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They decided to help to cut costs by allowing the use of titanium after it being banned for many years , the primary advantage of titanium parts at 3 times the cost of normal alloy ,Is lighter weight allowing the engine to rev more , be a bit silly to bring in a rule which means expensive parts make engines rev more only to thwart them with a rev limiter . a total waste of money for the riders , The SCB are far too clever to let that happen !!!

Turn speedway into Bitzabike racing , no thanks ,it's already been tried and has neither riders flocking to it nor spectators , take a look at poor mans speedway and you will lose interest after about 10 minutes , a few over the hill speedway riders on anything with 2 wheels is not exactly an internatioinal sport , and too much messing around with the speedway formula will risk what is an international sport turning into an amateur attraction for weekend warriors and dreamers .

the 4 qualifying heats with the same four most inexperienced riders on a damp and heavy track was stupidity in itself , but then again it was organised by MX people who think 4 laps of speedway is like four laps of driving miss daisy the same as MX is .

Went to this on Saturday , and the whole thing was largely a disapointment , the speedway was not up to much but even 10 gate and go races were more entertaining than what followed , I had stood on the first turn listening to some MX morons whining on about how slow and boring the speedway was and how there were long gaps between races , And so I was largely expecting great things with the MX show to come , god help us all if that is what passes for entertainment with these people , the centre green presenter made Chris Popple sound like Dave Lanning , and after 5 minutes of watching 3 riders leap over the same ramp time and time again I decided to leave , anyone who thought that was better than even the worst speedway meeting needs their head read , I hope Mr Hemsley was keeping a keen eye on what was probably the biggest crowd at BP this year , most of the MX people have seen that crap before and still came and paid to watch it again , so with the right publiciity/promotion speedway should be a doddle to sell , one final point for MR H to consider . He has always said it's not the track it's the riders and better quality riders will be able to race on it , well you had better quality riders Mr H , did they manage to race ?

who will be the beneficiaries of this winters Scholarship Marcus ?

Who was the referee ? , With a ridiculous decision to be accounted for , My guess would be Margaret Vardy

Since it was fairly obvious that not all riders would be able to attend all rounds , Taking the scores from each riders best 2 rounds would have been the fair and proper way to decide the winner .

The people who are staying at home to watch are Sky's customers so what do they want , pay a Sky subscription to watch speedway then not watch it ?

No -one has mentioned the huge amounts of money syphoned off by the likes of go-speed before the promoters even got a look in , every single penny of the sky money should have been used to promote speedway as a sport and help the clubs to keep running ,but as ever someone gets a second home in the sun and the sport is left to limp along

Where does it say Godden ?

switch to selletra or pvl

The bit about you and the 2 short planks It's not like he is some Junkie lying wasted in the corner of a squat somewhere . Smoking a bit of weed is no different to going down the pub for a couple of pints , I can't see how his life will have been disrupted at all ,

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I spoke to Middlo about it earlier . and he said .it's just what all ex world champions do these days

Yes. until it comes into. Effect

I wouldn't have a clue what league AFC Wimbledon are in completely non football ,but I know when ever footbal is involved in anything at any level they always get priority and theres always someone to throw money at them . as an aside where do they play at the moment ?

He would have had a hard time working through the Australian system .

A football club want it , so I won't be bothering with any petitions etc as anything else has no chance ,.good luck with it though for those of you who hold Hopes of speedway returning

http://www.coventrybees.co/news.php?extend.2362

Most MDL meetings are finished in 15 minutes .

The match was not run , the referee thought track unsuitable for inexperienced riders .

No cause for alarm here , the Bspa have matters in hand and rather than see the flagship stadium of speedway lost to the sport they are putting together a bid to secure the venue for the sport in the future . A spokesman for the Bspa today can be quoted as saying due to the central location and having planning permission to operate 7 days a week , which would facilitate a centre of excellence for the next generation of british riders they felt that a joint purchase by speedway's controlling body was the best way to push the sport forward .. Only joking ! when questioned the bspa spokesman responded by asking what stadium is about to be sold from under our noses Coventry ? well I never , thats a shame ..

Ok here we go . Siggy Shauzu ,Dick Greasley, Clyde Gough ,Roger Aldous , Jeff Gawley, Mick Horspole, Jon Swindlehurst , Trevor Ireson , Bryan Rust , Stuart Pearson ( yes it was Darrens dad ) Keith Galtress, Brian Mee, Clyde Gough .Malcolm Hargreaves , Michelle and Serge Vanneste, Dennis Keene ,

I think longeye has the answer as to who it was , the legal wrangling went on for years as I recall , somehting to do with vincent knowing he had faulty brakes but still going in the race , and they wound up hitting an ambulance that was parked somewhere it shouldn't have been as well . I'll see your terry vinicombe and raise you a Mick Boddice , , now you got me thinking norman hanks jock and benga , peter brown and rosetta , sheidegger camathias , wolfgang Kalauch , steve sinnot . luthringhauser , nick and gerry boret , mac hobson , oops almost forgot my favourite all time driver rolf biland , happy days , never could understand why the" chairs " were left till last and everybody used to leave without watching the finals

Chris Vincent the sidecar racer got sued by his passenger for recklessly endangering his safety , the passenger Terry ??? was awarded compensation also setting a legal precedent that driving recklessly even in a motorsport event carries consequences if someone gets injured