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I think it is a great idea, which shows innovation and fan focused improvements to the sport, every meeting going forward has to have a winner which brings huge excitement.. Unless of course, you lose it.. Then it is a contrived crap idea and they haven't a clue on how to run things. What is bloody wrong with a draw anyway?..

It wasn't the most exciting of meetings in terms of racing for sure, but it retained some interest in the scoring and seeing if Sheffield could build up a big enough lead for them to hold off the Witches big guns in heats 13 and 15. I don't think Sheffield's track is as suited to modern day speedway as it was in the past, especially at this level with riders being so fast and not making as many errors and 10 of the 15 heats tonight were won by riders who are world class and rarely get passed. Another issue must be the long dry spell which has made track preparation everywhere quite difficult, especially when it's been as hot as it has. The racing has been ok at Owlerton this year. Not brilliant, but entertaining enough. Any sporting occasion can be boring. It's the nature of sport. But it's not quite as boring as some of the f**kwits who seem to make up a large proportion of the posters on this site that can't wait to decry speedway at every opportunity.

Artem is Vadim's uncle. Vadim's mother is Artem's sister!!

Great meeting on BSN. best track in the championship.

Gutted we lost the meeting, but thoroughly enjoyable night of speedway that had a bit of everything. Mulford was superb, and it's great to see him come on week by week. Hume and Bailey again rode well and maybe deserved more. Wright was superb but shows we need all our heat leaders to be firing really. Heat 15 I thought we maybe got lucky.. Ben Cook is just so good to watch round Redcar, alongside Worrall and Lawson who rode well. Congratulations to Poole, and I think a great advert for what this sport can be.

Busters still a d**k though tbf, The guy has been involved in so many broken down relationships to a point where he's giving Megan Markle a run for her money. Tomalin is just another name on that list.....They've both let us down by not sitting down to iron differences out like mature adults, It's only us fans who've lost out at the end of the day and we may never get another chance to rectify this campaign and that's why I'm annoyed with both of them. If we had a guaranteed future then I wouldn't be annoyed, I'd just ride the storm out but it's the threat of going out disgracefully that doesn't sit well with me.

And all joking aside , that is the sad part . Craig was a terrific rider to watch round Ashfield , wonderfully entertaining . And a constant thorn in our side during his first stint in the blue and gold . No reason he can't be that rider again if he can put what the trouble is behind him

If you find someone I bet he's devilishly good looking & an hell of a rider.

Sounds like he hardened up so much he cannae move his backside any more.

That'll be Ty Proctor and Josh Bates then.

Thought it was a mistake to take Edwards out of Ht 14. Deserved win for Poole though they just hung in there and are always going to be a handful in 13 & 15 for any Team.Great ride from Lawson in Superheat.

Could easily complain about 2 man team under performances etc but know what, that was a brilliant meeting. Thoroughly enjoyed it and heat 13 was as good if not better than Berwick. Borke looks a talent for sure. Minor point why was lasse and not Kye replaced in 14? Not made a difference but lasse was far better imo

Well that clears that up, then!!!

I'm confused. Are we trying to claim a rider who voluntarily sat out for 6 weeks to not endanger other riders, potentially costing himself a team spot in both leagues, is now being irresponsible and riding? Or is it simply lost in translation to what he actually meant?

Sedgy off the back of a Prem paid max, Kye having a confidence boosting best prem meeting so far, Bastion had a promising debut and will find the Ashfield bowl easier to ride than the Dale, Paco and Lasse have never had a good meeting at Glasgow so must be due one, and young Dayle showing last week he can pick up points at this level. Wait a minute, I think we could win this one! Note to Blobby - stop being so pessimistic, man, just relax and enjoy the speedway

You are right, he was looking pretty good and better than I had expected. Everyone knew the signing was a gamble, more than others, and it's not looking good at the moment. A cracking rider who was great for both Edinburgh and Glasgow. Shame how it's ending.

You have an unnecessary o in your username....

During lockdown I watched plenty of old speedway meetings - some were from the Save Oxford Speedway Channel many had the Nielsen era and the racing certainly wasn't that great, Nielsen often just cleared off into the distance. I also started ordering some meetings from classicspeedway that I remember being belters when I was there - mainly from the 80s and again on video they don't come across that great at all yet I remember them being hugely exciting at the time. I have always said Speedway is best live!

