SteveEvans

SCB, I think you are missing a few key points; 1. The Dream Team race very cheaply, probably our race fee is less than the payroll of most regular visting teams. Thus the CL clubs that have them visit make very good money when they visit. Some of these venues use such revenues to develop young British riders. Therefore, the Dream Team does more for British development than many. 2. We barely have any UK sponsors, nor are we that interested in persuing. We NEVER have asked for a free ride, in fact ask Mr Facchini or Mr Gomez how much the Dream Team has cost them in terms of personal finance over the years and your jaw would hit the floor! Our tour is self funded 95% of the way. The sponsors we have are not involved in speedway that heavily, so we are not taking someone else's money. If someone was smart they could hit up the companies we bring into speedway to do more for British kids. There is no limit in sponsors, they just need to be sought out. We have never expected a free ride, a set of race jackets is as good as it gets! With Barratt Steels they have backed us for three years - I wonder how many young British riders have approached this sponsor we brought to speedway? 3. We have never clamed to have PL strength teams. Our equipment is not PL standard, nor are most of our riders. But it does give a chance for some riders who do well to make the next leap up when ready, as the CL itself has done for many. 4. If people are buying are merchandise, its up to others to bring their merchandise up to such standards. Why not learn from us rather than attack us? 5. We would welcome a touring team of British riders any time, find them free lodging, take them to see the sights and get in a lot of racing (Victorville runs out of season races in Nov, Jan, Feb & March). I have personally spoke to Peter Oakes, put pieces in the speedway star and done all i can to help the youngsters. Our winter racing here is very grass roots, so much like the Dream Team pays its own way, the British riders would do the same. Note CL rider Ben Hopwood raced today against the Dream Team at Perris and enjoyed the experience. We welcomed him and his family. 6. Sorry that your Newport Mav's will be missing out on the CL this year. Tim Stone has worked for years to get teams that are in the original tradition of the CL and I hope that 2007 is just a year out. If some of the bigger CL clubs move up to Pl in 2008, maybe the CL will return to it's roots - either way, the Dream Team will be over again! 7. We are popular because we put on a show, talk to the fans and have a good time. It's really simple. And if British speedway tracks make good money from our visits, we really hope they spend some of it on British kids. 8. The Dream Team is successful because fans, riders and their families dedicate themselves to the cause. SCB, why not do the same and become more active and do something yourself for the kids? I'm not being sarcastic, we were just a bunch of fans who decided to do something for speedway. It's amazing what a few people can pull off. With the Dream Team EVERYONE wins, including British speedway and the youth of it, if the British promoters use our tour right - and we wouldn't want it any other way.

Great Main Event Mark, side by side for 4 laps! Check it out!

This system would be better IMO; 20 heats - 3,2,10 Top3 to Final Next 4 to Last Chance Winner only last Chance to Final Riders not in final keep points from heats 1-20 Final scores 20, 17, 15, 14 Simple! I would also do away with the Wildcard, add 3 more riders (making 18) and bottom 4 riders race in 1st heat for last 2 places. Eliminated riders are reserves. If one of the 18 is injured, the allow a home country rider to fill in. Wild Card is waste of a place (that PK should have!). In F1, you don't see Hungarian, Chinese, Bahrainian, etc drivers in their home GP - the races sell because its the top riders in the World. This year only 4 of 11 GPs dont have a home riders (Latvia, Germant, Italy, Czech) and the Czechs may get a rider in if 3 more spots are added.

That is Bryan Buffington, one of the top Division Two riders. I talk to Pfetzing sometimes but he only gets to speedway once or twice a year.

Commentator is Bruce Flanders, legendary US commentator for the last 25 plus years.

Thats not the first time I have made a hash of Tim's name TMG!

These webcasts are awesome! 1st race will be 9pm UK time, though from &:30 you can watch practice, qualifying heats and presentations. Any Dream Team fans will note that Tom Gomez, Neil Facchini, Dale Fachhini, Brian Starr, Dario Galvin & TJ Fowler will all be takin part.

