IainB

Leicester! Centrally located, great parking, just up the road from me and crucially... universally hated

I think you're also more likely to see a home winner under the current format of semi and final than under the old 20 heat top scorer wins method. If the home hero has a stinker in one of his rides he can still pick up the pieces. But then there is always the Andy Smith paradox that completely disproves that theory

Something to do with the funding of it I think

Another valuable contribution... keep it up

Bewley currently has a home average of 8.40 and away of 7.47, I'm not going to search through every rider but I'd bet you could count the number on one hand of those with a higher away average than home, if any at all... so the answer is yes. Do you think Bewley would have won on any other track? Possibly, would he have beaten Robert Lambert around King's Lynn? The top 3 brits in the "away" averages are 1. Scott Nicholls 2. Tai Woffinden 3. Dan Bewley

or a series of rounds

Come on Tom... oh no! He rides for Poole! Oh bugger it! Come on Tom!

If he was up against Bomber, Ellis and Worrall...

Haha! Class from Woffy! What a git!

You sound like a tory trying to defend Rishi Sunak!

As good as Brennan has been so far tonight and he's improved a great deal this season, he's been very much a nearly man, nearly qualified for the SEC, nearly qualified for the GP Challenge... he's got to seal the deal tonight!

Don't think I've ever seen such a topsy turvy British Final!

But has Brennan won anything on the big stage when it mattered? That's why I say if he can wrap this up then get him in!

That'd be a ballsy call to make. If Brennan can win this thing then maybe yes

The Scunthorpe "safety" fence is not on his side, to put the blame on Schlein's body is pretty low!

Maybe... but good to see some needle

Does "helmet" cam just focus on Tai Woffinden?

She should have gone to Specsavers

Good job Jenkins stayed down or the ref would have let that go... who is she tonight?

It just needs some properly absorbant fencing in front of the armco, the foam fence just isn't absorbant enough when backed to a rigid structure... not to mention the crappy gym mats placed between the armco and the foam barrier!!! You shouldn't be sustaining the injuries Schlein has by colliding with a foam or air fence... end of!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/speedway/64900935

It's more of an invitational then? Seems strange to have a qualifier for the U21 but not the senior championship

What is the qualification criteria for the British Final at the moment?

I've seen video of the crash and if there had been an air fence, which were prevalent at that time, Ricky Ashworth would not have sustained the injuries he did. There's also video footage of the Zaine Kennedy crash, again caused by there being no energy absorption or dissipation by Scunthorpe's so called "safety" fence.

Yes, it is my opinion... I doubt that any energy absorption tests have been carried out at any of the tracks with their different combination of fence construction. It would be interesting to see those results if tests have been carried out. It's common sense that an airbag in front of a springy wire mesh fence is going to be a hell of a lot better than a foam bag in front of a metal fence in front of a solid wall of soil or concrete.