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Does that include an EF?

Weather forecast remains good for Monday, can the Aces get the better of the Stars at the NSS? Bewley rides at Łódź this evening in the Zenon Plech individual. NKI is set to ride in the Henryk Żyto Memorial in Gdańsk. Bewley is also set to represent Wroclaw in a pairs event at Grudziądz on Sunday, alongside Janowski & Laguta. Don't think any other riders from this meeting are in action on the continent this weekend. Klindt, Z Cook, Zischke & Harris are involved in the Championship pairs at Workington tomorrow. Harris & Zischke are also set to ride in Championship Riders meeting at Scunthorpe on Sunday.

Result wasn't much of a surprise Tigers were always going to react after Woofinden's injury. The fact Zagar scored very little doesn't surprise me, the few times I saw him at Owlerton for Belle Vue he had one reasonable ride from memory. Musielak posting such a low score does surprise me, he was almost unbeatable around Owlerton when I saw him riding for Sheffield.

Only going by updates. It seems two early EF's cost Kings Lynn a few points but Harris being able to take an extra ride following Boughen withdrawal evened things up a little. Interesting that it was Bewley rather than Lidsey chosen for heat 14, Lidsey's score to that point was better than Bewley but looks like Lemon got that right. Kings Lynn were always going to struggle when it came to last heat deciders, it's the price they pay for having a rider like Harris at reserve.

He didn't really prove himself a number 1 at Kings Lynn last year, he was signed as third heat leader originally by Sheffield behind Holder & Ellis, he certainly surpassed the latter but not the former. Briefly in the averages maybe but not over a season. Musielak average is 8.2ish... Doyle, Sayfutdinov, Bewley, Kurtz, Fricke, Holder * 2 & Woffinden are all on higher starting averages. Making him the 9th best rider in the league in theory.. only 7 teams, wouldn't make him a genuine #1 in my eyes.

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7 home debuts, what did you expect? Had Musielak, Zagar, Jepperson or Jepson-Jensen ever actually competed in a competitive race at Perry Barr before?

I can't remember who said experienced teams start the season well, young teams come good at the end. Let's hope so.

Aside from the top two who were very good, Belle Vue offered very little. Cook & Zischke must be allowed a few meetings to settle, but Lidsey, Blodorn & Mulford should have done more. Brennan performing so well bodes well for GB, kept Kurtz at bay and good battling point in his first ride.

Doyle has won how many Peter Craven memorials? Brennan spent a couple of seasons with the Aces while King & Ellis have won British Championships at the NSS. How are the Witches going to struggle? What is the point of doing rider/team manager interviews while the mascot is doing laps - no one can hear anything they're saying.

Assuming no problems - weather or crashes, should be finished 21:15. That's my hope anyway, so I beat the any roadworks on the M56! They usually start closing lanes at 22:00.

Micheal Jepsen Jensen 7.50 Jonas Jeppesen 4.50 According to a Facebook post by British Speedway today.

There used to be a very good website with seasonal history & rider profiles for Cradley Heathens. I googled it this morning to look for something but couldn't find it. Is it no more?

There used to be a very good website with seasonal history & rider profiles for Cradley Heathens. I googled it this morning to look for something but couldn't find it. Is it no more?

From 12 fixtures Gusts averaged 2.43 (0.607) in Ekstraliga for Wroclaw in 2024, replacing Woffinden post injury. Less than Anders Rowe. From 2 fixtures Gusts averaged 4.40 (1.10) in Eliteserien. On a par with Adam Ellis. Struggling to find much else on him league wise, didn't seem to race in Denmark

Great signing, had seemed to be on wain but after replacing the injured Doyle for Grudziądz in the Ekstraliga last year he was solid for them.

Kurtz had a great 2024. Big year for him back in the Ekstraliga & GP debut season. I'd take Kurtz over Jack Holder, probably not quite as quick when the track suits him but more craft & far less selfish.

That would mean Rew & Jepperson at #2 & #4. Brummies would need Zmarzlik as the other rider to be competitive is Sedgeman signed

Sedgeman on 6.00? He's never averaged that. He'd be an Ok reserve but I doubt Jepperson would be much more and Rew should be riding at 2. I couldn't make that not rhyme. Sorry. Brummies need two riders that can be more than solid reliable middle order merchants at the very least... ideally they need one of those & a rider that can push Musielak for #1.

Spires have more chance of being competitive in heats 13 & 15 than Stars do. One good T/S works against teams that are built on overall strength.

If the Swedish duo of Kim Nilsson & Jacob Thorsell complete the Brummies septet it has an aging but reliable solid look to it

He has considerably less experience on British tracks than those riders, if he averages more than any of them in the premiership I'd be surprised.. Blodorn will be at #2 for the Aces most of the season I'd suggest. Considering how the Stars team has been built, NKI will probably have a period at #1 and a period at #6, when all were fit for Kings Lynn last year NKI rode at 2. Harris likewise will probably spend some time as Stars #1 and at reserve.

Averaged 7.11 (1,779) in Denmark in 2024 for Esbjerg, second in their averages. Less than Becker & Holder Snr but more than Blödorn and NKI. From 4 fixtures, averaged 5.26 (1,316) in Elitserien for Vargarna, Less than Douglas & Tungate but more than Milik & Harris. Last appearance in the UK was for Somerset in 2018 in the top tier where he averaged 3.81 from 6 fixtures (2 home, 4 away), plus two appearance in the second tier with Ipswich where he averaged 4.00. Finished 5th in Danish Individual Championship last year, 7th in 2023, 10th in 2022, 7th in 2020. Looks like he'd be a solid #2 but not anymore than that.

His 2022 average attained with Belle Vue, obvs. Jepperson should be on 4.0-5.0 no more if assessed.

Don't know a great deal about him TBH, I've seen the name on scorecards but not much else. Haven't had time to look any further than Sportwoefakty. He averaged 7.32 in the Polish third tier in 2024. Higher than Worrall, less than Riss.