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My names David.

Having been looking forward to a Dad and his 2 lads weekend at the Grand Prix Round 2 in Warsaw we had brilliant day watching some excellent racing and the whole day went smoothly and as planned. Our flight home Sunday morning was an early one , we met and had photographs taken with Chris and Jack Holder , we met Jason Doyle and his pit crew all at the Airport which was a good start to our trip home. We had unallocated seats on the plane back to the UK and expected to be separated which was fine ….. the boys boarded as I followed on after only to go and find my youngest lad sitting next to the current leader , the one and only Jason Doyle with Simon Lambert sitting in front. As you can imagine my lad had the biggest cheesiest grin ever to be seen ! Both Jason and Simon chatted pretty much most of the flight home sharing stories and offering some banter. Jason also took a keen interest in my lads Kart racing and was more than willing to look at some photos and ask about the sport which made my lads days. To think Jason had been to work only a few hours before and come away winning the Grand Prix and still take time to talk and show interest in my lad is a day we will never forget. We now look forward to our next trip to watch Round 8 in Wroclaw only this time we’ll be joined by her indoors so I’m guessing they’ll be a bit of shopping and sight seeing involved !

Feel for any team that is affected by any rider’s ban. Anybody advise why in some cases the used banned substance is disclosed and in other cases not. Surely supporters, especially the Tiger’s fans have a right to know.

Mind you no doubt we'll have Laguta Racing Fan along in a minute tho to tell us his w*#k piece Artem is just waiting for his phone to ring

No, no, no!

some would have come on here and said he doesnt know what he is doing putting Matt Perry in the race. I wouldn't put Matt Perry in any race ! David Scwimmer might be a better bet, at least he is still alive

Those quotes are from the bloke who is trying to get Jason garrity back into british speedway, you can draw your own conclusions.

Good to see cami has got over this crying still in the speedway star. Going to put a formal complaint in. Also comping he got a fine for swearing and shouting at the ref. Really didn’t help himself but does make you laugh.

Speedway meetings never used to be cancelled with such small amounts of rain - the meeting against Lynn last week being a case in point. This is hurting not only the hosting tracks but also the sport in general and the riders themselves, because venues will continue to disappear. Some people might say the bikes these days can't be ridden but if that's the case then it's not the tracks at fault but the bikes and it's really disappointing that it's got to this state. I used to enjoy meetings on wet tracks as results were a little more unpredictable. Rant over.

Pay Up.

I think that's great he's getting help, but would suggest getting his 4th ride & gating tuition would be more valuable?

What is the matter with some of you, you should be ashamed. i have supported Brum since 1971, never moaned about them, had a few tears ( a bit like my footy team ), but i will still go and watch them , stop piggin moaning. Rumour from the Speedway Tavern show that there is something bigger in the air.

Is that you Amy?

The time when he would get to the track at 5am to prepare it after the banger racing the night before, or bad weather, are long gone. At 66 (August) It's time for himself and Cheryl to enjoy their retirement fund.. And not dwindle it away running Lynn for another year or so.

So can I, I can also recall more than once riders kicking up a stink and not wanting to ride on the re- layed track,and Buster getting really p1ssed off

A contentious decision but there aren’t many matches where there isn’t something that sparks debate. The proverbial ‘first bend bunching’ when a rider is knocked off. Different referees interpretation of when a rider is ready at the tapes to name but two. Bottom line is the match should have finished at heat 15, a draw. Super heat is plain silly. Mr Brown not doing himself any favours labouring the point.

Agreed the taresenko transfer was crazy on a 5, but if a rider has set foot in the u24's he's now a 5 which is madness. The under 24's is just a test pot for Ekstraliga teams to find their next 6 and 7. Having seen the quality of racing in Poland the Ekstraliga 2 is somewhere between championship and premiership. But tarring them all with 6's and 8.5's is madness. I completely agree that there has to be some conversion, but do it based on their actual average not on under or over a 6 points average. That would be the same as saying Leon flint and bomber Harris should have the same converted average.

Tolley's quote about money not being the problem is going to haunt him

No guarantee he would have beaten Liebmann which would have done him no good at all but no surprise an old Swindon fan slating Poole or their fans.

And another one happy to see a club fold, you won't have anyone to race against soon

Ok I'll bite: you missed one and we don't!

Celina has got the speed she’s shown that. She just needs to improve her gating and be a bit more forceful into the first bend

I'm suggesting they could've put Perry in heat 14, once they were well clear & given both reserves 4 rides.

But Tolley had 7 to "choose" from. You're right of course (just waiting for @LagutaRacingFan to pipe up )

Isn't it Brexit that has dammed the flow of new riders, rather than the SCB?

