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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.

Let's be honest, it was crap. Every race largely decided by end of first lap, if it wasn't for the Freddie/Brady incident and Jason's crash there'd be nothing of note to discuss.

With Anders, Kerr and Picko ex Lynn riders I fancy our chances to pick up a win here but my gut feeling says a home win by 6 points. Think the KL strength in depth will come good in this meeting with Sheffield picking up too many last places to get in front.

I'm sensing some Disgruntlement

Talking of timings can anybody explain this to me please?

Clown……. Your agenda against him is laughable. On a more positive note, great to see Sam Hagon showing what he can do, track was the best it’s been all season and the racing was good as a result. We nearly threw it all away late on and the ref had an absolute shocker but glad to see us on the right side of a close meeting for a change.

Welcome to the GP's Brady, I suppose he got off lightly in terms of Freddie introductions, but now he knows what he's up against.

Kurtz does lay that down but the slight contact says lindgren 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.

I'd go further and say that if these landlords were allowed to open their betting stalls at speedway meetings then it would change their thoughts. Had Entain had this option, they'd likely have been sticking a contract under CVS's nose rather than an eviction. notice.

It's been the rule for nearly 3 decades. David Howe came 5th in 1997 as a 15 year old

My bad Roger. Thank god for that

Its Cook not Kerr who started on 6.23.

Lewis has been suffering with his brand new equipment in every meeting so far. Consistency and the right set-ups for different track conditions are a struggle at the moment. Rich and mechanics are trying to help him sort it.

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.

When there is no clubs left in the West Midlands the sport is official in the clink, I banged on about this 15-20 years ago about changes that need to be made both inside and outside the track, I don’t have all the answers or indeed may have non but the writing was on the wall from the late 90s but who am I ? It’s not your money yada yada yada and I took stick from some real tossers from both sides of the fence who are still running the sport into the ground today, angry ? damn right I am, I have lived speedway all my life and it’s really starting to hurt badly now and if I’m honest I think the sport is finished as a professional sport in the uk and I don’t know where we go from here 😢

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

Having a strong reserve is more of a masterstroke when a team manager gives them extra rides😝