Derwent

From purely a speedway perspective, there was no more entertaining sight on a bike than Kenny Carter in full flow. I know the mists of time can cloud our memories somewhat but at times he could be absolutely mesmerising on the track.

The incident in the final was one of those moves that 9 times out of 10 Hancock would have got away with, he'd have moved Doyle out and got past and we'd be all saying it was a great move. But sometimes it goes wrong and, to my mind, if you're going to take the plaudits when it works then you equally have to take the responsibility when it goes wrong. For that reason I'd have excluded Hancock, he was clearly the culprit on this occasion.

Rubbish, Hancock knew he'd been outgated and deliberately moved out into Doyle.

Eurosport 2 (Sky channel 411 for HD or 443 if not) at 8.45am tomorrow morning

Rubbish, its very easy to cancel Sky, one short phone call. Also, by phoning Sky to cancel you can get some cracking deals to remain with them such as free sports and movies for 12 months etc

Tai not having a great night so far. This stream is good, high quality picture http://esportpl.com/live-3/

The current prize money structure for each GP pays the GP winner $12,000, the 2nd place gets $8,800, 3rd gets $7,200 and 4th gets $6,200. The money then decreases for each position and the 16th place gets paid $3,400 The two track reserves get $1,000 each The total prize money for each GP amounts to $84,500 (~£55k at current exchange rates)

No it isn't, there's video footage of the incident too.

The vast majority of them are not available at the prices shown on the listing page. Clicking through to book them the price adjusts upwards by between 50 and 75% !

Not really. He was suspended at the end of August and the season finished in late October so he's only really been out for 2 months as I don't expect he'd have been doing much racing during the winter (he hasn't ridden in the Aussie Championship since 2011).

That may well be the case but quite frankly any rider who consumes alcohol after officially signing on to the meeting, which they do prior to practice, is asking for trouble as they can be randomly tested at any point after that. From the point of signing on until the meeting is officially declared closed they can be tested, its just common sense to abstain during that period.

The Comets won't be racing at Derwent Park next season............ it's been renamed as the Zebra Claims Stadium.... http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/sport/town/workington-town-s-derwent-park-to-be-renamed-1.1179330

Carl Stonehewer Brian Havelock Mal McKay Simon Stead Lou Sansom Alan Emerson Reg Wilson

Yeah, he forgot his pyjamas so couldn't do that "dive in and pick the rubber brick up from the bottom of the pool" thing.

I seem to recall a Coventry rider (possibly Rick Miller ?) being excluded for not making an effort to race when he was the only rider on track. There had been 3 exclusions and he was the only rider left in the 4th re-run and so he just pulled wheelies to entertain the crowd for the full 4 laps and the referee promptly excluded him !

Not sure why Middlo is blaming the FIM for Poole not getting a replacement. In his own words the riders they wanted either were unavailable or didn't want to do it. Not sure how knowing about the ban earlier would have changed that situation ? So in effect he's blaming the FIM for Poole not being able to get a replacement that they didn't want anyway !

Its not a question of criminal legalities, more civil ones. Say the FIM banned him for a year and his lawyers subsequently found a reason to challenge the ruling, he could then sue the FIM for loss of earnings, loss of sponsorship, damages etc. So the FIM have to be sure they have a watertight case before they issue a ban to mitigate the risk of future action against them.

The lawyers will be looking for even the slightest technicality. For example, when was the testing machine last calibrated ? Were the people who administered the test qualified to do so, had they been properly trained in using the equipment ? Was he given the option of submitting a blood sample for testing ? Had the people involved been near to methanol ? Was the ballot carried out in accordance with FIM regulations ? Was he given the opportunity to be re-tested ? None of which excuses him but the lawyers will be looking for any little loophole that they can find to claim that it is an "unsafe conviction".

Get Burnicle back on with his overt sexism and leering at the young ladies on view, he's comedy gold. I think he's a "hard charger" of a different variety.......

The RLWC had fanzone on the streets too, do you think they had to pay the council for it ?

That is shocking really and shows how speedway undersells itself and how it is regarded by others. As an example, the Rugby League World Cup have just recently published the accounts for the tournament and it reveals that to hold the opening double-header at Cardiff they were paid a sum of more than £1m by the Welsh Assembly, Cardiff Council and Visit Wales collectively. Other sports get paid to hold events there, speedway has to pay to have them !

Were either Emil or Jarek born in the UK to British parents then ?

Why would I feel the need to comment on that ? He rides under the British flag, and for Team GB, what more do you want ? Where you live isn't who you are.

To quote the tattoo Tai has across his upper torso - "Pain is just weakness leaving your body" He seems to have the attitude to life that it is better to take risks and try to achieve something than to play safe and die wondering, and good on him for that.

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