Quick results from the three-team tournament at Victorville tonight. One note, Australian Kevin Doolan was allowed a couple practice laps before his first race, but broke both chains and did some minor damage to his machine. He spent the evening riding borrowed bikes. Full report coming soon. In the team races #1-4 are Division One riders who race each other only, 5-8 are Division 2. Doolan was impressive riding on a small 1/8 miel banked track. RESULTS Sidecar Main Event 9 - Joe Jones/Brandi McElroy 11 - Jeff Medberry/Chris Levitt 4 - Brian Motis/Chris Coniglio Junior Main Event 114 - Joey Holt 18 - Russell Green Support Main Event (restarted) 241 - John Marquez 313 - Robert Glamuzina 714 - Joe Dillard 52 - Lance Remington 55 - Scott York (retired) Victorville Vikings (45) 1 2 3 4 5 T 1 - Kevin Doolan 2 2* 1* 2 4 11+2 2 - Neil Facchini 0 3 2 1* 3 9+1 3 - Dale Facchini 2* 1* 1* 2 0 6+3 4 - Tim Gomez 3 2 2 R 2* 9+1 5 - Mike Nutting 0 0 0 0 6 - Steve Bowen 3 2 2 1 8 7 - Blake Bowen 0 2 0 2 Industry Aces (61) 1 2 3 4 5 T 1 - Buck Blair 3 3 3 3 6 18 2 - Travis Henderson 1 1 0 1 1 4 3 - Eddie Castro 3 3 3 3 2 14 4 - Rick Valdez 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 - Kenny Hansen 3 3 3 3 12 7 - Bryan Buffington 2* 3 2* 7+2 8 - Matt Monkress 1 1 1 3 Sacramento Silver Machine (28) 1 2 3 4 5 T 1 - Bryan Yarrow 2 2 3 3 10 2 - Kenny Ingalls 1* 0 0 1 2+1 3 - Michael Hull 1 1 2 2 6 4 - J.T. Mabry 0 0 0 0 0 5 - Steve Dziadus 2 2 1 5 6 - Tyler Hansen 1* 1 0 2+1 8 - Allen Doss 0 3 3 Heat Results 4: Blair, Doolan, Henderson, N.Facchini (2-4-0), (2-4-0) 5: S.Bowen, Dziadus, T.Hansen, Nutting (3-0-3), (5-4-3) 6: Castro, Yarrow, Ingalls, Valdez (0-3-3), (5-7-6) 7: Gomez, D.Facchini, Hull, Mabry (5-0-1), (10-7-7) 8: K.Hansen, S.Bowen, Monkress, B.Bowen (2-4-0), (12-11-7) 13: Blair, Yarrow, Henderson, Ingalls (0-4-2), (12-15-9) 14: N.Facchini, Doolan, Hull, Mabry (5-0-1), (17-15-10) 15: K.Hansen, Buffington, T.Hansen, Doss (fell, remounted) (0-5-1), (17-20-11) 16: Castro, Gomez, D.Facchini, Valdez (3-3-0), (20-23-11) 21: Yarrow, N.Facchini, Doolan, Ingalls (3-0-3), (23-23-14) 22: K.Hansen, Dziadus, Monkress, T.Hansen (0-4-2), (23-27-16) 23: Blair, Gomez, D.Facchini, Henderson (3-3-0), (26-30-16) 24: Castro, Hull, Valdez, Mabry (0-4-2), (26-34-18) 26: Doss, B.Bowen, Dziadus, Nutting (2-0-4), (28-34-22) 30: Castro, Doolan, N.Facchini, Valdez (3-3-0) (31-37-22) 31: Blair, Hull, Henderson, Mabry (0-4-2), (31-41-24) 32: Buffington, S.Bowen, Monkress, Nutting (2-4-0), (33-45-24) 33: Yarrow, D.Facchini, Ingalls, Gomez (retired) (2-0-4) (35-45-28) Sacramento eliminated from Bonus Round #5-#8 Top Scorers: K.Hansen, Buffington, S.Bowen, B.Bowen (1-5), (36-50) Consolation: N.Facchini, Gomez, Henderson, Valdez (5-1), (41-51) Main Event (Double Points): Blair, Doolan, Castro, D.Facchini (4-10) (45-61

These webcasts are great! Go check the site out, they also have highlights for those who will be in bed due to time difference.

