mikebv

Well done Magic.. And Woffy in a great place to win another World title..

That will be it.. Gate three was by far and away the worst all night with hardly any winners.. But NKI and Artem knew it would come good in the semis..

Wow.. What a sport this is/can be... Truly awesome.. PS Why choose White?

I bet that pits interviewer is eye candy.. Hard to see with the masks on.. She certainly hasn't a clue about Speedway..

Those tyres are rubbish..

Awwwww, no!! I put Dudek down and meant to put Laguta.. Its those Polish letters that confused me...

The huge plus for the SGP was that every position in every race counted because every point counted.. Now it no longer works like that.. Maybe they should call the 20 heats 'qualifiers' to the Semi Finals and Grand Final?.. (As that is effectively what they are) That would then make it a bit clearer to the 'layman' watching as the scores achieved during the meeting for the riders then have zero relevance other than gaining their final position in the meeting if outside the top 8. Or their qualification for the final races if within the top 8 qualifiers.. Nigel and Kelvin could mention the heats as "Semi Final Qualifiers" at every opportunity to push home the understanding of what's actually going on.

Did they use Ofqual to put the new scoring system together..?

Excellent meeting... And good to have Nigel and Kelvin back too..... As good a double act commentating wise that any sport has...

Philistine... It's progress. don't you know. . Tomorrow night the Joker will be used....

Freddie got nine for two rides... What colour helmet cover was he wearing to do that?

Very true... A very simple sport seemingly ran with great difficulty by very simple people..

You ride your balls off scoring points head to head against every other rider in the meeting and then end up scoring less points than you already have scored... And then go home with less points than someone you have already scored more than... Makes sense that...

It will be like Crumpy and Pedersen slow racing so neither won a race.. Why do they piss about with something that doesn't need pissing about with..? If they didn't want the rider who wins a GP doing it by scoring less than another rider who ultimately didn't win it, then just give bigger extra points in the final. .

Not sure but I think Antonio has boycotted it...

Not like Freddie that...

If you've already qualified you might as well try something different with the bike.. There's no risk so why not?

Looks like Scott has one or two others to showcase over the coming meetings...

Is Lindback's transponder done in minutes and seconds..?

Woffy still not getting out of the gate first enough. . Riding very hard for second places. ..

Did I just hear Nigel say that Lindback was a "better rider than that" when discussing his last place..? Wow.. Not been watching him ride for the past few years obviously. ..

Seem to remember it's between 3000 to 3500... The capacity is just under 1800 in the Grandstand and (I think), now 1200, maybe a couple of hundred more, (?) on the back straight.. They reduced the size of the back straight stand a couple of year ago.. Not sure if they planned to build the stand on the third bend that they had for the SWC or use the car park that is there for spectators at ground level..

Bartosz Zmarzlik won their version of the Sports Personality of the Year award last year.. And the President of Poland visited him at Zmarzlik's own place for a photo call this year.. I would suggest 'quite a few' Poles are aware of the sport..

Did he mention 'gating gloves'...?

Is it the reduced money? Many of the riders when riding away seem to be going through the motions at times but doing ok at home.. Earn a few quid at home and not take too many risks away?