Mimmo

Many Thanks,.

Is the weather forecast okay for Leicester tonight. Having seen Stoke is off, I don't fancy a wasted journey.

Dry now, and the sky looking very promising.

The rain has now started in Heacham. It's not that heavy, and at the moment there is the odd break in the sky, so fingers crossed.

The worthwhile collection boxes for Lewis, could be placed by the entrance, programme sales table, bar, café and track shop, then there would be no need for an interval. No parade is needed, and referee to put the 2-minutes on the moment the previous race has finished. Races happen that quickly in the British Youth Championship along with the various Amateur Meetings up and down the country, so it's time it happened in our domestic leagues.

That usually seems to be the case.

I think it's already been made up. The weather is still good in Heacham, how about in KL?

Mmmmmmmmmmmmm.....Okay!!!

I've not been following things for a few days, but why wasn't this meeting staged on our usual Wednesday night?

Whoever wins, I'm surely it will be a highly entertaining evening, hopefully without sun delays, and with a referee who keeps his finger on the 2-minute button. It's a long journey back home for any Eastbourne supporters who make the trip, and they deserve to get back to Sussex at a reasonable hour.

That about sound spot on Star Lady. Good luck and a safe one to all riders racing tonight.

Thanks for posting that Bryn, it's much appreciated. Come on folks, stop squabbling. After the events of yesterday at Peterborough, there are far more important things in life, rather than disputes over various postings.

Did Zach Wajtknecht defend his Bronze Helmet?

Yeah, one person did an awful lot of damage at Romford too, and now of course we have that one family at Mildenhall causing mayhem.

It's already been called off due to the expected bad weather. Such a shame, as I've been looking so forward to travelling down.....or is it up.......or is it across, to this meeting. Last year I saw practically every round (this year circumstances have prevented me attending any up to this point), and it was some of the best racing I saw at any level.............blooming summer weather!!

WHAT!!!!!! How on earth can this happen, when you get all that noise from the motorcross or whatever is going on at the back of the car park?

There is I'm afraid. 24th October 2012 here at King's Lynn when we hosted the Mildenhall v Dudley (Play-Off Final). Heat 15 saw the two riders involved in an incident with each other, which going from memory, Roynon either suffered a serious knee injury or broken leg, I can't remember which.

I have to agree Alan. Kent & Rye House have been the worst tracks in the country for a while with their infamous blue line, but unfortunately, these past few weeks Mildenhall has become far worse than either of those two. I don't know if that responsibility is down to the promoter or the stadium owner, but it needs to be sorted quickly, because attendances appear to be taking a bit of a dip, and who can blame them when it's taking three and a half hours to get through the meeting.

Mildenhall Marrauders 64(David Chiles 11) West Row Warriors 61(Chris Watts 16) Mike Osborne 16 Chris Watts 16 Jim Wannell 11 Rob Watts 15 David Chiles 11 Connor King 11 David Smith 8 Simon Cardnell 8 Ben Martin 8 Tony Raybould 7 Paul Davey 7 Peter Parr 3 Tom Poulter 3 James King 1 Shaun Smith 0

My apologies if this has been mentioned elsewhere, but if it has, I haven't come across it. I know we at King's Lynn had a collection for Rory Schlein, as did his Swedish club. It's of course something that usually happens when a clubs rider gets injured, and deservedly so. However, the magnificent gesture by Lakeside supporters, mustn't go unmentioned, following their £750 presentation made to our stricken Aussie at King's Lynn last night. Well done 'Hammers' fans.

I keep all of mine, and have a complete set since 1959....BLOODY ANORAK

Why?

Taken from the King's Lynn website: Dale Allitt has called upon former King’s Lynn ‘Stebbings Car Superstore’ Young Stars number one Lewis Rose for Friday’s meeting against a young Danish touring side, Team Fritte at the Adrian Flux Arena, 7:30pm. Rose comes in as number one for the meeting and replaces the injured James Cockle. The remainder of Allit’s side is unchanged from Wednesday’s home defeat to Birmingham with Ryan Kinsley, captain Scott Campos, Shane Hazelden and Tom Stokes completing the top 5. Josh Bailey is partnered by Layne Cupitt at reserve. Team Fritte are led former Lynn favourite Tom P Madsen and arrive at the Adrian Flux Arena as part of a three fixture tour with trips to Mildenhall and Kent also planned for later in the month. Supporters will recognise a couple of names in their team with Brian Karger’s son Peter riding at number 2 and John Jørgensen’s son Jason riding at number 6. Young Stars manager Allitt said: “I think it is great that Tom has brought a team over to the UK. Development in Denmark is very good and it is something we as a nation need to be looking at. In the future I would like us take a team over there and do the same. “Friday’s meeting will be good for our boys and having Lewis at number one will make us that bit stronger. Although it is a challenge, we want to win and bounce back from Wednesday’s defeat to Birmingham.” Gates at the Adrian Flux Arena open at 6:30pm on Wednesday. Admission prices: Adults £11, Concessions £9, Juniors £4, Kids Under 11 go FREE. King’s Lynn ‘Stebbings Car Superstore’ Young Stars 1. Lewis Rose, 2 Ryan Kinsley, 3 Scott Campos ©, 4 Shane Hazelden, 5 Tom Stokes, 6 Layne Cupitt, 7 Josh Bailey Team Fritte 1. Jacob Bukhave, 2. Peter Karger, 3. Patrick Bjerregaard, 4. Simon Selch, 5. Emil Engstrøm, 6. Jason Jørgensen, 7. Mark Frimodt Pedersen