Fisher has a broken leg and is out for the season.

Hugh Randolph who races USA third divison is 74! He started ridiing 2 years back. Bought a bike for fun & to practice and the practice track closed so he went racing! He also promotes at Industry Speedway. Retired fire captain - what a guy!

And if 7th place wins he had to beat alll the six ahead of him!

Try this as a better idea; Run the 20 heats as we do. Top 3 to final, next 4 to Last Chance race (stops rider who is 8th having equal chance to 1st to make final), winner to final. 2nd in LCQ gets 2 points added, 3rd 1. Final points are 20, 18, 16, 15 Bonus point for top scorer over 2o heats All other riders keep their points as scored

The new Costa Mesa is teh same size around the inside, but much wider. It's easier to ride now and the lesser riders can get more speed on. There are also new stands. The place looks good. The Grand opener was amazing, they have a great promotion running the show. And our third Southern California venue Victorville is open for business on 4th July!

We had a Japanese rider in Division Two in the USA a few years back. His name was Hideki Ota. 1st week he couldn't slide the bike but won the D2 Main. He improved, never made D1, but was always fun to watch and was a novel gimmick.

2006 will hopefully see each team run out of it's home track. This is really the American Conference League!

Results just in! CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL: VICTORVILLE VIKINGS 51 (Hiles 10+1, Wells 9+1, D Facchini 9, Gomez 7+3, N Facchini 6+1, Lyons 6+1, Zellner 4+1) SACRAMENTO SILVER MACHINE 33 (Browne 11, Kerr 8, Martynse 8, Baldwin 3, Metoyer 3, Sincavage 0). Vikings dominated the match from the get go. In heat 2 Billy Lyons came from last to 1st as the Vikings turned a 1-5 into a 4-2. Then a 5-1 for Dale Facchini & Tim Gomez over JJ Marynse & matt Browne as R/R in heat 3 set the pace fro the evening. With Chris Kerr plagued by bike trouble, Vikings were deserved winners. Shawn McConnell was an incredible team manager & really got the Vikings operating as a team. The matchj was called after 14 races - heat 15 was attempted 3 times, but declared void due to broken bikes & bruised bodies after three wild first bend bunches! There was also a challenge between the elimated teams (Freeway Series Challenge); LOS ANGELES ACES 35 (Harmatiuk 13, DeFries 9, Dzaidus 7+3, Hull 6, Irwin 0, Kistler 0) ORANGE COUNTY EAGLES 42 (Greyson 12+1, Starr 12, Perkins 8, Buffington 6, Martinez 4). This league was a huge success and will be repeated in 2006!

19th November - 1st US team league in 30 years gets decided (Play Off Finals) VICTORVILLE VIKINGS - 1. Neil Facchini, 2. Ricky Wells, 3. Dale Facchini. 4 Tim Gomez, 5. Billy Hiles, 6. Billy Lyons, 7. Rohn Zellner SACRAMENTO SILVER MACHINE: 1. Chris Kerr, 2 Michael Hernandez, 3. JJ Martynse, 4 R/R, 5. Matt Browne, 6. Mark Sincavage, 7. Chris Metoyer. Report to follow

Chris being Ameriocan is not eligible for CL speedway unless it's on the Dream Team tour. He is very interested in PL racing in 2006. Hr has a good attitude and would be a great addition to any EL or PL club.

