Daniel Smith

Only because they're told to, not because they want to

Suppose it'll help on that front by the fact the Belle Vue's EL home fixtures don't really kick off until June

You call him a nob but I think it's fair to question the viability of big Speedway events in Manchester. Ok, Manchester isn't the wettest place in the Britain, but it's right up there out of all the British Towns & Cities Manchester comes 4th in the number of days rain per year @152days Manchester comes 8th in the amount of rain per year @87cms The North West as a whole actually tops both these charts as regions These are facts and in the future, if things constantly fall foul of the weather this will be taken into consideration by the FIM / BSI. Lets be honest, Belle Vue have run over a large number of black cats since the official opening. Belle Vue need a good run in the fixtures now to relieve some of the pressure but these weather factors could be troubling.

I'm a big advocate of backing the Brits in the individuals & International meetings. Except Chris Harris, he now just does my head in. Always somebody else's fault for his garbage failings.

Timo Lahti has been knocking in some decent result's all over just recently, British teams should be looking at him again as he's also decent on the technical circuits

I'm assuming the water cart is bust in this one?

You'll never hear me call him the next big thing, at the moment he'll be the next Chris Harris. Can't gate for toffee

Confused how Bewley want allowed to race in this fixture but ok in the pairs tonight at Workington. Doesn't make any sense.

It's a joke, EDR guests should not be accomplished EL rider's, full stop. The system can be seriously abused if this carries on. Leigh Lanham is vastly experienced at EL level. It's just totally wrong wrong wrong on every level

I see Coventry really are using Leigh Lanham as a guest for an EDR tonight Hope the fans disapprove of this as much as some did when Poole were going to be using Stuart Robson until the BSPA rightly blocked the move Joke if this is allowed to happen

The option must have been there not to race the Semi Final. If Danny King had a GP Qualifier so was allowed to miss the British Semi why not Harris? Also, wasn't King & Kennett a couple of seasons back give special treatment to be able to race in the PL. Think they both had averages above 6 at the time if I remember?? If a PL promoter is willing to pay his wages on a 12 average then so be it & he should be allowed to drop down imo

He'll have to lower his average which would be pretty tough on Coventry

Interesting read regarding Harris. Are we seeing another blast where he's blaming everybody else but himself? Such a passionate rider but does seem clueless with it at times. If his me or you was regarding Rosco then it's bye bye Harris for me. SWC Team : Woffinden Nicholls Cook Lambert / S Worrall Doesn't matter where he goes for the SGP Qualifiers, he should have got through them but he didnt and that's down to him

Weather looks horrendous for Belle Vue tomorrow. Is there another date available??

How about this for an idea. Have a 2 minute clock with the rules the same as GP's, Tapes up on 0 or excluded. Have a 20 meter zone from the start line back towards the 4th turn. Rider's cannot enter this zone until there's 15 seconds on the clock. The 2 minutes is then used for practice starts, clutch adjustments etc. Time saved all round

Rules don't allow it as NBJ has British League experience. Foreign rider's have to be completely new to be No'8s

Asked Rob Lyon. He confirmed No'8s can't be at reserve. If Jakobsen rides then Wilkinson moves into the 1-5.

The 5th addition of the Home Straight Podcast https://www.acast.com/homestraight/episodefivefeaturingspecialguestniels-kristianiversen

this is a good image of the stadium positioning http://swindonlink.com/2016/01/north-swindon-mp-justin-tomlinson-welcomes-submission-of-plans-for-new-swindon-robins-speedway-stadium/

Those 3 on current form certainly wouldn't weaken an already strong SGP line-up As you say, Hampel & Sayfutdinov (If he wants it) are certs for SGP Wildcards. Think then what's outside the top 8 come October will decide the other 2 places. Saying that, I'd also like to see the 2 Laguta's given a shot Think it's come down to who has the better future in the sport. Also to gain experience against better riders away from his home tracks.

I thought the new stadium should be on the existing site. Also remember, Belle Vue was 3-4 years overdue

My 2 sets of 7 to qualify for the final, & my 3 qualifiers. Some more in hope than I believe they will mind Kenneth Bjerre Krzysztof Buczkowski Krzysztof Kasprzak Piotr Pawlicki Vaclav Milik Martin Vaculik Sam Masters Freddie Lindgren Joonas Kylmakorpi Bartosz Zmarzlik Patryk Dudek Tomas Jedrzejak Brady Kurtz Robert Lambert Freddie Lindgren Krzysztof Kasprzak Bartosz Zmarzlik

How many qualify from the Semi's? How many from the Final?

Riding in Denmark tonight. No idea about tomorrow night. He's committed to the season but will miss quite a few meetings.

Would be madness to run the meeting, pretty wet out there and should remain the same right up to 6-7pm. Won't be just Troy complaining, Doyley is a bit of a whiner when it comes to wet too