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I concur with those who refer to the complete inevitability of this. The minute Entain removed Speedway from Monmore to focus on Dogs and Arena / ARC (or whatever the latest Branding is) mooted building a Dog Track on the infoeld on Dunstall Park, Wolverhampton AW Venue with its massive Stand and Hotel, Perry Barr as a venue was doomed. I have massive respect for Nigel for the money he has put in, money he will never recoup. I have to question his team building and management and his sanity or insanity in terms of investment, but he cannot and must not ever be attacked for his loyalty and commitment. For his own mental health and future prosperity, this decision I suspect will in the longer term be welcome to him. With no appraent progess for Wolves, delays and no clear path yet for Brandon , there still may be a glimmer of hope for Midland Speedway at the new Knighthead / East Side development that incorporates to old Wheels Site. This now has Government / Local Government and massive American Funding behind it. The big problem is that a 65,000 state of the art stadium, a new Athletics Track , direct access to the City Centre and Airport may not be branding wise logical with a shale oval track with limited use, when you add in Casino , Cinemas, Hotels, and top class Apartments etc. If the development goes for major Athletic Events that will require a secondary Athletics Stadium with such world class facilities for Training and Competiton and a new Home for GB Athletics , then may be the current Athletics home at Perry Barr may in 5-6 years time be an option BUT it would require significant funding and Council Support and seriousy what state would British Speedway be in by then. Several other Tracks seem to be hanging on by the skin of their teeth in the face of planning , development and economic concerns, so we could in 5 years be down to a core of 10 or less. Sad times and hopefully Nigel gets enough support in the remaining months to at least break even!

Great ride from Kubera but 6 points and in the final? It's madness.

Good to see that you are taking it well though. And breath.

The person I feel a deep sadness for is the legend Brian Buck...it's easy to throw money at something when you're a millionaire...but to campaign tirelessly as much as Brian did to get the club back on track (no pun intended) was an incredible achievement! Thanks Brian

You don't half like kicking riders when they're down.

Young Plymouth fan thought the same after the meeting.

Ah well, winning at Plymouth is not for everyone I guess.

What a rubbish Grand Prix

Phil Morris saw this comment and decided we couldn't be having any entertainment and flooded the track

aye he does go around A lot slower the regular drivers are lik eWacky Races. Still say they need to blade it and bring dirt back from fence seeing as the rakes are in a time capsule 😁😁

Mr.Tolley did give it a good shot and uve got to give him that .Sadly there wasnt enough support for Speedway in that area. Well done for trying....

And what some seem forget, is that Lewi only averaged 7.09 in his 13 meetings last season partly due to injury problems. But his GSA was still higher at. 7.76 when you signed him. He's had his knocks, and isn't getting any younger. If you take the 7.09 which he actually achieved in 24, he's not far off, averaging 6.17 and rising. I know Poole only have 5 riders riding better than their starting averages, bloody terrible, so come on Lewi get your finger out

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Listen to it yourself: It'd be Riss or Cook and the idea is that three rides for Klindt and one for Kvech will be much more reliable at home and it's almost possible to disagree. If they just wanted to do things on the cheap then they wouldn't have booked a guest for Monday week at Brum.

Luke's task this year is to up his average away from home and as long as he ends the year a better rider than he started we are happy. Boy rode well today whilst still feeling the affects of Wednesdays crash. Sorry he's not getting 15 every meeting to keep the keyboard hero's happy but never mind it's only speedway

For the love of god shut up for once

Well I was there and obviously saw a completely different match There was some decent racing and the atmosphere was brilliant Maybe you needed to be there And congratulations to jack

Surely the cheapest option would be to book someone like Riss,he would probably score a couple of points at the most as opposed to Klindt/Kvech maybe scoring 6/7/8 between them.

No sorry- just about sums up the timings for this GP.

You know it's been a bit dull when the commentators start talking about race times!

You have to stop making sense...

Gutted to see a good crowd for this. The locals should have boycotted this for Artem.

Additionally these links too for tonight: https://vk.com/video-81427162_456239704 https://vk.com/video-53550004_456242185

Toofaritus?

