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All very nice but as expected no result of the enquiry as promised to the fans. Yet another speedway scandal just swept under the carpet. Well I for one will not be conned again!

Well I've got my reply; "Thanks for your enquiry to the motorsports department regarding Speedway. There will be some further information regarding the Warsaw SGP following this week, so please do keep an eye out on the website and social media. Thanks again for your interest." A bit bland to say the least but confirms what DutchGrasstrack said. We shall see..........

According to the Speedway Star, BSI are in the final stages of negotiations for the British rights for the SGP & SWC as Eurosport's deal expires soon. Does anybody know when there may be an announcement and who is in the frame?

Why do we have to "let it go....." There is something very fishy here. How come one week he is so upset about his dad's accident he is not fit to race and the next he admits that he doesn't know what happened and doesn't really know his condition. Claiming that as he is a long way from home so he is not kept in the loop.....which is just ridiculous! If his father is seriously injured in Australia and Dakota is struggling to cope that is one thing, to be quoted later as not even knowing what the accident was or how is dad is doing is just taking us all as fools.

And we are supposed to believe all that. So he was too upset to race yet he doesn't know what happened or what his condition is!? To claim that he is so far away that they haven't been able to keep him in the loop is just ridiculous! Somebody needs to tell him about telephones, e-mail, Twitter, Facebook etc etc Is somebody going to look into this....it stinks!

OK e-mail sent. Will report back if I get a reply.

So 5 months later and still no results of the "full investigation"!? Apathy rules!

First of all I hope Dakota's father has a full recovery but I find it strange that his fathers condition is so serious that Dakota cannot concentrate on racing but not serious enough to fly home. Yet again Poole are called cheats. An annual occurrence. Such a shame really. We nearly got to the end of the season without too much controversy and now rules have been stretched to breaking point again by the usual protagonists.

Well 'Gater1' you've got your wish....... "MF and Co can we please get a sick note for Dak North next week....Pay Dak for a certain amount of points and get a guest in :D" (From the Cov v Poole thread) Sadly it was so predictable.....why do other teams bother trying?

If anybody fancies coming along and asking Gary Havelock for his views on this then everybody is welcome at the NSSC tomorrow night. (Non-members £3 for admission) David Rowe has kindly stepped in to the interviewers chair for this one so it should be an interesting night. All money raised supports the Young Lions, details here; http://www.younglionsspeedway.co.uk/next-guest-at-the-nssc-gary-havelock-all-proceeds-for-the-young-lions/

If I can address this to Philip Rising. I think fans deserve results of the investigation (assuming there has been one) especially those of us sat in that freezing cold stadium wondering what the hell was going on. This debacle was the final straw as far as our family is concerned. Having previously endured no shows at Gothenburg, Gelsenkirchen and Riga, (all down to incompetence) and experienced BSI's insipid response to fans, this was our last SGP. No more SGP's. Not even Cardiff. The shambles of Warsaw should not be allowed to be swept under the carpet. This is my recent post on the Warsaw GP thread; This quote is from the SGP website on 22nd April 2015 (thought I'd better add the year as this is going to be a long job!) "BSI Speedway would like to further update fans following the unfortunate events of the FIM Speedway Grand Prix (SGP) in Warsaw. A full investigation is underway and BSI Speedway is working with the FIM, the PZM and Speed Sport to understand all the issues that led to the curtailment of the Grand Prix. This investigation will focus on the track and the starting gate and we will update fans in due course." As a disgruntled fan I am STILL waiting for an update, "in due course!".

From the SGP website on 22nd April 2015 (thought I'd better add the year as this is going to be a long job!) "BSI Speedway would like to further update fans following the unfortunate events of the FIM Speedway Grand Prix (SGP) in Warsaw. A full investigation is underway and BSI Speedway is working with the FIM, the PZM and Speed Sport to understand all the issues that led to the curtailment of the Grand Prix. This investigation will focus on the track and the starting gate and we will update fans in due course." As a disgruntled fan I am STILL waiting for an update, "in due course!".

Apologies if I have missed it but have there been any results of the inquiry/investigation in to the shambles we witnessed in Warsaw? Or am I too naive to expect such a thing.

