mark fryer wont do anything  nothing in it for him

Was waiting for somebody to come out with that, little surprise it was you. He's got round Ipswich, Plymouth, Leicester perfectly well and scored good points by not just 'twisting the throttle' - he's 16 and is entitled to some tricky meetings on trickier tracks as part of his development.

I've put this onto the Premiership section because i've given up trying to get my tech to get into a general speedway discussions area! It applies to Championship level as well. In the 1970's there were riders galore with averages over 9 points. Plenty over 10 and a small but significant contingent over 11. Maximums or nearly by Mauger, Olsen, Crump, Collins, Lee, Louis, Simmons etc were commonplace. Ah, those were the days! Or were they?? Today, more or less anybody can and does beat the "top dogs". No more dominance, at least at the Mauger and Olsen level. I'm sure the race format and gate position changes will have played a big part in this. So what's better? Domination by an elite group or riders, or greater unpredictability?

Many years ago when Phil Cain was doing the track he would be out all night before a meeting getting water into the base of the track with a hosepipe 

Plus they tried a few gp's in Aussie but eventually that was axed also, could have done with trying to get one in the USA when Hancock was either champ/near the top but that never happened guessing again due to costs of getting all the equipment over to California.

Yes maybe lack of experience too.  Probably should have put Will in heat 14.