Property Development remains the great nemesis that speedway faces im afraid. OK there was huge issues over the viability of Birmingham, but you couldn't suggest Coventry was not viable (albeit supported by stock car racing) but that didn't stop Brandon Estates buying the site and kicking both of them out. Likewise at Wolves, where a viable operation was removed simply because the owner no longer wanted us there. Doesn't matter how many fans you get through the gates. A speedway club in the UK is only secure as their next lease date.

He's probably the best rider around all Championship tracks, to be fair!!

No he shouldn’t… you clearly know very little about how your riders go around Shielfield if you think that. Richard Lawson should be your top scorer, like he should everywhere, as he’s your number 1, and is probably the best rider around Berwick in the league.

He was signed on a 6.23 average, so don't know how you can expect 8 points as a minimum? I'd agree it was a disappointing score but sometimes 6+ riders will score 4 points. Wether Poole were lucky or not, they got the win & will be in the play-offs. Edit. I think I misread the post I applied to. Mind you as Kerr was signed on a sub 8.00 average I don't know why you'd expect 8 points minimum. Between 7-9 would be what (from 4) would be what you could expect of him, but obviously hoping for more.

They’ll probably win tonight and the opinions will be: Lewis Kerr is the worst signing we’ve ever made and the sky is falling in because we aren’t as good as last season. Yous should try a season as a Berwick or Plymouth fan.

Kerr was on Richard Lawson’s bike for his third ride. Kinda suggests bike issues.

To be fair its not just him, team riding has become a lost art.

Rubbish. One of the most experienced riders in speedway. Just get on with it. Four away matches for KL, average 4.21 ...

How good it is to see the progress of Dan Thompson, way ahead of some of his higher profile contemporaries, has often been overlooked as far as the GB Speedway team goes, more due to his low (no) profile way of going about things.

Also there and half agree. It was a good experience seeing speedway in such a big stadium, but I wasn't blown away by the atmosphere. Poles are great when Bartosz is winning but it goes down a level for virtually anyone else, and there's barely any atmosphere at all when a Pole isn't involved. We've done Torun before and the atmosphere was better there. Not a bad meeting racing-wise though - although no classics - and I enjoyed it overall. Best wishes to Jason, nasty crash and he looked in a lot of pain.

And if Jack Smith hadn't fallen off while leading a 5-1 then no SH. Could say it about most heats. Also wasn't Starke injured anyway? So maybe be a bit more grateful he decided to carry on. Anyway good racing I thought. Glad we managed to stage a late comeback so should get BP.

Holder classy tonight. Fair play.

Has to win the LCQ or he's out

He'll qualify in the last position, come from behind to nick 2nd in the LCQ and then have a perfect gate to win the final.

How many times will kelvin say 5x world champion tonight! Get your tongue out of his a@@ kelvin lol

Who cares.

As a cycle speedway rider I thought it was terrible team riding, obviously riders wearing helmets & racing 500cc engines won't heat shouts from the pits, so I hold Speedway riders to a different standard, but can't understand why Brennan didn't look back at all to see who was behind him? Either to block his opponent or give his partner room.

Its not just the West Midlands though Dean. Here In London and the South East. Wimbledon, Hackney, Eastbourne, Canterbury, Crayford, Rye House, Arena Essex all gone. Only Iwade left. The South West. Swindon, Reading, Weymouth, Exeter and Somerset all gone. Plymouth, Poole and Oxford are the only three clubs from that region who are still running. Then you have to travel all the way to Ipswich and Kings Lynn who fortunately are still running, but Peterborough and Mildenhall have gone. This has all happened since the 80s. Very sad, but this must prove, as much as we all love the sport that is not far from dying, certainly as a Professional Sport anyway.

Sad news but expected. Greyhound racing is now a dying sport and the need for housing will always be a priority for any local authority. Speedway will only continue at purpose built tracks soon.

The downfall started when failing to replace Lambert with Declan in heat 12… Oh and the super heat. What a pointless race! Just let it be a draw!

Dan Thompson, so no profile he's not even been nominated for rider of the night when he's clearly been the best rider on view!

Maybe to get a few more punters in between now and closure? "Last chance saloon" and all that ..

Brady Kermitz.

Mid May and Top 4 more or less sorted barring injuries or a team pulling a rabbit out the hat of a signing - that’s poor for any sport - makes me wonder the next 3 and half months of league racing going to be like ?

Poor old Amorim he's got a team full of Troy Batchelor's 😁

Providing it doesn't affect his Gladiator duties,good luck to him