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Modern brushless electric motors are controlled by a computerised control unit; there is plenty of speed control.

The problem is that the riders have to cooperate with the rules, or have to be forced to cooperate.A few years ago, I saw the start marshal try to make a rider (who was desperate to make the start, his team were losing badly) come up to the tapes; the rider eventually took a swing at the marshal. Then again, many years ago they tried to put a thick rope behind the back wheel of the bike to stop rolling back. The riders fought and struggled to get back over the rope to try to jump the start or at least do more gardening. What is really needed is, simply, that referees clamp down on any tricks and disqualify any rider who won't behave.

What great news is that?

Er ... what is not nice about 'Why is that'? The real reason is I suspect that he had no answer to give.

Notice that there has been no reply to this or Deano's question from SSL84?

Why is that?

Shawn McConnell?

Last year, Birmingham rode against a Coventry Select and a Cradley Select; I presume that there were no problems as they are going to do the same this season also.

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Are you also going to invite some of the old 'nomadic' development teams: Long Eaton and Milton Keynes come to mind?

Well, when the late Loomer Road speedway was opened, they had to be called 'Chesterton' for a while because the ex-owners of the defunct Sun Street promotion wouldn't let them use the name 'Stoke'.

Having said that, the Silly Voice Syndrome appears to be creeping into British TV as well

It is in most American programmes!

Jack Smith? (Troublemaking smirk).

It could be that it was I who started this hare ... I saw in the Speedway Star that Gino wanted to come over here and had a low average, and so suggested it on this forum. This speculation/wild guess seems to have taken on a life of its own! If it was really Manzares, he would have been signed by now?

That was ludicrous ... as with the dozen or so useless 'security' guards which the promotion had to pay for!

This is the fault of the stadium, not the speedway promotion ... I once bought some chips there, and having tasted them I swore that I would never buy food from them again. Having said that, the food smelt good last year (one of my grandstand companions has his dinner there!), but I haven't tasted any.

Will it be possible to buy individual meetings? I just wanted to watch the away matches of my team.

Noone ever said that: I was just commenting on a person who has only been on this forum for two months repeating his hatred again and again and again ...

Does it make you feel big, pouring out this rubbish? No more than we expect from Wolverhampton, though.

Fixtures: DATE OPPONENTS COMP. H/A RESULT APRIL Wed 12 Coventry Bees Select Challenge HOME - Fri 14 Redcar BSN Series Away - Wed 19 Scunthorpe BSN Series HOME - Fri 21 Scunthorpe BSN Series Away - Wed 26 Redcar BSN Series HOME - MAY Wed 03 Scunthorpe Championship KOC QF.1 HOME - Fri 05 Scunthorpe Championship KOC QF.2 Away - Tue 16 Plymouth Championship Away - Wed 17 Edinburgh Championship HOME - JUNE Fri 02 Glasgow Championship Away - Wed 07 Oxford Championship HOME - Wed 14 Oxford Championship Away - Wed 21 Berwick Championship HOME - Fri 23 Edinburgh Championship Away - JULY Wed 12 Glasgow Championship HOME - Wed 19 Poole Championship HOME - Wed 26 Poole Championship Away - Fri 28 Scunthorpe Championship Away - AUGUST Wed 02 Plymouth Championship HOME - Wed 09 Redcar Championship HOME - Sat 12 Berwick Championship Away - Fri 18 Redcar Championship Away - Wed 23 Scunthorpe Championship HOME -

Not at all true; he won plenty of races, including one at Leicester.

Swim across?

I have to say that he was very impressive in the Under 19s at Birmingham!

£20 is expensive? I don't know what it is this season, but last year, to go to a third division football match (Walsall) was £35. Just to see 22 men running up and down, with perhaps a couple of goals if you're lucky.