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Me too. I'll be testing them this Sunday, lets hope they are up to their usual Michelin Star standard!

And don't forget oxygen, you are well above sea level up there, and the wind comes all the way from the Arctic.

Yes, I was standing right by the fence when he hit it. Made me jump out of my skin! Didn't he suffer a broken hip from the crash and it ended his season?

These were the 2002 riders we used for the season, can't remember the line up v Ipswich, but you are pretty much spot on! 2002 Nicki Pedersen..30..163..338..7..8.47..2F..1P Ronni Pedersen..1..7..12..2..8.00 Sebastian Ulamek..27..145..246..17..7.26..1P Freddie Eriksson..36..177..233..47..6.33 Tom P Madsen..37..160..185..36..5.53 Travis McGowan..30..137..157..22..5.23 Sean Wilson..2..11..13..1..5.09 Lukasz Jankowski..2..9..10..1..4.89 Adam Shields..5..21..21..3..4.57 Artur Pietrzyk..16..60..58..6..4.27 Roman Povazhny..8..38..38..2..4.21 Jernej Kolenko..12..48..37..6..3.58 Emil Kramer..26..93..72..7..3.40 Bjorn Hansen..5..16..6..3..2.25 Marian Jirout..1..4..1..0..1.00

The chips were always excellent, whats happened, change of ownership?

The dark chocolate ones are yummy!

I'm pleased Lewis is returning, delighted in fact. Lets hope he has an injury free season and shows us what he is really capable of.

With the terrible news about the closure of Honda in Swindon, I wonder how many current fans are also employees of Honda? As said a couple of posts ago, this could have a knock on effect for the Robins although the closure is not for a couple of years. I suspect even now, belts will be tightened and unnecessary expenditure put on hold, so that may include trips to the Speedway. Having been made redundant myself (twice) in past years I really feel for those car workers, lets hope the prospects for all involved is brighter than it looks at the moment, and it doesn't affect the Robins plans for the future.

You've got the job, when can you start!

Does seem sad that I find out this news (assuming its true) via this Forum, and not on the Official Kings Lynn website. Nothing like keeping it from the fans is there, to heighten the suspense.

Being a hundred mile round trip for me, and my interest level being rather low, I'll give that one a miss thanks!

Has anybody heard when we will have the privilege of learning the name of the fourth member of our team? Being drip fed news at this snails pace is not really holding my interest much.

Well we all know now, how this panned out!

Thanks Philip, at least its good news about Robert Lambert, even if the news has got out a little early!

Seems odd there is nothing on the BSPA or Kings Lynn web site, and yet its announced in the Speedway Star that went to print days ago! Not complaining, just an observation.

This made for a really hard read. For any of us that had the pleasure of watching Tomasz at the peak of his career, it must come as a huge shock to find he is still suffering so badly. I can't imagine the pain and frustration he must be feeling, and the possible prospect that things may never improve much, must be awful for him. It is so sad that several of the sports greatest riders have paid such a terrible price to entertain us, although I believe the injuries to Tomasz and Leigh Adams were not actually on a speedway track, but it matters little in the grand scheme of things. I must also mention Darcy Ward, probably one of the most naturally talented young riders we have seen for many years, he too had his career cut tragically short in a split second. I must admit I was truly shocked to read about Tomasz's condition, I pray that things will improve for him and all those other riders who have suffered such appalling injuries whilst entertaining us all.

You have reminded me that I've got one in the loft, part assembled, and like many others, I never finished it! These posts have now encouraged me to go and find it, and finally finish it off. I can't remember how many years ago I bought it, but its a lovely model with great detail.

I thought "Take Your Pick" would fit the bill (for those of us that can remember that far back!) I'm not even going to hazard a guess at the team for next year, I'm sure all will be revealed in the New Year.

Nope, they went up with a bang! Remember them blowing up in a spectacular fashion, but Mrss reminds me, we were beaten that night. Trees also reminded me it was Brian Griffins idea. Seems a long while ago now, but I'm looking forward to my local Derby visits to Foxhall Heath again.

Anybody remember the Stars v Witches match that had "exploding witches" on the bends? I think it was during the time when Waggy was in charge, a great bit of showmanship, that got the crowd going!

Is the Conference 3 days finishing on Wednesday?

When Huggy did the track, I always thought the racing was excellent. It usually seemed to be on the grippy side, which visiting riders weren't always too keen on. Since Buster has been doing the track, I have never felt its been the same. I don't know if that's down to a different type of shale, or differences in todays modern bikes, but what ever the reason I don't think the racing has been as exciting as in times past. Maybe its my rose tinted specs, but "from the gate" racing is poor entertainment as far as I'm concerned, and has been a major factor in my loss of interest in the sport over the last few years.

Too true John! A key man during 2018, a MUST as far as I'm concerned for next year, as long as his Danish committments don't cause issues with him missing key matches. The "Danish" situation caused problems this year, so we don't really need a repeat of that.

I can't see Chris Harris being anywhere but Poole next year, and surely we must be able to fit Michael Palm-Toft in to the team somewhere, he was sensational this year.

Yep, I think we need one of Busters deep grippy specials !