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Big meeting surprised nobody has started it.... Tero arrnio must be major doubt as he has been in hospital with internal bleeding. It could be R/R or can Scunny bring in Summers as Guest? Douglas not riding tonight in Prem so it might be a guest for him as well, Danny king/richard Lawson/Josh Pickering?

Lawson should have been excluded for that it was a reckless move. In fact I have seen Lawson do some extremely hard moves this year, I never had him down as a particularly hard rider but he certainly seems to channelling his inner Pedersen this year.

I remember when this used to be a big meeting at sheffield on a sunday and it would attract 3000 fans from around all the tracks. With every rider in the field doubling up/down its just another meeting to riders, 20 years ago the riders would have given their right arm to win this meeting.

Wasn't a bad meeting IMO.

can't see anything about SEC in that thread

class ride there

Need to get some water on the track.

I know the winner of SEC gets a wildcard for next years GP series but if he qualifies through the top 6 does willdcard go to the second place in the SEC series?

Chance of scunny making play offs now redcar lost to Glasgow. If scunny get a point from either Berwick or Redcar away, it would almost certainly mean Redcar would need to get a point or better away at Plymouth. Scunny have got a better point difference which could prove crucial. Scunny win at Redcar there through. Scunny get 1 point at both Redcar and Berwick, Redcar then need to win at Plymouth. Scunny win at Berwick and get nothing at Redcar, Redcar need to win at Plymouth. I give up, loads of permutations.

I agree, this is a ridiculous convoluted way of doing the playoffs. Even the BSPA couldn't make this up.

Going off previous years it does seem Fricke is in, if Bewley remains in top 6.

Holder was lucky to get back in that rerun, I watched it back and he clearly tried to cut back under lambet and just ran into him.

I don't think Thomsen will get a wildcard, as long Lambet keeps scoring points in GPs. He could do with finishing higher than the Aussie who doesn't qualify here.

Holder got to go

fair play Kim nilsson

he's not only one.

Kubera won a round of the Polish championship the other day, now he looks like amateur.

Poles finished

Jake Allen?

350 to 400, and haven't got above 600 according to report in star, but point being the same regardless. Clubs have moved up and down leagues in the past and seen little change in their attendance. If you are club struggling at the bottom of the table for a number years, its better to move down and see if you can make it pay being a big fish in small pond.

Why don't Birmingham move into the NL they would still get the same 600 diehards turning up but the rider wages would be lower. If they had a really successful team and their advertising campaign bares fruit they might get nearer their break even figure. If they win some trophies and the the crowds grow then look at returning to Championship.

Ihttp://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/extra9.htm 2011, 43,640 2012, 38,000 2013, 38,760 2014, 41,800 2015, ? 2016, 40,974 2017, ? 2018, ? 2019, 33,583 2022, 19,000( iffy someone spoke to someone who works at the stadium) I am not sure where exactly these figures are from so I not sure how accurate they are but they look more plausible than 45000/50000 quoted by some.

Capacity for speedway was 62500, I am not sure if they cover up more seats now, but that's 11431 covered up/unviable. The highest attendance was in 2010 at 44,150, that was 70.64% of available seats were filled if you believe the figures.

There is a new speedway track in sydney..... https://www.coliseum-online.com/new-australia-speedway-cherry-on-the-cake/ Its already built but I read they were still sorting out the drainage. I am not sure it would be viable with a 7000 capacity, maybe they need to 2 GPs in Aussie to cover the costs.