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Seems to be a lot of angry people on here. It’s only speedway, not life and death. Riders get injured - some over egg it, others perhaps ride when they shouldn’t, it’s always been the way of the world. Some people like watching fast racing which may compromise the ability to overtake, others like watching technical racing and waiting for an error to make the opportunity to pass, each to their own. Don’t think there is any dispute that racing at Owlerton is not as good as it used to be, think it is down to the engines rather than the track, but there is still some cracking racing. Some meetings are better than others - last night maybe wasn’t brilliant, but BV not making a fight of it until Bewley got his bike working after the battle was lost didn’t help. I for one don’t think meetings ever look as good or as exciting in TV as they do in real life and Sheffield probably suffers from that more than most because you can’t get a feel for the speed which (to me) is part of the sport.

Nail on the head, all my friends hate Sheffield because they say it’s boring but I quite enjoy the racing there and seeing the sheer speed they generate. Even when it’s a strung out race. Same at belle Vue. we all wish for 15 heats of incredible speedway but You will never get that. If you get 5 good races out of 15 you’ve done well these days.

Spot on. It's not the GP/Ekstraliga riders who are holding this league together, It's riders like Chris Harris, Richard Lawson, Scott Nicholls etc. They're the riders who keep filling void's in various teams all season.

There isn't any, end of topic.

I think the issue with a clubs commitment is finance based. Clubs like Leicester have long leases on their stadium for exclusive use. Therefore no additional hire charge for an NDL team, where as clubs who are tenants would have to pay an additional hire charge for an NDL fixture. That does not excuse teams like Kings Lynn from not running an NDL team. Also the competitive nature of an NDL meeting is often more entertaining that some of the Championship & Premiership meetings I have watched recently.

Maybe they get fined, suppose it depends what is in their contract

Agreed it makes no difference to Belle Vue whether fans travel or not from a financial point of view, but surely it makes sense not to pee off your fan base by allowing them to travel on false pretences ? In all honesty, a win was always going to be a tough ask with your full 7 riders, so knowing you were a man short may have seen some of your fans choose to stay at home. Imagine how disappointed they were to turn up and discover the line up change that could have been announced by your own club 4-5 hours earlier.

Giving up Thursdays so "their riders" would be available, has been a huge negative for the UK.. The UK lost Thursday's and "their riders" are still not available.... Cannot see any benefit whatsoever as crowds haven't "boomed", and "guestfests" are now the norm... The UK has zero leverage to make any changes too...

I think most fans want to see punishments given out equally.

Or the fact Richie and Chris realise the season is over and said to him it’s not worth pushing yourself if you aren’t ready and just focus on play offs and if you’re good enough Thursday then race.

Whilst he’s not broken any rules in the rulebook he has or is going to break a forum rule that’s in these simpletons head due to him being an Ace. It could be any illogical notion that they fixate on at the time. No facts, links, credibility but it keeps them happy for a bit until the next mind bogglingly stupid idea pops into their spacious brains. The stupidity of speedway fans is only surpassed by their continued desire to confirm it on social media.

I agree, he's only been registered on the forum 5 minutes yet he's posting like he's been on here for years. Probably yet another with more than one nom de plume.🙂

You're the only one creating ridiculous topics all over this Forum.

In general I’ve had riders who have knocked me off or shut the door or have been ruthless but it’s the nature of the game, I can’t say anyone was dangerous, there are some who ride above their talent levels and tend to crash a lot but they are not intentionally dangerous

Who's taking the pee,Basso was still injured but Poland basically saying you ride,a bit like Brady really.But Poland pay the big bucks so riders will reluctantly ride when not fully fit when told for fear of being dropped.

A bit harsh ! Imo Bart may push the boundaries on some occassions NP just bulldozed everything in his way regardless of the consequences and the cost to other riders .

Sheffield is definitely a track thaf, as a spectacle, serves up the raw nature of the sport ie "speed".. TV never makes the spectacle look good though unless you have two riders racing together, as the speed that they are going at then becomes more "visible" and appreciative... When races get spread out at Sheffield like the majority do, (as happens at pretty much all tracks), the speed element, (on TV), doesn't cross over, hence it can look predictable and boring... I love watching Kurtz at the NSS flying around the boards even when 30m in front of anyone else, but when watching on TV, it doesn't generate the same reaction.. Sheffield has a similar feel to it, but, with less racing lines to make up ground when behind...

Kvech got to race in the Czech league tonight. Hes not given up caring.

no different to Zmarzlik

But probably not as early as Belle Vue did. Football teams don't leave it to the home team to announce both sides, they put their own team sheets on social media. Personally, I didn't care who was riding for you, but I'm sure some of your own fans would have liked to have known before setting off as it was obviously going to have an impact on your chances, so they may have decided to stay home and save the petrol and admission money.

