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Nick rides on a ACU licence. No visa required.

Not much talk about the GP in Togliati, or have I missed something? Exciting new venue but its going to be a pain in the preverbial to get tickets / visas etc.

Lineup complete, final cat out of the bag. Looks a very decent main body, if the two twins can score a few points then the Lions will challenge for the top spot again. I must confess I've only seen a little of the two youngsters but this is a big jump for any 15/16 year old.

No rumours? Maybe not, but a subtle hint..a few short posts back.

Very early days for 2020 team building but I wonder if Nick Morris would fit (instead of Bjerre)?

The fact is the injury he had is still causing some grief now, not enough to prevent him riding but enough to get it looked at again now the season is over.

I agree, Becker and Morris will definitely add points to there averages and there are other improvements in Thorsell and Douglas. If that does happen and the rest stay around the same, the team could do very well...

A very late postponement, meaning riders and a lot of fans had travelled. There is a lot of merit in early call offs, it is a risk because weather does sometimes improve but it saves everyone a lot of time and money.

I know this meeting was cut short but not one single comment on the actual meeting, the final meeting for both clubs I think.

Its a laughable decision. Cook is guilty of starting the whole sequence of events which led to other bans. In essence his club as got off scott free....not fair at all. What is even more laughable is people saying 'leave him alone, he's got mental health issues'...well if that's the case he definitely should not be on a speedway track right now.

Opole is only just up the road, hence the choice.

An alternative to Friday night practice at Wroclaw is the Opole v Krakow fixture, starts at 5pm and only an hours train journey from Wroclaw.

Anyone done the Springfield Mile? Its on my bucket list, one things that puts me off is the relative isolation from speedway venues in the States.

Making my first trip to Muhldorf on the weekend, what should I expect? Haven't seen 1000 metre racing since Ivan Mauger's series on the trotting tracks of Australia and New Zealand, quite a few years ago

I haven't been to every speedway museum in the world, however I genuinely believe Ash's speedway museum in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia is the largest 'speedway only museum' in the world His collection of everything speedway is vast, this includes race jackets, suits, machinery, trophies, etc, etc. Situated very close to the Blue Mountains and the Mount Panarama Racetrack, if in the area, I strongly recommend a visit (Bathurst Long Track at the showgrounds is also an annual event) I've got plenty of photos from my visit if anyone is interested.

It hasn't been reported yet because it is still unclear if the injury will have any impact on when Nick rides for Wolves. I think he is doubtful for the challenge against Brum but could well be ok for the first home meeting against Peterborough. Nick just wanted to rest it for a week or so and then see how he goes after a practice later this week.

The Polish playoffs commence on the same day as this meeting. So expect some changes to that lineup.

Conditions last night were very deceiving. Everyone was talking about the possibility of fog worsening during the evening but there was a lot of moisture in the air, my jacket was soaked as if it had been pouring with rain, and obviously the track surface was effected accordingly. Leicester had experienced similar conditions at Rye House the previous evening, where visibility was a huge issue. As for the first race carnage, it looked like two separate incidents to me, more a case of everyone hitting the same piece of track a little too fast for the unexpected conditions. A brief practice 15 minutes before start time in such situations gets a big YES from me...

Looking forward to our first visit of the year tomorrow evening. Need a fix, especially after tonight's last minute postponement at Swindon.

I cannot confirm or deny this.

A new face. Won this league with three different clubs. Top point scorer in the Premiership this season.

If what I am hearing turns into fact, I may just brave that M25 on a regular basis in 2018. It may surprise a few.

Tonight’s Queensland Junior Championship held at Pioneer Park Speedway in North Queensland has been won by Darcy Ward. The top three pointscorers went directly through to the main final, they were Ward, defending champion Grajczonek and Mitchell Davey. Then the next four riders went into a heat to decide the remaining final spot, the four were Jonathon Lewis, Clinton Dennis, Jake Moore and Nick Morris. Moore made the cut ahead of Morris with first Lewis and then Dennis taking falls which ultimately ended their night. The final was won by Ward, ahead of Grajczonek, Davey and Moore. Top 7 1st Darcy Ward 2nd Josh Grajczonek 3rd Mitchell Davey 4th Jake Moore 5th Nick Morris 6th Clinton Dennis 7th Jonathon Lewis

The big plus factor in Ayr is the meetings run at the Brandon Complex are joint speedway/dirt track, which means plenty of the riders are doubling up (they really give speedway exposure) as the club is very well supported by the dirt track brigade. Right now we are also in th enviable position of having such supportive promoters at Pioneer Park, Shelly and Rhino Ryan have included the kids in their main program so with regular practices also the kids really do have plenty of track time, we are racing at least twice a month throughout the year, sometimes weekly. For an area with such a small population to have two very good speedway tracks both running junior solos so close together is fantastic.....I just hope the BS that so obviously causes problems doesn't spoil things up this way.

Oh dear Lunchy, I've only been involved in Junior speedway for a short time, but I've seen a few potential problems already...so I can imagine what kind of problems they have encountered. I think we need to let the kids do the talking on track. By the way Pioneer park had a practice yesterday, they ran from 4 till 9pm, a very good turnout of Junior Solos...they really are leading the way in the Townsville/Ayr areas.