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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"!

Got to cater for everybody. If all very hard speedway questions you'd only get a handful of teams turning up. Are these a bit tougher? Who were the World Speedway champions in the years of these events; The year that Tony Blair was first elected as Prime Minister The year that England won the FIFA World Cup The year of the Queens Silver Jubilee The year that Coventry City won the FA Cup The year that Barack Obama became the President of America for the first time The year that President Kennedy was assassinated The year that Band Aid's 'Do they know its Christmas' was no.1 for the first time The event known only as 9/11 The year of the Sydney Olympics The year of the death of George VI

Well. I didn't expect this thread to go down the Jehovah's Witness route..... Anyway, well done Scottyfan, all correct. Trying to keep it on track how about these past questions. "Who am I" (They all raced for Coventry). I was the 1999 World Under 21 Champion We are father and son and were both born in Prague I was born in Stockholm in 1980 and was part of a Championship winning Coventry team I am American and I won the World Championship when I was riding for the Bees I am the only Australian World champion to ride for the Bees I was a British Grand Prix winner but not Greg Hancock, Chris Harris or Emil Sayfutdinov I am from California and enjoyed a testimonial in 1992 I was a World Team Cup winner with Great Britain in 1968 I was born in Uzbekistan in 1973.

It's nearly time for the annual NSSC Christmas Quiz! Next Tuesday, 9th December for a prompt 8pm start. There will also be a bumper raffle and nibbles on the tables. Teams of four at £3 per person. Don't worry if you haven't got a team just come along and enjoy the night. As usual the target is to beat the team of referees! http://www.nuneatonspeedwaysupportersclub.co.uk/ To get you in the mood here are some speedway questions from a past quiz. Notable years in speedway; In which year did the Grand Prix series replace the one off World final? When was the last Wembley World final? When were play-offs introduced to the Elite League? When was the first Cardiff GP? When did England/GB last win the World Team Cup? When were Bradford the first Elite League champions? There's plenty more if you'd like some.

How many would you get at Cardiff at these prices?

A big thank you to; Tony Steele, Jim Lawrence, Rob Lyon, Adam Roynon, Rory Schlein, David Rowe, Keith "Buster" Chapman and Simon Stead who all gave up their evening to entertain us. There were some serious points discussed but more importantly lots of laughs. Everybody I spoke to, and there were lots of new faces, said they enjoyed it so maybe we will try and arrange another one in the future. Next up is our Christmas Quiz (50/50 General knowledge/speedway) on 9th December.

Well tonight is the night! It's been an ambitious project, I hope we see some of you there.

Last call for questions to be submitted by e-mail if you are attending. All panel members have confirmed their attendance. This is the first time we have attempted anything as ambitious as this so we hope it will be well supported. All details you need are here; http://www.nuneatonspeedwaysupportersclub.co.uk/

How impressive is that. Bed fellows with Keith Harris' Orville.....say no more.

E I Addio. I agree with the points made in your post except that, as far as I know, since last year, it was no longer known as the SKY Sports Elite League. I've no idea how much extra SKY paid for the naming rights (if anything at all) but surely extra money coming in at the top end has to help. I would have thought at the very least that a sponsor should be pursued for the British finals at all levels, particularly the youngsters. However on the other side of the coin I am involved with the NSSC and in addition to our continued sponsorship of the Under 16's we supplied tyres to all 16 riders in this years Under 19 Championships (costing £640). We were title sponsors, the hosts at Sittingbourne and the programme was very good but our friends at the Speedway Star made no mention of the NSSC in their report. If I had been a company making the effort to sponsor an event I would expect more exposure than that.

If you plan on attending the "Speedway Question Time" and would like your question to be used as one of the main topics for discussion, can you please e-mail your question to; info@nuneatonspeedwaysupportersclub.co.uk Thank you.

I'm not sure if you are being sarcastic or just too clever for me but Ice Hockey does have a sponsor of their Elite League (Rapid Solicitors). British speedway does not.

Speedway must be the only professional sport in the country that doesn't have a sponsor for its leagues. Is the product really that bad or are the BSPA that bad at promoting the sport?

If you can spare the time and get yourself to Nuneaton a week on Tuesday, 25th November, you can ask a panel for their views on the AGM or any other speedway issue. The NSSC "Speedway Question Time" panel consists of; Tony Steele, Jim Lawrence, Buster Chapman, Rob Lyon, Rory Schlein, Adam Roynon and Simon Stead and will be hosted by the very knowledgeable David Rowe. So we have representitives from all aspects of speedway; the FIM, referees, promoters, team managers, riders and of course the fans. Entry is free to all but there will be a bumper raffle and donations accepted to support young British riders. So if you'd like to support young British riders and have a good speedway night out with like minded people please see our website for all the details; http://www.nuneatonspeedwaysupportersclub.co.uk/ Thank you.

I am pleased to announce that we have another name to add to our panel. Buster Chapman will be joining Tony Steele, Rob Lyon, Adam Roynon, Rory Schlein, Jim Lawrence and Simon Stead. It should be a very interesting evening of forthright views, hosted by David Rowe. Everybody welcome, come and help us support young British riders.

Try this; http://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/ I had a quick look yesterday. Literally a mine of information. I had a quick look at Coventry and could look at all full results including second halves. You could spend hours and hours digging in to this.

The NSSC are proud to present a, "Speedway Question Time". In the David Dimbleby role will be David Rowe. Joining him on the panel are Tony Steele, Jim Lawrence, Rob Lyon, Adam Roynon, Rory Schlein and Simon Stead. (There may be another name to add yet!) As this will be taking place after the BSPA AGM there will be a lot of hot topics up for discussion. We hope this will generate a lot of interest and look forward to your support. Entrance will be FREE ! Everybody welcome. There will be a bumper raffle and donations will be accepted to raise funds for young British riders. We sponsor the British Under 16 & Under 19 Championships. The young riders are supplied directly with vouchers, consumables or tyres. If you will be attending the event and wish to suggest a question/topic, please e-mail us at; info@nuneatonspeedwaysupportersclub.co.uk This event will be held at the Chilvers Coton Liberal Club in Nuneaton at 8pm on Tuesday 25th November. For more details please vist our website; http://www.nuneatonspeedwaysupportersclub.co.uk/