Paulco

Just read the speedway updates and Jack Smith brings the house down at Belle Vue by beating Hans Andersen . Will do his confidence the world of good . Young Dan has 5 points after two rides too

How predictable , is Ryan Douglas a known Armadale hater ? I think not . Sometimes these things are genuine

All early season play off candidates

They wont be the last to get pumped at Owlerton this season , so Bandit's fans shouldn't panic just yet

Scunthorpe will have their fixtures done by the end of May at this rate . Canny see anything other than a comfortable home win here .

Indeed

It is , we took our time disposing of Scunthorpe last week , top three done their bit , our middle order will need to give us a wee bit more . Has all the makings of an entertaining clash though .

There's always much wrong with the preview edition

Another league we're at the top off . Plus our programme is £3 , not £2.50

My good friend is correct Whippy . I sorry you didn't enjoy your visit , I agree it was pretty mundane stuff on Saturday , but that wasn't a typical meeting we've been used to . It's usually much better that what you saw against Scunthorpe . Unfortunately you get good and bad meetings on all tracks , i'm afraid you were just unlucky .

Don't think anybody is putting the boot it , they were just commenting on what they saw . Just like in any team sport you get very entertaining matches and you get some mediocre matches , unfortunately for any neutral visiting Glasgow for the first time , Saturday's meeting was the latter . That's not anyone putting the boot in , just a statement of fact .

While it was nice to get the first win on the board , the entertainment value on a chilly evening was virtually nil . The experts have enlightened us to the fact that if there's a danger of rain , the track has to be as slick as that . I know nothing about track prep so I have to take that at face value , but I don't see any newcomers rushing back after watching 15 heats of follow the leader . In saying that , i'm very satisfied at the form of our big three and i'm sure the other lads , in particularly Lunna , will fare better once they get a racers track to show their worth . Better viewing in the Charlie Monk stand now they've added a tier and a nice new snack bar as well , new floodlights are cracking too . Has the plan for the big screen been shelved for now ? Or has that still to come ?

Bit follow the leaderish though , very slick track with gating at a premium . Need to up our game a bit in the earlier heats for next week .

I'll visit it a week on Sunday

Cracking view from the veranda outside the bar

There used to be two reserve races where two track novices would race both number sevens from the league match . The winner of the first reserves race would also get into the rider of the night competition . It's called competition , something to aim for aids improvement . Racing against the same three other novices a couple of times after the meeting isn't going to do any young rider any good . More so up here in Scotland as there is no National League side within a couple of hundred miles .

When it's done properly it's up there with Peterborough as the best track in the country . There's just so many lines for the riders to go for .

Shame , but thanks for clearing that up

When the fixtures first came out there was a Belle Vue v Kings Lynn fixture on May 3rd . So I thought I might take that one in on my way south to see Ipswich v Glasgow on the 4th . It has since disappeared from the fixture list on the BSPA website , but it appears in todays season preview edition of the Speedway Star on the Belle Vue page . So does that fixture go ahead on May 3rd , or not ?

Have to disagree with you , Scunthorpe is a brilliant track . Last year's meeting the day after Cardiff wasn't great , but I've seen some spectacular racing round there . When Peterborough became unavailable 5 days before we were due there ( 2 seasons ago ) , me and Willie ended up at Scunthorpe v Rye House , and although the home side had a lot of bad luck and lost heavily because of injuries to Auty and Davies , the actual speedway was breathtaking .

I'm sure we wont get another 71-19 meeting , I don't want to stand through one of those again ( unless it's against Edinburgh ) . So an entertaining narrow home victory will do very nicely . I know at the start of any season you can get the odd weird result here and there , but i'm sure our boys will be ready and fired up to make a winning start to the campaign .

Me too Pat

Me and Willie had a great time last season , was about midnight before we left the stadium

They probably are , but unless you are a big fan of the particular rider , they're a no-no for the discerning speedway fan .

To be fair , there were some crashes . Plus testimonials are dreadful meetings to watch