen Lee Richardson
8: Ryan Sullivan Greg Hancock C.Stonehewer Joe Screen
9: Todd Wiltshire Jimmy Nilsen Antonin Kasper Joe Screen
10: Peter Karlsson M.Karlsson C.Stonehewer Lee Richardson
11: Martin Dugard Greg Hancock T.Rickardsson Stefan Danno
12: Ryan Sullivan Jason Crump H.Gustafsson Billy Hamill
13: M.Karlsson Todd Wiltshire Jason Lyons Chris Louis
14: Mark Loram Leigh Adams Peter Karlsson Jimmy Nilsen
15: T.Rickardsson Jason Lyons Jimmy Nilsen B.Hamill - F
16: Peter Karlsson Chris Louis Stefan Danno H.Gustafss - X
17: Leigh Adams Jason Crump Martin Dugard M.Karlsson
18: Ryan Sullivan Mark Loram Greg Hancock T.Wiltshir - F
19: Martin Dugard T.Rickardsson Chris Louis Todd Wiltshire
20: Jason Lyons Greg Hancock M.Karlsson Peter Karlsson
21: Martin Dugard Mark Loram Greg Hancock Leigh Adams
22: Ryan Sullivan Jason Lyons T.Rickardsson J.Crump - X
23: Leigh Adams T.Rickardsson Greg Hancock Jason Crump
24: Martin Dugard Ryan Sullivan Mark Loram Jason Lyons
Final standings
Pos No Rider GP Classic scoring
1 23 Martin Dugard GBR 25 2331333
2 8 Ryan Sullivan AUS 20 233332
3 16 Mark Loram GBR 18 3221
4 28 Jason Lyons AUS 16 12320
5 5 Leigh Adams AUS 15 2303
6 1 Tony Rickardsson SWE 14 13212
7 7 Greg Hancock USA 12 2221211
8 6 Jason Crump AUS 10 22X0
9 10 Chris Louis GBR 8 021
10 12 Mikael Karlsson SWE 8 G32301
11 19 Peter Karlsson SWE 7 023130
12 21 Todd Wiltshire AUS 7 0332F0
13 3 Jimmy Nilsen SWE 6 31201
14 9 Stefan Danno SWE 6 01
15 11 Billy Hamill USA 5 0F
16 15 Henrik Gustafsson SWE 5 221X
17 13 Carl Stonehewer GBR 4 311
18 18 Antonin Kasper CZE 4 121
19 4 Joe Screen GBR 3 300
20 24 Lee Richardson GBR 3 300
21 17 Andy Smith GBR 2 11
22 20 Brian Andersen DEN 2 11
23 14 Brian Karger DEN 1 10
24 25 John Jorgensen POL 1 00
Current standings
Pos Rider 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tot.
1 16 Mark Loram GBR 20 20 15 18 73
2 1 Tony Rickardsson SWE 14 16 25 14 69
3 11 Billy Hamill USA 25 6 20 5 56
4 6 Jason Crump AUS 5 25 12 10 52
5 10 Chris Louis GBR 18 7 18 8 51
6 8 Ryan Sullivan AUS 8 12 8 20 48
7 21 Todd Wiltshire AUS 16 18 7 7 48
8 5 Leigh Adams AUS 6 10 16 15 47
9 2 Tomasz Gollob POL 15 14 14 - 43
10 3 Jimmy Nilsen SWE 6 15 5 6 32
11 7 Greg Hancock USA 7 5 7 12 31
12 12 Mikael Karlsson SWE 12 7 4 8 31
13 13 Carl Stonehewer GBR 10 8 3 4 25
14 23 Martin Dugard GBR - - - 25 25
15 9 Stefan Danno SWE 3 4 10 6 23
16 18 Antonin Kasper CZE 7 6 5 4 22
17 19 Peter Karlsson SWE 3 2 8 7 20
18 4 Joe Screen GBR 5 5 6 3 19
19 15 Henrik Gustafsson SWE 8 4 2 5 19
20 28 Jason Lyons AUS - - - 16 16
21 14 Brian Karger DEN 2 3 4 1 10
22 22 Rafal Dobrucki POL 4 3 3 - 10
23 20 Brian Andersen DEN 4 2 1 2 9
24 24 Rune Holta NOR - 8 - - 8
25 17 Andy Smith GBR 2 1 1 2 6
26 24 Sebastian Ulamek POL - - 6 - 6
27 24 Lee Richardson GBR - - - 3 3
28 23 Piotr Protasiewicz POL - - 2 - 2
29 23 Nicki Pedersen DEN - 1 - - 1
30 23 Michal Makovsky CZE 1 - - - 1
31 24 Bohumil Brhel CZE 1 - - - 1
32 25 John Jorgensen POL - - - 1 1
Pos Rider 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tot.
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