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Just wondering if I could get your thoughts on a project I'm working on for my MA radio degree, I'm currently in the research phase of producing an audio documentary series about speedway, The idea is to create 15-minute episodes covering different topics (Eg. History, current landscape in Britain, a team profile (Probably Belle Vue.. etc) It would be great to know what you all think of this idea, what direction would be appealing to you and whether you feel there is an audience for this on a mainstream level?

Yes, it's based in ACU House, Wood Street, Rugby

That's a matter of opinion

Great to see Laguta back he actually looks more focused now than ever, i hope he qualifies for the GP series in 2020 .For me at his best he is a top eight rider and he would add more quality to the series.

Smith has not progressed in the last couple of seasons ,can’t see what he is complaining about.

KWOCZALA, Stefan Born: June 15, 1934, Czestochowa, Poland. The second Pole to join Leicester under a scheme where the Polish authorities allowed riders to race in Britain for a year to gain experience of the smaller tracks, Stefan had the difficult job of replacing the hugely popular Marian Kaiser at Blackbird Road. He was a member of the Wlokniarz club in his home city and had won the Polish Championship in 1959, joining the ‘Hunters’ the following spring. He was a robust and sometimes wild rider who upset some opponents with his hard charging tactics but proved to be a popular member of the side with the fans at his home track. He not only filled the spot left by Kaiser admirably, he actually outscored his fellow countryman with a series of fantastic displays which saw him among the top 20 riders in the league. His official debut came at Ipswich in a National Trophy match in May and Stefan showed what was to come by scoring twelve, paid 13, from six rides. Although he was never to score a maximum for the ‘Hunters’, Stefan was in double figures in over half of his league and cup matches and ended the season with a superb average of 8.22 points per match to finish as second heat leader behind Ken McKinlay. He also worked his way through the qualifying rounds of the World Championship to reach the Wembley final, joining his compatriots Kaiser and Henryk Zyto in the event. Stefan proved to be the best of his countrymen that night, scoring eight points to finish the evening in a creditable seventh place, the best effort yet by a Pole in the competition. As with the rest of the Polish riders of the time, he was only allowed one season of racing in Britain and returned to ride in his domestic league in 1961. Sadly, he suffered serious head injuries in a track crash in May of that year and, although he made a recovery, the injury effectively spelled the end of his career. Year Club Division M R P BP TP CMA FM PM 1960 Leicester NL 19 90 172 13 185 8.22 - - Individual Honours: World finalist 1960 (7th), Polish Champion 1959. International Honours: Polish international – 3 caps, 16 points.

You can block as many as you like , I'm sure you and your numerous alias can have a conversation with each other

I Fart in your general direction.

I think Gavan's only connection to speedway is his Uncle chucking a few quid into the Hackney pits at Mark Loram, (I'm sure he's mentioned it once or twice!) I'd say when Mark retired he developed a weird obsession with Poole speedway.

And there was me thinking I would never come across a worse fake,, liar and cheat than my ex wife,,, you really have surpassed yourself. Come on mods grow some and sort it out

A panthers fan????? So you are a lyimg troll then,,, only the other day you were a witches fan,,, even says so on your bio. See that's the problem when you have so many alias,,, you can't remember who you are on what thread. If the mods had any savvy about them,, they would block all your alias,,, unfortunately they don't seem to do anyrhing

Yeah, Dick Barrie announced it during the parade. I assume it wasn’t removed as Kev Doolan has been at 2 for most of the season.

Unbelievable you really are , up the bandits

Thought he was well in the action in the World U/21 on Friday.He is well above NL standard

Damn,,, we must be the same person then

Really

Well I have reported u. Expect a ban.

We went with a Brit in Kyle. He scored zero. We should have gone with Jonny foreigner and won by a bigger margin! I believe that all Premiership teams should have 2 young Brits in the reserve berth who stay there for the whole season, regardless of what they score. It was a terrible call to drop this a couple of years ago and should be reinstated for next season, should there be a top league.

No, I got the general idea of your posts after reading 5 or 6. I will use reading all your posts as a punishment for my kids if they don't eat there vegetables.

I am supprised (ok maybe not) and disapointed that Speedway GB have not got a good write up on there site today along with a few pictures and maybe a short video excerpt of the meeting, after all this could be the way forward and save the day for this great sport we call SPEEDWAY.

And I thought you were going to raise a downside......

Not saying it would cover all costs but would go some way to help pay for them... Maybe also give 200 tickets to the away club for each match, to sell only from their ticket office at a tenner a pop? Even if only 100 get taken up its another grand, and 100 away fans stood together would bring a bit of tribalism and atmosphere to the sport which is sadly lacking at present.. Local derbies against traditional rivals would get a good couple of hundred I would think most times if charged a tenner which would deliver a real intense atmosphere that other team sports generate..

Why was the Elite never the Elite .. the only problem was that people never understood the name or what Elite was suppose to mean ..We been over this a million times the Elite meant top division likes does in all the other sports when the names used . We have a local snooker league where the top division is called the Elite because it has best teams in Swindon it does not have Ronnie and Judd trump in it thou .

this is definitely the way forward. And we need to stop worrying about riders' earnings - they can only earn what can be afforded to pay them. So what if big names are lost- generally i find the lower down the leagues the more interesting the racing anyway. Don't worry about shortages of riders - they said that in '68 and '69 about Div 2 and lo and behold there was plenty - quite a few of whom went on to be top internationals.