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I agree the track staff worked hard and got the job done as quickly as possible. This is the reason why Leicester provided the track staff for Cardiff and helped support at Kings Lynn for Speedway World Cup meetings

Yes a blade was available but the big tractor would have ripped the start and track up even more. Sometimes riders need to listen to the track curators when conditions are a little wet as both Stewart Dickson and Sheffields track curator Graham Trollope said that the starts should be left to dry after the track walks but members of both teams asked for them to be ripped up . hence what happened with it all starting to lift and turn into clay sludge, Track curators spend hours on their tracks so they know how they react to different actions

Question for Leicester fans saying that they wouldn’t support the Lions with Nick Morris in the team I agree an apology to fans for letting the team down is required. If Patrick Dudek agreed to ride for the Lions would the same apply ? As he got banned for drug use as well and proved can come back to succeed . I believe that if Nick decides to come back to UK this year there are multiple Premiership and Championship clubs interested but one advantage Leicester can offer is free track time to get back up to race fitness and bike time

Not watched all of tonight’s GP yet but have the agree the standard of TV production does not seem as high as normal especially as they brought their usual OB Provider TVN over from Poland to provide the facilities but may have had to use UK based cameraman and Vision mixer many of which will have not done Speedway before

I wonder why that is that they have done the comms from London seems like a strange decision to me

Rider replacement for Leicester tomorrow with all riders able to take a ride even Fricke in heat 8 as only race he can do. I think club will continue with this until next averages then look where they are with replacement options as come July some riders may be interested in UK racing possibly

Little surprised to see Brennan and Mulford representing team GB based upon British final placing and averages. i assume a number of other British riders didn’t want to do the qualifiers

I was actually referring to Ashton at Kings Lynn with comments about R/S and the post about Dan was in relation to how long BV will keep Tate

Options to replace rising stars this year are very limited as Leicester and Kings Lynn are finding especially when young upcoming prospects like Harrison,Scott feel that they are not ready. Looking at the list Sam Hagon is probably the best option currently available

From what I heard at Leicester tonight sounds like Dans wrist is not healing very well at present and still in pain . I believe he is going to get it checked again next week then may have to look at Operation to sort it out . Ipswich may have to make a change if going be another 6-7 weeks and need to act quick as having a feeling BV will be chasing the same riders

More likely he will be at Leicester if Gilkes is confirmed as ruled out for season as Will has admitted he has overcome some of his negative thoughts about the Leicester track if BV decide not to use him

The reasons the advertising signs were down today was due to the wind the track staff stood them up at least twice that I saw even moving bricks to help but they kept blowing down . You have to remember for safety they have to be lightweight aluminium frames with canvas

It’s more due to it being a tv meeting that this has been called off early as probably around £10,000 has been saved than if they had waited until the morning as OB trucks were due to arrive this evening then overnight security plus if cancel on day have to pay 25 freelance staff plus Abi daily fee so will always be the same for tv meetings as contractually they still have to return

We shall have to wait and see I do know that Phil Morris has large input to wildcard’s and that Discovery will be keen to have a British rider in the series . Dan was also due to start riding in Poland having signed for a club a couple of weeks ago can’t remember which club so this injury has come at an awful time for him

Depends what happens in other SGP2 qualifiers if Two British riders qualify then unlikely that Dan would be given a wild card however can’t see that happening so more than likely Dan will be in

Although Birmingham knew when they signed MJJ that his initial contract was only until the end of May all indications from the rider to the club were that he was enjoying riding in UK even as much as bringing new engines over two weeks ago to suit British racing

I am 99% sure that Picko’s engines are Ashtec Rockets and Mr Howarth just does the services on them like he does for many riders so they don’t have to keep sending them to Poland

So WBD have appointed a new Events and ticketing company for Speedway GP so going forward into 2026 all tickets will be available only through their website which will make it easier to buy tickets for overseas GPs as can pay in £ or currency of your home country. They also have plans to offer a season ticket which is a ticket to every GP all in price https://media.wbdsports.com/post/events-com-named-global-partner-of-warner-bros-discovery-sports-

So WBD have appointed a new Events and ticketing company for Speedway GP so going forward into 2026 all tickets will be available only through their website which will make it easier to buy tickets for overseas GPs as can pay in £ or currency of your home country. They also have plans to offer a season ticket which is a ticket to every GP all in price https://media.wbdsports.com/post/events-com-named-global-partner-of-warner-bros-discovery-sports-

Based upon tonight the reserves should be Anders Rowe and Dan Thompson even just to give them the experience of being in the GP build up both I thought rode very well

The tanks and pond were empty and was just pulling up sludge and large stones from the bottom. It would have taken around 2-3 hours to fill the bowser with tap water but arrangements being made to fill the tanks overnight ready for track preparation for Thursday and may even get some rain on Monday

I think Joe or Nathan Ablitt are the best options available but have a feeling that Bomber will convince Kings Lynn to give Ashton more time . i think probably would do Ashton good to ride NDL instead of Premiership to get some confidence back

Dan Thompson showed some quality to win this meeting he won races from the gate and passed people to win races as well. I would say on current form if he does not make it through the SGP2 Qualifiers I would say got have a good chance of wildcard place . I have heard that Dan has also signed for an extraliga team when team changes are permitted

TNT are continuing to use Saint Media and have appointed a new OB provider for British Speedway coverage using a smaller truck but rather disappointingly press release confirms no UHD coverage we shall have to wait and see if they have cut down the amount of cameras I am slightly concerned depending on which truck they use for Speedway that they may only have 2VT positions so may not get as many replays and Slo Mo coverage https://overexposed.tv/enhancing-speedway-coverage-over-exposed-partners-with-saint-media-ltd

TNT are continuing to use Saint Media and have appointed a new OB provider for British Speedway coverage using a smaller truck but rather disappointingly press release confirms no UHD coverage we shall have to wait and see if they have cut down the amount of cameras I am slightly concerned depending on which truck they use for Speedway that they may only have 2VT positions so may not get as many replays and Slo Mo coverage https://overexposed.tv/enhancing-speedway-coverage-over-exposed-partners-with-saint-media-ltd