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Also, well done both teams for making the final again. It was looking sketchy earlier in the season.

Links for tonight: https://vksport.vkvideo.ru/video-53550004_456242744 https://vkvideo.ru/video-81427162_456239806 https://vkvideo.ru/video-234681448_456239288

Criminally underused as top publicity for our beleaguered sport when he was at the height of his powers. Brilliant career. Even better fuc*in dj…😁

Pumped, again.

Come off it mate. Kvech had the corner, Doyle has just sent it and hoped for the best, made contact with Kvech and he’s came down. Pretty sure if you were in Kvech’s position there you’d have done the exact same thing.

Doyle 😂 a desperate move from a man over the hill, and then he has the front to moan about it. At least he didnt injure Kvech this time.

We’ve not seen this much overtaking in the first few races for years.

Not a huge shock but I am glad he is walking away from the sport on his own terms best wishes for long and happy retirement .

Official! https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1NPRhdA8bh/

That was clearly Doyle fault, yet Olly Allen tries to blame the other rider. He’s done that a few times, either poor eyesight or as you say he’s biased.

Glasgow deserve to lose this picking Kemp to ride at number 1. A pathetic rider with a piss poor attitude.

He isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but I love him and he’ll always be my favourite speedway rider. Charisma, personality to burn, controversial, outspoken…everything speedway needs and is sadly lacking in the Grand Prix at the moment. His absence in the current series is a huge void they will struggle to fill. Most important of all though, he was bloody quick on a speedway bike and is our greatest ever rider. While I’m gutted I’ll never see him race again, I’m happy he has retired safe and sound and on his own terms. His body has cried enough and he at least seems at peace with his decision. He can now spend time with his wonderful family and make a name for himself on the DJ scene. Thanks for the memories Tai, we’re going to miss you. ❤️

Well just got to hope Norway pull their finger out then.

I thought it was an decent meeting, I would certainly sooner watch a meeting from this track than Ipswich, Northampton, Sheffield, Oxford, Plymouth or Poole. It was not a dust a bowl, neither was it over watered, you saw clean passes after the 1st/2nd bend on both the inside and the outside throughout the meeting.

It's because Paulco, who normally did it, got fed up with peope with multiple user names posting rubbish he got fedup with the forum and doesn't even look at it now

So who would be better? Always laughable when I read about certain riders shouldn’t be in the Grand Prix when clearly and by some way they are the ones of the best 15 riders in the world…. Which Doyle is Maybe we should have some new youngsters…. Erm no thanks as proved by the Ukrainian they aren’t good enough Doyle isn’t as good as he was obviously but only 1 person can be world champion and in any season riders have to come 10th-15th …. Doesn’t mean they aren’t deserving of a place If you think riders like Doyle and Fricke shouldn’t be on the gp then tell me who should be

Sorry, but thats complete rubbish. Loram, Havelock, Tatum, Screen, Louis, Smith, Morton, Collins and Craven were all much better than Woffinden

Classy post from Emil.

Fair play Thomsen, brilliant ride. BZ too concerned about Lambert, luckily for him m it wasn't Kurtz round the outside. Lambert will be disappointed but he looked properly world class this evening and is starting to develop some consistency. And he picked Zmarzlik off twice.

I don't think it was as straightforward as that, yes there was contact, but Kvech made no effort to stay on!

Good GP so far with lots of passing.

Always divided opinion off the track, but an outstanding speedway rider. Was thrilled when he became a Wolves asset in 2006 and one of my favourite memories will always be the 2009 play off final win against Swindon, which both Tai and his dad (despite being seriously ill by that time) played a huge role in. Absolutely the right decision though. Tai had nothing left to prove.

Ah those were the days!

It is irrelevant what anyone thinks, it will be postponed if England beat Norway. The only sensible thing to do.

Apologies if I've missed this elsewhere... Tai Woffinden has announced his retirement from professional racing. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DaplrQmuvK2/?igsh=MWhtam1kYjZvb3Uzaw==

Hopefully the speedway goes ahead.

Seriously who's going to watch a football match on TV, when you could go to speedway: to see, hear, smell, feel the shale on your face, and enjoy the banter. No contest in my mind!

I think I’m at the point with speedway now where I don’t care about home advantage. I think the best possible track prep for overtaking should be undertaken for each race. I would rather see multiple overtakes and great racing than gate and go and the home team wins. If you are a good enough team you should be able to win on whatever track if it’s prepared correctly and for racing.

