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Last sounds to be coming out of Newport speedway was Billy Joel's " I didn't start the fire" but it wasn't Billy singing it !

I seem to remember one of the motorcycle papers ( motorcycle or MCN) testing a speedway bike, possibly Simon Wigg on board? on a beach somewhere to actually see how fast it would go , remember that they ran out of gearing before they explored the limits of the top speed, but it was something in excess of 100MPH and 120MPH comes to mind. Not relevant to a speedway track, but quite obvious why speedway engines are ideal for sprinting

Local library ?

Maybe the Newport wasps would be welcomed too, another travesty of selling off a Speedway site for commercial purposes

Well at the moment it is dead !, but come March it will be given the "kiss of life" and dragged kicking and screaming back to existence, maybe not "life as we know it Jim", maybe not as healthy as previous years, but definitely alive

I expect there to still be no Newport speedway sadly !, well you did ask what I was expecting from MY team

Wake up and smell the kaffir ?

Just google the Wiki entry for "Plastic Brit" and you will see just how rife this procedure is especially in Athletics, it does not seem to matter where you are from, or where your parents ,grand parents are from as long as you have a GB passport you are British in the eyes of the governing bodies , and if you have not got one, then the process for obtaining one can be circumvented in the interests of "sport"

Had a look at the pictures above, and definately cannot see the point ( or points)

Another really good idea, and 5 tickets @ £50 to use at any home meetings would be reasonably priced Xmas present to someone who would not normally attend, and you never know they might get to like it ? An excellent loss-leader to get new people through the gate

Rory " roo boy" Sclein Buzz burrows Scott " scud" Smith etc.etc. Rory " roo boy" Sclein Buzz burrows Scott " scud" Smith etc.etc.

With the Indian firm Mahindra buying the rights to both the British BSA name and the Czech Jawa name in October this year, are we going to see Indian Jawa speedway engines , don't doubt they would be a cheaper engine, not so sure about the reliability?

in the Triumph speed triple challenge, the top finishing bikes were dyno tested at the end of the race, to ensure a level playing field and any making above the allowed horsepower were disqualified. Having said that a lollipop stick jammed and turned sideways between the carbs rubber and air box allowing more air in was givng an extra 3BHP, you just had to remember to pull it out on the wind down lap, still it was not expensive tuning and you got the joy of an ice-lolly!

have a god look at some of the Japanese speedway racing ( auto race, or oto-resu) the riders compete on same machinery and are unknown to the spectators, basically a gambling sport, but big crowds ??

Silly question ?? how difficult would it to be to set up an LED display wtth perhaps 12 amber ( not red!) LED's mounted on a strip on the bars , with one LED lighting up for each 1000RPM as on some starts it may be prudent to leave the line at say 8000 RPM than at 10,000 RPM due to the nature of the start. It is not rocket science , or costly and it will take the guesswork out of how hard bikes are being revved in the pits, or on the startline, obviously in the heat of battle no one is going to be looking at it ??

July 16th South Midlands Autojumble Ross-on-Wye HR9 7QQ Mixed event predominantly motorcycle 45 miles from Cardiff July 17th VMCC founders day Autojumble Stanford Hall, Lutterworth LE7 6DH, motorcycle only, 147 miles from Cardiff Both long established events if you are still in the country the following weekend after cardiff

I think Niki P has shut the door more times than Larry Grayson and if he is managing to do it without looking back then he must have wing mirrors ? Still love the bloke though !

I do know that Prince Charles turned up a Plymouth with a fox fur hat on . When asked why he said " I told the queen I was going to Plymuth and she said" "Wear the fox hat , at least I think that is what I heard?"

Not a famously as Bluebottle from the goon show though !

"some might say" (Noel Gallagher 24th April 1995) Freedom fighters was a track by The Music, on their second album Welcome to the North

if you google "rebel emblem images" nearly every image has a picture of the Rebel Alliance flag from the Star wars series, nice design, but think there may be copyright problems if this was used by Somerset ?

Burnham on sea, summersett famous for Scrumpy Maybe Summersett sea-ciders ?

OK so Somerset rebels had an emblem that may have in latter days offended a couple of people with their own agenda, but at least the emblem had some relevance to the name Rebels, now they have a dragon( sorry Wyvern) so how abut a change to the Somerset Dragons ( or Wyverns) at least the name will then have some relevance to the race jacket emblem. Just going to put my tin hat on as I prepare for the deluge of people who disagree !

Yes and on that Wiki page under the picture it says " a dragon rampant" it does not say a Wyvern rampant, hence my post "about as close to a Welsh dragon as you can get "

Yes, just about as close to a Welsh dragon as you could get !