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Unless we get some rain offs in March and April, by May we will probably be out of BSN and KO Cup. I can see another short season looming.

I suppose I could of asked for more money but I didn’t really care, I just wanted to race speedway, the privilege of being part of a team was for me what speedway was all about, it always made me more determined to beat whoever it was if I knew they were on a good screw from their team, I think I was one of the lowest paid riders ever to race for 21 years but not only did I achieve my lifetime ambition I also did alright for myself so looking back what else could I ask for in life

Another interesting bit in the star about wages was Poland are trying to introduce a wage cap and if it gets in as an example Jason Doyle’s deal would of been deemed illegal along with a few others like vaculik , Thompsen and pawlicki’s and half of tarnow team

John Louis once told me that he gave up putting on second half "junior" races, because he was fed up with making phone calls, and the first questions was: "How much do you pay?" ... JL was 28 when he started riding speedway, and spent his first efforts just turning up and asking if he could get a ride, and still riding for nothing when he was asked back.

A bit like Len really, treat very shabbily.......

That seems to sensible for Speedway.

I always felt Speedway should have officially marked his contribution in some way - unless I missed it?

Not at Dan's level yet!!! Is what you mean... Who knows though.... Keep practicing and you never know.... Edit. I've just told my mate that Ouch was taking up Speedway and that he doesn't think he will be as good as Dan.. He said "Who the eff are Ouch and Dan, and what the eff is Speedway?".. See. Already you are at Dan's level...

The only silver lining to all this is it’s looking more likely that I can achieve my childhood dream of representing The Aces on track. I might not be at Dans level but who cares, right?

I'll correct that slightly and expand for those lesser officianados ...Drew Kemp Fair play to Drew over the Winter hes certainly put the hard yards in down in Argentina. Theres going to be "pay-off" this season for him and his team(s). Fairly sure he is on his way to Scunthorpe come May.

Facebook says yes. 12 to 3pm. Season ticket and merchandise sales / exchanges.

Max Fricke next.

If they ran Four Team Tournaments, and Ipswich do run, at least there will always be a spare team to provide those oh so important, vital, guests..... Not all bad news then eh?

I once asked Mike Bowden at Plymouth why he booked me for so many meetings as I lived over 200 miles away, he said because 1 you always do well here and 2 when I phone you you never ask how much am I getting paid

Looks like Northamptons a dead duck by the stock car announcements online. Come on it was never realistic or sense just to rush a team into Brafield, just to "plaster over" the Premiership problem. With nothing firm on Ipswich its looking like "gruel around the top table in 2026". A Four Team Tournament is whats left it seems.

A baffling comment that Matt Ford made in his SS interview was that Poland could pay riders half of what they do and the riders would still be very well paid.... Thus, by paying riders less it would reduce the gap between the UK salary and Poland's... Therefore, making the UK salary more attractive to some riders... Maybe just paying riders what you can afford to pay them, is the more simpler idea? And, if they don't want to ride for that money, ask someone else who will....

Well I wouldn’t go that far 😂 I had a go

Challenge or semi’s as i will call them are with these teams Group A Slovenia, Denmark, Ukraine and Norway Group B Czech Rep, France, Latvia and Sweden. No GB entry for the 2nd year running. just one meeting with the groups rides alternating between Group A and B. Meeting starts at 3pm local 2pm UK time.

A "proper s/way rider I witnessed many riders like yourself in 70's and 80's the bedrock of the sport now sadly long gone .

Once when my Star was late I asked whoever I spoke to (forget who), with toungue firmly in cheek "so as my copy hasn't arrived yet can you tell me what's happening in speedway right now ?" He answered "Well tell you what, last season Andrew Skeels (Star editor & Scunny fan) & I were on a Southern tour so took in a meeting at Plymouth & very much enjoyed the experience. More than decent crowd, plenty of youngsters, interval kid's race, good atmosphere, had us a great time & locals assured us the crowds pretty much did double when Scott Nicholls was signed. We'll defo be back"....

Traveling has always been a big demand on riders ,in the 70's we came back from Workington to Chester on a Friday night( after midnight ) in work Saturday till lunch time .Then we washed and prepared two bikes in the afternoon ready for Eastborne the next day .The rider did all the driving towing a two bike trailer and scored a paid max Friday and I think 13 from five on Sunday and he was back at work Monday morning as a panel beater . He was one of the NL all time greats IMO as well

In 2003 I did nearly 80 meetings with an average round trip of 400 miles per meeting, my van which I paid for was doing around 60-80k miles a year riding sometimes 4 times per week and washed and prepped my own bikes,,worked part time mechanic for Adam skornicki and sometimes washed Joe screens bikes and worked as a full time courier often delivering on way to meetings and sometimes after meetings and I did it for peanuts so forgive me if I have little sympathy for the likes of Jason Edward’s ,they don’t know they are born

That's a big problem.I know it's a long time ago,but when Halifax re-opened,only one rider,Dave Younghusband,lived more than 10 miles away from Halifax,so apart from minimum travelling for home meetings,it really felt like a home team you were supporting.

Final announced as being at Rzeszow therefore means Poland won’t be involved in the Pardubice Semi’s

... a cut back, reduced NDL!