Post by stevebrum on Aug 16, 2005 1:28:10 GMT
Wolverhampton Wolves V Oxford Silver Machine ELB 15/08/05
With this becoming the first leg of the B fixture it was hoped for a big lead. Henka Gustafsson was ruled out thru injury whilst both reserves Tobias Kroner and new signing Pawel Staszek were missing.
If there was a match for the taking then this was it.
WOLVES 45
1.FREDRIK LINDGREN 2 2 1 n/f = 5
2.KRZYSTOF PECYNA 1* 1* 1 0 = 3+2
3.STEVE JOHNSTON 0 0 1 2* = 3+1
4.DAVID HOWE 3 2 3 2* 2 = 12+1
5.MARK LORAM(g) 2 ex 2 2 = 6
6.MAGNUS KARLSSON 3 1* 1 = 5+1
7.RONNIE CORREY 1 2mins 3 1 3 3 0 = 11
OXFORD 45
1.GREG HANCOCK 3 3 3 1 1 = 11
2.rider replacement
3.TRAVIS McGOWAN 1* 2* 2 3 1 = 9+2
4.NIELS K IVERSEN 2 1 3 2* f = 8+1
5.BILLY HAMILL 3 3 2 3 3 = 14
6.JAMIE COURTNEY 0 0 0 0 1 = 1
7.LUBOS TOMICEK 0 2 0 0 e/f = 2
Heat1.hancock,LINDGREN,PECYNA,tomicek(r/r). 58.36 3-3
Wolves off gates 1 and 3. Hancock gates and spread out from that point.
Heat2.KARLSSON,tomicek,CORREY,courtney. 59.39 4-2 / 7-5
courtney gates but hits trouble going into the 3rd bend, how the others miss him i dont know. from that point he goes to the back. Magnus gets away whilst ronnie tries to put tomicek under pressure but seems slow.
Heat3.HOWE,iversen,mcgowan,JOHNSTON. 57.69 3-3 / 10-8
iversen gates but david comes under 2nd bend lap 1. Johno way off the pace at the back. mcgowan follows closely behind iversen the whole race. the crowd are already on johnos back.
Heat4.hamill,LORAM,KARLSSON,tomicek. 57.80 3-3 / 13-11
correy gets excluded under 2 minutes. magnus in. hamill gates with magnus 2nd. loram comes round magnus 4th bend and chases after hamill. he closes in on him and going into last lap goes wide for the big cut back off the 2nd bend and pulls right up to hamill but bottles out taking the challenge to the 3rd bend.
Heat5.hancock,HOWE,iversen(r/r),JOHNSTON. 57.62 2-4 / 15-15
both oxford boys gate. howe goes wide 3rd/4th bend and cuts under iversen in a sweet move. Johno again way off the pace.
Heat6.hamill,LINDGREN,PECYNA,courtney. 57.54 3-3 / 18-18
hamill gates. freddie challenges dow the back straight but spreads out after that.
Heat7.Re-run.iversen,mcgowan,KARLSSON,LORAM(ex). 58.42 1-5 / 19-23
magnus gates with loram making a stinker of one. loram charges under mcgowan going into 2nd lap, looks clear contact whilst mcgowan is sent sprawling into the fence. On the replay it does look like mcgowan came in on loram but cant fault the decision really.
In the re-run magnus makes a super gate of 4 right across the oxford pair. however iversen comes under him on the 4th bend, mcgowan does the same with a similar move same bend 3rd lap. oh dear.
Heat8.CORREY,mcgowan(r/r),PECYNA,tomicek. 58.10 4-2/ 23-25
mcgowan gates but ronnie comes under him down the back straight. tomicek is there as well and takes mcgowan to wide on the 3rd bend - this allows Krzys thru into 2nd - were on a 5-1! Mcgowan gets by Krzys lap 2 turn 4 goes wide and cuts under. mcgowan looks really fast.
Heat9.HOWE,hamill,JOHNSTON,courtney. 56.81 4-2 / 27-27
hamill gates but david cuts under him goin into the 3rd bend - an awesome move. david wins in the fastest time so far. johno manages to beat a conference reserve, he was in the mix on the 1st bend but got caught up in the melee.
Heat10.mcgowan,iversen,LINDGREN,PECYNA. 57.81 1-5 / 28-32
oxford pair gate, freddie manages a nice cut under iversen on the 2nd lap 4th bend, however iversen repays the compliment a lap later to re-take. oh dear(part 2).
Heat11.hancock,LORAM,CORREY,tomicek. 58.06 3-3 / 31-35
hancock gates and loram pushes him for a lap but thats as good as it gets. tomicek has an blown engine not much after the start.
Heat12.CORREY,JOHNSTON,mcgowan,courtney. 58.16 5-1 / 36-36
Wolves pair gate!! nice ride by ronnie to take mcgowan wide whilst down the back straight ronnie moves ahead which leaves johno in 2nd. the crowd holds it breath whilst johno hangs on to 2nd in a crucial and much needed 5-1. To be fair johno rode a pretty smart race ensuring mcgowan couldnt built his speed up.
