For a former rider, Staechmann is pretty clueless at times.

Agree with that and so did picko

Rushen did nothing wrong there, he’s due an apology from Staechman, who was babbling nonsense that he’d done something really dangerous (and who didn’t have the guts to correct himself when the replay showed him to be way off).

If Cairns was tyre warming (and admitted it), shouldn’t he have been excluded? Or is that a warning/fine scenario? Seems odd to me, since he will have had an (admittedly small) advantage off the start.

Threatening closure because they cant afford an air fence is pathetic. If you were a potential investor into the air fence and you read the press release they put out, you would stay well clear.    Another prime example of why speedway isn't classed as a professional sport in the Uk by most.

Always put in belle vue riders contracts