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you should speak to Martin Hagon about that mate as there`s good reason behind it.

funny thing is , my lad gave up clay shooting to do speedway. Once you`ve bought the gun there are many places to shoot that are local. Ok so if you want to compete you have to travel but the costs were way less than speedway. Cartridges have gone up in price but so has everything else. At least a gun doesn`t need servicing after 40 shots.

can I ask, do you ride or have you ridden or have a son that did/does?. Genuine question

good to see Rastaman Danny back on thhe Island

This is the report on the Perris meeting (from the American speedway group): Mother Nature gave us a huge break tonight and considering how weird the weather has been around here lately and despite an unpleasant forecast, it was a nice night for racing. No rain, no wind and around 55° at the start of the evening. The crowd was the best ever at the new track and was treated to a great night of rac...ing. The SGP format worked perfectly. I think it was Aaron Fox's idea and it was a good idea. Ricky Wells won the night. Ricky got faster as the night went and was on fire in the Main, defeating Edward Kennett, Tyson Burmeister and Jimmy Fishback. Ricky got a break after a nasty tangle with Edward Kennett in the first running of the Main and took full advantage of it in the restart. Billy Hamill brought a couple of his house guests, Edward Kennett and Martin Dugard from England. It took Martin Dugard a couple of heats to get the track dialed but once he did he played his way into the semis. He's also one tough 42 year old SOB. After taking out a section of the crash wall in his semi, helped there by BillyJ, he still made it back for the restart. He'll be sore in the morning. The crash wall at Perris works great. It is thin plywood reinforced by 2x4s. If a rider hits it, it gives and, as Martin Dugard illustrated tonight, breaks away when hit hard thus preventing serious injury to the rider. Edward Kennett was a real treat tonight. Fast doesn't begin to describe it. His starts were lightning fast, which is what one would expect from a top British Elite League rider. Surprising though was the way he treated the track. He rode it like it was his home track. Perfect through his heats and semi, and taking second in the Main restart after going down really hard when he tangled with Ricky Wells. It's not often we get upper tier foreign riders and they sure made the meeting exciting. Billy Janniro is usually unbeatable at Perris but Tyson Burmeister got him in Ht 8 and then Kennett got him in Ht 24. Billy's night ended when he got Dugard's back wheel, sending Dugard into the wall and earning Billy an exclusion in a semi final heat. It would have been a great night by most any other rider's standard but for Janniro it wasn't one of his better evenings. Tyson Burmeister had a good night defeating Billy Janniro in a qualifying heat, taking second in his semi to Kennett and coming 3rd in the Main. He really seemed to be into it tonight. Jimmy Fishabck, who came 4th in the Main, had a decent night but probably wanted more. Special mention to Gino Manzares. Gino had an excellent night against top flight riders while making the semis. The youngest rider in the semis rode smart and smooth all night and earned every point he got. Perris Speedway really proved tonight that it is capable of hosting high end racing while providing excitement and entertainment to all in attendance. The future looks bright for this beautiful facility and it's 260 yard track.See more

So 3 and a half riders prefer each track?

most of the team prefer lakeside

what happened to Nath Stoneman?

would anyone be kind enough to put up the race card from this meeting ?

well done 2day Nick, keep it up matey

Marc Owen 56.6 at RyeHouse, don`t know date

well done the hawks, track looked good

Read somewhere that Marc Owen holds the NL record at rye, sure someone must know.

Should be a good meeting providing the track is done right, should get Bob D up there to show how it`s done

Rye House NL record; Tai july 27th 07 56.4

crump 29th june 2008, holder august 23 2008

Doesn`t Tai hold the Nl record at Rye house?

eastbourne track record is 54.8 shared between Crump and Holder

meanwhile, back in the land of the non moaner, well done to the Hawks last night. Good confidence booster for the lads. Whatever Len does or doesn`t do shouldn`t detract from the fact that our boys got on with the job and stayed focused. Looking forward to KL on weds Up the `Awks

same here, two weeks after being told they were defo in. engines away for service on the strength of that , what a p1ss take....only speedway

I have been told that we have to use new cans as well, did question this as I wasn`t aware it had been sorted but apparantly it has. This came from a team manager and promoter of a NL club

totaly agree Parsloes, very well put. wish people would stop treating NL as rubbish, where do they think the next Mark Loram is going to come from... Australia?

Has anyone got a copy of the racecard that they would be kind enough to post on here?

I`m impressed you understand the rules, I`m not sure I do

good post greyhoundp and well said nigel pearson. annoying sometimes he may be with the screaming etc but you`d have to go far to find anyone more passionate about the sport. dudley should consider themselves fourtunate to have him on board.