SPEEDY69

Surely the logical thing to do is make averages last for the season and they only change for the start of the next year. Why wouldn't that work? Might save all this messing about and conspiracy theories.

The longtrack meeting is not even today, blimey years ago riders would have to drive through the night to ride abroad, how things change. Is Sarjeant really the best they could do? Must've known about this a while ago but didn't want the public to know. Shame.

What difference few weeks make. Tungate was No1 at another club and now he's just a second string. Averages should last the season.

Were all the Aces fans calling for JS to go - and I don't mean armchair fans? (this is just an example and I'm not a JS or Aces fan)

I know but I'm talking about the teams who start the year where the riders sign a contract for the season - they are not the ones deciding to step down in this case, the club makes that decision for them.

I mainly follow team speedway in the top league in the UK. I was thinking of one thing I don't enjoy and that is the unforced changes in line-ups. Now I realise this is controversial and I may be on my own but I used to like following a team and its ups and downs over a season and the anticipation over who signed who in the off season. Now that's almost irrelevant as teams replace riders all through the season. We've seen teams win the title by changing riders right at the end - this for me makes many of the early encounters rather meaningless and devalues it. Would Wolves be where they are now with the same team they started with? No, but Leicester and Somerset may be nearer to them. Is there really much evidence to suggest this constant search for better riders improves crowd levels? Or is it the way of things these days? Sedgeman must feel a little hard done by right now.

Have those vile people who have committed the attacks brought there weapons in in bags? At least two drove vehicles into people and concealed knives on their person, the latest one overseas had a bomb strapped to his chest. Searching bags is not enough, nor the primary MO.

Was certainly a bad crash but still nothing like as dirty as I've seen some when they go right to the fence - in the old days the guy on the outside would shut off knowing the gap would close. He must have known Emil was there because he didn't go right to the fence and in fact moved away from it but it was enough to cause the crash. I'm not convinced it was deliberate move to knock him off. Now Ben Howe on Ronni Pedersen at Peterborough is a different story, as were some of the Gollob and NP moves.

Doyle is no stranger to hard/dirty riding. I didn't really see that Miedzinski did anything wrong in the first one, Doyle bailed out to get the rerun. In the rerun Doyle lifted and turned in later than you'd expect - if he hadn't a collision may have been avoided but I don't think there was anything malicious in that one from either of them, just a racing incident when two came together. Can't comment on Miedzinski's other misdemeanours as I don't recall seeing them. There is a difference between hard and dirty riding and certainly Doyle oversteps in my view on occasion, as did Lindgren before him, NP and Gollob before that.

How is it a wild card then if he's just the next in line to fill the spot? Who finished 8th in the other qualifier? (think I may have just answered my first question

He probably didn't want one - maybe the shame of possibly not getting through on home turf? How on earth MJJ gets in there I don't know but I don't agree with wildcards at all so I guess it makes no odds to me.

Anyone would think they're trying to sell tickets

Thanks, let's hope he's ok - should have a great chance on Monday.

So KIng and Worrall cried off - anything happening on Monday?

He wasn't, until nominated ahead of Lambert and Worrall to fill an extra place that came up.

No Pedersen for Denmark either - how long is he out for?

I think we were harshly treated then! Harris was fortunate then to be nominated ahead of Lambert and Worrall. I hope he does well.

Can't fault his desire. I'm surprised though that neither Steve Worrall or Robert Lambert wanted to contest the GP qualifiers.

Ellis is the strange one to me, Lawson a much better bet. Maybe he has a few U21 in case of injuries?

I agree. I think there may be more of a financial impact if you rent a stadium rather than own it.

Was a good meeting on a warm evening - sun delay again though. Bailey apart, all other riders had their moments and there was plenty of hard racing. I thought Huckenbeck did well for Stars and Wells impressed me for the Rockets. Sometimes the scores don't tell the story - Nicholls had a great scrap with Lambert in Ht 15 all for 0 points! Vintage Harris though, his bike looked perfectly set up from the beginning and he was making starts! Overcooked burger though

I see no reason why an out of the box engine cannot win GPs. The main challenges are maintaining optimal grip around the track and of course off the start line. Other aspects unrelated to the engine internals, such as timing, gearing, jetting, wheelbase, throttle control, seat height, rider position, tyre pressure and plug can all have a dramatic effect on this - commonly referred to by riders as 'setup'. It's this ability of the rider/mechanics to achieve an optimum setup alongside a rider who is on his game to produce race wins. The pilot has a much bigger influence in speedway than on other motor sports such as F1 for example and Freddie is riding really well at present - he has to be given credit for this. People may suspect he's doing something extra with his engines but they're just jealous they're not being as successful so look to point at a reason. It could just be the GTR offers the right power delivery out of the box to achieve the optimum grip. Tuners are rightly in fear for their income - I see PJR is already developing an engine with a rev limiter to try and compete.

Ego? And I include your post as I did not concoct anything but thanks for the reply.

They both had different reasons. LR was about funding for National side, SN was about training and support for GB riders - policy on SEC was the straw which hurt the camel. He has now recognised the work being done by the BSPA. As far as I can see Tai's reasons are the lack of doing things his way, using his people - or have I got that wrong?

Trouble is, comparison is always difficult. There's nothing to make me think that PC couldn't have won more titles if a GP system was in place back then.