mikebv

Make it grippy.... Doyle and Emil ride anything well so won't be bothered and King will also like it... And the racing hopefully will be better for it... The Aces were poor last Monday but both sets of riders were well strung out in virtually every race regardless of finishing order... Good luck to Ipswich....

So much faster.... Wow... Generational talent... Could do seven, or even more...

One of those lads who always seems to give everything regardless of where he is riding... And enjoys what he does....

Not starting straight either.. Like he should be made to do....

Welcome to GP racing Luke....

He is Polish... Let's cut him some slack... Being Germany's bitch for 1000 years must have an impact and make you angry.....

Your English is very well...

Correct... Everyone knows its Shmarshlick...

Messrs Gordon and Morton based the NSS on a hybrid of Torun and Hyde Rd... Wise men..

Luke's master has just said... "Use the Force Kelvin, use the Force"....

It is the scorecard already planned in after Vojens.. Bartek ballsed it up... Like a Russian election night...

At least he hasn't called Luke, Boris yet....

No surprise so many teams in the UK reach finals with him riding for them... Love watching the fella...

Not sure he has it in him... Huge natural talent, and lovely lad, but too easily bullied by "lesser" riders.. Had a chance to nail Doyle in his first heat and didn't... Jack Holder appears much more aggressive on a bike...

Dan really doesnt have that "ruthlessness" to ever be World Champ... Doyle on Monday showed him what you need to be in Ht 15, and that was only in UK Speedway..

I love the way him and Dan conduct interviews as if English was their second language...

In 50m to make up 20m takes some special kit...

I bet he won't be taking Phil's methanol tonight...

Incredible speed differential over such a short distance... On pretty much the same equipment...

I would suggest it has quite a lot do with the way the sport is, and has been, ran.. Ice Hockey crowds as an example of a "small sport", averaged over 3100 a match last season.. Sheffield almost 7000.. A similar 3100 average crowd for Speedway and each meeting would generate £65k to £70k or so... If landlords had been getting £20k a night in rent, say 20 times a year, then I would suggest a lot more would have kept the sport at their venue.. As many mention on here, a lot of fans now go simply to watch the racing, rather than bother about the result too much, as, win or lose, you cannot help come away feeling many events are contrived in either a small way, or unfortunately at times, a much bigger way... Big sponsors too will never be engaged to join in if one of their riders are allowed to help a business rival"s team try to win the title, and, at the same time, reduce his own teams chances.. The play offs get "decent crowds" as so many "Speedway Fans" come out of the woodwork to watch them, however, many of these fans who will attend the play offs, wont regularly attend the weekly meetings at their local track, due to that unavoidable feeling that lots of those meetings do, more times than they should, feel "a bit Mickey Mouse"... The big positive though, which should be taken on board, is that the sport can still attract "decent crowds", on these occasions... They just need to find a way to get these people there more regularly.. And "if" the operating model is part of the problem, then a) find out the truth of if it is or not, and b) if so, change it..

Sometimes it is probably best that the sport gets hardly any mainstream coverage... And you can add Jack Smith riding against his parent club, and ultimately making a key difference for a team who he doesnt ride for, to the mix... As for Guests, a proper RR facility would cover a No1. The next two riders could take all his rides and still do their own and Ht 15.. Years ago a No1 scored a large % of the teams points, particularly in the 13 Ht era, meaning they were a big miss, now it is more shared around the team so less differential between HL's.. Still, we get to another season end, and this year two more have gone by the way side... Same old, same old, rinse and repeat... Works so well doesnt it?

Memo to Wolves... Ride the inside....

Another winners and losers medal for Bomber...? On the podium, off the podium, back on the podium...

It's been required since the world moved into the 21st Century, (at least)... Football, Rugby Union, and Cricket, all got themselves "proper" leadership and strategists over the past quarter of a century or so, and took control from those local business people who ran clubs as some kind of personal fiefdom.. Rugby League is another example that kept the "tail wagging the dog" and even though they had fantastic Sky coverage for decades, it remains provincial and parochial. Even though it rregularly delivers a fantastic product... And RL has also seen lots of league structure changes with promotion and relegation, then not, then started again, then not etc etc.... Lots of short term strategy that does no one any favours, and all down to having no long term strategy that all were able to agree on... UK Speedway won't change, regardless of whether Cov stays st Brandon or not, as I simply cannot see the neccesary skill set around long term planning for growth amongst enough of those who run it... Another five year plan anyone? Fingers crossed for Cov....

Rock, paper, scissors anyone? Best out of three obviously... Be a farce just dong it once...