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100%. And as a watcher of Polish Speedway over the past few years, it gets even better when the crowds are filling the stadiums to capacity.. The racing seems to take on even more of an edge when tens of thousands of fans are either screaming out in adulation, or disgust at their riders.. This year there has been some cracking racing, and I think some fans just equate passing in races as a benchmark to their standard.. In Poland you seldom get one rider miles in front of everyone else given there is usually two decent world level heat leaders in most races, and many of the races have two seperate battles for 1st and 2nd and then 3rd and 4th, given the close nature of the standards of the riders.. You can have some great racing with no passing at all, eg cant remember which race the other day, but it ended 5-1 to Czestowocha but it looked like synchronised speedway with the Wroclaw riders riding five yards behind for virtually the whole of the race, trying to find a way through.. (Might have been Woffy and Chugunov?) The whole experience from the mechanics in club colours, the fans in club colour T shirts, through to the 2 mins use and start marshall/ref communication to align the riders straight and right up to the tapes, and then the racing itself, is truly light years ahead of what we have over here.. And that's no disrespect to British Speedway as that it the way it should be with the millions of PLN it attracts.. But to think what we see in the UK is better, I do have to say is pushing the boundaries of reality a little bit far..

The Madsen / Chugunov race has been put on Facebook in a couple of places and you’ve got people moaning about the track and saying they’ve seen better racing at Lakeside I honestly think some British fans just aren’t prepared to enjoy Polish speedway which is a pity for them. It’s not been brilliant but there has been the odd superb race and enough good ones to make it worth watching.

Not sure Belle Vue were dealing with gaming international .

Looks like Leicester have conceded they cannot run practice sessions. Stewart Dickson has said on Twitter "Saddened to see Leicester being put in lockdown for another 2 weeks but health always comes first. Guaranteed we will overcome this and will hear the noise of the bikes soon."

Football is multi billion-pound industry, that's why. Speedway isn't close to being a fraction of that.

So was I. I recall a few Poole fans leaving half way through. Had the P taken out of them rotten for missing the biggest comeback since Lazarus.

Did a sterling service at many tracks for a lot of years. One of his great feats was building Romfords track from scratch in a couple of weeks! He was still helping out in the late 90's when Dingle Brown ran Mildenhall! He must surely have been in his 90's when he passed away?

If the Govt are serious about this they will prevent Leicester City playing (@ the Kingpower as a minimum). If they don't do that then I would think it ok for Speedway practices to continue. (I also think that if they allow football to continue it gives anyone in Leicester who chooses to ignore the new restrictions 'an excuse')

Agreed things seem to be very slow but Swindon Promoters should stick at it same as Belle Vue did, I think it took them about 10 or 11 years and look what they have achieved so it can be done.

And from what I saw yesterday Drabik and Janowski had as much straight line speed as Madsen. There does appear to be a 'Karlsson corridor' at Czestowocha, coming out of the second turn and he seems to use it better than anyone.. Down, it seems to me, to the way he can ride the whole bend tighter than other riders, at a speed similar to his opponents who are using the wider arc nearer the fence... He then manages to get his wheels in line without locking up, and scrubbing speed off, even on such a tight line.. And he does this at most tracks.. He isn't going faster (sideways) than his opponents I would suggest, but he is just taking the shortest route, and gets the rewards exiting the bends, which at World level racing pace takes some doing..

Trouble is the UK don’t, I have no idea of the other leagues in Sweden and Denmark. If everyone got excluded for any movement before the tapes going up it would stop it everywhere.

Most of the top men are trying to get one over on the opposition without breaking rules( whatever they are in Speedway).I was always suspicious of Hancock ,but Greg is such a nice guy he wouldn’t cheat!!!!

If his bikes are checked at every GP's and in the League what can be your suspicion ? Some riders are better than others, they have better bike control.

The best in all sports create jealousy for there talent. Without proof its all hot air.

Send James Sargeant over to Poland for intense training

The professional approach to running speedway coupled with the status that the sport holds in Poland means its light years ahead of the UK. It also kind of proves that the way the sport is run and portrayed is more important than the actual racing. The people in charge could see the potential the sport had and are forward thinking and have successfully built on the large attendance figures from the communist era. Sadly with the exception of one or two promotions the UK weren't looking forward to build on the standing the sport had here in the 70s and early 80s. To coin an old game show catch phrase 'look at what you could have one'

Quiet right, difference is, she didn't roll over and let the f***ers win.

He can certainly generated from any part of the track.Hard to believe he can get away with illegal parts without being found out.Good to watch though great skills and bike handling in tight situations.

A classic in horrible Brandon conditions if I remember correctly. A real thriller.

We move on to round 4 next weekend with the SEC opening round sandwiched in between the Extraleague days.- Friday July 3rd lublin v Rybnik programme start time 4.30pm 1st race 5pm Eleven Sport 1 and Freesports(5pm) Friday July 3rd Gorzow v Czestochowa programme start time 7.15pm 1st race 7.30pm Eleven sport 1 and Premier sport 1 ( 7.30pm) Saturday July 4th SEC 1st round Torun start time 4pm live on Eurosport 2 Sunday July 5th Wroclaw v Zielona Gora programme start time 3pm 1st race 3.30pm N sport and Premier sport 2 (3.30pm) Sunday July 5th Grudziadz v Leszno programme start time 5.45pm 1st race 6.15pm N sport and Premier sport 2 (delayed ) 1am Monday

He’s out of his depth. IMO.

I'm too pink apparently.

I wen't to see a faith healer with a group of friends, but he was that rubbish, even the bloke in the wheelchair got up & walked out.

IMO riders are already screwing speedway all over the world . sure , the fancy parts they use all cost more than the factory parts .i do believe that the bikes dont run great when they come out of the factory . riders have had a good time over the last few decades regarding points money and signing on fees . now its time to give something back to all tracks that have given them a great life over their time in this great sport . thats the way i see it , like it or not .

Probably due to the choice of scunthorpe being the only other option available in the current situation , and as far as I know Leicester has been available for hire seven days a week for quite a few years now. Obviously not available if any pre arranged event has filled the date already.