Will say this back in the 70s especially some team only visited once in a season Belle Vue prime example as both Lynn and Belle Vue at that time was Saturday night speedway so when Belle Vue visited it was go that night or wait till the following season now when Belle Vue or any other PL club you oh well go next time . And Saturday night speedway you got visiting fans sometimes even a coach now mid week racing that doesn’t happen. Of course bigger crowds better atmosphere obviously but won’t happen now sadly

Totally agree BB,some people get stuck in the past and think it was great then compared to now.But as you say the racing isn't much different at all.You got a lot of strung out races back in the so called good old days.The only thing different back then was the size of crowds and atmosphere that made it seem that much better imo.What else did we have to do in the 70's and 80''s,apart from the obvious.Was thre a baby boom in those decades

I've watched dozens of old meetings back. And tbh it wasn't as good as some like to think it was.

Also, I would have paid £22 to watch Sayfutdinov ride round on his own. Probably one of the best performances from a visiting rider in my 49 years of watching speedway and the first time he has ever seen the track. Absolute genius.

Saw Lynn v Sheffield and it was dire. Tonight totally different…great meeting, plenty of effort from Stars. Hard to find superlatives for Artem. Class personified. A real fillip for the Stars and am delighted for Mr Chapman. He deserved to see Kings Lynn deliver a really entertaining match. Well done

Pretty special wasn't it in an otherwise pretty unspectacular meeting. Great team performance by the Lions and judging by their comments after the meeting most of them weren't very happy and there's a lot more to come. Where are the people that were calling for Max to be replaced at the beginning of the season after 2 or 3 matches?

Summarised - The old cliche, heat 13 was worth the admission alone. Brilliant to see a new rider to British speedway like Borke giving it a real go. Definitely one to watch out for if you are chasing down Harris on his own track in heat 15. If Mr Cook had turned up tonight Edinburgh could have been looking at an away win. Potentially time for the tigers to start pondering a change.

Watch out Watch out there's a stalker about! Lewy you should be worrying about your own team. How did they do tonight at Scunthorpe?

Fair play to Edinburgh for making a very enjoyable meeting but job done in the end. Basso and Harris were superb and the admission money was worth every penny, you were hoping they missed the gate heat 13 was sensational. Sedgemen and Borke were excellent value for the Monarchs backed up by the international porn star.

Cracking meeting.Pirates dont know when they are beaten, super performance

And the Pirate steam train rumbles on

Get heat 13 up on YouTube!

This is bordering on embarrassing. Few arses needing kicked during the grading

If he rode for Poole there wouldnt be these questions im sure

That is one of the poorest Champ line ups I’ve seen for a while. I’d even back the Comets or other top NDL sides to beat them!

Good signing but don't see the logic unless we bring in 1 or 2 others..we are 4.5pts under the limit with Iversen at number 1 now..it actually makes us weaker.

But did everything he could to pass his team mate on the last bend to rob him of a point, point is he didn't need to do it

The rider was also fined. The same amount as the club.

Were certainly the in form team right now. Mad Max looks brilliant now at Leicester. Sedgmen has been a rock and everyone is chipping in . I fancy us now for the play offs.

In 1926, Cambridge undergraduate and keen motorcyclist, Lionel Wills, visited Australia. He later wrote about this visit: "To a keen motor-cyclist, a trip to Australia did not hold forth much promise... "My first pennyworth of Sydney newspaper contained a pleasant surprise; for there, tucked away in a corner, was the announcement 'Speedway Royal - next Saturday 8 p.m.' "A strange new word - 'Speedway'; but it sounded not unlike something to do with motor-cycles. "Saturday arrived: I paid my half-dollar and trickled into the grounds. From the other side of the stand came a roar, the old familiar sound of a racing Douglas..... "I broke into a run [and] burst into the arena. Two machines were hurtling straight at me at a hundred and fifty miles an hour, neck and neck, clean out of control. They were skidding, broadside on, engines roaring flat out, and for the first time in a mis-spent life I shut my eyes and waited for the crash. "No, no crash! Let's have a look, sure enough there they are, blinding down the straight and heeling madly over into the next bend. This time they're for it; they can't get away with that sort of thing twice; the chap on the outside is mad - you can't skid a motor-cycle like that. Hi! Someone stop him and tell him so; this is blue murder. "Came a bored voice from behind, 'Shut up, you fool, they're only practising, wait till the racing starts!"

That or leon flint or someone along those lines. Be surprised if we see him again tbh think we better start looking for replacements.

Wasn't it stated. That both Erik's Doctor and Neurology. Gave him clearance to resume.

I don't think Danyon has much control over where he is going and doesn't go in the same place very often,, so Doyle was probably very apprehensive of passing him

I fear another home defeat.

And do what with it?

If the team manager wants to use him to build up a bigger lead for the aggregate point, then that shouldn't come into it, it's his job!

