IainB

What could have very nearly turned into a farce last night was fortunately saved by the Speedway with some cracking action served up especially by the big returning "stars", each one of them being in the thick of the action and even young Joe Thompson making a pass to grab a crucial third. It's good that I can start my 46th season watching the sport and still see something new with whitelinegate, Speedway truly is the sport that keeps on giving . British Speedway were so proud of it they post a video of a rider clearly with both wheels over the line and not excluded for it! What's the deal with Edwin Overland? Has he retired or not been asked back? Is he still doing Lynn? He's been a fixture at the Showground for as long as I can remember. Didn't seem the same without him. Finally, it looks like many people didn't get the memo about the change of team colours with all the signage around the place still being in Red & Black... and Mr & Mrs Panther need a trip to the pet pamper parlour for a purple rinse

It would of added a bit of spice to a local derby... gets the crowd going!

If I were Ippo I'd be putting a protest in, only time I've seen the track dimensions change were at Telford!

Whizzer is in the pits... probably waiting for him to catch up with his note taking!

So good, so good, so good

A lot of track kicking going on now but it's alright they've put sweet Caroline on the pa

Floodlight failure on home straight at the moment

Was Aces legend Robert Lambert otherwise engaged?

I was being very literal with my timings, obviously there's track grading and such that's needed, especially with the demise of the track raker... but it does make you wonder where the time goes? I do think/hope the timing of meetings is something Whizzer Morris will have a look at in his new role.

27 minutes... + 26 x 2 minutes = 1 hour 19 minutes, what happened to the other 1 and a half hours? I wasn't there, so I'm not particularly bothered specifically about the Ben Fund Bonanza but it is a problem for me generally throughout the sport. I often think that promoters think that if the fans have been sent home after an hour and 20 minutes they think that we think we've not had value for money... that's if they think of the fans at all of course!

1 point each and move on

and calling it off with fans queuing at the turnstiles is 100 times worse than that. I understand that Robbo wanted to get this meeting on after all of the failures of the past, but it's still an event that fans are expected to pay for at the end of the day.

I've missed all the weather chat... it's been so boring over the winter months. Back with a bang though, 2 in 2 days

Do BSN have a rain off policy? If it's cancelled after 6 heats have you done your money like in real Speedway?

You have to wonder why it wasn't canceled way before the fans were queuing up at the turnstiles, if there was no rain since yesterday afternoon!

I hope nobody travelled too far for it!

When did it last rain on the Redcar track?

Didn't Freddie win a GP on one?

Just watched Ellis win this on what looked like a Gerhard engine... whatever happened to them, what was the problem with them and why doesn't anybody use them anymore?

Just saying you normally (always) see teams out on the track when the title has been won, can't recall when I haven't seen this... very strange

There was no real celebration after those heats either... you normally see the riders out on the track when a title is won, perhaps the BSN coverage missed it, I don't know. These riders will probably spend the majority of their careers losing as there can only be one winner, so they should really enjoy the good times when they come along and make the most of them, everybody just seemed to be in their pit bay carrying out business as usual.

A lot of speedway fans love a nap

Did somebody forget to tell the Cubs they'd won the title after heat 10? Absolutely no reaction to it at all!

What is it with the BSN camera person at Berwick? Have they been on the Bandit juice? Terrible work!

Speedway seems to be like a turd that won't flush for BT Sport. Maybe they should give Grant Henderson Tankers a call