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Mathematically they could have gone along the lines of, Rew, Cook, Tungate and Howarth/PHB making Blodorn start at reserve which feels a lot more potent than what looks like the inevitable line up, especially away from home. Still having the world no 2 & 3 in your side is some going. When was the last time that happened over here?

So it could still be Kurtz back with Cook and Mulford/Tate?

Just take a look at the last 10 years of the u21 final. 13 of the 18 that appeared in 2016 final aren't riding anymore. The 8 in the u19 final that weren't in the 21 final aren't riding either. 21 riders that would be hitting 29-31 this year lost to the sport.

Has stevie Worrall retired? Much better punt on a sub 7

Has stevie Worrall retired? Much better point on sub 7

Surely after all the effort put in to getting them back on track last year and with Glasgow on board, Cook is a no no. The risk of peeing off the fans feels much higher than the reward with Cook these days

thanks @arnieg I couldn't find it on there for the life of me! Some new names on me there and a surname or two that are very familiar - I did see that Rory's lad won one of the younger age groups

Is the result of the u21 final available anywhere?

Pretty sure it's his mechanic that he's been with for quite some time - wouldn't be the first time he posted something completely tone deaf thinking it was funny

Big step up for him but he seems aggressive enough to have a good go. Was impressed with him in the Ipswich meeting, if that’s the standard of potential 2 pointers in the league next year then he’ll do ok

I went up to 49.13 mainly thanks to Rushen. It was higher but Harrison and Ace P dropped almost 2 points between them in the last set of GS

Return of Woffinden?

That's probably the only 5-1 we ever had at the County Ground 🤣

Frank Smart Leigh Adams Rafael Okoniewski and I always loved watching Carl Wilkinson, a style I'd never seen before or since.

There is an argument he should be but his last Green Sheet from 2023 was 7.81

Not related to the GPs or 2025 speedway but there’s an episode of American pickers on sky history tonight about speedway history. They meet the family of Ernie Roccio by the looks. season 26 ep 9

But he has Abi and Scott for that kind of stuff and they don't seem to provide it either. Football is probably considered the gold standard in that they have the resource to pull in all kinds of real time data, so whilst perhaps a tad harsh, the basics aren't there for Speedway. There are plenty of armchair stattos that I imagine would gladly give up a few hours on a Sunday evening to prepare such a 'pack/guide' for Kelvin but he appears to not want to take on that role and is happy giving the absolute bare minimum. That is the perception that's given off to me and it doesn't do anything to help the sport's profile.

That and everyone's been going well on the continent when in fact they're really struggling winds me up no end. It takes 2 minutes to have a read through the Polish results on a Monday morning before a TV meet to throw some colour and insight into things. Unless its Erik Riss and his long track achievements he hasn't a clue what's going on. I've never watched a football match where the commentators don't know anything about a player on the pitch.

I hadn't seen him properly but he was certainly impressive. Especially when he almost lost it. Must say Ingram impressed me as well but seemed to run out of steam, he was very aggressive

Presumably Rushen is nailed on for the RS after Louis being his mentor last night? Did I hear he turns 16 in March?

Is Peter Mole still involved there?

He also hit one at Stoke going up the hill a little too fast after a bad race! What a boy

Just wave him through Jan

Also begs the question, if everyone knew this would happen, why was this the first set of play off's to be staged with two riders going for podium places in the GP 2 days later, with a poor forecast. Decision was announced 3 days after the last GP round so it wasn't a surprise that 2 of the Belle Vue team would be up for some serious silver wear 2 days later

Old factory site is interesting - what's the track in the US that appears to be in a factory? I'm sure it was used in the background of the True Detective series? Could that be an option (proper air extraction included of course) for the UK? Sound proofed walls and a filtrations systems wonder if anyone has ever explored that idea