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Hmm 🤔 Scott Nicholls - is he too dangerous?

For MPT read R/R in both teams

Rumours that there will be another northern NDL team , to fill up the clubs fixture list, but as previously said…where are the extra riders to come from ? Teams struggled last season to fill the spots with a number of juniors thrown in just to make the numbers up on occasions. No one can guess what gems the top table will / already have come up with as the ridiculously named ‘rising star’ programme has already been ‘arranged’ and rider signings already announced so they already know what they are going to do with the top two divisions. The sport desperately needs a proper NDL system with many more fixtures than last season where riders can develop over time , not just ride every four weeks and hope we unearth a large crop of British youngsters, not just the odd one . They said they were going to have all sorts of opportunities for NDL standard riders last season, three individual meetings doesn't bare that out to me. The sport is dying from the bottom up because of the way its being run, lets hope a miracle happens and they get the mess sorted out.

Is he not on a 10 year contract anyway ? 🥸

Has Coles been on a bike before.

Speedway is full of BS, half the riders haven’t a clue why they use something they just see a top rider use it and think they have to as well, the riders at the top understand that speedway is very rider specific, what works for 1 rider won’t work for another and around 50% of riders throw money at something that doesn’t work, I remember when I worked for Adam skornicki him telling me at a meeting his bike packed up and Jason crump lent him a bike, he said it was the worst bike he had ever raced, it didn’t want to turn but obviously it worked for Jason

What's the advantage of Bomber at No6? That he can have 7 rides by any chance? It's a waste as it means others in the top 5 are not performing. A strong No6 is only valid with strong Heatleaders. No team can compete if the No1 / No5 are less than a 7.50 average.

Enjoying me pre meeting flat white in the local Costa. Not quite so early leaving today as I'm on the 1041 train. This is it, the Treble. C'mon the Boyzzzz ☠️ 🏆🏆🏆

This really is a vile thread. The lad is learning and is no doubt going to be a very good rider. The OP should be ashamed of himself for starting such an awful thread.

Very similar to Tim Stone at Newport, done a fantastic job to bring the sport back and put his money where his mouth was. Stoney wasn't everyone's cup of tea (myself included) but put his life into the place. Granted, Len didn't let things get as bad as Stoney did at Newport but you'll see what I mean. Stoney brought the sport back and built it up very high very fast, and the memories he brought to Newport fans will never be forgotten. Post 2003, Newport fans prayed Stoney would sell up and move over for someone else and the family everyone wanted to take over eventually did and we all seen what happened pretty quickly once they did. Len brought speedway back to Rye when nobody else could or would and within a couple of seasons they were a Premier League mega force. The 05 and 07 teams Len built were superb and you'd actually enjoy and admire seeing them come to Newport, especially Robbo who was pure box office. The sport could certainly do with a lot more promoters in the mold of Len Silver now that's for sure.

Thank you for the benefit of your experiences Dean. I am nearly 80 years old and I have learn't a hell of a lot just reading this Thread. I have followed Speedway since 1964. Again - Many thanks.

Yep gutted he won’t be back for next year. One of those riders that’s worth the entrance fee all on their own. Hopefully Poole can hold on to Tom and I would expect Zach to take over the Captaincy duties for next year.

No. But we what we do have is a daft Bald Bloke

No room for your trolling rubbish.

Is it safe? Have the Poole fans gone? 🫣

They should go for Troy B

You're right, but that's where it needs to change. It should be run by the FIM or an Eccleston type character and everyone else has to fall in line for the greater good.

I just think the calibre of riders are so poor now. Not sure if its the bikes , engines or what but hardly any of them can ride the tracks and actually have enough track craft and speed to pass anyone? Cant blame the tracks, we've had some right dumps in years gone by and you at least saw the odd pass.

Because speedway is run by the riders, F1 isn’t run by the drivers, the solid block tyre was an attempt to slow the sport down and was met with dummies out the pram from all concerned, the sport will continue to run away cost and speed wise because there is no Bernie eccleston type character at the helm dictating the sport, there are various examples of expensive parts that have had no beneficial impact for the sport, tubeless tyres and the wheels needed,, karger ignition boxes, blixt carbs,hydraulic valves being some examples

The NJL has lost its way since the Swales controlled days. Too many individuals looking for team glory rather than the interest of the juniors, rules changed to suit one club and recently incompetent leadership from the ‘co-ordinator’ leading to the loss of stalwart managers at clubs. Now there is a shortage of kids coming through to fill the existing teams with more and more amateur meetings being cancelled for just that reason. Lets hope the NJL can be revived back to pre SCB interference days.

