THE DEAN MACHINE

Doyle yes, still has the hunger and ruthlessness to mix it up,tai no, I’m no fan of woffinden but I am happy to see him back after injury but I don’t see him as a world force anymore, maybe a wild card for a round to show appreciation for his contribution to the GPs like they did with Gollob

I agree he shouldn’t of got one but I don’t think he has disgraced himself, has had some good race wins along the way

In 2026 they are using a harder compound tyre in the extraleague which will in theory give the bikes less grip so engines will have to get de tuned to get more forward momentum, sounds good in practice and I hope this has been tested out and not just brought in and we have a situation like the solid block fiasco

To be honest we were covered in dust from heat 1 in gorzow last night

Well done Częstochowa and to their travelling faithful who made a real noise all night, great atmosphere, I love speedway, long drive home now, one blessing is Isle of Wight is called off on Tuesday so will at least be able to get sleep

What happens in case of a draw ? Stal stay up because finished higher ?

Vaculik letting stal down badly here, Doyle looking class

Me and the Mrs have noticed this a lot this season, other riders seem to be extra hard on lebedevs, like he isn’t popular or something

And the crowd went nuts for it

Where was this pawlicki last season for Birmingham

Can someone call Phil morris please the track is way to dry, we covered in dust and we on the straight

Częstochowa fans few in number but very loud

£8.14 to get in Gorzow tonight, just tucking in to my polish sausage, loving the build up, crowd buzzing, bikes warming up in background, jeez there truly is nothing like speedway when it’s done right

He always looked faster because nobody does or has ever raced a speedway bike like zmarzlik, there are quite a few riders lighter than zmarzlik, zmarzlik is by quite a distance better than any rider in history, that’s not to say he isn’t beatable and it’s not just in GPs either, the guys will to win in any event anywhere is untouchable

This has been pointed out many times not least of all by Keith hewen even though he was talking about riad racing but the same applies, back in the day Olsen briggs mauger Collins etc they are far superior equipment to the rest of the competitors so they always had an unfair advantage, that is not true today nobody in the field has anything better than anyone else so it’s harder to win a world championship today than it’s ever been even if you think the field itself is weaker

Clearly a lot more tickets were sold than seats tonight, there were hundreds of fans standing at the back of the seats and to the annoyance of the seated in the isles too and the seats were fulll, enjoyed the GP anyway good atmosphere in the stadium, taxi back to the hotel was interesting, driver spoke Russian and polish but no English and wasn’t sure of the way and was asking me the way (well I think that’s what he was saying) and the car was making some strange noises and engine management light and air bag lights were flashing on the dash and at one point opened the door at some traffic lights and I thought he was getting out, on to Gorzow tomorrow

Well done to every rider who pinned it on the fence tonight, not sure why they prepared the track like that tonight but roll on vojens if nothing else the fight for the world championship is on

Not very often you see team riding in a GP

They watering the track to get them prepared for the inevitable wet night in vojens

I did wonder this myself

Fricke needs a new manager, rides the fence all night, gate four the best and picks gate one

They playing a song in the stadium and everyone is singing along, I’ve never heard it before, quite catchy though, now they singing along to a dance remix of sweet Caroline, only in Poland

As long as I live I will never take part in a Mexican wave

Zmarzlik just pure class

Kvech silencer was so loud then