customhouseregular

I wish

Russia are favourites...Emil and Grigory

Many thanks r and r.

Shock! Horror! What Subterfuge!

A tragic day for all speedway but for us West Ham fans, well...what can one say?.

Too many to really recall properly but Harris in Cardiff 2007 and Smolinski winning the NZGP Final last year come to mind.

Check out the speedway euro (speedwayeuro.com) or worldspeedway.com web sites. They have all the info.

Unless my memory is playing tricks I remember a 16 year old Dave Jessup, along with a young Barry Thomas having after meeting rides one night at West Ham.

Is Tubby Isaacs the Jellied Eel man still going strong down the Mile End Road?.

I only visited Oxford once...Oxford v West Ham 1967.Father and Son Reeves riding for Oxford.

I can't argue with that

Note to diary...must watch!.

If a rider lost control and hit a stanchion or pit gate, the track is to blame. If a rider hits a rut and crashes in to another rider, the track is to blame. On a smooth track with an impact absorbing fence, any accidents are racing accidents. Am I being too simplistic?.

I certainly do not feel a need...I was merely picking up on a subject raised by another. For me, one death is one death too many.

Thank you r and r.

This is turning in to something of a morbid subject, but now that it has been raised does anyone know if Hackney holds the very dubious record for track fatalities. We all know speedway is dangerous but statistics like those above bring things to stark reality.

I do hope this will be on Eurosport.

Thank you Mr. Cuda

Very true WK...I don't want to upset anyone

Jaipur at 6.7 is a belter

You've lost me there I'm afraid! I don't go to Wetherspoons...they don't sell Old Speckled Hen!.

One man's c**p is another man's bumper

The transition from the "out of his depth" rider I saw at London White City, to the World Champion I saw at Wembley was amazing. His early retirement was a real blow to the sport...he could have been right up there with the other multi-World Champions.

I was at Romford's opening meeting and fully agree. As I understand it only one householder complained about the noise but he still got Romford shut down.

In modern speedway parlance, what constitutes a bumper crowd and/or a c**p crowd?. I've been in a crowd of 92,000 (disputed) at Wembley and 3 men and a dog at Rye House. That's my idea of bumper and c**p!.