Kenny Carter? Jason Garrity? Kenni Larsen?

Have people seen the new training track being constructed at Leicester. Looks awesome. Can only be good for the future of Speedway.

He’s close to being ours as well 🤣

If the Stars are running next year and 2025 is anything like this year, you will see Lawson at Lynn. He’ll be riding for you most weeks as a guest when whoever you’ve signed gets p*ssed off with Buster. Without dropping into anorak mode and trawling the stats, is this not Lawson’s best ever season in British speedway? Outside of the three British GP riders, on current form I would suggest he is the next go to man.

Hands off!

We won tonight.

Quote the rule please. The SCB themselves issued a statement detailing Brady’s aborted participation for his Polish League Club Rybnik in their league fixture on the 15th June 2024. There was no mention of his participation in the FIM meeting by the SCB. They were happy with that yet we have two fans who decide to dismiss the opinions of the rule makers (odd when they are so intent on upholding the rules as put out by the er SCB) and follow there own little crusade against this Belle Vue Ace. History is against you, the SCB are against you, I am very much against you. It’s 2024 though and you are entitled, entitled to post on social media whatever nonsense you wish to invent to satisfy your own agenda and to hell with the rest. Brady’s wrong, I’m wrong, the SCB are wrong etc etc etc but you are right.

Do the rules make exception for FIM meetings?

Wouldn’t take him on 2.00 but he will probably be there when he gets a Testimonial.

Belle Vue as we have better aggregate score so far

Jye on a sub 5 average from the start of September, bargain for next season that…

Many contracts stipulate any missed meetings due to getting injured in other leagues will mean a return of some, or even all, money paid up front... FIM meetings are usually exempt from it... As Doyle has said, one point in Poland equals a max worth of money in the UK... They pay the money, they (quite rightly), dictate the terms....

Why? Not fully fit for Monday but rides Tuesday and is declared to ride Thursday for Ipswich … if he doesn’t ride Thursday I agree Why does a riders comeback meeting after injury have to be a UK fixture? If Emil comes back must he ride here first or can he do Poland first?

I might of posted this before but my first and only encounter with Roman was at Sheffield, I was at no7 I think for Oxford ? in as a guest and it was at the start of my career,I remember him staring at me over the pits, I was a nobody but I guess at that point he doesn’t know that,he just sees me a new threat,he just kept looking which was intimidating as I knew exactly who he was and his reputation,think it was in my second ride I was off gate one and him off gate 2, as soon as the tapes went up he just turned left putting me on the grass, I guess looking back he was just stamping his mark on me so as not to go near him not that I was at that level, when I heard of his mysterious death I imagined in my head that he was in some sort of fight on his own against 300 men in some foreign war and giving a good account of himself too, certainly a character and not too bad on a bike either

From photos on social media I'd say he has a good rapport with King's Lynn ....

I’m at Gorzów for the second leg so will be interesting to see! Straight fro Wroclaw GP to Gorzów for me

Regarding Kurtz, all this aggro would have been saved if belle Vue just said he wasn’t racing. I knew at 3pm he wasn’t racing so they had plenty of time to announce he wasn’t racing. Belle vues socials and communication with fans is some of the worst I’ve ever seen from any sporting team or business.

Last Thursday NKI pulled out of a fixture with an illness. So should be banned today but obviously they allowed him to ride due to rider availability so when others are poorly and miss meetings they also will be allowed to ride within the 7 days

Injury Statement - After a crash in Krosno last weekend I’ve been having a lot of problems with my chest and breathing during matches. It increasingly got worse, come Monday at Belle Vue I was unable to race at the level I or my team would expect. Monday afternoon I went for x-rays and have 2 cracked ribs at the top of my chest. I’ve taken this week off to recover as much as I can and give myself a chance to perform at my best in the play offs for Rybnik this weekend along with Belle Vue and Dackarna in the following weeks.

Who would have thought he would be the first name!!

One of the beat & most exciting rider's to ever grace the sport. No shame for Nicki P to feel.

What a weird topic, that first reply to yourself is very strange too.

They didn’t “go into any great detail” in todays meeting report on the website saying “Brady Kurtz was forced to withdraw still suffering the effects of a crash in Poland a week ago”. As for information prior to the evening meeting. When money speaks, the truth keeps silent.

Rew riding in Poland right now for Leszno U 24 team - what a joke !!!!!

I've just been awarded something or other, I never win anything so that's great!

You obviously didnt look onthe back straight. Based on what I have seen away and at the NDL home meeting I would say Leicester is the best supported NDL team away from home.

Congratulations to you and the rest of the team, as a full pass holder i think BSN is a great product and excellent value for money

timeto make big changes ie team manager

So basically Poole Vs Oxford 😉