Here are the results from last night at Victorville, November 5th: Match 1 VICTORVILLE VIKINGS 51 (Hiles 12, N Facchini 9+1, Gomez 9, Wells 6+2, Zellner 6+2, D Facchini 5+1, Lyons 4) LA ACES 39 (Blair 9, DeFries 9, Hull 9, B Sauer 7, R Sauer 3+1, Dzaidus Snr 2, Kistler 0) Match 2 SACRAMENTO SILVER MACHINE 52 (Kerr 14+1 max, Metoyer 11+2, Martynse 11, Browne 6+1, Hernandez 6+1, Sincavage 4+1) ORANGE COUNTY EAGLES 38 (Harmatiuk 16, Starr 9+1, Greyson 7+1, Buffington 3+1, Martinez 2+1, Stevens 1). STANDINGS Team W L Pts Vikings 3 0 6 Silver Machine2 1 4 Eagles 1 2 2 Aces 0 3 0 FInal Match 19th November Vikings Vs Silver Machine for league title. Averages (top 10) 1. Chris Kerr 11.47 2. Billy Hiles 9.43 3. Buck Blair 9.33 4. Nate Perkins 9.33 5. Matt Browne 9.14 6. Neil Facchini 9.06 7. JJ Martynse 8.92 8. Shaun Hamratiuk 8.67 9. Tim Gomez 8.67 10. Steve Dzaidus Jnr 8.44 Last nights racing featured amazing team riding by Chris Kerr (only 2 points dropped all season). Shaun Harmatiuk was charging from the back! Should be a cracking final! Note have awesome team t-shirts we can ship worldwide. Email TMGRacing@aol.com for details. All teams available!

The paln with this league to expand it in 2006 so that each team has a home track. We won't be racing week in week out as the individual / handicap format in the USA is the most popularw ith the fans, rather, we will just complement this. Big corporate backing would take speedway to a higher level here, but the sport has descended so far down it needs to be made better bit by bit. The league, a possible modernised Costa Mesa next year, the track at the Grand continuing, Fast Fridays, and more young riders si the formula. We would welcome any European tour here. It's warm (compared to UK) all yaer round here.

Round 2 of the inaugral West Coast Speedway League had two close contests. The home based Victorville Vikings beat the Sacramento Silver Machine 49-41, The Silver Machine coming back from 16 down to rally in the last 5 heats, though heat 14 5-1 against cost them any chnace of a remarkable come back win. Highlight of the night was Chris Kerr shepherding home Matt Browne for a 5-1 in heat 15. He put his knowledge from the Dream Team tour into effecr as he slowed the race down, held off the charge of Neil Facchini. It looked like vintage Sudden Sam! Kerr also scored a paid maximum in the process. Orange County Eagles narrowly edged out the LA Aces 46-43. Buck Blair dropped just one point for the Aces, but there wasn't quite enough support there to pull of the win. Skyler Greyson scored 13 for the Eagles, getting to grips with the track after just four points first time up. Scorers: Aces 43 (Blair 14, R Sauer 9, Dzaidus Jnr 8+2, B Sauer 4, Hull 4, Kistler 3, DeFries 1+1). Eagles 46 (Greyson 13, Harmatiuk 10, Perkins 9, Valdez 6, Starr 4, Buffington 3, Martinez 2). VIkings 49 (Wells 9+2, N Facchini 9+1, Hiles 8, D Facchini 7, Gomez 6+2, Zellner 5+2, Lyons 5+1) Silver Machine 41 (Kerr 13+2, Brownse 12, Martynse 6+1, Mabry 3, Sincavage 3, Hernandez 2, Metoyer 1. League Table: VIKINGS 2 0 0 107 73 4 SILVER M 1 0 1 93 84 2 EAGLES 1 0 1 81 99 2 ACES 0 0 2 76 101 0 Round 3 is in 2 weeks. Silver Machine face Eagles, the winner goes to the final with Victorville. Aces racing for pride take on the Vikings. This is a really successful project - great racing, good crowd support and most of all riders, managers, fans, officials working togther and having fun! Grass roots speedway at its finest. It's going to be a hard choice on who to take to England next spring for Dream Team 2.

Fall Classic is October 15, USA Vs World at Aubirn October 28. the Victorville races are the only events currently scheduled for November (5th & 19th). This is where you will see the best young American talent.