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Kennet is simply not on form and should not be in the team at the moment!

Coming 2nd especially a close 2nd may help with confidence. Coming 3rd may make them be on a downer. Then again Coming 3rd may make them have a long hard look at themselves and push them on! It may make a difference but what difference who knows!!!!!!!!!!! lol

The Sport can be good/great! but not all the time. But the promoters/ owners need to make every meeting an event! not just 15 races! (There is no guarentee that there will be any good races) Kids clubs giving away stickers, clip boards with pre meeting build up. You buy in to get sport loyalty at a young age!!! Prizes of time /pit walks/ presenting a trophy for rider of the day costs next to nothing! an MC who can speak with enthusiasm, get in amongst the crowd do not stand in the middle all the time. (Approach local college, must be media students willing to take on a promotional challenge) I am still thinking there is a lack of promotional enthusiasm (Whish I find hard to believe as its there business!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Good luck Speedway M

The lads doing well at the moment. What he looks like is not realy the issue, everybody is allowed their own style! The only thing lacking to some of new breed of riders is maybe the way they talk and the things they say on camera. For all the stick David Beckham gets about the way he talks I think he does ok (Its worked for him) Genuine suggestion for Tai, Darcy etc (Get some media / marketing / speaking training) It will make you more appealing when interviewed, will also help with sponsors etc. (Genuine comment) Lets face it we all can pretty much guess what they are going to say when interviewed (Track slick, set up, gating mumble mumble pokes tongue out, funny hand signal) M

Not a fan of Ward. But wow can he ride, that race ith his mate Holder was superb! Great passing, great speed, great balance.

Thats what Sky should show! Decent teams, decent racing, decent tracks, decent crowd, decent scores! I still think the wrong bloke got excluded! lol

Was the one of the other threads, " Does Speedway need a Barry Hearn type" ? What could they promote? The speed? The danger? No brakes? Wheel to Wheel Warriors? International Superstars? Yes maybe! Even probably! When people go once to watch after all the hype advertising etc etc. What would they think?????????????? Pro's = Speed, excitement, colour, noise, close racing, all the stuff we know can happen sometimes!!!!!!!!!! Cons = 2 hours + for 15 mins of racing? dated music? dodgy sound system/compare? dodgy food? dodgy toilets? dodgy parking? complicated rules? More complaints about tracks than not! We know and love Speedway already!!!!!!!! What will new people realy think of it??????? (Be honest) Now we know why the crowds are down or seem non existent at some TV meetings. I watched some of the World Pairs meeting on tv (Racing was zzzzzzzzz, But I was in awe of the Stadium, pits, stands wow)

SCB, and I don't like Birmingham Wheels! rarely go, (Maybe its where it is and a pain to get to on a Sat afternoon) Manchester Paul, What I was trying to get at and as I am sure you know, people do go to 1940,50,60s stadiums with dodgy toilets and overpriced rubbish food ! With a big crowd comes big atmosphere, big noise, big energy (That makes no difference to the races but does to the experience) You could have the worlds best Speedway racers riding in an empty Stadium and if you were stood ALONE ON THE TERRACE THE EXCITEMENT WOULD BE LACKING SO WOULD THE EXPERIENCE.

In my job I travel round and meet many many people and as I am into "Motorsports" Speedway, short oval racing, rallycross pretty much anything with wheels. So It often crops up in conversation. 1, Most places I go they know somebody who has competed in short oval racing (Hot rod, stock car, banger, autograss etc) and have occasionally been. 2. Most places I go they used to know somebody that was into Speedway, nearly always passed tense! 3. Sometimes I come across an "Ex Speedway fan" Why Ex? No club anymore, To expensive, It got boring, Toilets bad, Food bad all the normal stuff. In my opinion Speedway tracks are to thin on the ground (And getting rarer by the year) Speedway tracks are like stepping back in time Not enough races in to long a time? 15 races in how many hours? To many silly rules? To expensive for 15 mins of racing? No atmosphere And believe me I will go and watch anything!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BUT!!!! If you go to Coventry for an F1 Stock Car meeting it is heaving with people!!!!!!!!! Guess what? If you go on the F1 Stock Car forum they still moan about similar things (The track condition, Late finishes, Wasted time, Price, Format, Toilets, Food) Perhaps more people like the Stock Car meeting product on offer? and Speedway may not capture peoples imagination any more?! M

Was only watching it on TV, but every time I watched the replays could not see Fredie touch Tai (May be wrong and hoping I was wrong at the time as Tai was again in good form) On watching over and over I think Tai should have been excluded. Freddie lunging down the inside scared / shocked Tai who gave a bit more picked up drive and did not turn properly. But it appears I am the only person with that opinion!!!!!!!!!!

