Lord Skid

The flag has been perfectly OK until some psycho with a gun and a flag went on the rampage, would be far better to have gotten rid of the gun than the flag.

And here's me thinking IS was Island Speedway.

Harris probably watched Jenson Button driving the Honda and thought, pay me a shed load of cash and I'll trundle around at the back, at the end of the day it's all about money, and making a profit, nobody can deny Chris that right, don't tell me that Tai, Kelvin, Ole, GTR, PJR and all at the SS are doing it for the good of the Sport, no, they are in it for the £££'s, nothing wrong with that at all, but please, none of this trying to be the saviour of Speedway, next they'll want a knighthood, worry more about saving Scunthorpe and a few other tracks, rather than worrying about Marcel driving around Europe with some engines in his boot, it's been going on for years, Zierk was a Master at it, only difference was that with his, you would be on the Podium, and You paid for the privilege.

He must have one hell of an accountant.

OK, we'll lose the sense of humour, Admission is miles too high, It's a £10 sport, but the BSPA used to set a minimum, not sure what it is now, but it's too late, the Sport is finished, go to any Superstore or Garden Centre, and see the full car parks, people want more for their pound, they don't want to get covered in dust watching 6 decent races spread over two hours, and pay £15-50 for the privilege

From Aug 1st you score double points if you use a GTR engine, and you can use a Joker if you use a legal carb and fuel as well.

Which piece don't you think is correct?

No GTR engines used at Cardiff by the GP riders, even though some were offered 10k to use them, but no takers, they chose to stay on their rocket ships.

Just admit it, the Sport is finished in it's present format, and no, the GTR engine won't save it.

Bubba Watson owns the original car, he has had the flag removed from it.

The Golly on the Jamjar was rightly banned, but Farmers in Wales not being allowed to breed black sheep is ridiculous.

The Dukes of Hazzard programmes have been ditched, and Walmart etc have withdrawn all merchandise because of the Confederate flag issue, obviously being taken very seriously in the US

Must have rich parents paying for his Team place, or is that someone else? Probably not as much as Chilton in F1 though.

Was last night a behind closed doors match, as the crowd looked terrible, begging bowl time again soon.

Let's look at the figures, paid for five points, £250, less insurance £20, engine running cost for 4 races £60, fuel+ oil £20, our of pocket diesel £25 on 200 mile round trip, clutch plates per meeting £25, most riders get tyres free, so outof the £105 profit, you've got to buy your two complete bikes, and van, then hope you don't bend or blow any of them up, earning anything below £500 a meeting is a waste of time.

They sure do, trouble is it's more than not a gullible sponsor who pays for them, and you are absolutely right, they cannot afford to run them, but they can afford £1300 for a set of kevlars and covers for two bikes.

Ahh right, but the more economical GTR won't beat the PJR BAR KARGER rocket ships, and if you don't beat them, you will be bankrupt,scoring anything below 5 points a meeting at PL level means you are getting into debt pretty quickly.

I seem to have for lost here, I thought the plan was to have all Riders on a standard GTR, and have it serviced once a year, or is the plan different?

So, does it mean that ALL riders will have to have two GTR engines, and GM will be illegal?

At £50 a point, he has to score 2 points just to pay for his engine, that's without buying it or having a big blow up

For someone so close to the Sport Phil is either towing the Party line or really hasn't got much understanding of modern ruthless Speedway, PL middle order Riders are paying £6k for an engine, and £700 for a service after 25 races, and that's fact not fiction

But, when Rider X gets his GTR going much quicker after his visit to PJR, then Mr Standard rider will have to follow, or get left behind .

Won't be long before a GTR gets bought and sent to PJR for some special tuning, then the costs will be exactly the same as before.

Is he World Champ before or after Ward, Lambert or a dozen East Europeans?

Shads, Jason Bunyan recommended a lot of things to Len, unfortunately they were all ignored, shame really as there was so much potential for Rockets to go forward.