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New date: 07/09/2026 with the other matches already postponed. Date chosen based on the fact that they know no rain is forecast for that Monday.

Pasties at dawn!!

Barker said there would no passing because track was slick, how wrong he was, passed Kerr in his first race then got passed by Kerr later in the same race. There was passing in most races.

The positive social aspect of how the sport was, shouldn't ever be understated... Even into the mid 90's the BV riders would be in the bar having a drink and signing autographs with the many fans who stayed to have a beer... Supporters Clubs across the country arranged away meetings coaches and held regular social events through the season... The operating model was always "a bit Mickey Mouse" (but obviously nothing like today's Guestfest version), however, the social aspect of the sport kept people engaged and invested in the teams, so therefore they attended regularly... Teams who were, most weeks, your own riders, or riders doubling up who had been loaned out by your team to a Div 2 track for their development... Nowadays it looks like Teams are put together the night before, with anyone and everyone in the frame to ride for your club on a adhoc, horses for courses, basis.. And, some riders will leave the stadium almost before Heat 15 has started if they have a very early flight the next morning from an airport miles away from the track they have raced on... The whole thing needs urgent review and a complete overhaul and reset... Start UK Speedway again...

Until those who run the sport put the fans at priority one it will never grow. The riders have run the sport for the last 2/3 decades, this fraud call-off was in my view 100% rider consideration, nowt to do with fans.

Well this probably proves that you know nothing outside your Poole bubble as he's already taken 6 rides+ in a meeting 10 times this season across PL + CL. So I would think he would know a thing or 2 about the tyres...

Yes, I have 😁 ”Bartosz Zmarzlik is set to withdraw from starts in the Swedish Bauhaus-Ligan in 2027! The reason is a new tire agreement that will take effect in the Land of the Three Crowns! Earlier, Robert Lambert was also supposed to protest”. A few Polish tweets going along the same lines about riders dropping Sweden next year. Could well open up opportunities for a few clubs here…. Maybe 😁

Mainly jealousy? ( I think hate is too strong for most, but not all, forumers)😆

The fact Harris left his comments open so long on his post about the incident allowing some of the comments to be posted is bonkers. For what its worth I don't mind either rider, looks to me as if Harris turned his bike to stop and took Barker off by mistake. Can't comment on the stamping incident as there are bikes in the way but would imagine if he did stamp on him then more Plymouth riders and officials would of been kicking off about it. Some lad claiming to be Harris' mechanic is on there posting all sorts of comical threats, threatening to rip Barkers throat out next time he sees him. He couldn't rip a sausage roll out of a greggs paperbag the absolute k**bhead.

Wouldn't it be fun if the new TV deal required midweek racing on a Wednesday to suit their programming schedules?!😂

Maybe. Above all else though, we should be ensuring we look after British speedway first. I don't claim to know the ins and outs of the tyre deal in Sweden, but it sounds as though they're trying to reduce costs for everyone, but the bigger names like Lambert (sponsored by Anlas...) and Zmarzlik are against it. This quote is a pretty good stance IMO: "If Zmarzlik, who earns millions of kronor, decides to stay home, that's his choice. For me, the most important thing is that Swedish riders are doing well," said Krister Gardell, head of speedway at the Swedish Motorcycle Federation. Ensure British speedway is healthy and young Brits are actually being produced, then we can consider the bigger names as and when they become viable.

As Lawson has eloquently explained on several occasions, creating and going over the 'blue groove' allows rubber to transfer from the tyres giving more traction (grip) if you catch it correctly. This gives an inside line as well as a wider outside line. Q.E.D.!

Hope he wasn't advising on team selection as well 😂

Barker says Harris stamped on him. Which I kinda think the video backs up, be interesting if anything happens

What do you want, War and Peace?

Bomber has had so many brainwashed for years, as the ultimate team man and ride through fences for the fans, been making good money out of this persona for years, seems in his old age he’s forgot the camera and the fans could still see him. His statement just makes no sense when you watch the video, he’d of been better of making no statement at all just made himself look a bit silly.

Back in the day riders turned up with bikes strapped to the boot of the car and poor Terry Stone regularly turned up at Rayleigh with dirty bikes seemingly having some sentimental value for the dirt of Bradford, Canterbury, Eastbourne etc. Eventually he took on board the point and eventually turned out for each meeting with spotless bikes, you could eat your dinner off the mudguards. Those were the days because as you said they rode in addition to the main job and it could earn them good additional money. For anyone old enough, after a meeting at Rayleigh the riders all met up at the Blinking Owl Cafe on the A127 and many a supporter joined them. It was a better time for the image of the sport and while the racing may not be as fast and furious as today, it was competitive and young riders were given chances that only today’s youngsters can dream about. Some made it others battled through but you got to see an aspiring young newcomer take on a heat leader and my abiding memory is Rayleigh versus Boston and Ivan Miller a grass track rider beating Arthur Price a heat leader for Boston. Compared to today’s homogenised offering the sport in those days offered opportunity and a chance for success on a level playing field with bikes that were basically the same and anyone old enough will remember riders winning a race on the ‘track spare’. It just would not happen today and more is the pity.

