OveFundinFan

I not as close to speedway as used to be in the 60s/70s, took an interest again on 2013 to now but mostly GP's. I am thinking that last night was a reflection of how British Speedway looks at this moment in time. Ok, Dan was missing, but that's still only 2 at world class level. A handful of 30+ has beens who can still mix well at times, a few 22+ who are taking time to make it, and a good number of young uns that have a lot of promise. Apart from Dan, what British riders were missing that could have made a difference to the spectacle? Even if Dan would have been fit it would make it a 2 rider shoot out, so in a way I glad Dan wasn't there (as much as I like him) because it have a young one a chance. Last night would have been something special for those young ones, and hopefully a boost for the 22+ age group.

I was streaming on the tv, I was on ITVX app, but wasn't easy to find, not even using voice command for "British Speedway Championship" or even more basic "speedway"

I watched it live last night on ITV.....but it was not easy to find by any stretch of the imagination. Just perseverance. Seeing as this was a return to live TV viewing one would have thought ITV/ITVX could have promoted itself better.

For a 16 year old that first lap was truly amazing.

Very disappointing GP. It's not been a great place for axGP over the last 2 years but it's been reported they invested in banking the track, made it wider and a new surface. It may be banked, wider, the new surface looked like the old surface (sandy) but the racing actually seemed worse. We all know how spectacular a GP can be. The riders are up for it, but staging a top world event on a track like that can only be detrimental to the thoughts of anyone viewing for the first time.

Yep, I noticed the height of the tapes, it looked wrong.

I managed it eventually....don't know how

See very first post of this thread.......5pm.....Latvia is 2 hours ahead of UK.

Someone gave him a nudge......Freddie's out, Dans out, Jacks out........only BZ and Brady left.......you got probably a never to be repeated opportunity.....GRAB IT

7pm Europe, 6pm UK

Are they likely to race this year?

Anyone know why Lebedevs was struggling. He's a tough rider, yet didn't seem to get to grips with BV. Can't remember how he did in last year's 2 meetings.

Agree......but some have been wanting GP2 champ in the series the year following.... well they got one now. I just hope he can cope mentally. Tom Brennan must be feeling it too, but he's more mature as a person and will see how much work he has to do to be a regular at that level

Thanks for the info......but filling in a "program" has always been a big part of speedway with me, old habits are hard to die.

For me to print that out would be meaningless.....the helmet colours are too deep....especially the blue and red. Even with a black ballpoint it is difficult to see the points. Just before this years GP1 Racer & Royals kindly put up a blank from last year, colours not as dark. I just printed 10 meetings back to back, 5 sheets, fill in the riders names, and happy using them. .

Sounds good. Last year I paid 30.99 for one month, and yesterday I paid 30.99 for one month.

I not a BZ fan...but what he was doing last night was beyond normal. I am so glad he not a consistantly good gater

Really. I reckon it's too big a jump, GP2 champ to GP the following year. Not seen it done before (but maybe wrong). Having said that, I think he doing better than I expected, last night he was in the mix in a few of his races,came BV is a tough track at GP level. Even Woryna couldn't make it work last night, and he very experienced racer.

I you had paid yesterday for a month, £30.99, and cancelled it before the end of those 30 days, you would see GP3 and GP4 at BVue, and GP5 at Wroclaw. That works out at £10.33 per meeting......and you prefer to watch Nordic Darts !!!

The Challenge Final has the ingredients for a very good meeting. Big scrap for those first four positions, 6 of the current GP riders in it, plus wannabe's and not forgetting Chris Harris.

Bettered only by Ove Fundin......10 years and finished no lower than 3rd. And that was in the era of 1) a single meeting world final...no room for error, not even an engine failure 2) strong opponents ie Briggs, Moore, Craven, Knutson, Plechanov, Crutcher. Could possibly have been 12 years running if the Swedish speedway authorities hadn't banned him in 1966, as he came back in 1967 and won his 5th title.

Maybe it will go back to just one GP in the UK....which would be sad because IMO Belle Vue is consistantly the best race track in the world.

I agree with your comment....shocking. They have young riders who have recently won or top runners in the under 21 world champs. Where are they.... What about Matusz Cierniak, under 21 world champs twice, or last year's runner up who was champ the year before.

Is it know what happened to Dan Bewleys bike to make it do what it did???

Likely the only financially viable way to have a gp in the UK is to have 2 back to back. UK is an island and not as easy to get to as many other euro countries. Same as why no gp in Australia, and surely with 4 riders deemed good enough to be in the series it deserves a GP.