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Like Speedway when the racing is good it can be brilliant, when it's bad not so much. There are a few DTRA meetings each year and worth a visit if you are in travelling distance. Entry for spectators is usually free and there are a lot of races from little kids through old blokes on vintage bikes to the Pro class who are seriously fast. Dirt Track Riders Asscoation the home of Dirt Track racing in the UK

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Maybe if the baby offset engines weren't so bloody fickle and everyone rode an engine that was more flexible, for want of a better term, less meetings would be called off as the bikes would be able to cope in conditions that varied a bit

This is where we are at nowadays in the UK unfortunately. Riders just aren't interested in a wet track here when they can earn many multiples in Poland the next weekend. There is a 70-80% chance of showers all afternoon tomorrow and while they may miss Lynn clubs would rather not risk what we had at the Foxhole last Thursday I guess. The days of boilersuits and sawdust are long, long gone.

Agree,I travel 65mls to a home meet so I am reluctant to travel if there is any doubt.

How is that a threat, just a picture

@admin threats

I know the forecast isn't good. However from an entertainment point of view we know Bangs is missing and is Cooper still injured. Anyone else missing flights or had better offers? Apologies but the cynic in me is shining through!

He's in an NDL 1-7, I assume that entitles him to guest?

This kind of thing explains why supporters sadly are less likely to travel to away meetings.

This is one of the reasons the sport is on its a#se, slightest risk of bad weather and the club will call it off early, wasnt a problem back in the day, mind you back then the riders didn't have the power they have now regarding the track being a bit iffy and them not fancy riding on it.

Just bored with insulting bullying idiots on here.

Ok Mr Irony 💦 might have 2 accounts like a saddo 💦

@admin threatening fellow forum users, I’m scared to come on here now 😬

I agree they will and that’s fine, do whatever people want to do and can afford but it’s not for me, my Mrs and the lad are going but I’ll just watch it on tv,(paid the full price but are going to car share with a couple of friends so halves the price) I want more for my money on a GP and belle vue doesn’t deliver that imo

The Mrs has spent a good few hours ringing the number and guess what ?

He looked really quick and sharp out of the gate.

From Fraser Bowes 𝙐𝙋𝘿𝘼𝙏𝙀 Hi everyone, I thought I’d jump on and explain why I haven’t been at the last two matches this week. On Tuesday, while fitting a new engine, I was struck directly in the eye by an exhaust spring under load. I was taken to the eye emergency department at Bournemouth Hospital, where I was diagnosed with a deep traumatic corneal abrasion. The injury has left me with a bloodshot eye that is light sensitive and has been causing headaches. At the moment, all I can really do is rest, but there are improvements each day. I’m aiming to be back for Wednesday’s match against Oxford, and I can’t thank Ian and Nicola Bell enough for all their help and support during this situation.

Newish speedway fan here. And sad to see it decline. Would it not be an option to merge the Premiership and Championship into one proper national league or would it not work? It would mean more teams and more variety.

Olek patiently waited for his chance and now he's got it. If he performs well, he could stay in the squad for a while longer. "The results showed that a change was needed, and that's the decision we made," Dariusz Śledź said on Canal+ Sport. Brennan himself, who was in the pits supporting his team, was also asked for comment. "It's not a great situation for me. I can't say if it was the right decision. I understand the coach wants the best for the team. I just have to keep working and improve my form. I haven't been told if it's a decision for this match or for the rest of the season. I don't know if I'll be competing this season. I'll work twice as hard to earn my place in the squad," the Briton assured.

Jeppesen wouldnt be a bad fit

Sorry Stewmac is in Poland and is unable to give links today.

100%! He’s not a rider I’ve ever taken too and from the off season shenanigans everyone’s heard he ‘allegedly’ partakes in he can’t bring that into an already dangerous sport

Clubs are always telling us that one of the main reasons for early call offs is flying riders in. Now if all clubs had their own private jets……….I’ll get my coat😔

Unbelievable

So you have sympathy for injuries in the UK…how strange.

Don’t blame you really

It really is digging its own grave this sport surely it’s the ref on the day calls it off. You can’t keep believing the so called weather experts

Don’t blame you really

Cable ties ... They come in several sizes too.. And won't rust.

He can’t take a joke 🤣

Does anyone know the situation with Cooper Rushen? I'm aware he missed Redcar with the hand injury. But with the chronic rider shortage we seem to be pushing our up and coming riders to extreme limits.

They need to stop using screws and use nut and bolts which will stop the gate hanging off the posts

On his Bro's bikes while he's out?

Klindt is a prime example of inconsistency, 18 at Poole, 5 at Redcar. Zach is always up and down during the season but come the play offs he gives everything and is very reliable .

We both know one fan!!😂😂

The trouble is no one else does, especially if he has ridden for them

For us all to keep our noses out of it all

Poole on a Wednesday night? 😂

Not without a blade there won't 😂

Good effort down in Plymouth

Emergrated

If that don’t this will.

Hopefully that’s the case,it wasn’t really necessary IMO.If you under the points limit,that’s all that matters.

Update on former Berwick rider Connor Coles posted on social media today. Lovely news from Kirsty Coles about Connor A little update on Connor Connor has now been transferred from Stoke to Derby and has officially started neurological rehabilitation in a specialist centre. Although there is still a long recovery journey ahead, this week has brought some really positive steps forward. Connor is becoming much more aware and engaged, communicating more, remembering conversations and slowly getting more like himself each day. He is now eating food orally again with thickened drinks, has started rehab exercises including the exercise bike, and is walking short distances with support and a frame. Seeing these small milestones after everything he has been through has meant so much to us all. There are still many challenges ahead with speech, swallowing, fatigue and weakness down his left side, and recovery will take time, but we finally feel like Connor is taking important steps in the right direction. Thank you again to everyone for all the continued love, support, messages and kindness shown to Connor and our family

Heard there’s a rat on here

I think there is definitely a market for streaming at the right price... One of Speedways weaknesses also can be it's strength... Due to the team model it uses, you don't have the same tribalism that other team sports can engender, however the sport does have a large proportion of followers that generically follow the sport, and very closely.. Meaning any meeting, regardless of the two teams involved, will attract their attention.. I watch Swedish and Polish meetings on Tuesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, but won't lay out £14 or so for a UK stream.. Make it £7-£10 and I probably would, at least once a week... In the Speedway Star, Gerry Facenna mentions how surprised he was by how many fans from overseas have purchased their streams.. It could be a big market if the price point is set well, and clubs don't just think that the fans of both teams are their target market, (or might not attend and buy the stream instead).. Glasgow say they only streamed due to crowd increases in the stadium, and, once again, are using their own fans to help drive bigger crowds with free tickets.. That's the key... If a promoter thinks "I won't stream as my fans will stay at home and watch", then they either are not promoting well enough, not providing enough entertainment, or the competitions they run are not engaging enough people... Do their day job properly, and streaming should be the icing on the cake..

... a rider wins a Speedway GP and you remember seeing his grandfather ride.

Erm...there fact that there are kids at these meetings that see riders as role models? Hardly setting a great example. Throw the book at both of them instead of trying to glorify this sickening behaviour