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Tell me about it ... I have experienced all of this helping a rider over the last few years. He has now given up for all of these reasons, plus others.

Lawrence Fielding usually puts previews and results for Dragons in Facebook, both the MDL page and 'Carmarthen Dragons Online' page. Wasn't the 19th the Coventry v. Birmingham match which was rained off?

You are confusing second National League teams with Development League teams. At the moment, only Belle Vue do the former: I don't know how popular this is. However, plenty of teams have MDL/NJL/SDL teams, which run as 'second halves' after the main match. These don't incur any extra costs, as the riders are not paid, and the track staff etc. are there anyway, and all other costs come under the main match. DL teams are invaluable for riders to gain experience and skill before making the jump up to NL standard. Very few NL riders have come up any other way other than the Junior Speedway set up.

NOOOOO! The last time was a disaster.

I would have thought that, with a couple of exceptions, the National League is very successful at the moment. Certainly, I for one am enjoying it just as much as when we were in the two other leagues (if not more).

Pavitt won heat 2 because both Brummies reserves completely messed up the start. Sheldon Davies then went from last to first: at least, I was convinced that he had taken the win on the line, but the referee thought otherwise! It was a great ride from him, though.

You are certainly making yourself appear an idiot by insisting that you have been 'lied to'. Walker was ill: he had to take time off from his employment, as well as speedway. He was interviewed last night and said so; or are you going to insist that he was lying as well?

Some of you are.

Anybody who can do 53 seconds is superhuman! Track record is 56.6!

63.82 and 64.97 (when he shut off). There was also a very reckless crash with Sealey.

He told me ~18 months ago that his British passport was coming through that year. No-one has explained exactly what is or has gone on with him.

In which case, what is he doing in the British National League? And why is it OK for Eastbourne to sign a German of British ancestry, but wrong for Birmingham to sign a British citizen of Polish ancestry? No-one has ever explained the last ...

Make it £2,000: also includes a Blixt clocking tool.

In the early days there, I spoke to David Helmsley (at a training day), and he said that he wanted a 'fast' speedway; this is why it was built with long straights. He obviously refused to listen to Sam Ermolenko who left the promotion before it opened, as his ideas turned out to be wrong, which is why the track has had to be rebuilt twice.

If a team using R/R loses a reserve, it can be in trouble, so it needs a no.8. However, if the R/R is for a good heat leader, just using the no.8 is not on, unless the opposition is also using R/R for a similar standard rider, when both teams SHOULD promote the no.8. This gives the fans two full teams.

Well, he will be at Perry Barr tonight!

No worse than IoW's reserves ... or most other NL teams now that the likes of Flint and Drew etc. have been promoted.

I should have said, includes a set of boots, steel shoe and body armour.

Birmingham closed in 1984 because the stadium was sold for redevelopment: the promotion was perfectly viable at the time. The present Brummies are in the NLbecause it was too late to apply for the PL (then) in 2015. NL proved to be very successful since with the supporters; the NL in general is, frankly, more viable than most of the present speedway. Any putative Braefield promotion would, like Kent, be best advised to join the NL.

Turned 13 at the beginning of the season, so will be eligible for MDL only next year.

Bike with Ashtech GM engine, only six heats since rebuild, ready to go. Plus a set of sprockets, some spare frame parts, other spares, methanol and oil. £2,500. In Kingstanding, Birmingham. Ring 0121 354 8995.

Usually on Facebook, 'Amateur Speedway'.

Did Birmingham really 'opted against' Hampshire, or did he decide to go to Kent himself? If he rides like he did last year, I would have him back like a shot.

Who is doing that?

Not difficult!