Favourite speedway phrases

[Youhave2minutes]

9 hours ago, The White Knight said:

"Speedway - out of the top drawer". 🤣

That’s Tatums  line

[E I Addio]

Tatums meaningless “ Early doors” whatever that means.

Two meaning less Lanningisms that used to drive me mad :-

“( such and such )…..makes the jump” 

and the really dreadful “ Here comes Collins ( or whoever) high wide and handsome “

If you turned the sound off a and only listened to Lannings commentary you wouldn’t have a clue what was going on.

[mikebv]

The No1 phrase most used and heard...

"Who have we got Guesting for us tonight?.

[kevin bass]

11 hours ago, Youhave2minutes said:

Clear off back to your own country is a phrase I’ve heard of on the terraces many a time

Ive heard that in many towns and city's across the country and not related to speedway🤭

[W9 Lion]

The phrase I hate is a big 5-1. 

For it to be big some 5-1's must be smaller.

Its not big it significant, strategic or important.

Ahhhhhhhh rant over.

[kevin bass]

17 hours ago, norbold said:

"….fires himself to the front." 
"Each rider has now had their five rides, so we know their scores, but I haven't got a clue who's qualified for the Elsie Queue."

Tatum gets worse wk on wk, cant remember which rider it was on Saturday but he'd just completed his 3rd ride and Tatum said erm err he had 3 outside gates still to come🤨 that makes 6 rides in my book not 5🤣

[shippy22]

13 minutes ago, W9 Lion said:

The phrase I hate is a big 5-1. 

For it to be big some 5-1's must be smaller.

Its not big it significant, strategic or important.

Ahhhhhhhh rant over.

I agree, all 5-1's are the same size !!. Craig Saul used to say that a lot at Rye House.  Another one that annoys me is  " He is so far ahead, he is in a different postcode "   Hear that often on the Berwick streaming service.  

 

[JoeW436]

That’s a great ride from the guest tonight, Chris Harris.

[chun]

hard charger.  love that one.

[TheWellBehavedWorrall]

“You can’t hold a candle to this classy Dane” in reference to Brian Andersen.

[Bagpuss]

Charge of the heavy brigade into the first turn, not for the feint hearted, where angels fear to tread, party piece. All great Lanningisms. I dont think he'll ever be bettered personally.

[GeneralMelchett]

On 7/11/2026 at 7:25 PM, chun said:

What does that mean!11

High Wide and Handsome I reckon!

A couple of ones that I always recall and they actually started to grate on me a bit - 'he's going to wind it on round the outside'  - 'Cuts back to the inside' both these phrases usually resulted in no passing!

 

[IainB]

It's all about the start

[WookieboyDon]

6 hours ago, E I Addio said:

Tatums meaningless “ Early doors” whatever that means.

Two meaning less Lanningisms that used to drive me mad :-

“( such and such )…..makes the jump” 

and the really dreadful “ Here comes Collins ( or whoever) high wide and handsome “

If you turned the sound off a and only listened to Lannings commentary you wouldn’t have a clue what was going on.

The art of a good commentator is to know what to say and when to keep quiet based on whether they are on the tv or the radio.

 

For television, you don't need to explain absolutely everything as people can see it for themselves. For radio, a continual description is needed. 

 

For a phrase, one that Olly Allen has used quite a few times this year when conditions has been wet (and others have used it as well) is "He's been filled in..." We know it's to do with the dirt, but it can have other meanings! 😉

Edited 19 minutes ago by WookieboyDon