It still says he has blurry vision in the German section of the article on his website. Whoever decided to change the English should have done the German bit too! Cos I will translate it and have screen shotted it this time too!

……There is now! Fricke was awesome tonight. He had so much speed it didn’t seem to matter if he gated or not, or against who he was racing against. Max grabbed the headlines but Sedgmen was brilliant again. He’s red hot out of the tapes and although he’s not as quick as some others, he seems to ride a clever line and is difficult to pass. Expected the Aces to be more of a threat to be honest but they never really got going. Lions are really on it now at home.

I came on here expecting to see that people were saying that Max Fricke's win in heat 15 was the race of the season so far at Leicester but there's nothing!

Bradley Wilson Dean ?

Its the main attraction, and one of the reasons I go. And I don't have a car.

I thought it would be a good way of keeping on track with venue records, If I were to post them and ask you all from your tracks to check the record / date / holder, and update it as you would update the "confirmed signings" topic before the season starts!!! I'll keep it up to date when a track record is broken and if someone notifies me about it in reply!!!! Cheers in advance ELITE LEAGUE Belle Vue - National Speedway Stadium: Track Length (m) TBC, Record set xx.xx by TBC on xx xxx xx. [Ave. Speed - xx.xxmph] Coventry - Brandon Stadium: Track Length (m) 301, Record set 57.6s by Chris Harris on 22nd May '09. [Ave. Speed - 46.76mph] Kings Lynn - The Norfolk Arena: Track Length (m) 342, Record set 57.6s by Nicki Pedersen on 11th Sept '02. [Ave. Speed - 53.13mph] Lakeside - Purfleet Stadium: Track Length (m) 256, Record set 56.8s by Andreas Jonsson on 30th May '08. [Ave. Speed - 40.33mph] Leicester - Beaumont Park: Track Length (m) 317, Record set 61.75s by Nicolai Klindt on 19th Mar '16. [Ave. Speed - 45.93mph] Poole - Wimborne Road: Track Length (m) 299.1, Record set 56.91s by Antonio Lindback on 14th Jun '06. [Ave. Speed - 47.03mph] Swindon - Abbey Stadium: Track Length (m) 363, Record set 63.86s by Leigh Adams on 31st Aug '09. [Ave. Speed - 50.86mph] Wolverhampton - Monmore Green: Track Length (m) 264, Record set 53.45s by Darcy Ward on 10th Aug '15. [Ave. Speed - 44.19mph] PREMIER LEAGUE Berwick - Shielfield Park: Track Length (m) 368, Record set 62.8s by Craig Cook on 15th Aug '15. [Ave. Speed - 52.43mph] Edinburgh* - Armadale Stadium: Track Length (m) 278, Record set 54.4s by Craig Cook on 10th Jul '15 [Ave. Speed - 45.73mph] Glasgow - Ashfield Stadium: Track Length (m) 319, Record set 56.1s by Aaron Summers on 30th Aug '15. [Ave. Speed - 50.88mph] Ipswich - Foxhall Stadium: Track Length (m) 285, Record set 56.3s by Craig Cook on 16th Oct '14. [Ave. Speed - 45.29mph] Newcastle - Brough Park: Track Length (m) 300, Record set 61s by Kenni Larsen on 24th Oct '10. [Ave. Speed - 44.01mph] Peterborough - Alwalton: Track Length (m) 336, Record set 58.4s by Krzysztof Kasprzak on 20th Sep '10. [Ave. Speed - 51.48mph] Plymouth* - St. Boniface Arena: Track Length (m) 207, Record set 48.12s by Craig Cook on 25th Jul '15. [Ave. Speed - 38.49mph] Redcar - South Tees Motor Park: Track Length (m) 273, Record set 52.2s by Chris Harris on 22nd Oct '09. [Ave. Speed - 46.8mph] Rye House - Hoddesdon Stadium: Track Length (m) 262, Record set 54.7s by Robert Lambert on 1st Aug '15. [Ave. Speed - 42.86mph] Scunthorpe - Normanby Road: Track Length (m) 