Nickinho

Northampton is a great example that setting up a speedway club isn't like planning a space mission to Mars it actually can be done without too much fuss if most of the infrastructure is in place. It reminds me of Linlithgow in the 90s and how a local garage owner built a track on a plot of land and before you knew it a hundred fans were attending each week. Granted, the racing so great, as it was even below the modern day NDL level but it was an enjoyable way to spend the afternoon. If a local farmer can be convinced to part with one of their many fields and are paid a small monthly fee, a lot of them would probably jump at the chance of an easy income and piecemeal set-ups like Linlithgow and Redcar can start to come into existence. After all, farmers are always complaining how farming generates no income at all now so why not open these kinds of dialogues?

If speedway manages to get even half the amount of supporters that the stock cars get there then the new club will have no concerns at all and will be a successful addition to the top flight.

Ever since Abba

Bit of a width apart there...

You must live in Shangri-La where the police bother to track down certain groups of people after they've committed crime 🙃

Should make for an interesting reserve duo 😁 Lee was a great character though and he's a loss to speedway. Hopefully he will make a return one day even if it's just to the NDL to help along the young riders.

It's not a bad team that's shaping up down Scunthorpe way considering that they have a (very good) rider taking up a quarter of the average space. Plus, it leaves room for both Max Perry at reserve and Worrall to come in at 5 if he decides to race this season, leaving a team which looks like this; Pickering / Harrison / MPT / Mountain / Worrall / Perry / Ingram

You mean like the miracle of 2024 when Scunthorpe won nothing? Or the miracle of 2023? Or the one in2022? Or...

Max Perry

Probably an average of around 4 or 4.5. He's certainly the one under the most pressure imo.

I don't think he could fill the Hydro

Oxford look to have the strongest 1-5 but it's good to see a competitive looking Plymouth team for once. I think 2026 will be an interesting season as all the teams look capable of achieving something.

Nagel is ten times better than Hausl will ever be.

I've got tickets to see Barry in June so I hope he doesn't get on a speedway bike and put his health at risk

You may not have noticed but that says '2023 champions'. The clue is in the wording. Michael Max won that title with his genius ability to bring in replacement riders at the business end of the season like Tarasenko on a 5 point average when in reality he was a 10 point rider, as well as the Facenna brothers for backing him. Even Lloyd and Harry from Dumb & Dumber couldn't have screwed up the 2023 season for Glasgow. What was your point caller?