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I was brought up on speedway at Hyde Road, then we had Kirky Lane, now the NSS, ive seen good meetings and bad at all three, i remember Kings Lynn and Cradley producing great racing along with smaller tracks like Wimbledon, Newport (Somerton Park), Monmore Green and even Crayford, there was no bickering about racing on different tracks then, obviously pre internet, i think a contributing factor today are the modern machines are more geared for the bigger faster tracks, no doubt if Mondays meeting doesnt produce good racing people will be critical of that sometimes you cant win too much racing or not enough, either way i dont think the skill of the riders can be questioned.

Strange how some complain theres a lot of passing then complain if the meeting isnt up to normal standards. I think fans of the technical (sorry trick) tracks in a lot of cases are just trying to justify their own tracks shortcomings for good racing. A racetrack isnt a racetrack if the only passing you get is when the rider in front makes a mistake otherwise its sit on the white line and job done. Some must have thought Birmingham last night was a great meeting, Hyde Road, NSS, or Kirky Lane no brainer isnt it?

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Cheers mate, good luck tonight.

Hi any recomendations of best place to park for this one please, not been to Birmingham for a while i remember parking could be an issue, thanks.

This is an interesting match up with Lions the form team at the moment, i cant really see past them over the two legs but KL are capable of getting a first leg lead that is defendable but how will they go at Leicester? Good luck to both teams.

I suppose you could the same for all promoters as speedway today is a failing business model, i wonder how much Tolley lost investing in Birmingham? Whatever they come up with next season will be interesting as i can still see self interest prevailing.

Comfortable home win.

With Douglas and Howarth both on it we would have been in more trouble, im sure you would be happy with this score in a play off semi.

Leicester are a good side and kept it close with Douglas and Howarth having below par nights, could even throw Masters in there as hes had good meetings round here, Lions are a problem for any side.

I find his Poole form baffling tbh thought he would have stepped up and continued his improvement this season, best ive seen him ride tonight so maybe he will now replicate that form for you?

Well Shanoxtra cant beat that for honesty, would be interesting if Sheffield had,nt lost Woffinden or been able to find a suitable replacement, no need for Doyley or Emil to bust a gut tonight or the others really its about doing it in the play offs.

Possibly "Trick Track Jockeys" 😂

And we continually get called out for our away performances being "throttle jockeys" whats your excuse?

Tonight we saw some good close racing with passing and repassing inside and out, Brady team riding, and we also saw so called throttle jockeys not being able to just sit out wide and blast easily round the boards, it was an enjoyable meeting. Over the years of watching speedway ive seen many "technical" tracks and have seen good racing on some and on others the only time you would see a pass is if the rider in front made a mistake. Each track can have it own merits so agree with your final analysis, why slag any track as Ivan Mauger once said there are no favoutite types of track they are all there to be ridden. Not sure i agree we can beat Sheffield over two legs tbh, i dont think we will get past the semi stage, Sheffield were done for when they lost Woffy who would have made them hard to beat over two legs given their home form, i think an Ipswich v Leicester final would be two good meetings.