If you class the drone footage from Ashfield as absolute then I wish I had your xray vision, it certainly shows how close all 3 behind Worrall were going over the line but it in no way is it ‘absolute’ in showing who got it either way

I remember years ago Lee had a massive crash that he was lucky to get out of in a very nice Subaru Impreza. Very silly boy, he's let everyone down when he'd got back to being a crowd favourite and had lots of good sponsors. All thrown away now possibly because of the need for a quick fix, wonder if he's thinking was it worth it. Back to building sites and body building again. Good luck with whatever you do lee, your second time around in speedway looks like it's done.

There is a commer after his dad to separate Martin Dugard from that relationship. I do realise that Martin Dugard is his uncle. Lisa it would be more appropriate of you to comment on my post as a whole rather than one possible grammar error. Lisa is the forum English teacher (said tongue in cheek)

100% luck. Repeating myself, but forecasts change regularly. As you say the forecast this morning is now worse for Lynn today than it was yesterday, but it could easily have gone the other way and improved significantly. There’s just no way of knowing. Another example, our meeting at Foxhall this evening was under no threat yesterday whatsoever, a little rain about but nothing that would even slightly threaten the meeting. This morning, the forecast now for Ipswich is horrendous! This has to be in serious doubt now too. https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/forecast/u12b4ht3f#?date=2024-05-16 Should always wait until the day of meetings for a more accurate forecast before calling meetings imo.

Yeah I really don't understand why they didn't give Perry a 4th ride. Do people honestly think Poole are worried about losing by 30 points in the return leg?

As frustrating as it was to have the wrong result, amending results later is a can of worms best avoided. If you think speedway looks amateur now, introduce that and it'll be an order of magnitude worse.

All riders have this week been sent a memo showing how to adjust the position of the transponder. It no longer sits on top of the h frame at the top of the forks. it has to face downwards. How the hell did we get to May, at least 2 wrong results, one at Sheffield and one at Glasgow, and not know they are fitted wrong. There is even a pouch behind the fork covers, which is further forward than the h frame, but the memo does not say you cannot use the pouch. With the knowledge of the inconsistent fitting and the resulting false readings , surely the video evidence which is absolute, should be used and the results amended of the two matches affected.

Well for a start we need to know were Lambert will be! Lots will happen between now and the playoffs we can be sure of that!

it was very strong aspirin for toothache (apparently) Wonder if his wife will now issue a new statement

I believe that Dan & Joe Thompson will be in the Terenzano QR.

Debrecen 20th May- start time 3pm UK time 1 Ellis 2 TBA 3 Melnychuk 4 Jakobsen 5 Manzares 6 Magosi 7 Hillebrand 8 Woryna 9 Thorssell 10 Prem Pawlicki 11 Lebedevs 12 Lindback 13 Bellego 14 Macek 15 Basso 16 Tungate 17 RES Kovacs 18 RES Fuzesi

cannot complain about those numbers .

If Birmingham are cutting costs they won't be signing Zagar that's for sure

Said it for years not sure he's really kicked on though. Scores well in the u24 league though. If was me I'd fancy the Norwegian pollestad, 19 plenty potential there.

Is that the wet kind?....sorry Bagpuss...I couldnt resist?!

Not after some of last years half-arsed performances... only puts in the effort when he can be bothered

Reserves are always a easy target and so many expect so much from them they are often under more pressure than heat leaders Yes we all want them to score more but just keep the pressure off them and let them gain the confidence they need Both Sam and celina can improve We need them challenging for 2nds rather than 3rd places with the odd win But id be sad to see any replaced by another rider who scores similar Cant fault the effort celina puts in on track I've never seen her give up before the flag

You beat me to it

The linked Twitter above says that the track can't take the rain predicted until 4pm ... It's raining persistently in Kesgrave.

No team should loose by 30 points at workington its too fair of a race track

Do you honestly think Poole could struggle to win the bonus? Besides is it not more important to help Perry for the rest of the season? Surely an extra ride against a weak reserve would be great for his confidence?

More long term user and that is also the reason why the laboratory has suggested the hair sampling to confirm he is long term clean . What I do not understand is when these riders get caught they know they are guilty why do they come up with these excuses like Complin with a Mouth Abcess treatment. All they do is destroy their reputation further as get proven as a liar as well If this has been genuine and Lee had told the Faceena’s this I am confident a well paid lawyer would have been able to defend this case and provided multiple medical experts to end with just missing the meetings that he has done

Must of been blazing the Mary Jane if he’s got to do hair samples for 3 months.

Comfortably ? 8 points and Doyle missed both matches.