KrisB

Simmo at his book signing - my hero! Juniors on V early! Poor George Piper - 2 EFs in 2 appearances at Cardiff - best change your mechanic! Biggest attendance yet? Packed along the back straight. Was looking forward to 10 minutes of flag waving and horn blowing leading up to the start immediately after Bonnie Tyler but the organisers screwed-up - one such song then 5 minutes of 'speedway rap', then "Delilah" (bit bizarre!) Atmosphere not as good as last year. "All 4 back" when Richardson took out Lindback and Zagar - ha ha! Pepe falling-off during a practice start - ha ha! All the hype around Nicholls and Richardson - neither were going to do it, they couldn't in past years when they were riding well, neither riding well this season! Simon Stead - barged out of the way by each oponent in heat 6. Hard riding but if he'd fallen, the oponent would have gone! Still a good learning experience for him and looked better in his last 2 heats! Hancock down in final - correct decision! Tony Rickardsson - goodbye Crump - worthy winner and 2006 Champ! Finally the best-kept secret car park in Knox Road, always quiet and easy to access, became an official event car park this year so nearly didn't get in, and I bet the queues to leave were horrendous - luckily a brisk pace along Queen Street meant we got back before the rush!

It certainly made the racing more interesting! The early heats were boring!

The 'entertainment' is a complete joke. You telling me Bonnie Tyler is going to bring more through the gate? Not way, indeed I have always entered the stadium as the gates open but the thought of sitting through 30 minutes of that is making me reconsider! I've put up with Suzie Quatro, Edwin Starr, Tony Hadley, Abba Tribute (missed 2003) and few are interested so the airhorns start-up (though Javine was tasty during the interval in 2004)

Is there anywhere on the web with information and pictures about the Rockets? My first ever speedway in 1966 and I'd particularly like to see stadium pictures...

Does anyone know the format next year as I understand there will only be 16 riders ....