Nickinho

Very true. Same thing happened to the Monarchs last year.

Less than 2 weeks until kick-off! I can't wait. Good line-up for the Ben Fund too. I just hope this bad weather won't continue until the end of March and we have lots of sunshine on the 28th

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?

Really nasty one down the home straight. I thought he was a goner that day. Did well to get back into the saddle a month later and with his <3.00 point average he's well worth a punt on a team place in 2026.

I think Dan T will be exactly what Edinburgh are looking for in a rider. Someone who can compete in Heats 13 & 15. It's something they lacked last season, a season which saw them come narrowly close to a place in the Championship final.

I think George Congreve

Was it real gold? If so i'd keep it under lock and key if i were him. You know what Glaswegian's are like. He will have to nail it down.

Oxford look like the best team so far and Ritchings showed at Poole that he will be an adequate reserve this year. If Mitch and Luke take another step in their development 2026 could be Oxford's year.

Mitch is by far the better prospect.

He was shockingly bad. The meeting would have actually been better without a referee that night. They could have just got Daphne from the pie hut to officiate.

Cammy ruined the 2024 season, no need to look around for any other culprits. He also ruined the 2025 season and he'll ruin 2026 too.