Beaten but not disgraced against a very powerful and impressive Birmingham side best describes last nights meeting as far as I'm concerned. Following a very heavy and prolonged bout of rain around tea-time, the quick thinking Keith 'Buster' Chapman, knew that if this meeting had any chance of going ahead, he would have to get the top surface off the track before the blink of an eyelid. Without any second thoughts, he rolled up his sleeves and set about the task that the elements had decreed necessary. Work done, then came the anxious wait as to whether the weather would return to how it should be in July, of course we now know that it did by approximately 7.15pm. At this point, Buster knew that providing the riders and officials were happy that the track could be put back into a ride-able condition, then he could complete that job in little over 30-minutes. By 7.45pm, everyone was happy that it would be safe to proceed, and by 8.15pm, the track was not just ride-able, but highly race-able, as was proven by the fact that the fastest time recorded by any rider this season (Daniel Greenwood), was beaten on three separate occasions. Many clubs would have called the meeting off, but when you've got someone who can prepare a track in such a relatively short space of time, to the quality it was, that person or people are worth their weight in gold. Well done Buster. As for the meeting itself, it wasn't the best that I've seen, but it was still highly enjoyable, and by heck did King's Lynn give the so far unbeaten in the league Birmingham, a run for their money. Graham Drury went on record at the end of the evening, as saying that was the toughest encounter his team had faced all season, and was full of praise for both sets of fans, along with everyone concerned with getting the meeting on. I'd also like to thank Graham for taking the time to come and seek me out in the stadium, so as to have a quick chat with me, before racing commenced. After the difficulties of last year at Perry Barr, and his resulting retirement, it's good to see 'The Judge' back where he belongs, and long may that continue., He's both a gentleman and a gentle man, like our own Dale Allitt, and you don't get many of those in a pound these days. Looking at individual performances, and taking King's Lynn first. KYLE HUGHES once again proved to be a superb guest, and it's a shame in some ways that he's not still one of us. He openly spoke of his liking of the Adrian Flux Arena, saying he considered it to be the best in the country, and it showed by his armchair style of riding. RYAN KINSLEY moved up into the main body of the team, and looked as though he'd been there all season. A very impressive performance by someone so young both in age and racing experience. SCOTT CAMPOS played a true captains role, sitting behind his partner in all four races, making sure they didn't let any further opposing riders past. SHANE HAZELDEN scored seven steady points, which matched up to his 6.54 average, so did the job he was employed to do. TOM STOKES also battled his way to an impressive and painful seven points, following an alarming and heavy fall in Heat 4, which like Shane, was slightly above his average....job done. LAYNE CUPITT struggled a bit, falling twice in Heats 2 and 7 and failed to score on the night. But when you consider that this time last year, he was only just holding down a team place at Midland Development League level, then his steady growth up the speedway ladder is obvious for all to see, as is bourne out by his 3.27 National League average. Not a good one last night, but just as like to hit double points against Team Fritte tomorrow evening. JOSH BAILEY has dropped into the reserve berth following a few problems with machinery and the like, and with those problems now seemingly sorted, a spell in the No 7 race-jacket will boost his confidence no end, and his herculean efforts last night had the Brummies looking over their shoulders. As for Birmingham, they look and are a class act, and as much as I'd love to see King's Lynn win the league championship, I can't see anyone stopping them lifting the trophy come the autumn. If we can't win it, I'd be more than happy for them to do so, it's so great to see them back in the sport following last years closure, and like Eastbourne, they are great additions to this fascinating National League. Talking of Eastbourne, their own BRADLEY WILSON-DEAN guested for the men in Red & Yellow in place of the otherwise occupied Adam Ellis, and if this 20-year old New Zealander doesn't reach the same dizzy heights as the like of Tai Woffinden and Darcy Ward, I'll be amazed. I'd forecast that he's going to go to the top in a very short space of time. ALEX WILSON scored a solitary point, of which was about right for his performance this time round. But when I think back twelve months ago, he could barely stay on his bike, let alone score any points at the level he was racing at, so his improvement is to be admired, and I'm sure he's going to have a steady and productive career. SAM CHAPMAN has just returned from a nasty and fairly lengthy injury, so it's difficult to give a fair opinion on him. Of what I've seen in the past, especially around the Eddie Wright Raceway at Scunthorpe, he looks to have all the tools in his locker to achieve his goals, but 2-points last night, didn't show him at his best. ZACH WAJTKNECHT....wow, wow, wow, what an inspired piece of observation to snap up the 2013 British 250cc Youth Championship runner-up, before anybody else had really heard of him. Although he sounds as though he comes from overseas, he actually hails from Bristol, and gives us a great hope for a future British World Champion, much like a certain Jason Crump who was born in the same city, but in his case of course, became a naturalised Australian. JOSH BATES is of course only a short term signing to cover for the injured Tom Perry. Already riding for Sheffield in the Premier League, and Wolverhampton in the Premier League (he'll be back at the Adrian Flux Arena next Wednesday with the Wolves), it's plain for all to see, that he's now out grown this level of racing. But he's been asked to do a job, and who can blame him for wanting to top up his bank balance whilst the opportunity is there. Seldom troubled as he raced to an expected full maximum. CHARLIE POWELL I know nothing about, as he's not in the declared Birmingham side, but I believe his roots might be in grass track racing. He scored 1+1 plus from three rides, and showed a lot of ability. If he intends staying in shale sport, then he could be one to watch for the future. So that just leaves Lincolnshire based ADAM KIRBY who put in the best performance that I've ever seen from him, in what is still a relatively short career, and was extremely instrumental in the Birmingham victory. So all in all, a good night of racing, with the best team on the night winning, albeit the wrong one for me. It was also nice to see a large contingent of visiting fans in attendance, who expressed to me, their surprise at just how good National League racing is. Amen.

Thanks Star Lady. It's almost stopped here now.