FAST GATER

Ideed going quietly about his business not taking any risks eye on the bigger prize ,turning it on when needed just needs to keep making finals and he did beat the eventual winner convincingly.

IMO he will do one more season in the Champ league before calling it a day ,seems to have hit the deck a few times this season and that always focuses the mind when entering the autumn of your career .

To coin a phrase " you could not make this up "

Let's face it Doyle hasn't got much to beat in the PL ,IMO his best GP days are behind him but he can fill his retirement fund by racing in the PL for many years to come with this level of competition .

Think that era would have suited Doyle better always seems to push his luck can't remember the last GP where he didnt get a warning or excluded !

IMO if Bart had been off any other gate than three in the final he would have probably won he used his head as he had min of 14points and could afford for the others to take points off him ,that impressed me as in the past he would have gone over the top to win the race .

I don't mind the gardening myself I think it adds to the racing , also like to see the different routines riders have imo it would be boring to come straight out line up and go one race after another .I do believe it is a way of riders calming themselves as well ,as we have seen from the GP's this year the heart rates do go up some what .

I have always said s/way was a team sport ridden by individual's earning a living by piece work and I don't think it will ever change now sadly . That aside I think it needs someone to take control and inject enough money to get the riders attention something along the lines of Darts or Snooker with Hearne .Look at this LIV Golf a fraction of that money would launch British s/way to different level and customer base .

Sadly I just don't think the sport has any future as a full time ocupation for those that take part ,even in the boom years of the 70's most riders were part timers . I know it is said that riders need three bikes and paid pit crew these days but if there was a scaling back of such costs they may actually make more/same money .I remember talking in the 70's to a second string who after costs was making almost as much as the team's star rider.He had good reliable engines non of the flashy bike add on's .

I've always felt that he had an atittude ( when things don't go his way) that leaves a lot to be desired .

It's been gradually happening over the last couple of years IMO he should stick to league racing and make hay while the sun shines .

Possible the end of the road for him ,age and the extent of his injuries surely even he can't come back from this !

IMO over the GP Series the "cream will always float to the top" whatever the scoring system

No we think it was to do with the cam we bought it as a brand new complete bike out MCN ,most bikes came through Briggo then .

It was a special engine for some reason ( we never found out why ) broke many track records over 2/3yrs

We ran a 2 valve Piper Jawa with a crack in one of the crank cases repaired with Araldite for two seasons in the mid 70's !

Finished Ricko I am led to believe !

Great loss to the sport RIP Nigel

I think it was in 1975 saw Charlie Monk win an open meeting with the prize being a brand new Weslake Engine ,he beat the very best of the old Gulf League that night .Loved going there the shape and size similar to Crewe actually Paul O'neal ,Ian Cartwright and John Jackson rode for both teams a sometime or another .

In the Uk maybe but in Poland and the world stage I wonder if time and injury are catching up with him !

My daughter was speaking a RFL Rep at a recent match he said both RFL and the Stocks promotion are hopeful for s/way to return to Odsal possible as soon as 2023 !

I witnessed the hard work Mort put into selling bricks at Cardiff IMO there would be no NSS without his efforts ,I can't understand why he is not involved in some way in the sport now .I have read all that went on but firmly believe that he acted in good faith and in the best interest of the whole project ,IMO he is one of the all time greats of British s/way and has been treated appalingly .His name being honoured somewhere in the NSS is the least that could be done .

Excellent post I would watch speedway in the "pouring rain in the middle of a field " every night of the week but there are the majority who would not give it the time of day sat in a corporate box munching filet steak and best bubbly.

Give me speedway over F1 anyday even in the state speedway finds itself in ,I watched almost every F1 race for years (Prost ,Senna & Co) but have not watched a single race since Schuie retired the first time .

Your quite right 4 W titles between them speaks for it's self( Doyle should really have another) I am just not an admirer of their riding styles but Harris is box office when he is on it .IMO some of the issue is their height ,Bart turns the bike inside out and looks amazing but then he is only about five foot two . Grin like Mauger (gating aside )had such smooth style that he made it look too easy .