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9pm finish, frank ebdon would of been proud of that

What a great advert for speedway that would be.... "meeting postponed because Poole want to host the second leg..." For Heavens sake.

A neutral's perspective, watching on TV. There were still plenty of exciting races and good moves to make it enjoyable. Hagon and NKI didn't seem overly bothered by the conditions and watching Bewley, Kurtz, Lidsey and even Blodorn using track craft to position themselves in the right position on the track to pass riders made it an enjoyable watch still

If it is wet, and they still run, the racing will be very processional... One line with loads of grip... Won't be great to watch... They would have to remove "lots" of material and there would still be a "berm" that will develop that the riders will use... PUK got his track record in similar conditions.. The final deserves a showpiece event not a gating competition....

Think you have to credit Hagon there,rather than saying it was dreadful from Blodorn.

If Oxford is off Wednesday the first leg will be Poole on Friday!

Just watched it on YT... Some cracking racing... Bllodorn third to first... NKI's move on Becker.. Bewley and Kurtz going either side of riders for fun.. And Sam Hagon showing one or two of his more experienced team mates how to ride the NSS.. Not many tracks in perfect condition would bring up racing that good tonight...

Indeed, every season people say the team that loses a final has "bottled it" is it not possible a team just lost because their opponents were better?

Why would they not support their team? Given Leicester has rolled BV over twice at home this year why would anyone think it's a done deal? Those of us who no longer have a team would love to have one in a final, with a chance to win still.

Wondering if everyone who complained that the meeting wasn't called off early, admit they were wrong & give the Belle Vue promotion / track staff credit?

But Frank would have done it with 19 starts.... And four exclusions...

The Ferrari F1 ride is mental... I am going to ask if it accelarates from a standing start faster than a Speedway bike... And then let Kelvin know...

Leicester should do a double header Play off final and Jubilee final

What's the forecast like for Sheffield and Ipswich? If it is ok, maybe they could be picked to be the finalists instead? 😁

Betty's HotPot?

There's no easy way agreed but year on year the play offs and finals are raced in conditions alien to the rest of the season . Speedway has prostituted itself to tv tbf and there are so many blank weeks in summer your first sentence doesn't hold much water

A line to sum up British Speedway... And why it isn't taken seriously... That said... Get the red smoke flares out for Thursday... The Manc invasion is on.....

I'm sure Poole are not going to force him to ride, if he feels fine and wants to, it's up to him

I think all the teams in the league have been grateful for emil riding in the uk the last two years, put numbers on every gate! class act on and off the track

Currently 26C and Sunny where I am... In Salou... (If it helps anyone)....😁😇

There is some stupid talk on here. If Oxford is postponed Poole will be the first leg end of. I have this from the promoters mouth earlier today. And Poole are at home next Wednesday to Scunthorpe as already agreed and that will not change.

And you've made your choice, but you don't get to choose the weather

Belle Vue are favourites for sure but I'm such a proud lions supporter this season. In our history we are usually the whipping boys so this is just fun to be here. Don't expect flares and bend 2 army folks were just glad we're here lol

Entitled is certainly a good word when it comes to Poole.

You mean LAST timers

What do you want to be said, they put 2 posts on social media today, a meeting preview and a race day update with times, so it’s on, if it wasn’t on they’d have announced it was off.

Hearing Doyle (C) and Emil coming back ...

I’m concerned that if TV company turn up then that’s it, the pressure will be to get it on. We know the track can take water but we had a hell of a lot and it will be sodden, in July for SoN a couple of hours sun would start to dry it out. that’s not going to happen now in cold overcast conditions.

The Kings Lynn promotion would have called both meetings off by now - For commercial reasons. 😜

Ben is keen to be back racing as soon as possible. He definitely doesn't think his season is over.

The weather dictates racing like tonight.. And from what I have read the Aces seemed to pass easily enough.. And, if you are a Leicester fan... You won't be used to close racing anyway... Gate. Go. Hit bend apex. Drift up bend. Lock up. Go down straight.. Rinse and Repeat...

