THE DEAN MACHINE

Wildcards Doyle Kvech, vaculik and parnicki, I’m basing this on purely financial not abilty decision

Is it because fans see themselves in the drivers, they are one of them, so there is the bond, I’ve always maintained that this is what speedway has lost, we the fans no longer feel like one of them, there’s them and us now ?

More speed at the end of the straight can be achieved with something as simple as smaller sprockets, the more teeth you take off the further the bike goes in a straight line before it hits its maximum speed but it’s a fine balance because the compromise in that is it takes longer to get to that optimum speed and the straights are short, a bigger sprocket will help you get out the start but that’s no good if half way down the straight the engine has maxed out, think of gearing like the gearbox in your car, 1st gear will always pull away faster than 3rd but it will run out of speed at 100yards and 3rd takes over to take it to next level of speed, one other thing that zmarzlik does which no other rider does is sit at the back of his seat entering the corner, everyone else sits at the front, back in the 80s Bruce penhall had his engine plates especially made so the engine was an inch further back in the frame thus moving the engine weight further towards the back wheel, an inch may sound nothing but in speedway every slight change can make the difference

No better than the rest of the field

I’ve never been but the place is packed and they got extra seats in too

That’s how I feel after spending my hard earned going to Ipswich Thursday night, his lack of effort was appalling

Just seen pictures from the stock cars at kings Lynn tonight, size of the crowd, what are they doing right that we aren’t ? It isn’t the price as it was £42 to get in and extra £25 for grandstand seat and it was packed and had extra seats on 4th bend too

I call him the Goat not just because how many titles he has won but because his ability on a speedway bike, it is far in excess of any rider now or historically, he is an out and out racer and he has provided some of the best 4th to first moves of the last few years, his ability to read a situation and react is matched by nobody, he never jumps the start, he never has mechanical issues his discipline and his will to win are are a hard act to follow, statistically he isn’t there yet but he is 30 and 6 times winner, 8 medals in 9 years 6 gold, that is the Goat

Speedways greatest ever rider

Yes how, same points, wins 2nd 3rds etc, lebedevs faster time in qualifying, lebedevs beat Kurtz

Said to the Mrs before start of meeting I think we are at the beginning of of another danish domination of speedway with the riders that are coming up through the ranks but watching tonight meeting the Dane’s look dreadful

Welcome to vojens

Lambert getting a bit of reputation for twitching and making other touch tapes

And just for that I hope he has a stinker and comes last lol

It’s hard to make vojens anything other than gate and go, it is a gate and go track, very little banking and a sandy tyoe dirt, hopefully the rain will help

See the topic speedway future Ltd below

There is a glimmer of light at the end of the dark winter tunnel that speedway faces of that I’m now convinced

Expect his dog to be announced as Sheffield team manager for next season

Does BV speedway club get the bar and restaurant takings or is it the council ?

It looks like a winter meeting

You have to think who thought it was a good idea

As I said I would I took notice of the amount of team clothing worn by fans last night, we parked the car right near turnstiles and the que ‘s were fairly big, I would say probably 3% had Ipswich branding and about 2% of that was clothing from the 1990s-2000s, quite a few of the old Wulfsport jackets, not many modern team shirts on show, it was cold and people had jackets on so that could of factored in to it, also I know it’s the case in most British speedway but Ipswich crowd seems to be 50+ age bracket and I don’t think I’ve seen so many dogs at a speedway meeting (except in the bar at hull years back)😉

Rain in vojens, whoever could of predicted that

Yes £24 kids £1

I also believe Kurtz only tried in his last ride was for personal reasons, speedway is a massive psychological sport especially at the top and the old saying you’re only as good as your last ride is very true, he wouldn’t want to leave that stadium without a good last ride because it will fester in the back of your mind as you sit in the van or on a plane to your next meeting, interestingly zmarzlik also won his only race win in his last race in Sweden