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Good luck Foxes for tonight. A home and away double would be nice and a couple of you are literally riding for your jobs with Zagar about to return!

But that "year" includes 6 months of inactivity!

Think ailey has now earned first choice over a young Dane in his Danish Team so Wed may be an issue on fixture clashes plus he can get 5/6 rides per meeting in their 6 man teams.

6 Premiership teams means 5 home and 5 away, twice = 20 matches. So 20 is the exact correct number of meetings to get a year's average. The fact that Tom Brennan's average is higher than his current scoring says that he is currently off-form and under-performing, which I'd say is the case at the moment, but he'll battle through it, and regain his true form soon.

I would rather tradings were used, let me explain, if we had gradings you could name a large squad with hopefully some names who would not normally look to race here but might be prepared to do a few meetings every now and then. I think this is maybe what Ipswich would want with there Polish club tie up. It “could” also mean less reliance on guests and rider replacement.

I'm not sure that rolling averages and top averaged rider has to be at number 1 were brought in at the same time, so it may very well be an unintended consequence, and as others have said with so few matches being ridden these days it could be an entire season before a rider who has not been riding very well to work themselves out of the number 1 spot

February 29th?🤣

Bowes is better than Rushden, though not as good as Rushen.

They were brought in to stop riders underperforming, and then suddenly improving again once their reduced average had allowed a significant strengthening up for the team... So, a laudable idea... With so few meetings though, 20 is probably too many now for the top tier, as it is almost a full season for a team knocked out of the KO Cup in the first round, and zero chance of a PO place.. (Does the KO Cup even count to the averages?). Maybe 10 matches, (half a season), would be better and, as an add on, the team with the highest collective average becomes the new target? Struggling teams, (who we will all accurately have agreed who they are going to be before a wheel is turned) always stay struggling when they can only replace a rider with an equal or lower average, or still have to run with the team average decided for the season.. Eg. If 42 is the season average and the top team is running at 45, then the struggling team will still be well behind the one at the top if all they can do is reset to 42, meaning their season will continue to be one of struggle, (and hardly worth the changes).. Letting all teams match the No1 team, at say the half way stage, would mean a very competitive second half of the season, rather than the usual "game over" we regularly have as the PO teams stroll into them.. And a half a season contract may attract more riders who see an extra 10 matches as something they can work around..

Fair play to anyone who stuck around to the end but Christ that’s a slog for what, the same amount of heats as a Grand Prix? Not taking away from Jay’s family and I hope they raised a fair bit of cash, but I’d be dubious whether to attend it next time.

We know who his first choice is, don’t waste your breath.

I think rolling averages for team building purposes is fine as it takes into account a riders full capabilities over a season but as Tom Brennan has shown this season if a rider has a massive slump in form it just takes too long to escape from the number 1 berth.

Thanks, only have Speedeay Star & the BSF for information👍

Jason Garrity? Average fits and Havvy was supposedly trying to help him make a comeback and get a team place?

Rolling averages are something that has come in since the last time I went to speedway and they do and don't make sense. They can reflect current form but not in their present sense. Unless I'm mistaken, a rolling average over 20 meetings - with the current lack of teams at the top level - could involve THREE seasons of racing, and cover scores from - for example - October 2024 to April 2026. Any rolling average which even counts meetings 6 months apart - as all do until the very end of the season, does not reflect CURRENT form. Six meetings is a far better barometer - too many to deliberately drop your average to gain an advantage but enough to gauge current form.

They have stated that things changed since speedway star went to print

Anyone with multiple aliases will be favourite coz they can keep on talking to each other, then again they wont be the last one standing with multiple aliases🤣

Confirmed line-ups and live updates tonight Fjelsted v Region Varde https://rs.dmusport.dk/loeb/7445

I think Beau would potentially deem himself too good for Championship next season? unless he does Chanpionship and the prem. Beau would be my first choice, then maybe Toby if 100%? Or a new rider is always exciting

Now read theSpeedway Star🤔

Shame for Bowes, never like to see any rider get injured, but this is now an opportunity for Poole to replace their weakest rider, while maintaining their "morals" of not dropping a struggling rider! Gilkes replacing Bowes when he regained fitness would've been their best option, I always said it should be Gilkes vs Bowes for the team spot as Newman had done a good job when he came in. Now I think Lasse Fredriksen could be worth a shot, wasn't doing great at Berwick, but he'd ne at reserve for Poole, so could only expect his scores to improve. Tobias Thomsen would be my first pick if he's gonna be fot enough, could always wait for him to recover & use guests in the meantime? Think I'd prefer to keep Beau Bailey for 2027 (on a lower average) rather than him come in now & raise it up. Team should be good enough to win the double without him.

with the lack of fixtures nowadays id say 20 matches is too many.

Hurry said Doyle approached him at the Manchester Grand Prix about coming to Ipswich but it was non starter because we’d have had to drop 3 riders to fit him back into our side which he wasn’t prepared to do

https://www.redcar-speedway.com/2026/07/02/club-statement-charles-wright/?

They have longer than that, I believe the rules would let them use guests for the remainder of the season, not that I'd expect them to do that of course.