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What happened to all the rakers who used to pull the dirt back after every heat.Most were volunteers who did it for the free admission and a sense of being involved,so it can't have been a cost cutting measure.

But he would have been disqualified. anyway,as there were two riders with yellow helmets.

It's that bad they have turned their backs to the track.

There were only 3 stock car meetings last year,and I think they have moved them to Bradford.

That's the one.

There was a doctor,who's name I can't remember,back in the 60s/70s,who many riders with a broken scaphoid went to,and he seemed to be able to get them back racing quite quickly.

Correct me if I am wrong,but as I understand it,Eurosport is no more,and Warner Brothers have moved all that was previously on Eurosport to TNT,at a cost of £31 per month.The cycling fraternity are up in arms,as previously free to view events like the Tour De France will now only be available on subscription to TNT.I don't know how this will affect Speedway,but the signs are not good.

Or anywhere else,there is a track ready to go in Bradford,but nobody wants to promote speedway there,and with good reason,it would lose money hand over fist.

Their coverage of cycling is usually pretty good.

No air fence in the 60s,so track would have been wider.Also,Frank Varey knew how to prepare a track,and there were also rakers dragging the dirt back.

Eurosports presentation does speedway no favours in my opinion.I know they have little to work with,with poor crowds,and often gate and go races,but it all seems very amateur,especially when you compare it to their presentation of cycling.Kelvin might be a nice bloke,but as the face of speedway,he does not cut it for me.Only my opinion of course,I am sure some will have a different take on it.

Then the rakers are not doing their job,they should be dragging the shale away from the fence,not letting it build up through the meeting.

I used to go to Sheffield regularly during the sixties and seventies,and always thought it one of the better tracks,and never thought of it as narrow.Of course,that was before air fences,and the bikes were more controllable then.There were always plenty of rakers on the bends,who would drag the shale back to the middle of the track after every race,don't know if that happens now.Very pleased to hear that Emil was not badly injured.

In 1966,Halifax also won the KO cup,and the Northern trophy.