Fromafar

I would agree with you on that one,attended Edinburgh on Friday and Berwick last night and saw at least 1/2 dozen of the incident you mention at EACH track ,pit bend at Edinburgh ,exit to second bend at Berwick and at both tracks riders were lucky to get away without serious injury and some hairy moments for the other riders in the races concerned.IMO silencers certainly don't help the situation when a rider gets pushed out of the racing line and has to react by shutting the throttle,the bike just takes off.Its noticeable nowadays that race leaders keep the throttle wound on even when winning by miles ,I think this has to be done to keep out of trouble and ride the ruts.

i Initially said it was a knee injury another Ambulance arrived at Stadium but not sure if Ben went away in it.

your boy was brilliant,with a decent Team manager you might have sneaked a win,unfortunately Barkers fall end your hopes.should have gave Hawkins his 3rd ride in Heat 13 in place of Lanham and put Ellis in Heat 14 IMO.

Have to agree, if you are trying to attract NEW fans by charging £10 why would they come back if you whack up the price the next again week.

like I stated in my previous Post the Promoters are the ones that have to come up with the answers.Some of the comments from certain Promoters to the Star's article early in the season prove that.We all have our own ideas but we are just the paying punters to some Promotions (not all I hasten to add).

What proposals could anyone offer through a magazine article that would be taken seriously .

Hard to say but Ellis was poor at Berwick which considering similar to I.O.W. was disappointing ,but he is young and is entitled to struggle on first time visits to away tracks.His main aim will be to get an injury free season under his belt which IMO is sensible.

A good article,but the average fan has recognised these shortfalls years ago IMO.restructure is certainly needed but how do you entice new fans to the sport and keep them ,the usual suspects will come with the usual it is 4 guys going round on a bike and everything is fine.geniune fans would love to come up with a solution but it is the Promoters as a collective group are the only people who can solve it.IMO.

BRITISHSPEEDPOWER previously known as ? On this Forum.

cheers ,remember now,crashed at Oxford with Blixt which finished him with serious wrist injury,former Bandit Paul Thorp rode in Final.

Thanks ,my mistake.

what about Kelvin Tatum I'm sure he rode in WTC when he rode for Bandits

I think it would be disappointing if Berwick did not stick with Ricky if he is coming back,he has become a favourite of the fans and done a good job in his time at Berwick.

Its total nonsense to charge anything if you have a rain-off ticket it's taking the p#ss IMO.what did the fans see 3-4farcical races.

Whatever anybody thinks about Eurosport coverage,just remember SKY just dumped GP speedway and will possibly be dumping British Speedway next season,at least Eurosport are giving it a go.Their. coverage of other bike sports is Great IMO.

While Greg has had a great GP career and cannot be dismissed lightly in any GP race.but,he has been passed more times this season after gating than in his whole GP career .The Young Guns are coming through and you cannot see him being Top Dog again.

Well done to Darcy don't think anyone else could have past Zager once never mind twice in the final.Good Eurosport coverage dispite the interval man getting a few minor things wrong ,better than the sky drivel in previous years.

With today's TV technology rewinds ect.I don't think it effects crowd levels if the fans want to watch speedway they will turn up IMO.Team Strenghts might be the deciding Factor in this one iI fear

Same conditions as Glasgow last Sunday.

you thought everything was on the the up last week,has reality kicked in.iI certainly hope that their fortunes can be turned round as we need successful teams in the North.

hope he has ordered the Pink kevlars.

The trouble with British speedway is that the variations in tracks sizes and shapes and technical nature of the sport is that modern technology has taken over ,the BSPA over the years have done very little in technical aspects of the sport to address this issue in British speedway and the entertainment value has dropped due to gate and go racing.Tracks in. Poland ,Sweden and recent British purpose built tracks are better suited to modern technology and is therefore much more likely to produce more entertaining racing.You can price anything according to the demand from the public.British Superbikes being an example .

Depends on how you price what length of time you are being entertained with your theory. You are not getting a days entertainment at a speedway meeting. Value for money is the issue IMO.

I am not knocking Jake in particular its just the way the system works averages mean too much and at the end of the day results matter it is very hard to carry 3pt men,that Sheffield line up was always on a hiding to nothing IMO unfortunately young Jake is the scapegoat .

Tend to agree, for years now there have been several Young Brits who just can't cope with the PL when given a chance .the ones that are coping seem to be from a Different form of bike sport ,the grass tracking scene seems to have dried up a little and the Moto Cross boys are taking over.there a lot of riders in NL who have been about for a few years but can't seem to break through for various reasons which have been well discussed on this forum