Heat13.hamill,LORAM,hancock,LINDGREN(n/f). 56.59 2-4 / 38-40
Oxford gate (stop me if ive said this before) and hamill is allowed to get away.freddie gets into trouble on 3rd bend and retires. loram gets by hancock out of 4th bend 2nd lap but cant get by hamill.
Heat14.CORREY,HOWE,courtney,iversen(f). 58.15 5-1 / 43-41
iversen gates and for a lap it looks good for the visitors. however iversen comes down on 2nd bend 2nd lap. david was given quite a shove from iversen on the 1st bend and is at the back which means he has to set off after courtney. the young courtney is riding above himself as david waits for him to make a mistake.
He goes wide into the 2nd bend 3rd lap and david nips under. its a neat 5-1 and were ahead.
Heat15.hamill,HOWE,hancock,CORREY. 57.02 2-4 / 45-45
howe has earned his nomination but ronnie has an appearrance and why loram was left out ive no idea.
H&H gate but david pulls up alongside both of them down the back straight - hamill just about gets away whilst david rides a fine race to beat the pressng hancock, and holds his nerve well.
RATINGS
WEATHER **** pleasant, warm nice evening.
TRACK CONDITIONS ** just one look and it didnt look to be a wolves track tonight. looked slick from the off.
ATTENDANCE ** a weazel of a crowd. thought there would be more with H and H in town.
ENTERTAINMENT ** seen better racing at the green, not its usual high standard of racing. some processional racing with few overtakes.
REFEREE(margaret vardy) *** not much to get wrong tonight really tho she did seem to miss hamills rollings starts.
WOLVES PEFORMANCE ** pretty inept. a 2 rider team.
FREDDIE ** didnt seem comfortable all night.
KRZYS ** only beat the reserves all night
JOHNO * his saving grace was heat 12 so hes lucky to get 1 star.
DAVID ***** coming of age, very assured and determined. thank god we have him at the moment.
MARK LORAM ** no wins and 1 decent ride isnt what we expect from a number one rider.
MAGNUS *** good to see him back on the pace and more competetive. what happened in heat 7 i dont know tho.
RONNIE **** nearly 5 but looked lacking in heat 2 made up for it with being in 4 of our 5 heat advantages.
MAN OF THE MATCH - only 2 to pick from but on another assured and confident performance and lacking a real heat leader, step forward DAVID HOWE. cometh the hour, cometh the man.
happy reading.
Steve Hodgkinson
With this becoming the first leg of the B fixture it was hoped for a big lead. Henka Gustafsson was ruled out thru injury whilst both reserves Tobias Kroner and new signing Pawel Staszek were missing.
If there was a match for the taking then this was it.
WOLVES 45
1.FREDRIK LINDGREN 2 2 1 n/f = 5
2.KRZYSTOF PECYNA 1* 1* 1 0 = 3+2
3.STEVE JOHNSTON 0 0 1 2* = 3+1
4.DAVID HOWE 3 2 3 2* 2 = 12+1
5.MARK LORAM(g) 2 ex 2 2 = 6
6.MAGNUS KARLSSON 3 1* 1 = 5+1
7.RONNIE CORREY 1 2mins 3 1 3 3 0 = 11
OXFORD 45
1.GREG HANCOCK 3 3 3 1 1 = 11
2.rider replacement
3.TRAVIS McGOWAN 1* 2* 2 3 1 = 9+2
4.NIELS K IVERSEN 2 1 3 2* f = 8+1
5.BILLY HAMILL 3 3 2 3 3 = 14
6.JAMIE COURTNEY 0 0 0 0 1 = 1
7.LUBOS TOMICEK 0 2 0 0 e/f = 2
Heat1.hancock,LINDGREN,PECYNA,tomicek(r/r). 58.36 3-3
Wolves off gates 1 and 3. Hancock gates and spread out from that point.
Heat2.KARLSSON,tomicek,CORREY,courtney. 59.39 4-2 / 7-5
courtney gates but hits trouble going into the 3rd bend, how the others miss him i dont know. from that point he goes to the back. Magnus gets away whilst ronnie tries to put tomicek under pressure but seems slow.
Heat3.HOWE,iversen,mcgowan,JOHNSTON. 57.69 3-3 / 10-8
iversen gates but david comes under 2nd bend lap 1. Johno way off the pace at the back. mcgowan follows closely behind iversen the whole race. the crowd are already on johnos back.
Heat4.hamill,LORAM,KARLSSON,tomicek. 57.80 3-3 / 13-11
correy gets excluded under 2 minutes. magnus in. hamill gates with magnus 2nd. loram comes round magnus 4th bend and chases after hamill. he closes in on him and going into last lap goes wide for the big cut back off the 2nd bend and pulls right up to hamill but bottles out taking the challenge to the 3rd bend.
