the kraken awakes

myself and mr and mrs phoenix were in a car about 500 yards behind the accident and i totaly agree with you, it is so sad that a baby has been killed and it puts all our moans into perspective and if the time was spent sorting out the facts then so be it, the only thing that may have helped the situation is if we had been kept informed of what was happening and police could have done this useing cars loud hailer as it drove past but this is just a minor gripe

i heard a rumour that discussions were being held with a couple of riders that were wearing red and white striped race jackets COME ON YOU SAINTS

personaly i think the whole speedway world cup is a pile of s..t, what cretin thought it was a good idea that the third place team gets a second chance? if australia were not good enough to get into the top two out of four teams why the hell do they get a second chance

please be careful what you put on here because you will have the pc brigade on at you... please don't be nasty to little people i'm sure you mean't midges

would be nice to see you over here but am off out to purchase a crash helmet nice to hear your going to feed smiffy some healthy food but have you got a shed cos after cabbage and sprouts i would make him sleep there

smiffy's not aloud roasties anymore, he has to have plenty of brocolie and sprouts followed by a healthy yoghurt ....( god am i in trouble now )

after watching the under 15s going around the large track at smallbrooke i have to say i was impressed with there courage on what is a very daunting track and could well understand why all races bar the final was reduced to 3 laps, there were times last night when ithought that it was slightly unfair that 12 year olds were racing against 15 year olds, also i felt that 500cc bikes were too big for some and i think the australian idea is the corect one that no one under 16 is allowed on a 500cc bike. some very good racing and i believe the future of british speedway could be very good if this crop of riders is looked after and encouraged, sadly as they go through there teens some will have other ideas about what they want to do and should be allowed to follow there own paths of destiny, we should also allow for the fact that they are teenagers with there own upsets and tantrums, i am in my forties now but i can still recall what it was like being a teenager with all sorts of emotions spinning around in my head so this should be taken into acount when condeming someone for crying in the pits, also we should remember most of these riders read what is put on these forums.I would also like to add my congratualations to the promoters etc who put on a great evening of speedway.

but surely if promoters listened to the fans they would be involved in the drafting of rules, take for instance the tac rule which has already been mentioned,nobody seems to like it and most people last year were hoping it would be abolished or severly altered but alas no what happened it went up from 8 points to 9 points, blimey the promoters really listened to the fans then didnt they. i bet the same happens this year people have been moaning about it all season but i bet it will be back next season, trouble is being a good speedway supporter i will have already bought my season ticket for next year before the promoters meeting so it will be a case another season of like it or lump it

in the end tho fans will be involved in any decisions because they will decide with there feet by not turning up to meetings because they are fed up with the sport being destroyed by stupid rules such as the 9 point tac rule

i vaguely remember a rider quite a few decades ago now that road under a different name so his partents would'nt find out - any of you 'older gang' remember anything of that legend? D ont quote me but i think it was a kings lynn rider.

any chance of some pix of the old track at the shay please - my mate wants to show me some REAL BANKING!!