Uneducated. The Gift

I thnnk it would be good if speedway could follow a system like Formula One where the 'formula' is revised and updated every five years or so. Whether it's 2 or 4 valve or upright or laydown I'll leave to more technically minded people, but it would make the sport interesting and relevant. As long as there is a sufficient lead in period to the next formula there would be no issues with equipment becoming obsolete, they would just get old and be out of date anyway. It hasn't done Formula One any harm to introduce elements to the sport which effectively slow down the cars - why not speedway?

Its called 'promoting the fixture'. Other clubs should try it sometime.

Was Alan Titmarsh there?

It should also be Foord not foord and Poole not poole!

You can’t just scrap fixtures though,they would be fined.

Maybe you should have said that in the title.

If you can't tell the difference between Jason Garrad riding around and falling off on his own, and Vinnie Foord riding around and dangerously taking off an opposing rider(s) because he doesn't have the skill to control his speed - then I'm not sure your opinion is worth listening to. Sorry.

Can we just take it as read that any rider who was killed in action 'left us too soon' The most complete list is here: https://speedwayinmemoriam.yolasite.com/

Christer Lofqvist died 1978 from a brain tumour aged 33, always remembered by West Ham fans

Lee Richardson

Paul Muchene. He may not have been a future world champion, but was an honest rider who was starting to make his way in the sport. Taken too early after a horrific crash at Hackney in 1989.

Congrats to Vinnie showed that he can ride a bike.Showed great bike control.

At Carmarthen in 2002 we had shale from the GP at Cardiff and it wouldn’t bind so me and Gordon meakins went at midnight to roll waste oil drums all over the track and then prep the track, next morning it rained hard and the track was a nice rainbow colour but it did bind the shale

I agree. Kvech can be a 7.5-8.0 rider, especially now he’s seen all the away tracks at least once

Loyalty deserves to be rewarded

Look I don’t mind one bit being wrong, but I don’t even think Harris will be there. The club fails to attract the top riders. Perhaps the riders tip one another off regarding Buster who is not popular.

King?

look out for me.

I've heard nothing but speculation about sedgmen. But I would like him at 6. He rode brilliantly at 2 partnering fricke last season.

I think you will find it is Sam Hagon.

Ben Cook, Lawson, Klindt, Iversen, Kvech, Harris, Boughen. Think that’ll be it.

depends on your definition of 'technical' if its how difficult it is for riders (esp away ones) to get the set up right and ride the correct lines then id say bv is technical in that respect its generally not a particularly easy track for away riders to score points on because there are so many lines

Your spelling needs some work!

I think we've crossed wires here. I wasn't talking about Simon Lambert's performances in isolation, I was talking about you comparing him to Scott Nicholls (and Nicholls when the track was dry). Anyway, let's draw a line under it as I don't think we're going to agree, and look forward to tonight instead.

Hume to Berwick

Don't see why so many people have a problem with this post. If Lambert rides as well as he did last year, then it will be interesting - could mean decent races against Lawson, Brennan & the Cooks. Lisa never said it would help Oxford win the Cup, merely that it could be interesting. She's entitled to her opinion, why are so many people bothered by it?

Most fans are biased to a degree but I do tend to try to give a fair view although if I think it is clearly wrong then I may disagree! It is a great shame that Oxford have a shadow of the side that should have been competing for the cup. Poole have been lucky to get to this stage of the season without many injuries and have been able to field a full side in the play off final and in the cup.

I'd say that the NSS is probably the most technical track in regards to bike setup, riding ability not so much.

The 2valve/4 valve argument is largely redundant, it’s has no real bearing on the current state of the sport, bikes are no faster now in real time speed than they were 40 years ago, what has changed dramatically is the speed of the back wheel, engine revs now are ridiculously and unnecessarily high, japs revved up to around 6000, 2valve Jawa revved up 7500 revs, 4 valve weslake were up to around 9500 and upright GMs to around 11500, the modern GM can max out at around 13500 revs although during a race you would be lucky to hit 12,000 revs but as I said earlier overall times over 4 laps haven’t really changed, the increase in revs is causing the tyres to disintegrate and it’s causing the tracks to disintegrate and it’s also made the bikes flat out power rather than throttle control, the modern silencer has reduced the usual power down to about 2000 revs, anything out side that usable rev range and you will not go anywhere, imo the introduction of a 10,500 rev limit via the rev limiter, a better tyre and a better silencer would make the bikes easier to control, you could also do things like smaller cam lift or heavier flywheels or softer compression to reduce the overall revs of the engine, it’s not too hard to implement these measures but unfortunately the sport is run by the riders for the riders via the tuners so don’t expect anything to change anytime soon