Heat5.hancock,HOWE,iversen(r/r),JOHNSTON. 57.62 2-4 / 15-15
both oxford boys gate. howe goes wide 3rd/4th bend and cuts under iversen in a sweet move. Johno again way off the pace.
Heat6.hamill,LINDGREN,PECYNA,courtney. 57.54 3-3 / 18-18
hamill gates. freddie challenges dow the back straight but spreads out after that.
Heat7.Re-run.iversen,mcgowan,KARLSSON,LORAM(ex). 58.42 1-5 / 19-23
magnus gates with loram making a stinker of one. loram charges under mcgowan going into 2nd lap, looks clear contact whilst mcgowan is sent sprawling into the fence. On the replay it does look like mcgowan came in on loram but cant fault the decision really.
In the re-run magnus makes a super gate of 4 right across the oxford pair. however iversen comes under him on the 4th bend, mcgowan does the same with a similar move same bend 3rd lap. oh dear.
Heat8.CORREY,mcgowan(r/r),PECYNA,tomicek. 58.10 4-2/ 23-25
mcgowan gates but ronnie comes under him down the back straight. tomicek is there as well and takes mcgowan to wide on the 3rd bend - this allows Krzys thru into 2nd - were on a 5-1! Mcgowan gets by Krzys lap 2 turn 4 goes wide and cuts under. mcgowan looks really fast.
Heat9.HOWE,hamill,JOHNSTON,courtney. 56.81 4-2 / 27-27
hamill gates but david cuts under him goin into the 3rd bend - an awesome move. david wins in the fastest time so far. johno manages to beat a conference reserve, he was in the mix on the 1st bend but got caught up in the melee.
Heat10.mcgowan,iversen,LINDGREN,PECYNA. 57.81 1-5 / 28-32
oxford pair gate, freddie manages a nice cut under iversen on the 2nd lap 4th bend, however iversen repays the compliment a lap later to re-take. oh dear(part 2).
Heat11.hancock,LORAM,CORREY,tomicek. 58.06 3-3 / 31-35
hancock gates and loram pushes him for a lap but thats as good as it gets. tomicek has an blown engine not much after the start.
Heat12.CORREY,JOHNSTON,mcgowan,courtney. 58.16 5-1 / 36-36
Wolves pair gate!! nice ride by ronnie to take mcgowan wide whilst down the back straight ronnie moves ahead which leaves johno in 2nd. the crowd holds it breath whilst johno hangs on to 2nd in a crucial and much needed 5-1. To be fair johno rode a pretty smart race ensuring mcgowan couldnt built his speed up.
Heat13.hamill,LORAM,hancock,LINDGREN(n/f). 56.59 2-4 / 38-40
Oxford gate (stop me if ive said this before) and hamill is allowed to get away.freddie gets into trouble on 3rd bend and retires. loram gets by hancock out of 4th bend 2nd lap but cant get by hamill.
Heat14.CORREY,HOWE,courtney,iversen(f). 58.15 5-1 / 43-41
iversen gates and for a lap it looks good for the visitors. however iversen comes down on 2nd bend 2nd lap. david was given quite a shove from iversen on the 1st bend and is at the back which means he has to set off after courtney. the young courtney is riding above himself as david waits for him to make a mistake.
He goes wide into the 2nd bend 3rd lap and david nips under. its a neat 5-1 and were ahead.
Heat15.hamill,HOWE,hancock,CORREY. 57.02 2-4 / 45-45
howe has earned his nomination but ronnie has an appearrance and why loram was left out ive no idea.
H&H gate but david pulls up alongside both of them down the back straight - hamill just about gets away whilst david rides a fine race to beat the pressng hancock, and holds his nerve well.
RATINGS
WEATHER **** pleasant, warm nice evening.
TRACK CONDITIONS ** just one look and it didnt look to be a wolves track tonight. looked slick from the off.
ATTENDANCE ** a weazel of a crowd. thought there would be more with H and H in town.
ENTERTAINMENT ** seen better racing at the green, not its usual high standard of racing. some processional racing with few overtakes.
REFEREE(margaret vardy) *** not much to get wrong tonight really tho she did seem to miss hamills rollings starts.
WOLVES PEFORMANCE ** pretty inept. a 2 rider team.
FREDDIE ** didnt seem comfortable all night.
KRZYS ** only beat the reserves all night
JOHNO * his saving grace was heat 12 so hes lucky to get 1 star.
DAVID ***** coming of age, very assured and determined. thank god we have him at the moment.
MARK LORAM ** no wins and 1 decent ride isnt what we expect from a number one rider.
MAGNUS *** good to see him back on the pace and more competetive. what happened in heat 7 i dont know tho.
RONNIE **** nearly 5 but looked lacking in heat 2 made up for it with being in 4 of our 5 heat advantages.
MAN OF THE MATCH - only 2 to pick from but on another assured and confident performance and lacking a real heat leader, step forward DAVID HOWE. cometh the hour, cometh the man.
happy reading.
Steve Hodgkinson