Tremendous level of sour grapes there, kudos To say there was no passing is nonsense Heat 4, Thomson gets third on the line almost second Heat 6 Grahn and Foord passed and repassed Heat 9 Paco on Allen Heat 10 Dan on Allen heat 14 Edwards on Cluff, Paco on Scott Heat 15 all 4 riders changed position at one point or another With a few other exciting enough races thrown in with Klindt buzzing about Thompson in 13 amongst them I’m not saying Armadale is gonna be confused with Belle Vue or Bydgoszcz anytime soon but to say there was no passing is laughably wrong.

Couldn’t agree more with you. I’ve banged on about this before but been told it’s not possible. Obviously too complicated this speedway business. To think they found a covid vaccine in a couple of months….

All this talk from the Ipswich promotion about 2027 being ‘the’ season makes me smile. The sport is on crutches in the UK and hobbles slower each year into the next season. If the Witches can assemble a decent team I hope for all of us that they are competing in a league that has some credibility.

Does that mean Kurtz is also struggling a bit too.🤔

Another Dave classic

I remember his debut at Sheffield all those years ago 0,0,0, - the following week i think he scored 11 or 12 and it was clear he was going to be good! Long and happy retirement to him and thanks for all those wonderful SGP and World Cup nights!

Rename it Dirt Track. Many who say " What's Speedway?" would have a good idea what Dirt Track is.

It's a quote i've never understood. How many clubs is Bomber once always of?

A fantastic rider, who had a stellar career... I am sure whatever he does next will be a success at given his incredible drive, resilience, dedication and desire... Maybe the BSP could get him involved in promoting the sport in the UK?.. He is still the one rider many outside of Speedway in the UK will have heard of and could recognise.. And is still young enough to connect with a younger demographic... The greatest British rider ever?... I think his three World Titles cements that accolade.... Good luck to him...

Well I’ll find out later this month as I’m at Glasgow, Berwick and Workington over a weekend. That’ll be six tracks for me this season. After that I’ll probably post a crapness scale on rider presentations at the tracks I’ve been to this season so Glasgow, Berwick and Workington now is the time to up your game!

Richard Coleman seems to have pretty much the same thoughts on the sport as many of us on here... However, the challenge I would suggest will be that the clear and obvious issues facing the sport are, in the main, all self inflicted, and delivered by their own design and often done to "fix" the problems that previous decisions have created, (and this ironically then often compounds the initial problem!).... The challenge he faces is that the promoters must all know what is needed for the sport to move forwards, (as it is all pretty clear and obvious), however, the very fact they know this, yet have never shown one iota of enthusiasm in changing anything, shows that "moving the sport forwards" is simply not on the agenda for many... In short.. Many are quite happy with their lot, with few actually running their tracks to make profits, but, instead, it gives them an affordable hobby to enjoy.. "Moving the sport forwards" will mean unpicking so much of what has been done, and also bring greater scrutiny and accountability, neither of which too many promoters will be pushing for I would think, hence "moving it forwards" hasn't been focused on for, at least, a couple of decades.. There are many promoters like Buster who, year in, year out, put their hands into deep pockets and shell out several hundred thousands to their riders, to keep the sport running in the UK... That is the sum of their ambitions...

With England potentially kicking off at 8pm on Wednesday, would definitely be a postponement i would say

The main problem is the owner, he has his own ideas on what he wants to pay riders and he doesn’t compromise, that coupled with the fact he regularly falls out with riders, staff and supporters, makes it difficult and not just in putting teams together. It makes it very hard to achieve anything and frustrates his staff and fans, I never really understood why he ever went into the Premier League, he had a lot of success at Championship level but trying to run Premier League on a Championship budget is always going to be difficult with any success strictly limited.

Possibly just go with guests for the rest of the season

Unfortunately the p1ss poor meetings are vastly outnumbering the good ones on BSN this year. Edinburgh seems to be a poor destination for decent racing with the home advantage

Has he?

Correct. losing home and away every week at rock bottom of the table is not being competitive. i should know, i was a Newport fan and apart from one memorable season in 1999 and a decent last season in 2011, i seen us win about 8 wooden spoons and lose at home most weeks. The crowd levels hit rock bottom and i cannot count the amount of times the racing was great and it was a last heat decider. as I said before, home wins are absolutely essential to maintain a decent fan base and Exeter are proof of that. The experience of the venue and track was superb in being so close to the action and it being a big, fast daunting track but the racing was absolutely dire but they won at home every week and kept a great fanbase because of that.

You do mine in.🤔

Not really a fan of Tungate but Rew definitely

Never been a fan of Lawson … he isn’t well liked amongst the riders Ive heard as well and rubs promotions up the wrong way … im not one of these plastic fans who once a rider signs for you that you have to like … sure I want him to win races for us but I struggle to cheer him just something about his demeanour I’m not a fan of

And what happened to Speedway Futures?

Just as well the foxes management released jeppesen and not bachelor!