OveFundinFan

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.

Is HBOmax pay to view? Thought they took over from last year Discovery+, if that is the case it was £31.99 for month viewing (30 days). Think 30 days will 2x belle Vue plus Manilla....that will do me.

You not missed much. Poor tack for GP racing.

Agree, Abbie was a good presenter.

You are correct.

I not a Tai Woffinden fan but acknowledge his racing achievements, and certainly respect his decision to drop out of this years GPs before the season started.

It's a terrible shape for quality speedway racing. Belle Vue Hyde Road was about same lap length but completely different shape and gave top class racing "out of the top drawer". I suppose Northampton fulfills a need.....6 teams in the Premiership.

That's true, would hardly be any other nations in it if I remember rightly.

A fair bit of speedway on You Tube for free, Intercontinental finals 1980's, British Finals 80's & 90's, few heats of PC's WC win on Katowice 1976, some long track and grass.

Who is Brian Connolly and what is he doing?

Saw this morning on breakfast TV news....the BBC is sending an 11 man crew to the world conquer championships to be held soon in Suffolk, somewhere at a pub.

Generally speaking, the winner of SGP2 is way behind a regular GP1 rider. After winning GP2 series and GP after GP getting beat by top riders could demoralise the young lad and set him back. When Martin Vaculick came to GP1 he did well initially....but then didn't bother with GP1 fora few years to give himself time to mature as a rider. He came back into GP1, with more experience, came 2nd in GP1 just couple years ago. Sadly this year not performed too well, maybe he carrying an injury or something. Just after Fricke winning SGP2 came Drabik and Smektala, between them they won 3 GP2 on the trot. Neither of them yet in the GP1 series full time, Jaimon Lidsey the same. I think Jan Kvech was 2nd in GP2 just 3 or 4 years ago, he will come back in 2 or 3 years better then he is now, hes picked up the experience.... it was just too soon for him.

To big a jump too soon for the likes Parnitsky, Przjemski or Cierniak. Few years ago the hot under 21's were Drabik and Smektala....they still not made it. More recent Jaimon Lindsey hasn't made it but Kubera has. There must be someone else in the Polish standings, surely. Someone made a comment sometimes last week that some of the GP riders need a shaking....they treating the GP as an easy way of making pocket money, the real money is in Polish league racing with high points money. I somewhat agree with that. Why risk a big injury in a GP and miss out losing earnings in the league. Zmarzlik is streets ahead of everyone including Kurtz, who is a fast gater but can he pass Zmarzlik like I think Zmarzlik would Kurtz if he really needed to. I doubt it. All others against Zmarzlik hope they can gate him and then he gets stuck behind another rider for a couple laps then they have a chance.

other than being an American I am surprised to see Luke Beckers name. I like him as a rider but dont rate him that well.

One thing that stood out to me this year and has to stop........over watering of the track. And it appears to me no one is allowed to talk about it.... not the riders, not the commentators, not those that interview or are interviewed. Over watering spoilt more than a few races this year....some of them "key" races.

Thats a shame. I wanted Parnitskyi to win it but much rather him win with the main opposition riding. I well know "you have to be in it to win it", but still leaves a question "would he have won it if Przyjemski had have been riding.

and of course the powers that be may want a German/Czech/Slovak in, that's where can go all wrong.

As you state, bronze for Vaculik less than 2 years ago. This year has been a disaster for him in the GPs. How is he doing in Poland?

He had a bad fall in the last GP remember.....still struggling. Same with Lebedev, fall last GP, he winced in the pits last night with pain.

Great race track and seemingly get good crowd.

Maybe..... In the UK money is tighter due to our government increases taxes they said they wouldn't. Nuff said.

Basically thas what they did through the 60's.and 70"s. Go on Wikipedia and search out speedway world championships. It's interesting to how the development of the eastern block countries developed ie USSR with Plechanov and Samaradov, and Poland with Wyglenda and Woryna, Germany with Josef Hofmeister, with an occasional East German and Czechoslovakian.