rob tatum

Tai deserved his world champion as I believe with the SGP is a true test. For those saying that in a one off final tai wouldn't of won well ok who would of then ? Even dryml could of had a dynamite night in a one off & ended up world champion. SGP is here to stay GOOD.

Absolutely love the GPs as do our 4 friends who apart from 1 had never been to a meet in there lives. We have taken them all to cardiff the last 2 years & they are hooked. Next year its cardiff & torun. Despite the flak thrown at BSi ,eurosport,tatum ,pearson etc etc I think the GPs are the future & if we want speedway to survive & find a bigger audience then hopefully its here to stay. Roll on new zealand.

We had our honeymoon in prague & took in the gp the year sayfutinov won as a rookie. Nice stadium ,great food ,great beer ,met most of the riders hancock & dryml an absolute delight (dryml wasn't riding )just met him in the crowd. As for the track well its big & flat like swindon & like swindon iMO dosent provide the best lines for overtaking BUT what a weekernd cracking place prague.

Did someone really post "tai will look weird naked when he is 70 " I would suggest most men with or without tattoos look pretty crap ,weird ,wrinkly naked at 70. Don't worry about it tai just live the dream son most of us would trade places any day.

F 1 drivers are about as exciting as my mother in law ,maybe they used to be but other than webber there like robots covered in ads. Not sure if the fans give a james hunt about the drivers I think you will find its mostly about the cars. F1 boredom on 4 wheels

I don't like tatoos or the ear rings BUT I am 51 & my 19 old daughter thinks I was born in the stone age ,she also thinks tai is cute & cool. Mr woffinden despite my opinions on his appearance is the future of the sport I love & amen to that as this kid is box office. I couldn't care less if he had 2 heads & was green if he can make the media take notice then great. Well dome tai take a bow son.

Middleditch & bomber are like olivier compared to the stephen hawking of speedway gary havelock ,his tone of voice makes me reach for the shot gun. Bloody awful.

All good points but I just think speedway like a lot of fans who are left just got old & didn't move with the times.

Your dead right about darcy ward what a wonderful role model & has for his articulate cut glass vocabulary I am very suprised he's not in downton.

Gollob is not charismatic but when he tries he is dynamite on the track. Havelock do me a favour he has the charisma of a tortoise. Tai is charismatic my 19 year old daughter thinks he is so that's good enough for me ,ok he isn't bruce penhall YET but this kid really could be a massive shot in the arm for speedway.

Well done mr woffinden you are an absoloute credit son to your family, very impressive interview & despite what some may say you are a very charasmatic young man. British speedway dosent deserve you.

Will suzanne straddle it ? Ding dong.

Tai on bbc breakfast at 7 30 & apparently taking a bike into the studio. Let's hope suzanne straddles it (the bike) oh matron !

In answer to the question NO. The gps are superb watching live & on the box well done to all involved & believe you get a true champion.

Well done for giving the talksport burkes a damn good thrashing. Whilst over on 5 live which I listen to every day not a mention of tai or speedway. Maybe them in charge should be bombarding the radio / tv but alas its left to us. I did text 5 live but nothing.

Hancock is professional & a marvellous role model ,he can certainly gate well but to say he is dull is imo rubbish. Watch swc v gollob dull ? Read a post saying tai was the most natural talent since michael lee well can I throw the name loram in please ,I watched mark grow up on the grasstracks & to be honest for me he is the most natural talent on a bike I have seen ,I had a long chat with jason crump once & his opinion mark was the best racer & natural talent he had ever seen. Another interesting comment was that his dad phil thought peter collins was the most talented but mauger was the best he ever rode against.

Cogratulations mr woffinden well done son you are credit to yourself,yoursport & your family. GB speedway now has a young diamond let's hope we treat him well & he can boost its profile. Also had a bet on the winner tonite at 14/1 great night. Night all roll on next season.

Nothing changes & nothing major has for donkeys years THAT'S THE PROBLEM whilst most sports have realised that we are now in the 21st century speedway (GPs not included)are still stuck in the 50s but without the crowds. Complaining about r/r, guests,poole various promoters etc etc is pointless this sport is on the edge & something needs to be done NOW please.

I guess an independent researcher would ask the riders wouldn't they ? After all they plough into the damn things so I guess there views are paramount. Personally as a fan who has only ever rode a push bike all tracks should have an air/foam fence buts that's imo as I am not crump ,loram or olsen just a fan.

Couldn't give a monkeys testicle about whether or not the FIM ,bspa or god wants air fences maybe they should ask the riders after all there the ones putting there lives on the line.

I can fully understand why a company would show the GPs they look good & come across on tv & live as a quality product. Now can someone anyone tell me why any company would shell out for EL speedway ? I love the sport but we need to attract new supporters & keep the few we have & to be brutal the EL just dosent cut it on tv or live. It looks scruffy on tv,takes forever with teams that change week by week. It is sold as the Elite league but its far from that. If & its a big if any channel did take it then the money should be kept in a central fund then investment should be made in safety ,youth structure & stadiums not on riders wages. Then a massive effort should be made to get on with the meeting re starts have to be looked at & sorted ,scrap 2 minutes & make it 30 seconds etc etc etc etc. All my opinions of course but surely the time has come to sort this bloody mess out before its too late.

Good points but everything you said proves my point ,the sky deal could & should have been good for the sport but due to the shambolic amateur way the sport is run the money has gone & sky are going. The sport should of smartened itself up & invested the money in the infrastructure ,it didn't but that's not sky ,bsi ,eurosport ,david cameron or anyone elses fault except the pleps who RULE !!! Our sport in this country.

What a lost opportunity speedway has lost if / when sky do leave planet speedway. You only have to look at darts to see what could have been achieved. From a fans point of view it just seemed that our goons in charge just took the money & just carried on making no effort to even make the product come over looking good on the box ,surely if efforts were made to make the meetings more professional & run quickly then that would benefit everyone. Oh well we only have ourselves to blame as reading some of these posts it seems the reason speedway in this country is rubbish is the fault of sky or bsi. Wakey wakey at least they give/gave it ago.

Must admit that the length of time it takes to run a 60 second race drives me bloody mad. Restarts FFS no mechanics allowed on track door to pits kept shut if a rider has a problem tough just get on with it. The shenanigans at the start line just get on with it ahhhhhhhhhhh !!! Even in the gps when time must be an issue the farting about can really spoil a great meeting.

Does anyone know where I can get a download of mark loram v chris louis for the british title ? I was there that day & it was for me the most brutal & exciting 2 man race have ever witnessed. 2 mates giving it everything & shaking hands after believe me if you haven't seen it then try. After that day I really thought mark could be a world champion & what a rider he was CLASS