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One of those riders who were never destined to be a World Champ, but seemed to ride every race as if it was his last... You would never feel short changed watching Martin Dixon.. Best wishes to him.

There are a number of world champions, including the current one, who couldn’t pass Bewley.

Looks like bomber has been on the joe screen diet

Lets pray tom brennan has an injury free season, this could be a pivotal year for him, riding these bigger tracks will help his development alot

Kent will be completely knackered when mulford moves into top 5 unless they make a change, eastbourne wont be as badly affected when ablitt moves up , even verge could end up there . Gilkes looks the real deal.

Remember she was one of the inner sanctum. It was their club, their track, their land , they have chosen to sell up and take the money, that’s business and it’s their choice. Sad loss to speedway but predictable .

Unless there is a last minute change of plans the Swedish Eliteserien league gets underway in the first week of June- all matches are live on C More in Sweden and 1 or 2 matches a week on Premier Sports. ESS offer a subscription service which allows access to every match live or on video. https://en.elitspeedway.com/about There are 9 teams in the league so every round 1 team doesn`t ride- Piraterna are the team in round 1 to miss out. Tuesday June 1st( 1 match on Premier Sport 1 at 6pm UK time Indianerna v Lejonen Masarna v Smederna Dackarna v Vastervik Thursday June 3rd Vetlanda v Rospiggarna- Live on Premier Sport 1 6pm UK time

British speedway is very short of cash, it’s having to operate with reduced attendances and yet clubs are not using the obvious and potentially profitable avenue of live streaming it’s meetings. Take today’s meeting at Belle Vue. The official speedway site were quick in putting up a couple of heats, yet there are hundreds of supporters in and around Peterborough and thousands around the country who would have been quite happy to pay £10-12 for the opportunity of watching this meeting. The quality of the feed is high, there’s live commentary, what’s the problem? 1000 people paying for a stream would bring in £10,000 at a tenner, or £11,950 at £11.95. Hugely profitable. And remember. There’s a worldwide audience to pay and watch. Promoters might be worried about loss of revenue at the stadium but currently with reduced capacity demand should be enough for a stadium to sell out. And it is possible to geo-block fans within a set distance from the stadium. Glasgow are running behind closed doors, with live feed only at £11.95. The meeting against Poole on Friday should achieve very good numbers with the take up of the stream. I have already purchased my ticket. Pretty sure a lot of Poole fans will also. And the feed will give neutrals something to watch on a Friday night if they want to see some action. Now for the top flight Eurosport have the rights to TV, but I don’t think it has been tied down like the Sky and BT deals, allowing promoters to be more flexible on doing their job of promoting. The days of no filming inside, no photos etc choke the sport. Use technology to open up the market. Streaming cost a small amount to do. One cameraman, a commentator and someone in charge of the streaming is all that is needed. Two cameramen and a little more is required. But bloody hell it should already be in place, bringing in the funds for our sport to be sure of its survival. Come on sort it out!

I came out of the bar for a smoke and CVS looked like he was getting grief off a few people. Basically the bar seats were full up. Presumably because some goon from the council said every other table must be vacant. Of course the tables remaining filled up quickly then people coming into the bar were left standing and presumably got upset about it. What did they think the promoters could do about it I don't know as their hands are tied. Unfortunately this is the net result when the government dishes out powers to local councils.

Never mind his score, where were Bjarne’s team kevlars tonight? Was wearing the dreaded flapping team shirt instead

No 1s can’t be ‘swapped’, Bjarne is No 1 by average until at least 1st July.

We move on to Round 8 this coming weekend- (bonus point situation- home team 1st) Friday 4th June Wroclaw v Grudziadz start time 5pm UK time Eleven Sport 1-(44-45) Friday 4th June Czestochowa v Lublin start time 7.30pm UK time Eleven Sport 1-(41-49) Sunday 6th June Zielona Gora v Torun start time 3.30pm UK time N Sport and Premier Sport 1- (39-51) Sunday 6th June Gorzow v Leszno start time 6.15pm UK time N Sport and Premier Sport 1- (48-42)

A decent meeting today, raced in front of a good crowd. A draw was a fair result, with both sides having some misfortune.

Think the Seagulls may still be favourites, highly likely to go unbeaten at home and as you say 2 of the most difficult away fixtures gone so likely to pick up some away wins as well.

Peterborough are a better team. When BV lose tonight, they will have nothing to be ashamed about. The only team that comes close to this current Peterborough side is Belle Vue's famous team in 72, which had four number 1s.

Assistant Press Manager ....................... DO YOUR STUFF AND DROP THE HINT! Rob made a quick change before with Jedd List but would he do the same with Tero? I have a feeling, & other posters have mentioned this, that this year is about racing & not winning!

This aged well.

Peterborough should be the favourites for the title. Best team in the league by a mile that's being disrespected by the BSF & Bookmakers purely because of age. Look at Jason Crump at Ipswich for example. Jason is still winning races for fun after sitting on the sidelines for a few years which proves how weak this league is. Pedersen, Harris, Andersen & Nicholls are all No.1's in this weak league. MPT is a Third Heat leader and Ostergaard is a second string riding at reserve.

Better motorsport for one

A double header saves insurance costs, stadium rental, meeting fees, referee fees, ambulance & first-aid costs, etc, etc. Also, if (as you quote) you are paying £18 to watch the Lions and £16 to watch the Cubs, at the double-header you're saving £8 on admission, plus buying only one programme, paying one load of petrol, car parking, etc, etc. You might feel that £26 for thirty races is too much, and that's your privilege. But it's less that a quid a race..........

Vojens host the other SF- teams Vojens Nicolai Klindt Hans Andersen Anders Thomsen Mads Hansen Jesper Knudsen Slangerup 1. Mikkel Michelsen 2. Andreas Lyager 3. Rohan Tungate 4. Jonas Seifert-Salk 5. Silas Hoegh Grindsted go with 1. Kenneth Bjerre 2. Nikolaj Busk Jakobsen 3. David Bellego 4. Patrick Hansen 5. Kevin Juhl Pedersen Esbjerg go with Niels-Kristian IversenBjarne PedersenKevin WölbertMatias NielsenEmil Breum

Holsted SF line-ups HOLSTED TIGERS 1. Nicki Pedersen 2. Rene Bach 3. Rasmus Jensen 4. Sam Jensen 5. Marius Nielsen TEAM FJELSTEAD 1. Frederik Jakobsen 2. Dimitri Bergé 3. Peter Kildemand 4. Benjamin Basso 5. Marcus Birkemose REGION Varde 1. Peter Protasiewicz 2. Thomas Gapinski 3. Tim Sørensen 4. Aleksandr Loktaev 5. Philip Hellström-Bängs (NORTHJYSK ELITE SPEEDWAY )Brovst 1. Timo Lahti 2. Jonas Brøndum Andersen 3. Thomas Jørgensen 4. Tobias V. Thomsen 5. Mikkel Brøndum Andersen

Few weeks ago seemed everyone was so starved of speedway they couldn’t wait for it to start…… then there was a grumble because prices have gone up £1…. . Now the grumble is two meetings one after another for £26

Yeah best course of action is to not bother to book one in the first place - Holder was way ahead of the curve.....

Dackarna v Vastervik will be Tuesday's TV match.