THE DEAN MACHINE Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 (edited) 17 hours ago, gjcone44 said: i do fully understand that, i used to ride myself, but never made any money. and back in the day for every 20 of me probably only 5 made a living out of it.and when i mean a living they would still need a job in the winter. those in Doyles position probably 200 + full time . my point was he's near end of his career, and he might last longer with not as many meetings. but still make enough money, we all know your only a split second from serious injury. i suppose its all about the odds. and let me tell you you have to love it more when you dont make any money, and still do it. I did it semi professionally for 20 years,rode in all 3 leagues + running my business at the same time and was never in credit at the bank in all those years. But cause I was sort of caught up in the moment and loving it and always seem to have cash in my pocket and I never actually rode for the money I didn’t realise how much it was actually costing me until I retired, I suddenly started noticing I was actually in credit and making decent money at my business, speedway was literally bleeding me dry, would I do do it again ? Hell yes, somethings in life you just can’t buy and if I’m honest looking back I did waste a bit on flash parts Edited July 9 by THE DEAN MACHINE 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjcone44 Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 2 hours ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said: I did it semi professionally for 20 years,rode in all 3 leagues + running my business at the same time and was never in credit at the bank in all those years. But cause I was sort of caught up in the moment and loving it and always seem to have cash in my pocket and I never actually rode for the money I didn’t realise how much it was actually costing me until I retired, I suddenly started noticing I was actually in credit and making decent money at my business, speedway was literally bleeding me dry, would I do do it again ? Hell yes, somethings in life you just can’t buy and if I’m honest looking back I did waste a bit on flash parts thats what I'm talking about, i did for 8 yrs always had 2nd hand equipment, used to buy my 2nd hand tyre's of Collins and Morton when was at belle vue., 1st time i ever had a new set of leathers , was my last year at Boston, when they closed down , couple of years before that was riding for Barrow when they closed down, during my time broke my arm both my wrists, and bust my knee ( which now I'm waiting for a new one 😁, ) also knocked unconscious twice. i didn't start riding a bike till 18, 1st bike i rode was a jap, in fact i think i was probably one of the last people to ride a jap in a proper 2nd, half at Castleford, that place also closed down while i was there. i rode where i could when i could,, I'm guessing i probably had as much track time in 8yrs as you did in 2yrs, but i gave it my best with the money i had. i would call that some kind of love for the sport. its probably because people like us not being around today that the sport is suffering. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted July 10 Author Report Share Posted July 10 On 6/27/2025 at 9:05 AM, racers and royals said: Link for todays 2 matches` http://video.ucoz.lv/index/live_stream/0-5 normally 2nd screen Link for tomorrow’s 2 matches at 5pm and 7.30pm both UK times 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted July 10 Author Report Share Posted July 10 (edited) Sunday’s matches line-ups Wroclaw v Grudziadz- start time 4pm UK time Wroclaw 9 Kurtz 10 Kowalski 11 Laguta 12 Bewley 13 Janowski 14 Kowolik 15 Krawczyk 16 Grudziadz 1 Fricke 2 Lidsey 3 Miskowiak 4 Tarasenko 5 MJJ 6 Malkiewicz 7 Szarszewski 8 Zielona Gora v Gorzow- start time 6.30pm UK time Zielona Gora 9 Hampel 10 R Jensen 11 Prem Pawlicki 12 Jonas Knudsen 13 Madsen 14 Hurysz 15 Ratajczak 16 Gorzow 1 Vaculik 2 Thomsen 3 Chatlas 4 O Fajfer 5 Lebedevs 6 Paluch 7 Krok 8 Edited July 10 by racers and royals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted July 10 Author Report Share Posted July 10 Czestochowa v Torun tomorrow POSTPONED Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted July 11 Author Report Share Posted July 11 Link for tonight- 5pm UK time and Sunday`s 2 matches- 4pm and 6.30pm both UK times http://video.ucoz.lv/index/live_stream/0-5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted July 11 Author Report Share Posted July 11 On 7/10/2025 at 3:17 PM, racers and royals said: Czestochowa v Torun tomorrow POSTPONED New date Monday 28th zjuly start time 7pm UK time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewmac Posted July 11 Report Share Posted July 11 On 6/27/2025 at 9:05 AM, racers and royals said: Link for todays 2 matches` http://video.ucoz.lv/index/live_stream/0-5 normally 2nd screen Also for Rybnik v Lublin : https://vk.com/video-220089063_456247122 https://vk.com/video-53550004_456242303 https://vk.com/video-81427162_456239727 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted July 11 Author Report Share Posted July 11 Delay to Rybnik v Lublin - maybe 6pm UK start Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DEAN MACHINE Posted July 11 Report Share Posted July 11 Will rybnik get to 40? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DEAN MACHINE Posted July 11 Report Share Posted July 11 Rybniks track would be a decent track if they actually put a bit of dirt on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DEAN MACHINE Posted July 11 Report Share Posted July 11 30 minutes ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said: Will rybnik get to 40? Make that 30 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DEAN MACHINE Posted July 11 Report Share Posted July 11 Jack holder giving off the vibes of someone who is out of Lublin at end of season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DEAN MACHINE Posted July 11 Report Share Posted July 11 (edited) Lublin as a team giving off vibes that they are not a team but 7 individuals doing a job Edited July 11 by THE DEAN MACHINE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shockster Posted July 11 Report Share Posted July 11 Terrible meeting this. Riders behind seem unable to make any ground up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DEAN MACHINE Posted July 11 Report Share Posted July 11 15 minutes ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said: Make that 30 Or 25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DEAN MACHINE Posted July 11 Report Share Posted July 11 8 minutes ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said: Lublin as a team giving off vibes that they are not a team but 7 individuals doing a job Rybnik’s team giving off vibes that describing themselves as a professional speedway team maybe be a violation of the trades description act Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DEAN MACHINE Posted July 11 Report Share Posted July 11 The long suffering rybnik’s fans celebrating like they have won the league Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk127 Posted July 11 Report Share Posted July 11 Seems like a case of going through the motions but you have to question why. Is it a bad day at the office or the riders just saying what the hell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted July 12 Report Share Posted July 12 (edited) On 7/11/2025 at 8:07 PM, Hawk127 said: Seems like a case of going through the motions but you have to question why. Is it a bad day at the office or the riders just saying what the hell. Take the top league money, and spend as little as is possible... Then. Bank the difference... Pay good money next year in the 2nd tier, and get promoted again.. And then. Rinse and Repeat... Edited July 12 by mikebv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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