Lord Skid

Let's not forget, it's the Promoter who's chasing the plastic trophies, that agrees to pay the Riders what they ask for, can you imagine what Tesco would say if you went and asked for £25 an hour to stack shelves! Everyone knows the Sport is on it's knees, but still the Promoters are agreeing to deals that will drive them further into debt, there is no answer, as there will always be at least one Promoter in every League who has big pockets and an ego to match.

As the old Abba song said, Money,Money,Money, plain and simple, perhaps the oil business ain't to good in Oz. Nobody can beat the ageing process, especially sportsmen, and you sure as hell don't bounce as well when you get older, but good luck to him, will still be a big scalp for the crazy kids to get.

Is that English or Fen talk?

All apologies accepted from those people who laughed at me when i told you Crumpy was going to ride in the UK, i didn't know you couldn't afford him though.

If you can get good odds on Crump riding again, worth a punt, perhaps the oil business in Oz isn,t great.

I may be wrong, but when riders were forced into using the new quieter silencers, you know the ones where someone or some organisation had a nice little earner out of it, wasn't this to ensure that noise levels were legal for health and safety, and so doing away with noise problems with planners, councils etc.

Must of had him quite a while then.

He certainly leads a charmed life, must have friends in high places.

Says it all about the BSPA when Patchett is allowed to promote in the UK, Pearson is just a leach on Speedway., But with all credibility in the Sport just about gone, these type of people are becoming the norm.

The future Riders will soon become mercaneries, when they get shafted by Promoters, as they inevitably will.

Hope Busters not in a Dreamlike with the Rolls Royce engines, as they are so bad they have to fly within a certain range of a landing strip, Buster and engines seem to have a bad relationship

More than he's getting from Workington

Ahh, I see, pay a large sum up front, sell diddly squat, then loose your up front money, either way they lost a shed load if cash for a donkey

Sell their stockpile of GTR ENGINES, that might help.

Not a very smart move, at least you know you will get paid at Somerset, looking at Comets financial situation, the alarm bells should have been ringing, at least there will be some Riders going cheap now, looking for a Team place.

I thought the coloured insert was the size of the engine, green 500, black 580, red 600+

Basically British Speedway is up for sale. Might even be able to get a BOGOF deal.

There's been more books cooked in Speedway, than burgers in McD. Running speedway is more about a guys ego, than his financial brain.

Oh, you mean the Pirates under Mervyn and Pete, what did they do wrong? I understand far more than you know.

Could well be going to run British Speedway from the Cayman Islands, the well known tax haven, where the vast profits can be enjoyed, while still being able to sit in his office full of plastic trophies. Is it any coincidence that he came into Speedway on a high, and is leaving on an all time low, with the Sport just about finished. Just a very lucky boy that he took over the only solid gold Club in the Country, anywhere else he would have struggled, as all others have done.

The good thing to come out of it, is that he won't be lining up with three other riders for the foreseeable future.

I think we all know who the Ausfie rider was that's night.

Boxall living up to Bowen's high standards, that's the funniest thing I've heard.

Sounds like he's fully qualified for a BSPA position, why would you need him to get a youngster rides at a track, if you think you're good enough to impress a Promoter, go and ask him for a trial.

Must be the same imagination that was working on the Exeter project, BS goes a long way.