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Got to say well done to Doyle too. GP win, he's now well established in the top bracket.

Great day for the Bomber ! Well done!

Who-hoo! Bomber fantastic!

Go Bomber!

Overall a good GP and a good indoor track. Fewer dangerous incidents than most GPs but particularly marred by the final. It did look to be a fast track so any incident even at the first bend is likely to be high speed , and to win races you needed to have a lot of power. Even great track craft isn't enough to compensate for lack of power. Wise words from Crumpie all the way through, and a generally good commentary. Nice one!

Yes! Just like Andy. I always had a lot of respect for Andy....obviously a talented and hard-working rider but had mysterious lapses of form....as does Bomber. He deserves congratulations in making it through a tough qualifying series.

I'd have been happy to outgate them! My claim to fame is that I ran into Chris Morton when he locked up in front of me. I shut off, and he cleared off to win the race! That's what made them better than average....they come out on top.

When I was racing grasstrack in the 70s, it always struck me that PC, Chris Morton etc, whilst bad gaters in speedway,, were generally at the first bend ahead of us ! In those days 16 riders in a heat was not uncommon, made for congested first bends too!

[ It was indeed Anders Michanek. Thanks for confirmation. Nice to see Anders looking well, just surprised he still has long hair!

Was that Anders Michanek presenting the trophy?

Harris' form is perplexing, to say the least. But then take a look at some of the others too. Zagar (mixed tonight), Andersen (poor in the GP challenge, but back on form tonight), etc. Perhaps the schedule is just too much?

Well Done, Bomber! The Challenge is an extremely difficult meeting and over the years has caught out many top-notch riders, including some of our most popular National heroes (I'm thinking of Mark Loram here). Bomber himself has had his share of falling at this hurdle, too. Kildemand and others are now finding it tough, despite their other successes. And I seem to recall that Darcy Ward had to be given a wild card for 2014 after not making it through the 2013 Challenge? Yes, a while ago Andy Smith was a master of it, perhaps proving that experience is a most important element. Congratulations too to Jason Doyle, a useful addition to the GPs for 2015.

Having followed speedway and grass track for about 50 years, done several years in grass track racing as a young man, and seen how people progress, I totally agree thatBritish speedway needs to either become self contained, or move on to a set up similar to the European countries. Bigger tracks, out of town, rather than the compromised greyhound stadiums, may mean different investment, perhaps fewer clubs, but can be made entertaining. In fact now is a time for bringing grasstrack and speedway closer together. Neither the Bspa nor the ACU are very credible organisations, but the ACU is at least more open. I really hope they will take a lead.

With so much focus on the manager, I think the team that GB put out did their best, and qualifying for the final was the key achievement. If that was down to the manager he deserves credit. Perhaps next time there will be other riders who have gained the right sort of experience to make selection more complex, but for KL it was a good team. And for the final, you'd surely want riders who at least have already shown they are ready for International GP standard racing.

Ok thanks. There seems to be a girl of the same name now involved in cycle racing...any idea if it is the same Nynke?