bruno

In my youth I went down the same path as you,I could ride bikes so thought I'd buy a jawa as good as I could afford thinking the better the bike the better I'd be.unfortunately the bike was way better than me!after a fair bit of practice at an unofficial track ( there was a fair few in the seventies) I managed to wreck the bike and get myself a few bruises! It ended my thoughts on becoming a rider and cost a fair amount of financial trouble including wrecking my dads car! What I'm getting at is I wish I'd have attended training schools and got the hang of things first and gathered some experience and knowledge off people in the know.not sure if this is any help thought it might be useful to you

Speedway season ends in farce.this could never happen! Or could it?

The crowd figures at perry Barr seem lower than at monmore to me.hard to believe but I think the cradley fans got to accept that monmore was like a second home.not sure we feel the same about perry Barr.but better than nothing I suppose.I do think we have run our course in the nl but moving ups a big financial risk

It might be my memory playing up but I'm sure at cradley in the 70s he's handlebars snapped in one race but he managed to finish somehow

Spot on with the amount of cradley fans shads.I reckon there was about 30 of us where has the first couple of years we were back there was well into 3 figures.same at home meetings tho.no shock it was called off after 11 heats,I enjoyed what we saw but British weathers a nightmare for speedway.well done rye tho well deserved.we certainly seem to be lacking something this year

Fair enough if the delays are unavoidable there's not a lot you can do

I wasn't there so should not comment and riders health always come first obviously.to anyone who was there did the first meeting get run as quickly as it should have?if not then I'd say that's why fans may feel hard done to.again I wasn't there , just wondering if there was the usual as if no one had any urgency getting the meetings run

I don't think the problem is that the bikes are that much quicker speed wise but I think they react quicker if that makes sense giving the riders very little time to react themselves

Bikes are to powerful I don't think anyone can deny that,in days gone by the rider decided what the bike did but now it's almost as if the rider has to react after the bike makes it's own move.the injuries today would be even worse without the air fences so that alone proves the bikes are to powerful.just imagine the injuries without the air fences

Me and my lot are wondering why we bother,at least they gave us our money back.I was told at about 5.15 that the ref had just done a track inspection and decided it was unfit for racing.surely this should have been done earlier.it must have been pretty obvious if racing was possible before 5.15

They ain't gonna find one!

First time I've seen ward in the flesh for a while but he really is at a different level.there should never be different rules for riders but I hope he's back in the gps next year.might not be right in a way but he is special Track looked good to me

But don't you think without the wc there will be something missing in his career.I'm sure in years to come he will look back and regret his decision

Emil can win as many secs as he likes but without a wc against he's name he won't be remembered as a great

Speedway should be advertised as a nasty dangerous sport with danger and thrills paramount.not a friendly happy product .those days have long gone

obviously im a fan of greg but imagine if this had been the other way round. I reckon nicki would have got a 3 month ban!!!!!!!

There my best features gemini

I know there will be a logical answer to this but why didn't they just build the houses where the new stadium is going and then leave the track as it is and just knock the stadium down around it and build a new stadium around the old track because swindons track is generally ok! I realise I'm proberly being thick but seems simpler to me

Agree Come on zagar

Hancock had gate 3 twice,the reason he didn't get through.swings and roundabouts I suppose

He was right at the minute

I reckon muller would have had a very slight chance the pole however no chance.then again isn't that why the one offs added excitement.however I prefer the gps

No chance of us catching them,well deserved brummies

For all the hatred aimed at Poole surely all teams should aspire to be like them.except the dodgy bits of course.sorry couldn't resist the last bit

Speedway is so outdated but when you think about it,why.4 riders going around on powerful motorbikes with no brakes.it should be the most dangerous and exciting of sports.that's the way it should be marketed.not as a Cosy family sport