40-38

Ruined this GP being so slick, so many riders who like having a blast and they produce a track like that.

Only mildly more entertaining than Teterow so far.

Has Bomber got a tenner on KL tonight? Doing everything we can to chuck this away.

I mean I’d normally be at Leicester but for being ill but it sounds like more passing there than here, and BP gets slated.

Been a bit of a gating fest so far.

Where else would Tai be? He was in front on the inside, off the inside gate and there was no gap to go for.

Doyle should have gone there I think. Lucky.

If the start marshall calls you to the tapes and you’re not ready to race and don’t immediately do so you should be excluded as well.

Max Fricke finally showing what he's made of with good team riding and some good passing movements, especially heat 15 on Masters. Sedgman really is the ace in the pack so far though, he's on fire at the moment and looks like he'll have a go at anybody. More dirt on the track didn't equal better racing though, I do miss the bumpy track, at least it was exciting. Unusually poor scores from Schlein and Douglas cost Wolves in the end, it was pretty nip and tuck until the latter stages.

According to BBC light rain 40% chance at 6pm falling to below 30% between 8pm-10pm. Might get away with it if it's light because it's been so dry and breezy.

Probably some sort of youth signing?

Aside from Sedgeman and Bomber I've not been overly fussed with what I've seen from any of them up until now. I still think having either Thompson at reserve was a mistake as well.

I'm sure I've heard talk about industrial units being built on part of Beaumont Park.

Postponed due to forecast.

You’ll forgive me if I don’t get excited about what’s now a glorified challenge match.

It makes sense to use it for aggregate bonus point ties in the league or aggregate ties in the KO cup when it sort of becomes a speedway version of a penalty shoot out, but not for a standard drawn fixture.

Good meeting in the end; some issues for Lions to overcome though, especially re Max not getting going properly yet. We seemed quite slow, not sure if that's down to set up or lack of dirt off the main racing line, noticed it most with Chris Harris going wide and finding nothing to drive him on. Re Belle Vue Tom Brennan found it tough going too, and after I'd waxed lyrical about him so it was probably my kiss of death. Ryan Douglas as a guest was always going to score a bucket load as he loves the track, definitely tipped the balance for the Aces in the end. I'm still not sold on the super heat, nor do I really understand the point of it. It just seems weird to not just say it was a draw, 1 point each and that's it. Why should a team get another point for essentially a scratch race when we already have an aggregate bonus anyway? It makes the league table look weird as well having a draw win and draw lose column, I had to try and explain it to some newbies tonight and it just sounded absurd.

Premier League Fours at Leicester, 7th August 2011. Lions first season back, generally terrible results which culminated in the drubbing 28-62 at home to Glasgow. However on this day we were actually winning overall and Ilya "Bonky" Bondarenko was unbeaten for the Lions; it truly was a day of miracles. It had been a bit on off rain wise all day and even periods during the meeting but about 2/3rds of the way through it hammered it down, stair rods, causing them to stop racing and see if it "passed over". I think we were stood in the open for nearly an hour in unrelenting torrents of rain waiting for it to "pass over" with nary a word from anybody. The presentation staff, riders and management were nowhere to be seen, a few thousand people had taken on enough water to sink a battleship and eventually they called it off. I've never been so wet and miserable, and come the re-run in October we came second to Ipswich and Bonky never had another meeting like it.

We’ve had a lot of rain lately, even better drainage would struggle.

They've been ahead of the curve for years

Now come on, don't we all enjoy trying not to trip up over the collapsible bollard on the footpath after a meeting and the ankle breaking jeopardy as you try and get to your car?!

Would sooner have Fricke in there than both Worrall and Lawson. Otherwise not too bad.

I like the idea of super heats for the aggregate bonus point or in ties in the cup for example but I do think a draw should just be a point each. I used to like the bonus point as I first came to speedway in 2006 so it was what I knew first! Top 4 playoffs out of 7 bit silly, should be leader through to final and 2 v 3 for last place. Same in both leagues, has to be a benefit to finishing top. The mini league in the championship for playoffs are ludicrous for that reason. Pairs over 3 rounds seems a bit low, could have made it 4 if 6 too long but I’m not overly exercised about that.

Best of 3, we'd still probably lose

Hopefully you can get on with them next year so the playoffs can happen quicker, eh?