285, Record set 55.18s by Nicolai Klindt on 5th Sep '15. [Ave. Speed - 46.21mph] Sheffield - Owlerton Stadium: Track Length (m) 361, Record set 59.1s by Ricky Ashworth on 14th Oct '10. [Ave. Speed - 54.66mph] Somerset - Oak Tree Arena: Track Length (m) 300, Record set 55.68s by Craig Cook on 29th Sep '15. [Ave. Speed - 48.21mph] Workington - Derwent Park: Track Length (m) 364, Record set 61.7s by Richard Lawson on 31st May '14. [Ave. Speed - 52.79mph] NATIONAL LEAGUE Belle Vue - Kirkmanshulme Lane: Track Length (m) TBC, Record set xx.xxs by TBC on xx-xx-xx. [Ave. Speed - xx.xxmph] Birmingham - Perry Barr: Track Length (m) 292, Record set 59.03s by Adam Ellis on 3rd Jul '15. [Ave. Speed - 44.26mph] Buxton - Dale Head Lane: Track Length (m) 240, Record set 52.9s by James Wright on 27th Jul '04. [Ave. Speed - 40.59mph] Coventry - Brandon Stadium: Track Length (m) 301, Record set 61.1s by Stefan Nielsen on 20th Sep '13. [Ave. Speed - 44.08mph] Cradley Heath - Monmore Green: Track Length (m) 264, Record set 55.47s by Lewis Blackbird on 29th Jul '14. [Ave. Speed - 42.59mph] Devon - St. Boniface Arena: Track Length (m) 216, Record set 49.50s by Thomas Jorgensen on 9th Jul '10. [Ave. Speed - 39.04mph] Eastbourne - Arlington Stadium: Track Length (m) 275, Record set 58.3s by Adam Ellis on 10th Oct '15. [Ave. Speed - 42.21mph] Isle of Wight - Smallbrook Stadium: Track Length (m) 385, Record set 66.4s by Adam Roynon on 24th Jul '12. [Ave. Speed - 51.96mph] Kent - Central Park Stadium: Track Length (m) 268, Record set 57.5s by Steve Boxall on 8th Jul '13. [Ave. Speed - 41.70mph] Kings Lynn - The Norfolk Arena: Track Length (m) 342, Record set 59.50s by Robert Lambert on 19th Jun '13. [Ave. Speed - 51.43mph] Mildenhall - West Row: Track Length (m) 260, Record set 49.68s by Steve Boxall on 14th Jul '13. [Ave. Speed - 46.83mph] Rye House - Hoddesdon Stadium: Track Length (m) 262, Record set 56.4s by Tai Woffinden on 27th Jul '07. [Ave. Speed - 41.57mph] Scunthorpe - Normanby Road: Track Length (m) 285, Record set 56.65s by Ashley Birks on 14th Oct '11. [Ave. Speed - 45.02mph] Stoke - Loomer Road: Track Length (m) 312, Record set 62s by Andrew Tully on 29th Aug '07. [Ave. Speed - 45.03mph] GRAND PRIX CIRCUIT TRACKS Auckland - Western Springs Stadium: Track Length (m) 413, Record set 63.66s by Darcy Ward on 23rd Mar '13. [Ave. Speed - 58.05mph] Bydgoszcz - ZKS Polonia Stadium: Track Length (m) 348, Record set 59.64s by Emil Sayfutdinov on 8th May '12. [Ave. Speed - 52.21mph] Cardiff - Millenium Stadium: Track Length (m) 272, Record set 53.8s by Matej Zagar on 4th Jul '15. [Ave. Speed - 45.24mph] Copenhagen - Parken Stadium: Track Length (m) 274, Record set 54.2s by Nicki Pedersen on 14th Jun '08. [Ave. Speed - 45.23mph] Daugavpils -Lokomotiv Stadium: Track Length (m) 375, Record set 66.1s by Grigory Laguta on 30th May '10. [Ave. Speed - 50.76mph] Gorzow - Edward Jancarz Stadium: Track Length (m) 329, Record set 58s by Niels Kr. Iversen on 13th may '12. [Ave. Speed - 50.76mph] Gothenburg - Ullevi Stadium: Track Length (m) 404, Record set 67.1s by Antonio Lindback on 26th May '12. [Ave. Speed - 53.87mph] Horsens - CASA Arena: Track Length (m) 272, Record set 54.57s by Maciej Janowski on th Aug '15. [Ave. Speed - 44.60mph] Krsko - Matije Gubca Stadium: Track Length (m) 387, Record set 64.75s by Matej Zagar on 10th Jun '06. [Ave. Speed - 53.48mph] Malilla - Malilla MK: Track Length (m) 305, Record set 55.1s by Andreas Jonsson on 7th Sep '10. [Ave. Speed - 49.53mph] Melbourne - Etihad Stadium: Track Length (m) 346, Record set 60.04s by Greg Hancock on 24th Oct '15. [Ave. Speed - 51.56mph] Prague - Marketa Stadium: Track Length (m) 353, Record set 62.33s by Tai Woffinden on 18th May '13. [Ave. Speed - 50.67mph] Riga - Bikernieku Sport Complex: Track Length (m) TBC, Record set xx.xxs by TBC on 16th Aug '14. [Ave. Speed - xx.xxmph] Stockholm - Friends Arena: Track Length (m) 272, Record set 55.0s by Jaroslaw Hampel on 21st Sep '13. [Ave. Speed - 44.74mph] Tampere - Ratina Stadium: Track Length (m) 300, Record set xx.xxs by TBC on 17th May '14. [Ave. Speed - xx.xxmph] Terenzano - Olimpia Stadium: Track Length (m) 400, Record set 71.37s by Antonio Lindback on 11th Aug '12. [Ave. Speed - 50.15mph] Teterow - Bergring Arena: Track Length (m) 314, Record set 59.75s by Ty Proctor on 22nd May '10. [Ave. Speed - 47.02mph] Torun - Mariana Rose Motoarena: Track Length (m) 325, Record set 57.07s by Tomasz Gollob on 23rd May '10. [Ave. Speed - 50.96mph] Vojens - Vojens Speedway Center: Track Length (m) 300, Record set 57.1s by Michael Jepsen Jensen on 17th Aug '11. [Ave. Speed - 47.01mph] Warsaw - PGE National Stadium: Track Length (m) 272, Record set 55.09s by Bartosz Zmarzlik on 18th Apr '15. [Ave. Speed - 44.18mph] DEFUNCT TRACKS / CHANGED LEAGUES Belle Vue - Kirkmanshulme Lane: Track Length (m) 285, Record set 56.8s by Jason Crump on 4th Aug '08. [Ave. Speed - 44.9mph] Birmingham - Perry Barr: Track Length (m) 292, Record set 56.6s by Jason Lyons on 25th Jun '08 and Kevin Doolan on 2nd Jul '08. [Ave. Speed - 46.16mph] Bournemouth - Wimborne Road: Track Length (m) 299.1, Record set 60.25s by Jay Herne on 24th Sep '09. [Ave. Speed - 44.42mph] Cradley Heath - Dudley Wood: Track Length (m) 338, Record set 60.7 by Hans Nielsen on 18th Jul '90. [Ave. Speed - 49.82mph] Eastbourne - Arlington Stadium: Track Length (m) 275, Record set 54.8s by Jason Crump on 29th Jun '08 and Chris Holder on 23rd Aug '08. [Ave. Speed - 44.90mph] Edinburgh - Old Meadowbank: Track Length (m) TBC, Record set 64.2 by Reidar Eide on 6th Aug '66 [Ave. Speed - xx.xxmph] Edinburgh - Powderhall: Track Length (m) TBC, Record set 60.1 by Mark Loram on 21st Apr '95 [Ave. Speed - xx.xxmph] Exeter - County Ground: Track Length (m) 396, Record set 64.30s by Mark Loram on 29th Apr '06. [Ave. Speed - 55.11mph] Glasgow & Scottish Monarchs - Shawfield Stadium: Track Length (m) TBC, Record set 62.2 by Brian Andersen on 2nd Jun '96 [Ave. Speed - xx.xxmph] Leicester (PL) - Beaumont Park: Track Length (m) 320, Record set 60.31s by Craig Cook on 31st Aug '13. [Ave. Speed - 47.48mph] Hull - Craven Park: Track Length (m) 346, Record set 64.4s by Magnus Karlsson on 30th Jun '04 [Ave. Speed - 48.07mph] Newport (PL) - Hayley Stadium: Track Length (m) 285, Record set 57.34s by Charlie Gjedde on 31st Aug '10. [Ave. Speed - 44.47mph] Newport (NL) - Hayley Stadium: Track Length (m) 285, Record set 59.04s by Todd Kurtz on 17th Apr '11. [Ave. Speed - 43.19mph] Reading - Smallmead Stadium: Track Length (m) 304, Record set 58.1s by Per Jonsson on 12th Oct '87. [Ave. Speed - 46.82mph] Romford - Brooklands: Track Length (m) 342.9, Record set 68.8s by Toney Davey & John Louis on 25th Mar '71. [Ave. Speed - 44.60mph] Stoke (PL) - Loomer Road: Track Length (m) 312, Record set 60.5s by Ty Proctor on 8th Aug '09. [Ave. Speed - 46.14mph] Weymouth - The Wessex Stadium: Track Length (m) 223, Record set 53.9s by Tim Webster on 8th Aug '09. [Ave. Speed - 37.02mph] * Both Edinburgh and Plymouth tracks have been re-measured prior to 2014 season