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Madsen a man possessed tonight... Loving every minute of it too looking at him....

The whistle's can't be far away...

Truly brilliant from Pawlicki... Locking up, and not drifting off the line, at that speed, took some real exceptional ability...

They sounded happy with his win....

Ratajczak starting to deliver what his early potential as a junior suggested he could achieve...

4-2 to 2-4 on the last lap... Hopefully this keeps up....

Ruthless, hard racing from both... Brilliant...

I can see the Greens winning tonight...

Will be great to see him back.. Hope all goes well for him.. A ridiculous level of resilience...

Makes sense... A poor forecast and TV would have meant an even lower crowd than for a "normal" meeting...

Great ride from Lidsey.... Last to first....

They are fantastic fans though... Will still celebrate every small victory as if it was winning the league...

Or detuned on tracks like this... No chance of an overtake on this "concrete with dust"...

Looks like they are riding on glass...😀 Edit. Obviously a ploy to give Nicki and the other gaters a chance v the racers of Wroclaw... Not working so far is it? 😁

Had it only once... A week in bed... Lost over a stone and a half... Could do with getting it again...

Makes sense to say yes... Two consecutive nights means zero time to get fit should anyone crash on Friday.. Bringing the next in line over in less than 24 hours would be unrealistic I would suggest, so promoting Harris into Saturday would be the easier option.. Edit. And also means competitive racing when, or if, they are needed..

As everyone kniws, pretty much all riders get their overall average based on a home average being higher than their away average... Meaning therefore that "6 point riders" will, for most, deliver around a seven and a five... No surprise when they perform poorly away then is there?

It needs to be a radical plan.. Five rider teams maybe to ensure enough riders fill the spots... You could have 12 teams in the top tier, 2H2A, and then 'x' amount of teams in tier 2 running at NDL level with the same 2H2A... 60 riders needed for tier one, with all clubs racing on the best night for them, and not Poland, Sweden or Denmark... Bringing back the GP stars hasn't, as far as I can see, brought back thousands of fans who have stopped going in the past 15 to 20 years, with the UK's Mickey Mouse operating model, and dozens of play off qualifiers, resulting in many who still follow the sport on TV, and going over to Poland, simply "not bothered" enough to attend the POQ's in the UK.. As for admission charges dropping? Good! So they should given there will be a clear drop in level from the current tier one and tier two. The lowering of admission would more certainly reflect the standing of the sport more accurately, rather than the current numbers which are only in place to try and pay riders who are expected to spend big on their kit.. At the NSS, as great as the racing is, it is £54 for me and my lad to watch essentially 15 mins of action. That simply isn't sustainable for UK Speedway.. Less number of professional riders, spending less on equipment, will mean less admission costs needing to be charged.. Charge me and my lad £40 and you would definitely get us there far more often than is currently.. I can watch the GP stars on TV, and over in Poland when we visit, so them not being at the NSS won't stop me from visiting... The current admission costs in place to pay them ride in some "contrived" competition, on a Monday evening, does...

As it should have been as soon as the GP rider mass exodus started over a decade ago..

Kurtz simply couldn't get outside for the first two laps due to having two Lions between him and the fence... He then decided that he was never going to get out there in time to build up enough momentum to pass them in the two laps left, so stayed inside, running closer to the kerb to find that extra bit of grip the NSS has down there.. Nearly worked too...

No! No! No! We must keep team racing with seven riders per team, 15 heats of four lap speedway, and maintain the excellent facility to upgrade your team by using better riders from your competitors on an adhoc, make it up as you go along, basis... The riders should be expected to have at least £20k of kit available at all times and the promoters can then pay them several times that.... And do so through an admission fee that bears little correlation to the standing and credibility of the sport, but has everything to do with paying out those tens of thousands to riders so they can be fully professional in a sport that barely generates 20,000 visits a week from 20 matches across the country... Keep that fantastic operating model that devalues any and all competition's, and there really is no need for any change at all... Rinse and Repeat, roll on 2026... Next on the agenda. Find the next cannon fodder team to make the top tier up to seven teams, rather than doing anything radical...

Are they still sulking about him not being a permanent wild card for the GP's?..

Poland desperate to get Dudek back into the GP's....

With the saddest thing being that all this was crystal clear before a wheel was turned... The Birmingham riders will earn a good few quid guesting for Leicester, Oxford and KL I would think, as I am not sure they would want a rider from a potential play off rival to help them out.....

Which, to put some perspective to it... Around 35 to 40 UK top tier meetings worth of fans...