That really is the problem with speedway. It's not a business, it's a sporting activity. Certainly in the UK. The sooner speedway realises it is an amateur sport and stops pretending otherwise, maybe it will survive going into the future, in my opinion.

If only Chris Julian was around now

It's 'sun breaks' that annoy me. Either tinted goggs, strip of black tape across the top, angle head down or utililize 'The Kelly Moran (Boulevard) method', take note: "When the sun is in your eyes as you go over the start / finish line, count 1 Mississippi, 2 Mississippi, 3 Mississippi - then turn'. (!)....

Might i suggest had this been the other way around your view might have been a touch different?

Great to see the "feel good factor" from the sport being on ITV has kept momentum...😝

Haha, here he is again slagging off our track, the same track that produced great entertainment and racing last night.

Only because they have a successful management who knows how to construct a side that often wins the championship. Hats off to them. Other clubs take notice.

Another reason lay down engines have ruined the sport and having one engine size at all levels is bonkers.

Think Morris can take ride too ? Sure he the one above Victor

That’s great to hear. A Wimborne Road that produces good racing does British Speedway an absolute world of good. Long may it continue.

They did last night, plenty of overtaking

Was on SKY wasn't it? I remember Sean Wilson doing something similar to Jesper Olsen at the fours at Peterborough one year too.

Very true and I hope you’re right, but Lightcap takes the Pirates up a notch. I think this might be the closest we’ve seen to the 2000 Exeter Falcons. The 2025 Pirates are definitely stronger away from home than the Falcons were back then. With the addition of Lightcap, there are now no weak heats for Poole. Good on them. I just wish they’d prepare a track that affords those excellent riders an opportunity to entertain.

Don't have to grow a pair, been there done that

British Speedway Promotion Ltd, well surely that name contravenes some trade description law. Seems to me that the Championship may not be perfect but it is working fairly well, a reasonable number of teams racing to a decent standard. The main problem in British Speedway that needs to be addressed, is the Premiership, too few teams, racing close to second tier standards. If the aim is to make the Premiership TV viable, improve the product. Don't stifle what's working to make a poor product look comparatively better, because the British Premiership is still going to be second rate compared to the other European leagues. Message to BSP Ltd, get off your ar.es do some promoting, work towards making the Premiership a premium product, work on the bits that are broken not the bits that work.

Unless Poole grow a pair and step up then why do you care 😁

Will Tom now make that dinner in Poland?...

Anlas, the same as Poland, Denmark and the GPs.

possibly cooper to

wont be one big league, that will never happen

Judging by the number of riders who's averages have mysteriously just dropped to 8 with British reduction it would seem so

Wow I did not know the Plymouth side was that much of an attraction 😜 maybe they thought @lewywas gonna turn up and sign autographs 🤣

...like keeping it at 40 points?!

https://www.specsavers.co.uk/ here you go mate.

So where is this video evidence of this alleged stamp? Bomber's actions look to be those of a very angry man trying to stop a bike with no brakes Barker cut over the centre green to chase after Bomber and clearly said something offensive. Ben Barker commented on Bomber's post to dispute some of it but chose not to dispute or clarify what he said. I'd take from that that Barker doesn't object to what Bomber claims he said. Plenty of comments on what Bomber did, but tumbleweed on a rider threatening to deliberately take another rider out at high speed potentially injuring, paralysing or killing him.

But! But! But! I saw a photo of a "Blue Groove!!!! That's the important thing to mention, not the crowd of well over 2,000!!!! "Ahh! But how many of them of them will be back next time with the track looking like that?" Will no doubt be the question asked by some... "Pretty much most if not all of them, and maybe even more" will be the answer..

I have to say that the track was a lot better last night than the last time I visited. Several outside overtakes. But I do have a serious question. As some of you will know, I'm a big fan of men or ladies, with rakes. I think we've lost a lot by not raking the corners AND the starts between every race. I don't know any club that rakes the starts anymore. Sad really when some (several) meetings are seriously influenced by strong or graveyard gates. But credit where credit is due. Nearly. Poole do have rakers on the bends. But I do have to ask. Why do they simple pull the berm from the foot of the air fence and pull it in two or three feet? Great for adding to the outside run but does nothing to improve the area of the track down low that develops the inevitable blue groove from about heat 8. Spray the raked shale across the full width of the corner galls and guys and then let the tractor grader spread it out evenly. You might just end up with two or more racing lines!

So, No PK next year, Not sure if Victor will be back either. Already looking like a very different Bandits lineup in 2027. Personally I'd start with Nick Morris, Reid Battye and Jye Etheridge. I wonder if Flint would be a possibility to replace PK? Other riders i'd like to see considered - Mitch Macdermid, Kevin Juul Pedersen, Jody Scott. Thoughts?????

Probably a lot to do with your number 1 fan (Lewi) constantly coming on Poole threads moaning about our track week after week

Disgusting track conditions at poole

Original fixture list had June 20th Reserved BSN FINAL August 23rg Reserved KO CUP FINAL

He's not a one off though is is, Hagon and the lad up your way Kyle Bickley. have and had workshops full of bikes

I remember 3-4 seasons back a picture of young Ashton Boughton with something like 6-7 bikes in the background ready for the season and this was a lad starting out who was at reserve.