Technik

I have to agree, the team manager position has been watered down so much over the years it is now almost pointless. Each team may use a T/S once. So when you fall 6 points behind stick the number 1 in. Put the best reserve in all the easy rides. then tell the TV who is willing to ride in Ht 15. There is nothing more to do!

Watch this space in June 2025

I think your correct in that was Hendon's ground. But last time I passed it there was still stands. Not in the best condition I'll confess but it was still standing.

I can't see any track opening within the M25 any time soon. The only venue I have seen that would be anywhere near suitable is an old football (Non-League) ground near to the end of the M1 where it meets the A406 north circular road

I would say it started with the arrival of the mighty American's in the mid 70's early 80's & it was adopted swiftly by the European's. In more recent seasons it has become really bad, I think the Referees lost control as a 2 minute time allowance was stretched to nearer 4 minutes at times. Now with the clock on the track I cannot object to riders having just their 2 minutes to prepare as long as the Referee is strong enough to apply the time correctly & disqualify a rider that exceeds that time.

No. all riders must complete 2 laps. However if a rider falls on lap 2 & stays down & the remaining riders complete 2 laps then it is possible to award the result

Sad to hear of the passing of Milan Spinka at 73. Milan was a true speedway gentleman who wore many hats within our great sport. As a rider he excelled in all disciplines of track racing Speedway, Long track, Grass track & Ice speedway winning the World title in the latter. He was also a manager & coach to riders & teams at national & international levels as well as a Referee taking control of FIM events. Born in the Czech town of Pardubice home to the famous Golden Helmet event which he was very proud to have won in 1973 breaking the dominance of Jiri Stancl & Ole Olsen. Mr Spinka will be greatly missed by many of his friends around the globe. Best wishes to all his family & friends at this sad time. Thanks for the good times "Spinky" Ride fast

Firstly I felt it was an excellent meeting, All ran in good time. There was dust but I felt the track was made slick & packed hard which made for a very fair track which produced more race lines as the event progressed. Holding on for the interval was a solid decision as the only other place would have been after Ht 9 & then a prolonged break after Ht18 for riders in the finals to chasnge tyres. The grand final was what it was & now the debate of "Who shot John" rages on. The Referee was in a no win situation which ever rider he put out was right/wrong. did Nicholls stall in front of Wright? or did Wright run in the back of Nicholls? My opinion for what it's worth! would be to look at the event & the difference from a normal league match. The scoring system is adjusted to 4 3 2 to cut out drawn races & encourage team riding with the only way to win is by both team members finishing in scoring positions. Given that knowledge Nicholls made a fair pass to move to second then attempted to slow the charge of Wright also fair to allow his partner Masters access on the inside to have his team in two scoring positions whilst the other Redcar rider Danny King left to ride to a hollow race win for his team to finish runner up. The referee made his call & I was pleased he awarded the race & the title as a Re-Run was completely pointless with a rider missing from one of the pairs

This would be treated as two separate offences, Rider A had been warned prior to this start so would be disqualified for a second offence,. Rider B is a straight disqualification for touching the tapes. It would be exactly the same for the second example

Never.... ...It has to be Bournemouth

I'd hate to be the rising star at Belle Vue next June. I feel sure that he is now in the Colts side promises have been made & he will not be in a championship side just Premier & NDL, both for Belle Vue

It was an entertaining meeting with some excellent racing. On the whole Berwick riders made good starts but rode very wide in turn 2 allowing the Oxford riders a chance to work up to turn 3. There were some slick passes with Heeps & Jenkins proving their worth. Berwick pushed hard but in the main couldn't take enough heat advantages. I was pleased to see a meeting start prompt at 7:30 & even with the very real threat of rain an interval was taken & fully completed at 9:00 PM. There was a good supply of dust but given the forecast I can accept that. The tractors stayed off the track which shows they are not always needed when the race track is good.

Belle Vue & the BSPA will have lost a fortune. This event just sucks money at the best of times, But to put it on against Euro24 was never going to work. The Polish TV company have far to many staff that need to be paid & their costs met. I'd say on the first night there were 800 paying public in the stadium & about 100 discovery sports staff.

Maybe a come back for Petri KoKKo is on the cards

Buster Hater or not, Questions have to be asked. We've just had the first week this year without rain & there's a bloke in the car park that says there has not been any rain. Just how is the track waterlogged? Lynn may have a weaker team than they desire but this is getting very silly now