kelvinht

saves me worrying about whether to risk it for a swiskit or not....

Can see a very soggy Adrian Flux Arena beating the Stars, if not then should be a comfortable home win

Has to be shorter straights imo, KL tends be won on the riders who have the faster/more powerful set ups. If the straights were a bit shorter and wider bends I reckon it would bring it back to more skill based to a degree. Not sure i'd class Mildenhall as good track - the shape is ok, just too small for today's bikes, certainly at PL/EL level.

We'll swap your Hans for our Bjerre.....on Kenny showing tonight (almost) anything would be an improvement. Wasn't sure if Robbo stopped for end of the race or got in a muddle trying to block Porsing as he couldn't work out where he was. Either way, nearly a nasty moment there. Stars rode well with one exception (no prizes for guessing who). Even Ash did ok....seemed to get out of the gate well, often in front just didn't seemed to have the speed or quite know where to go once in front....hopefully that will start to come together for him soon. Anyone else think Rory got 3rd on the line in a cracking last heat? I know view from first bend ain't great but thought he got Harris and wasn't far off Jonas. If I'd have been Rob Lyon I'd have been very tempted to put Lewis in for Bjerre's last ride... Overall good meeting I thought with plenty of over taking. Looked a very poor crowd, can only assume the weather put people off, but other than the sun delay everything and the cold towards the end it was hunky dory. Note to Buster - PLEASE PLEASE put some hoarding or summat behind the first bend to block out the low sun - its not rocket science.

forecast looking hopeful tomorrow night, and then the stars will sting those bees in a backlash from our poor performance on Monday....Stars win by 8

Cookie looked good last night at Kirky Lane, but he needs to show that sort of form away from home to start making real progress. At the Norfolk Arena earlier this season he was pants, not the rider you'd want in the first round of the World Team Cup imo.

3rd place for the mighty stars is not out of the question. 1st or 2nd might be bit out of our reach though looking at lineups. Would be good if there was a stream so we us stuck in the UK could watch it

Simply superb and inspirational

It is very short sighted of BSPA not to allow. The fast track system was about developing young British riders. This is an ideal opportunity to get them experience on the European circuits and that's where we brits always fall down. Have to agree with above comment, it seems more of a cost saving initiative now. Until the BSPA get the bigger picture nothing will ever change. Tbh don't blame Tai for dipping out of the Elite League this year , why should an ambitious 'Brit' have an allegiance to the UK, they certainly won't help you become world champion which in turn if marketed correctly should be a boost to attendances up and down the country so help line their pockets... Without any drastic changes to the way the sport is run in this country we'll rarely produce anything better than good second strings / 3rd heat leaders (King, Cook, Bridger, even Harris). Can never see us getting back to the heady days of the seventies with international quality riders everywhere (Collins, Lee, Jessup, Morton, Simmo etc, etc)

It was the bit about welcoming riders from the 'visiting team'.....could have least have put 'Belle Vue' in there....very shoddy. But overall the programme is a big improvement on last season, but that's not difficult! As for the meeting, it was most enjoyable. Good close racing a bit of passing. Expected more from Stead and if Zagar had come to the races a bit after Frickes tactical it could have been a close finish. Loved Ashley Morris's pass on Nielsen (I think) coming off bend 4 early on and superb move on the bends 1/2 from NKI in his last race after missing the gate. Porsing looked sharp and Lambert seems to be pushing on nicely this season...could be a good season...hope those pesky Pirates (or injuries) don't derail it again

The risk with r/r is how fit is Lewis after his off on Tuesday. If he struggles that puts more pressure on Ashley = more risk

Agree.....and some kind of entertainment other than tractor racing

Changing the subject slightly..... Just looked at the weather forecast, no rain, but if 4 riders can navigate the track without getting blown into each other it will be a miracle. I was planning to go (s0d sky), but not sure a 120 mile round trip with some rather strong winds will be much fun. Jury is out at the moment. On the subject of atmosphere, Buster really has to sort the Mic Man out (no pun intended ) .....he really doesn't add anything to the meeting, then maybe build on that a bit (start line lights and flames that Rory had are probably also a must)

No commentary or shouty man at the Norfolk/Adrian Flux Arena ....hmm...tough call ... (but I do agree with you!)

BBC forecast is dry from Midday on Thursday. Dry all day in Poole on Wednesday, but the track will still be sh** :-)

Thought 'Blockbuster' was being played somewhere going by the title.....

Agree...then we can have Niels and Lewis back off the injury bench. In reality though we can't change last season's results, just need to look forward to 2015

Might be something in this, but rather than the 3 places in the GP using this criteria, expand it a bit to determine the riders for the GP challenge, that way you could expand to other countries (or perhaps for lesser speedway countries allow 1/2 riders from their national championship into a pre-challenge meeting with a couple of places up for grabs in the GP challenge itself)

The two minute time allowance should include all the gardening and messing about riders do at the tapes. If they aren't ready then they should be excluded. Much as I love NKI at Kings Lynn, the amount of time he takes to get ready at the tapes seems worse than most riders. ...and if there is a false start, riders should go straight back round. Although watching races from years gone by, as long as riders didn't cause a tapes infringement the ref used to let it go. Don't see why it shouldn't be the same now. If a rider anticipates the start, then he shouldn't be penalised. If he messes himself up or touches the tapes then its his own fault. Net result is less riders hitting first bend together and maybe less first bend incidents.

Team speedway always wins hands down...but has to be UK....and my team or the league my team is in. Happy watching meaningful world championship type events, but run of the mill filler individual meetings rarely do it for me although less stressful than worrying about how my team will perform

I proper shaped race track owned by speedway people has got a much better chance than most. Look what Buster has done at Kings Lynn...

Dun..

At least you knew where you stood with Frank Ebdon...and meetings were run quickly and efficiently - as they should be!

He does have a dark side...once rode for Ipswich....

Woffy made the start in the first running of the final, so his eventual win was ok with me - although in the 4th attempt it was his worst start. Cooky was playing around with his gate too. IMO the ref should have stopped it, a bit of gardening just before tapes up is fine, but it was a bit ott...but it was amusing....he could have done with a rotorvator as well....