Regarding the empty stadium, what did BSI expect. The racing last year was awful, I doubt many who were there would have bothered again. We sat there last year as the stadium emptied as the meeting went on. By the last few races two thirds of the crowd had left. Surely alarm bells must have been ringing somewhere? There needed to be drastic and well documented track improvements and perhaps a reduction in prices to tempt people back. However, a year on, the track was even worse and ticket prices started at €55. Anybody up for another Tampere SGP next year?

Thanks for the info'. Our first foreign adventure in about 2000 was a similar SWC fixture at Landshut. It was Germany, USA (with John Cook!) and Denmark and ? Looking forward to a return visit next week after we go to St.Johann tomorrow for the SGP qualifier. Hope the weather gods are good to us.

Thank you for the information. Looking forward to seeing speedway in the mountains!

Sorry guys. I still can't find a line up for the GP qualifiers, particularly the one in St. Johann on 2nd May. I've followed the link from "Racers and Royals" but this still only shows 4 riders even though we are only just over a week away. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

If anybody fancies trying their luck and asking questions of one of the key figures on Saturday, Tony Steele will be the guest of the NSSC next Tuesday 28th April at 8pm. Everybody welcome. £3 for non-members. All proceeds go to help the British Young Lions (Under 16's). Please note our new venue, just off M6 Junction 2; http://www.nuneatonspeedwaysupportersclub.co.uk/directions/

"And the organisers will make sure that nothing like this happens again" How can they? They haven't mastered these pop-up tracks yet. It looked a while ago that they may have done but then there were serious problems at Parken and Cardiff a couple of years ago and they just got away with it. This latest debacle adds to a sorry list. Unfortunately for me I have experienced them all first hand and enough is enough. I said this last year after being stranded in Riga, but was gullible enough to believe that they wouldn't dare cock this up in front of 50,000 fans and so gave them another chance. However that's it now, I will not be going to any more SGP's, including Cardiff.

Germany are going to be spread a bit thinly aren't they? I think they host the SWC qualifier at Landshut on the same day, May 9th. ? Pressumably Russia effected as well?

That's shocking. The track was rightly condemned by riders and fans alike last year and promises were made to make changes. We sat and watched as seats emptied as the meeting went on. I reckon half the crowd left before the end. They will not return without major changes to the track. The stadium and location was great, as was the city, country and people. Rather than the highlight of the weekend the SGP was a massive disappointment. Not as much as Riga but that is a whole different story!

Now we are less than a month away, when do we expect to see the line ups announced for the SGP qualifiers? Surely the riders will know by now? We are going to St. Johann so interested to know.

Talk is cheap. Action appears to be a bit harder. On January 20th Coventry speedway released this statement regarding the fixture clash with #RICO's meeting at Lakeside; "The second leg at Brandon takes place on the Bees’ regular Friday race-night, at the same time as the Lee Richardson 'Remembering #Rico' meeting at Lakeside. Coventry Speedway wish to place on record the fact that everyone at the club has the utmost respect for Lee’s achievements in the sport, and for his family, and we are sure the Purfleet event will be the success it deserves to be. The scheduling of our opening fixture against Leicester is in no way intended as a show of disrespect to the memory of Lee, who represented the Bees between 2000 and 2003 and won the Elite League Riders’ Championship whilst in our colours. In purely practical terms, dates are very limited this season with availability of top riders, and with our first Elite League match taking place on March 27, when we face Wolverhampton, we needed to arrange our season-opener for the previous Friday in order to provide a home meeting before the league competition begins. This is our first available Friday to stage a fixture, as the season does not start until March 15 and this can only be brought forward when Easter falls in March. However, we intend to stage a collection on the night at Brandon with all proceeds going to Lee Richardson’s family, and this will enable hopefully a large number of Coventry and Leicester supporters to contribute." Well, was there a collection for Lee Richardson's family? I certainly didn't see one.

What is the significance of this? Didn't he race in the Swedish and Elite league in that time. Presumably he shouldn't have done. So what happened there? "Moreover, the CDI ruled that the results obtained by Mr Ward in all the Competitions in which he participated subsequent to the positive test, from 17 August 2014 until 27 August 2014, are cancelled, with all resulting consequences, including forfeiture of any points and prizes."

Looks like there is no need to wait for the outcome of the hearing......according to the letters page in the Speedway Star, Darcy Ward has already been, "hung, drawn and quartered"!