Same with Iversen,he only sees it a couple of times a season,but he rode like a teenager there tonight.Leicester weren't hungry enough and were simply outclassed tonight.We still see a very good meeting and i'm pretty sure it will not be as entertaining on Thursday.

While the track is not good its certainly not dangerous Bewley and Kurtz making it look very rideable.

We can't tell you support Leicester can we🤔 That's why you aren't a team manager.

Its a shame the weather has spoilt the racing really. Damage limitation now for the Lions. Just get that heat win

A 'poor ' Belle Vue track is better than a good track virtually anywhere else. Given the rain that has fallen I think it is remarkably good

who is to say he should ride this season ? i am sure the hospital team will have advised Ben to have complete rest and no further motorbikes for a good few weeks . but being Poo;e fans they want it all and are willing to have him on the team / prob at an unknown risk to Ben himself and not all the eedyats that want him to ride . its a win at all costs , no matter what .. i dont know how you can sleep at night or do you spend most of your night running back n forth to the bathroom and sleep all day ine arm chair in the living room .

Missed out last year in the final heat of the final meeting and missed out this year when both become injured! It’s no coincidence that the three clubs that seem to be competing for the title in recent years (Ipswich, Belle Vue, Sheffield) all have two big hitters. Emil/Doyle, Bewley/Kurtz, Holder/Woffinden. Poole another example, won every year with a top heavy team with Chris Holder and Darcy ward. It’s clearly the way to go to have the biggest chance of success.

Looking at that I now fancy some chocolate mousse!

That’s the agenda for day 1, sponsored my Mcvities.

I think the play off performances evidence that opinion, I also think Leicester's form started to drop a week or two before the play offs. Taking away any form I think these are two well matched teams and its all about the next 30 heats, as per the semi final id be very happy taking a 12 point lead into Thursday, 10 is par, 8 and below Leicester are favorite's.

Men just don't like women being involved in "their sport". It's as simple as that. No matter which way you look at it, it's sexism. Of course, there are bad female pundits but there's so absolute 🤡 male pundits too that have even 'Played the Game'. It's across ever male dominated sport

There's no reason for that to happen though, all meetings have to be raced. Would be a shame for any Scunny fans who have taken time off work & possibly booked hotels if there meeting was put back a week.

And seemingly not 1 forum member noticed either. With all the guest guesswork on the Poole thread it’s amazing Drew slipped through everyone’s net

I think there needs to be a bit of a history lesson. The FIM Europe SEC under One Sport was an open event for GP riders to ride in qualifiers and in the series. They pay a pittance to the FIME compared to the GP contract and quite rightly the GP promoters were not happy. Therefore it was agreed that the SEC winner would get a place in the GP’s( only the winner- if the winner qualifies by another route 2nd does not get in). GP riders cannot enter the qualifiers or be the series wildcards and can only stay in it if they finish in the top 5 of the series finals.- ie if Michelsen gets a GP wildcard in 2025 then he won’t be in the SEC. I think it was a fair compromise and leaves the SEC as the secondary competition albeit with a route to the GP. I also think no one can complain about top 4 in Challenge getting into GP especially as GP is over when it takes place so all 16 riders know that a quarter of them will be GP riders in 2025.

There's a lot of miserable b'stards on here😃. I'm just glad to be able to watch it on TV as I would never attend that many meetings. Eurosport put the money in (I'm sure the BSP are glad they did) and the presenters do a great job - I can forgive the odd mistake, life's too short.

Bowens steak pie hospitality indeed

Not a Doyle fan but believe 100% he should get a W/C .

How the hell does the SEC have a route to the GP series? We need open qualifiers that any rider, could theoretically qualify for. Not closed shops or wildcard picks for sponsors monster mates. The selection is a farce right now.

Why? Completely sexist to say that. We have speedway experts in both sexes, and equally some very good professional broadcasters in both sexes. The woman who hosted with Scott for BT Sports was fantastic for example.