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Hello dear readers!

I have not had much interest in the Speedway G.P.'s the last few years, but now I can hardly wait for the next round (even that I have to watch on tv) The answer is EMIL SAYFUTDINOV, the young Russian who has given speedway a much needed injection. What a speedway rider.... I don't know of anyone before that has had such an impact on the sport.

Right from the first of this years G.P.'s ( and Emil's first ever ) has he been the man to watch. That opening meeting, in Prague, would have been quick forgotten had it not been for Emil Sayfutdinov and Fredrik Lindgren. It was boring speedway, kind of "follow John", no passing .... The track was much too slick and easy to ride with just one line. The next two G.P.'s were much the same, Emil still shinning, but I don't know what happened to Fredrik, one meeting the young Swede is very good and then riding like a novice in the next.

Then came Ullevi, Gothenburg, at last some good racing with lots of overtaking, I think that you need more dirt on the track to provide for better racing, that plus one or two bumps in it opens up for passing and for riders mistake, that is what we need and what the crowd comes to see. Not just seeing riders finishing the way thay start. Parken, the stadium in Chopenhagen, again Sayfutdinov looked, to me, as the winner, in spite of yet another clash with local favorite and last years World Champ, Nicki Pedersen. The two had a dramatic crash at Gothenburg and now again here in Copenhagen, Pedersen both times being excluded.Unlucky for Emil he was excluded for touching the tapes in the semifinal.

I still thing that Ioana's favorite, Jason Crump will be crowned Champ at the end of the season, but for sure Sayfutdinov is going to win the title in the near future.

Everyone who has read my earlier letters knows my point regarding the system with riders being seeded in to the G.P. series; Next round is The Millennium Stadium in Cardiff and I understand that without any rider from the U.K. that meeting will not be the success it has proven to be since speedway was first run here. But none of the two English riders at present in the G.P.'s belong there; It's sad, but something has to be done regarding finding new speedway stars in the worlds finest speedway country. And please come back to the qualifying of riders if it is to be World Championship, not just a business.

Our trip to Sweden last week for the 50th birthday of my oldest son, Michael, was a great success and I got to see all my 8 children plus their families and friends. Of course it's always nice to come back to your "home town" the place you were born and brought up, and that's where Michael now lives, in "my" Tranas.

For this summer I plan, among other things, a motor bike ride to Bucharest, Romania, Ioana will, as always, travel by airplane. I also hope to be in Leszno, Poland, for the World Team Cup and maybe see one G.P. live.

Hope you will all enjoy your speedway and we wish everyone a nice summer.

Ove and Ioana.

Above: Ove with his beautiful wife Ioana