THE DEAN MACHINE

Well done Dan

Harris had belt failure, why does he use belts instead of chains, does anyone in the GP use belts ?

Maybe eurosport could give Greg Blair a go at commentating, he seems very natural doing it on BSN and on the podcasts he does he is very funny and well versed in speedway too , the other commentator on BSN is good too

I mentioned this last night to my Mrs while watching GP and she just said to me since I mentioned it last night she can’t unhear him saying um er now

Who is jack shimelt ?

You could include riders like Dave Jessup, who was a world beater but was let down by his own tuning in the big occasions, he would of thrived in a GP series, also tommy Knudsen

The reliance on tuners shouldn't even be a thing in speedway but it’s the riders who drive it that way, Doyle is riding as hard as ever but clearly his bikes are not going forward the way he wants, woffinden is a fantastic tactical aware rider but imo talks it now but doesn't walk it anymore, you never lose talent and he has bags of it but you do lose belief in yourself and I think that’s where he is now ,in the vojens GP he visibly did a first corner where he waited for the other 3 to get their positions and he was last as a result, that’s not the body language of someone who really wants it, not undermining the other 3 but he should of walked his last qualifying race last night but only got 2nd cause of an engine failure, I also don’t understand woffinden and madsen talking who good they are going to be next year, it’s like they don’t care about this years championship, woffinden especially as he might not even qualify but he knows he will get a wild card pick

Congratulations zmarzlik, he is a class above everyone else around at the moment, hope laguta back next year too

Watched last nights meeting, first time I’ve watched speedway from Armadale in over 10 or so years, couldn’t believe how spaced out the riders were for such a small track, might be rose tinted glasses but I never remember the racing being so processional back in the day, Armadale was one of my favourite tracks in the 90s, loved racing there and always thought the racing was close

Scott nicholls in the star this week saying because of the wheel spin you can’t expect a tyre (any tyre) to do 5 races especially round Peterborough, now where have seen this said before ? But does he go on to talk about a solution to the problem ?

Firstly the change to engines isn’t going to solve speedway’s problems but they are problems that speedway has and need sorting,2nd the engines the riders use in England are not the same as the engines used in Poland, so to have 2 sets of bikes already happens

I have had absolute beginners who have never rode a bike buy a cheap bike off me and say things like I need to change the backend to a straight one cause all the top riders use them

Yes heavier flywheels would help, you could put lower lift cams in to achieve less revs, there are many things that could be done, it’s simple to make an engine Rev less it’s making it work at less revs that is the key

When I pitch the idea of restricting the revs to 10,000 or even 9000 all I get is the bike won’t work at that revs etc, I agree no it won’t but they are coming from the wrong perspective to solve the issue, it’s proven the sport works perfectly fine at lower revs, so the bikes need to change to adapt back to that level, you can’t expect it to happen overnight, it won’t, testing needs to be done, riders would adapt within a meeting or 2, they are versatile they can ride pretty much any bike with any power application, so no issue there, you may find riders reverting back to long stroke but I’m sure most would just adapt a short stroke, you can’t just limit the modern engine at 10,000 revs, it would be dangerous, the power band of the engine has to be lower, so as the riders and tuners aim for that optimum power rather than having it restricted before it hits that optimum power, the advantages of a much lower rev power are easier to ride engines, less engine wear, less tyre wear, less track wear, bikes ride better in wet, tracks don’t need to be as slick, speeds would be the same, team riding could again become easier than it is now, ultimately engine costs after the transition would be less, no brainier for me but I and others have been banging this drum for a while now and it’s completely ignored, the sport just plunders on, going from catastrophe to catastrophe like the current tyre one, yes Godfrey must take some responsibility for the anlas deal but as I said in an earlier post, we are currently doing a 60 second burnout 5 times a night and any tyre no matter who makes it will disintegrate

One thing that does annoy me is the number 8 rule, Lublin this year and Wroclaw in the past plus some others doing it this year ,every rider named in the team should be made to have 2 rides at least, there is no need to have a number 8 and if you have to have one he should only be able to take R/R rides not just put him in when someone isn’t performing

Poland are as concerned as we are about the bikes getting more expensive, more specialised, it’s just not needed, as with 95% of bike mods in speedway over the last 30years we have multiplied the cost x5 to achieve absolutely nothing, same speed same racing if not worse, it’s not worth it, the cost is ultimately passed on to the fans and we don’t care about what bike it is, i am the biggest speedway bike geek out there, I have many of them, all ages and love messing with engines but it’s a def no no from me

Interesting on the magazine programme tonight they are having a discussion on Leon madsen new karger ignition system, imo yet more unneeded expense in the sport

Anyone who watched gorzow v Lublin tonight it was my previous post case in point perfectly, a dreadful meeting with not one pass after the 1st corner in 15 heats but a near full stadium and a win for Gorzow, every single person in that stadium would of had a brilliant fan experience, the atmosphere was amazing and the fans loving it, even the Lublin fans were chanting and adding to the atmosphere, although the tv can never catch the live experience it did capture some but for tv viewers it was a hard watch, with only the fact that it was a final keeping the interest

That’s a blow to Lublin, 12 points is a big ask for a 4 man team, what has happened to drabik? He has been dreadful last couple of meetings

Lublin are simply running out of riders to chip in with points

Ref was probably watching the drone footage that we were when tapes went up

Almost impossible to pass tonight

cierniak had a flyer then and got away with it

Tough one but ultimately correct decision

Torun rider deliberately stopped down there to get rerun for his partner