Just nipped in to a work place of mine (Because I had to) 1 of the guys called me over (We always have a chat about speedway & he is a 30 year plus fan) He was beaming "Did you see the Speedway on TV this week"? Me "Berwick / Newcastle?" Him "Yes it was good wasent it, great track, great crowd, good racing" He was enthused again!!!!!!!!!!!! Well done all

As a neutral watching on TV. I enjoyed the meeting. Track looked ok and different. Teams trying Erratic performances (Wins then 3rds 4ths?!) Professional fouls (Pantomime villains boooo hissss) If you are going to stay down at least make it look good!!!!!!!!! Some good races by a fair few riders. A few elbows flying Kennett did seem to dissapear when he was needed Realy great to see a CROWD with some enthusiasm who were getting into the moment! Well done all a decent advert for Speedway. M

Emil wow great final Holder back on form Tai still doing well can race anybody, might even win 1 this year!!!!!!!!!!! Nikki P still in the wars but hanging in

Was the best meeting I have seen in ages!!!!!!!!! Pretty much every race had something!!!!!!! Even the tapes playing up added to it!!!!!!! Greg H rode to conservatively, Nikki P was brave and gave no quarter (As expected), Holder was not realy fast enough, Ward quick will win 1 soon, Gollob has still got it, Hampel unlucky (What balance wow) Zagar impressive, Emil due a win and got it, Tai wow wow wow great meeting stunned and pleased!!!!!!!!! Great meeting

Is it realy a "National Speedway Stadium" Or is it just a name they made up? (Honest Question)

How come Holder gets to race in every Golden helmet race? He will get tired!!!!!!

BWitcher, Did not see any replies that were OBSESSIVE about double points! Just a question and a few opinions.

Philip, thanks for confirmation. Do you have an opinion on this?

I missed it to ! maybe its just a mistake? (I spent 15mins explaining the rules to the wife "as I do every damn GP" Then noticed they gave no double points on the final! lol

I think that normal 3, 2, 1 on semi's & 6, 4, 2 on Final makes the final more worth while and awards the big achievement of getting to finals (imo 6, 4, 2, 1)Should be awarded in the final as 4th should get a point for getting there. M

Stevec Do you only judge people on what they do at work? (On the track) Its clear that Darcy gets himself into more bother than most. Is he just unlucky? or does he get himself into these situations? If he does not clear his mind quickly he could lose the gift he has been given (FANTASTIC NATURAL SPEEDWAY RIDER) and end up in prison or worse! He can not keep being so naive and getting away living so close to the edge! Darcy please dont throw it all away! M

Finmere on the Land where the Market is! (Between Oxford, M Keynes, Bicester, Northampton & Banbury) Its all planned in my head already! A full Motorsport complex, Speedway, Longtrack/Grasstrack, Stock Car, Drag Strip, Cafe/Restaurant, Car Park, camping etc etc Order you season tickets now! M

I think over the year he will win a few races, make a couple of semis, maybe even make 1 final. Finish 8th/9th/10th with a bit of luck and no injuries! Hows that for an optimistic post? M

Sponsor a couple of good riders with engines = they fly = people then queue to buy them!

Tsunami They may well do them, but they have never promoted the sport to me! I get promo emails and flyers from the NEC. From Valentines day shops (Flowers, cards, pressies) Pizza outlets, Indians, Italians Builders, window cleaners. + All sorts of wierd stuff via groupon texts & emails, from all sorts of places NOTHING FROM SPEEDWAY. I travel the country working (Not all of it) Have seen posters advertising Somerset Speedway. M