OveFundinFan

I not as close to speedway as used to be in the 60s/70s, took an interest again on 2013 to now but mostly GP's. I am thinking that last night was a reflection of how British Speedway looks at this moment in time. Ok, Dan was missing, but that's still only 2 at world class level. A handful of 30+ has beens who can still mix well at times, a few 22+ who are taking time to make it, and a good number of young uns that have a lot of promise. Apart from Dan, what British riders were missing that could have made a difference to the spectacle? Even if Dan would have been fit it would make it a 2 rider shoot out, so in a way I glad Dan wasn't there (as much as I like him) because it have a young one a chance. Last night would have been something special for those young ones, and hopefully a boost for the 22+ age group.

I was streaming on the tv, I was on ITVX app, but wasn't easy to find, not even using voice command for "British Speedway Championship" or even more basic "speedway"

I watched it live last night on ITV.....but it was not easy to find by any stretch of the imagination. Just perseverance. Seeing as this was a return to live TV viewing one would have thought ITV/ITVX could have promoted itself better.

For a 16 year old that first lap was truly amazing.

Very disappointing GP. It's not been a great place for axGP over the last 2 years but it's been reported they invested in banking the track, made it wider and a new surface. It may be banked, wider, the new surface looked like the old surface (sandy) but the racing actually seemed worse. We all know how spectacular a GP can be. The riders are up for it, but staging a top world event on a track like that can only be detrimental to the thoughts of anyone viewing for the first time.

Yep, I noticed the height of the tapes, it looked wrong.

I managed it eventually....don't know how

See very first post of this thread.......5pm.....Latvia is 2 hours ahead of UK.

Someone gave him a nudge......Freddie's out, Dans out, Jacks out........only BZ and Brady left.......you got probably a never to be repeated opportunity.....GRAB IT

7pm Europe, 6pm UK

Are they likely to race this year?

Anyone know why Lebedevs was struggling. He's a tough rider, yet didn't seem to get to grips with BV. Can't remember how he did in last year's 2 meetings.

Agree......but some have been wanting GP2 champ in the series the year following.... well they got one now. I just hope he can cope mentally. Tom Brennan must be feeling it too, but he's more mature as a person and will see how much work he has to do to be a regular at that level

Thanks for the info......but filling in a "program" has always been a big part of speedway with me, old habits are hard to die.

For me to print that out would be meaningless.....the helmet colours are too deep....especially the blue and red. Even with a black ballpoint it is difficult to see the points. Just before this years GP1 Racer & Royals kindly put up a blank from last year, colours not as dark. I just printed 10 meetings back to back, 5 sheets, fill in the riders names, and happy using them. .