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Hi Chris , if you are interested I would be willing to pick you up from Peterborough train station and take you back there after meeting(s) at the showground . I don't want anything for this just trying to get you some speedway action , if you are interested please pm me and we can get something sorted.

Tungate i know he has a high average but you would of thought Kings Lynn or Ipswich ( has a history with C.L?) would sign him.Last year at the NSS he was so exciting to watch and did a great job so i was very surprised Belle Vue let him go.I actually think there could be a little more to come from Rohan because on his day he is a superb rider. Lidsey i believe will swap places with Wells eventually and end up in the top 5 and he could well average 6. - 6.50 he is a real prospect.

He's busy ATM , having new boxes made with Briggo on them , to fit a Nippondenso rev limiter into

Like for like swap, as in there was nothing to get excited about when Burnett signed and no change now.

Maybe you will not be able to hear it.

You can say what you want about me i could not care less sticks/stones !!!! But the truth is you are the most disliked bloke on the forum.

No offence but i feel both of these riders are filling a place that could / should have been given to a newcomer. Both riders have been around for years and achieved beggar all. Even a new 2.00 who didn't score anything would be learning for the future, both these riders "best" days are behind them.

I think we all appreciate you "coming to the fore" again THJ..thanks for explaining what your proposals were and how they were affected. (For those that are still trying to work it out..."LLP" stands for "Limited Liability Partnership" unless I stand corrected ? . Go wikipedia it. Cheers

Hi Tony, I've just sent Martin my question via your editorial email address. Regards

It's really complex but basically to hold competitions off road events have to be exempt from the road traffic acts/regulations. This can only be achieved if the events are run under the regulations of a recognised organisation with the appropriate affiliations, the link below may help a little. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1371/made

Let’s get the team announced first before we worry about Poor sound quality

Sorry for my bad explanation. By Lions 1 & 2, I meant they were the British TEAM representatives in NAME only. Most importantly, they are the two teams whose HOME matches would be raced on UK tracks. What I am NOT suggesting is that they should comprise only British riders. That obviously wouldn't make them competitive. The two Lions teams would be made up of riders of various nationalities, as are current British, Polish and Swedish league teams. So Hancock, Woffy, Lindback, etc, could possibly ride for one of the Lions teams.

At tonight’s REF quiz it was announced that the first home meeting of 2019 will be the Elite Shield against Kings Lynn on Thursday 11 April. There will also be a meeting the following week on Good Friday morning. Press day date to be announced in due course.

And refreshing to see someone spelling his bloody name correctly!!!

Seems that Stoke are looking for another rider as they have just realised that Paul Burnett fractured his leg over a month ago before they announced his signing. Thought it was very strange that they announced his signing while he was laid up with a bad fracture. Anyway, they've finally caught on and issued this statement.... STOKE’S pre-season injury jinx has struck for a second season with Paul Burnett being ruled out due to breaking his leg in an accident at work. Potters promoter Dave Tattum commented “It was great knowing we had our team in place and then I had a phone call off Paul informing us that he’d been injured at work. We then waited a little while awaiting outcomes from the hospital and Paul has now had to have an external fixator fitted to his leg resulting in there being no chance of him being fit to race by the start of the season. All of us here at Stoke send our best wishes for a speedy recovery to Paul.”

From a personal point of view, I don't think expanding the coverage would stop anyone from buying the magazine as long as it stays true to it's 'Golden Era' of the 70s. There will always be new angles to take with riders previously interviewed. As far as the 90s goes It would certainly be interesting to hear about the riders / promoters views regarding the dawning of the GP era and emerging riders of the time (Crump, Rickardson, Loram, Adams etc)

It's not a competition! Most people make a mixture of positive and negative views depending the teams situation. But yours all seem to be negative lately. Good to see a positive one. Also I am happy with the team selection so I don't need to moan

But - and this is the crux of it from our viewpoint - would extending coverage into the 90s STOP you from buying Backtrack? Whilst ever my finances are buoyant I will continue to buy Backtrack. A survey of your readers will presumably provide all the answers.

Neither are yours all you do is moan.

You really ought to get out more all you ever seem to do is attack other peoples post especially mine funny old world enjoy your evening

Just asked and embarrassingly you are correct but West Allotment and Shiremoor were two separate pit villages when I was a kid. They now seem to have melded into one... A conglomeration of brick built shoe boxes where even putting them on concrete rafts didn't work... 19 properties were pulled down and "as new" as the properties are the place looks like a 8h1t-hole to me... Also I should take more notice of the kids when they are talking to me... lol Regards THJ

a nice quiet chap . still got a picture somewhere of him in his blu n white Big C jumper . often seen him @ Cockermouth car boot .still looked the same as he did way back . a truley stand out supporter . RIP big fella .

Made in Ampshire or maybe Wattford ?

That sounds terrible imagine regular speedway on regular nights during the summer, even worse if it was first week of May until end of August, all those dreadful nice warm evenings with reduced threat of rain and the whole of September reserved for Play Offs, Cup finals etc. Thankfully everyone will see sense and run erratically, enjoy the Easter weekend washout and embrace the rush of fixtures before the cut off dates / freezing their toes off watching the season wimper out in late October.

Sounds like a comment re Peter Collins... he could not gate for toffee....but think how much fabulous racing we saw simply because he could not gate !!!