McDairmaid is a talent, not much hype over him though.

So the Leicester team for 2026 based on how Mr D has built previous teams is likely to be British based riders, and little change. So I hope for Leicester's sake their is a change at rising star. The top 6 have an average of 42.14 and Fricke has an average of 9.89. If they don't have Fricke, keep the other riders with Douglas as the new Number 1,  they have 3.75 plus a bit for if the discount for British riders for their new rider. 

I always thought the GP,s would have a negative effect on league racing.

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When Plymouth changed nights from a Tuesday to a Saturday, their crowds increased by several double digit percentages .. Mainly families... Which suggested these people knew about Speedway but were not prepared to have their kids (and maybe even themselves), out late on a Tuesday...  There is a reason Poland use Friday, Saturday and Sunday for the vast majority of their meetings, and it isn't to allow all the GP riders there, as, if they ran on Monday and Thursdays only each week, the GP riders would still be there due to the money... However... The fans wouldn't be there in the same numbers, especially the kids who make a up a decent portion of each crowd in Poland..  UK Speedway simply cannot be ran like a "proper team sport" so why keep trying?  (The evidence even suggests they don't)... The 2nd tier ran a semi final in their flagship competition, with one team having three guests, yet I suggest the crowd wouldn't have been that different if Glasgow turned up with seven of their own riders, therefore just try and run as many meetings on whatever your "best" night is... The Aces for example would 100% get more fans on a Friday or Saturday night than they do on a Monday, given more families would go... Long gone are the days when you could take what you are watching "too seriously" in the context of a bona fide team sport, yet the raw material of the racing is as good as ever for me, (from Div One to NDL), so just run on nights you find most of your customers want to attend... The Entertainment Industry lives or dies by what it takes at weekend, not what it takes on Monday and Thursday... Plymouth changed nights, not riders, and their crowds have been quoted as doubled, with not one GP rider in sight, and often not even all their own riders there!!

And don't forget the ever powerful Michal Sikora will be in the background pulling the strings as much as possible,