FAST GATER

I think we have to allow for artistic license here on the plus side we had a good advert for the sport on peak time tv ,the jury is out over the programme itself though

Sudden Sam was one of the last to ride an upright and many say it hampered his career ( not that he did not achieve great things) but i believe that Ivan Mauger said laydowns are easier to ride due to lower center of gravity . It is legal to use an upright in speedway today it's just down to riders preferring the laydowns and everyone folowing the leader as always happens in motor sports .

£ 360,000 not a huge sum in the grand scheme of things really to turn the sport around wonder what the top GP lads spend themselves on their engines ?

The only people who will stop this working are those with vested interests ,tell the ACE tuners to keep theirs fingers out of the jar and have strict and inforced penalties for those who break the rules. Life is like that sadly this has to be done for the majority of riders and they may not pay out that much more because they must buy parts etc,if you try to consider every angle nothing will happen .

All that is true but if a factory sealed engine is competitive and running costs are fixed all the others will have to fall in line ,the tuners will have to comply or be outlawed.This is a real chance to bring things back to an affordable sport, I have no issue with tuners perosnally but their cost are too high for today's sport.We need to work back from what is needed by the sport and not say it can't be done as always happens .It needs these engines phased in of a number of years a long term plan which is alien to speedway I know, look how they managed to achieve the air/fence safety at all tracks and the uproar when it was first mooted .

Going back to the match PK score was amazing if you consider that he was testing the GTR engine which they say needs fine tuning out of the gate yet and the match ended as a gate and go affair as it were .

First works rider maybe Wolves should get Tatum out of retirement( cant bemuch worse than Freddie at the moment ) as well he has been test rider for the GTR I believe

Don't think PK has let anyone down tonight taking 3 on the spin( winning one ) and snapping at Doyle's heels in at least one other race ,he would be along way down my list to complain about .Just don't know whats wrong with Freddie but needs to do something to put things right otherwise he will reflect what happened last season with Tai sadly .

I would agree with much of what you say and it is sad that time and injuries of old are the only reason we don't see a bit more of him ,loves to ride and has never lost his zest for the sport .When they made him and PK they did break the molds and it is quite strange that they have both been great servants to Wolves ,I dread the imminient retirement of PK every season ( or race even ) is a bonus but he too sadly will soon be lost to our once great sport .

Paid max for PK there is a certain irony as it's against L/side what a difference a year makes

What a tease you are Phil

Looks like this engine may have chance and Kelvin looked pretty good on the bike maybe another track comeback !!!!!!!!!!

IMO he has no idea at this time whether he will continue or not ,he has had two awful injuries is less than three years and they will begin to take their toll no matter what age you are. Ihope to see him back on a bike but have my reservations sadly as this may just be one too many for even him.

The PK bandwagon keeps rolling on Wolves gain is L/Sides loss, amazing performance back to his best and a heatleader again where he belongs long may he carry on .

Big mistake by promotion to part company with PK and they are reaping their rewards building a team around a GP rider is always dangerous and there appears little else at L/side I am sad to say.Hope things improve for fan's sake always found it a nice place to visit and even seen some good racing there dispite people calling it a "trick track".

Well there you go PK delivered the killer blow poetic justice by mutual consent ocourse You cant say PK was sacked occording to people who know more than we do

Terrible luck Stead seems to have had more than his fair share of injuries lately I hope that this is not one too many and he makes a full recovery ,who replaces him is not going to be a easy task to achieve .

Mutual consent normal means go or be pushed I accept there is no sentiment in business but feel he handled it like a true" pro"( not suggesting for one moment he was lying just not making a song and dance about it )and the club were a bit hasty IMO.

I am quite amazed by Andre he seems to have picked up from where he left off before that dreadful crash ,would have been criminal for him not to have got a team place this season IMO .

Me too hope PK gets a hat full after the way L/side discarded him last season took it like the "Pro" he has always been and has come back to the rider we know he is .

This will always happen while GP riders are a law to themselves ,wouldn't mind in most cases they hardly pull any trees up when they do ride in the league because they fear injury and/or they have their best kit fo the GP's

Great rider wonderful sight to see him on a bike again

Just want to say that it is great to see PK scoring well again a credit to the sport and an example to other riders in the way he handled the issues he had last season ,hope this form continues for the rest of the season .

No wonder this sport is going down the "pan" was a rediculous amount of money to pay ,it would be cheaper to send them all on a maintenance course I am joking but something needs to change

Bunny had a coupleo good season at Stoke but think it maybe time to call it a day !