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If a Fast Track (FT) guest is needed then the Guest replacement will be selected from riders as follows: Riders with a grading of 24 or above may only be replaced by a rider with a lower grading Riders with a grading below 24 may be replaced by any Rider who has a grading below 24 regardless of the actual grade Does it mean Benji Compton is a guest tonight? (can only guest 3 more times if that is true) Surely he can't be permanent signing as is above Johnson in Fast Track Draft Grade List. http://www.speedwaygb.co/14issues/el14_issue23.pdf

2 race nights (Monday + Wednesday or Thursday), max 18 meetings/team in regular season (in 10 teams EL league) + playoffs. That is amount of meetings top riders will be happy to book in UK I believe (idea of watching every away team twice/season is simply stupid for me). 14 meetings in regular season in Poland and you know what? Every single one is a big thing for supporters. Make it more exclusive, bring top boys back and people will come to watch it. Keep one British youngster in the team (to build bright future) and you will see progress. Nothing better than learn from the best (Poland and Sweden in this case). Squad system with 2 number ones as an option for GP boys also good thing. R/R, guest system - must go.

Problem can simply be solved in the future. New FIM regulation that any rider can only ride for 1 team that was champion in 4 of biggest leagues year before. Let's say Kings Lynn, Zielona Gora, Vetlanda and Holsted win leagues in 2014. Then Hampel have to chose Zielona Gora or Vetlanda for 2015. It will only be a problem for 1 or 2 riders every year and they are good enough to find new teams anyway.

Woffinden >= Ward King >= Woodward Harris =< Batchelor Stead =< Doyle Pretty well balanced teams. Will be close for sure. Expecting great battle!

Why no Kerr in heat 14? Good gate 4 which Kerr used perfectly in heat 9 and somehow they let Rose to have 4th ride. Sense there was some deal/result fixing. 2 pts for Poole and 1 for Stars and everyone happy? Fishy

What is wrong with that young lad Josh Bates? Another Bridger/Kennett type? Stupid mistakes on track and then some crazy moves on the way to the pits and in the pits (like punching the wall). He needs to calm down, looked like a clown not like a British hope.

OK fair enough, all clear now. Thought that Aspgren's ave was below Gapinski.

He did in heat 5 (gate 3) and took 6 rides on the night.

Last week Miedzinski took one of Aspgren's rides which surprised me a lot. Have R/R rules changed? Can team manager pick ANY rider with higher avarage? I'm pretty sure Miedzinski was not the one directly above Aspgren.

This Danish league is sick. 6 heats in 75 minutes. No tempo at all. Booring

Thanks Ghost. Still better than Mellgren I guess. Looking forward to watch it. Zorro the key for Smederna (13 pts last year, 9 in 2012). Good, close meeting in prospect.

Cool, thanks r&r.

Great previews. Like always! Much appreciated Ghost. By the way, any dates for last week's rained off meetings?

Thanks

Still no news who's guesting tonight? Or R/R finally?

What is the point to provide preview on Lions website 2-3 days before the meeting? Is it that hard to update it in a match day? They also have facebook profile but nothing there either. Not very Elite standard of communication with fans. Edit: PK guesting tonight. Updated on Facebook. Good job Leicester PR person.

Why there was no R/R for North when he crashed and withdrawn? I think it is allowed this season?

Famous football player Michael Owen at reserve again?

Fisher has to go. Since he moved to number 3, he only scored 23 pts in 8 matches (32 heats)!!! CMA 2.875 says it all.

Thanks Ghost!

Can they use R/R? Or not possible as he is not injured? Also the same applies to Vastervik. R/R for Nermark (he is at Birmingham tonight, I believe)? Edit: Found new Piraterna lineup on SVEMO http://ta.svemo.se/Public/Pages/Competition/DrivingSchedule/CompetitionLiveResult.aspx?Branch=Speedway&Columns=CompetitionInfo,Branch,Name,Arena,Organizer,FromDateShort&Datefilter=Today&pagesize=10&CompetitionId=3333 Seems that Rosen replacing Darcy and looks like Nermark is either riding or R/R allowed.

Belle Vue reserves still not confirmed for this one?

Josh Bates to guest at Leicester (15:00) and then at Wolves (19:30) ???

Calculated gate stats after heat 14. Gate 1 3 wins, 21 pts Gate 2 2 wins, 15 pts Gate 3 6 wins, 27 pts Gate 4 3 wins, 21 pts How come Lynn picked 2&4 for heat 15???