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And then what fixtures do they make money from after the Champions are decided? Speedway clubs can only operate 8 months of the year.

Leicester were the form team at the end of the season. The forecast is pretty wet in Leicester on Thursday so vice versa.

No one was saying the rain affecting track conditions were the Aces favour as the Lions held the lead to 8 points for the middle part of the meeting.

Who do Lions put in heat 15? Hagan & Masters?

Wow... Didn't think they'd be able to do that against Fricke & Douglas.

Off gates 2 & 4?

It's about confidence & bravery, the Aces riders know the track better With the weather affecting the track it's heavier out there than usual. I remember at the SoN semi final 2 the only riders who would really wide into the deep stuff were Lindgren & the French grass trackers. You could ask why didn't Kurtz go wide I the last heat?

Don't be silly. Belle Vue are not getting near 60 points.

Ekstraliga averages . Laguta 3rd, Bewley 15th, Janowski 19th

Because he has nothing better to do than continuously trying to provoke responses from other posters.

Lebedevs had fine enough in the GP series to get a wildcard anyway, regardless of his European Championship victory which I congratulate him on. His second? First one was 2018? Michelsen will get a wildcard take your pick for the second Dane. I'd rather watch Thomsen than Madsen.

NKI's social media suggests he feels his season has finished, he's loving life with partner & sprog. The only announcement I'm expecting for Monday is rained off

Lyons, Morton?

Loads of places to park free on the road around NSS even during the SoN. If the second leg is rained off & the rearranged meeting isn't on TV I'll come! If NKI guesting for Cook happens! NKI's Instagram posts very much like he believes his season has finished.

No kidding... We were in Vancouver when the Canucks were playing the Oilers in the Stanley Cup QF. $400 for a ticket!

Probably my favourite view of action is on the exit of the second bend at Leicester, get there early if you want a home straight seat! If you can't find the stadium car park it's because it is hidden behind the Leisure centre.

Batchelor & Chris Holder never seemed keen on each other. On second viewing didn't think the Howarth/Blodorn incident was quite as brutal as first viewing.

Ah, OK. Fair enough. Wasn't aware Pickering & Cook were close.

Think Aces visits to Beaumont Park have been fairly abject this year. Blodorn likes the place but even at the pairs event Belle Vue won last season Bewley & Kurtz couldn't get near Fricke. So... as I watched tonights action on EuroSport what happened to Cook? No chance he'll ride in the final? Well done Aces - Bewley was outstanding until he didn't need to be, but Kurtz set the tone with his heat 1 win. Hard on Tigers. Who knows what would have occurred if the playoffs involved Woffinden, Doyle & Sayfutdinov. Howarrth's move on Blodorn was unsavoury. And Pickering's issue with the TV presenter was?

Pardubice in 3 Friday's isn't it?

Have never been bothered by fans at Speedway except for the gang of Sheffield fans who turned up at Leicester for the pairs event last season. They did seem to be there only to provoke a response from anyone willing to stand up to them. But they have nothing on EIHL Steelers fans!

I think if anyone had offered BV a 12 lead to take to Owlerton they'd have taken it. I went to the KO Cup Tigers v Aces meeting, Lemon cost BV that fixture not swapping Bailey for Mountain in heat 14. I'm certain in terms of aggregate score the meeting would have been decided before heat 15 took place. The Aces reserve pairing are not as strong now as then & the Tigers pair have improved. That said Kurtz had a poor night. The league meetings have all gone Sheffield's way. The gates will dictate the racing, gate 3 is usually awful at the start of the meeting so winning the toss is vital. If Woffinden was riding I wouldn't give Belle Vue any hope but I think it is well poised. One thing is certain Lidsey needs to turn up. Which doesn't occur too regularly away from NSS.

Surely you'd only be looking to retain either Killeen or Boughen as RS, alongside a more experienced reserve.

Depends on averages & point limit. BV - Bewley, Cook, Kurtz In an ideal world I'd not retain any of the other current septet. I'd have Connor Bailey back as RS.

Thorsell hasn't ridden in UK for years and is way past his best. Hellstrom-Bangs is a pipe dream, he'd have ridden in UK by now if he was going to. At a guess... Lindgren, Z Cook, Harris, Ellis, Musielak, Lampart, RS