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Still buy programmes, I’ve got over 50 years of them in the loft. I keep the dust off them by covering them in speedway anoraks weighed down by badges. 🤣

You are indeed correct. I mark my programme when a pass occurs after bend 3 lap 1 as I’ve always though any passes before then was just riders sorting themselves out off the start line. I can see other fans being happy with the race being settled within 6/7 seconds but it’s not for me. Apologies for putting my thoughts into the heads of other fans and enjoy your speedway - well the first bit anyway.

I agree and that’s what makes it worse. These tracks have been about for years (not Leicester granted) and provided good racing so why aren’t they now? We go on about bikes etc but there are several tracks of differing sizes and shapes that still provide good racing though all bar one are in lower leagues. I just feel if the desire was there tracks could provide more entertainment. If the desire isn’t there then they should be forced.

https://speedwayupdates.proboards.com/thread/23314/sheffield-premiership-09-06-2025

No, no, no, no!! You don’t sit down riders like PC, Mort, Smith, Screen, Loram, Bewley etc and tell them to learn to gate better. You sit the promoters down and demand that they provide race tracks that allows this type of rider to RACE on.

Just watched it on Dmax. First for me in that I forwarded through the program and watched the ads. What a bloody shame, so sad.

It’s the school across the road on the way towards Hyde Rd. It opened at 5pm for the SON last year. It is a working school so I’m guessing opening times have to be way after all pupils have left and they probably finish for the day around 3:30pm. It’s on Google maps.

From BV’s website. Hospitality customers on Friday 13th June will also have access to the suite and Grandstand seats from 1:30pm for free practice and the Sprint Race. Our bar will be open serving refreshments during this time. The main restaurant will open for dining following this session.

Dan touch the tapes and was rightfully excluded. There use to be a thing where rivals or certain riders would intentionally jump as they knew they were in the eye-line of their competitor and it could make them jump into the tapes. It’s lost its regularity as riders today are mostly good mates being teammates at one of their other teams. I’ve seen it creep back into the sport recently and just wondered if others had noticed. Jaimon and Mark have mentioned it recently. No rule change is required. It’s personal choice if riders want to do it.

Hope Brady is fit for this as otherwise the BSPL will put out another press release telling him he’ll be in trouble if he rides abroad before the UK. Last season he got injured, missed a meeting here then made a curtailed attempt at a comeback abroad before missing the UK, which resulted in him getting a telling off. Hope it doesn’t happen again, to any rider. https://britishspeedway.co.uk/miscellaneous/scb-statement-brady-kurtz/

ALL tracks should have a minimum of two racing lines, more if possible. Promoters who favour gate’n’go need to be taken to task and I’m sure their fans would soon welcome better racing. It’s such an easy thing to monitor over a season as you just need to count passes after bend 3 lap 1. If it’s consistently low then there’s a problem that needs addressing. We all know every race isn’t going to be great, that’s always been the case and passes don’t need to occur between first & second. The NSS has around a 50%-60% hit rate for good races but many tracks are 10%-15% which is simply unacceptable.

TBH this special dispensation is no different to when Belle Vue have benefited from such a thing. Link to follow, still looking.

Gate’n’go tracks alway tough for the Aces. Only 10 from 5 from Brady’s rides (15+1 & unbeaten in last seasons meetings) was too much for The Aces to cover especially with the problems at reserve. Best result for speedway as a whole as Brummies needed a win in front of home fans and The Aces don’t need to win any more away meetings as their play off spot is a certainty. I always thought it was considered “bad form” to sucker a rider into the tapes but I’ve seen it a few times this season - is it ok now?

Bugger! The Aces injury curse strikes again. Last year in our quest for league glory we completed only half our meetings - including play offs with our permanent 1-7. Fingers crossed we don’t get a repeat this season. https://britishspeedway.co.uk/calendar/2024-belle-vue-aces-fixtures-and-results/

Jaimon is the one to watch. He gets overshadowed by Dan & Brady but when looking at opposing sides only Holder, Doyle & Max have better away averages. He’d be a number one at several tracks and fingers crossed he continues his fine form away and at home.

I think we’ll be ok as according to Andy during the SON, Phil was happy to take his advice on the track and trust his judgement. The only time I can remember the track work being taken over was for the 2016 WC semi which was fast but very gate’n’go. Since then they’ve left us to it.

I think we’ll be ok as according to Andy during the SON, Phil was happy to take his advice on the track and trust his judgement. The only time I can remember the track work being taken over was for the 2016 WC semi which was fast but very gate’n’go. Since then they’ve left us to it.

That’s right, not an RS. We have lost RS’s to broken bones, retirement or graduation but dropping one has been a no no so I see us sticking with Jake. It’s up to Mark though.

https://www.bellevue-speedway.com/blog/latest-news-2/breaking-aces-name-new-rising-star-121

Connor Bailey.

William isn’t beating all before him in the NL so to think he can slot in at RS and do better than Jake is an incorrect assumption imo. You have to invest a lot into an RS from a time, advice and machinery point of view and allow them to step away if needed, as we did with Connor. The Aces have yet to drop an RS since the scheme started a few years ago and I’d be very surprised if we dropped Jake.

Add Leicester to that too as all those three teams have had to pay out more in points money in all competitions this season. We’re above Oxford though.

I’m interested to know if fans would prefer a gate ‘n’ go meeting with a close score or a thrashing where the racing is like that at the British Final?