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How much was he getting paid when he got 0 at Grudziądz last week

This is where we are at nowadays in the UK unfortunately. Riders just aren't interested in a wet track here when they can earn many multiples in Poland the next weekend. There is a 70-80% chance of showers all afternoon tomorrow and while they may miss Lynn clubs would rather not risk what we had at the Foxhole last Thursday I guess. The days of boilersuits and sawdust are long, long gone.

McDairmid riding for Zielina Gora in the Extraliga on Friday. Not sure he should be riding in the Championship if other leagues have priority over him on nights when Championship teams race.

Let's hope so, we need more of it in speedway.

🦁 50-40 ⭐

It is Luke's Dad, several on here could vouch for that. Also discussing it is fine but its gone on and on and on and got a bit silly (in BSF style) now so you can understand riders and their families getting fed up with it.

They do, although not really sure what that has to do with young riders being available during the week?

Lynn on Wednesdays, that's probably it.

That would only provide twelve riders though. I suspect if Cooper & Cairns weren't in it people probably wouldn't turn out in enough numbers unfortunately.

Don't be a wally, be graceful. You fully deserved it last night but were incredibly fortunate last year. Because Sedgmen isn't very good and didn't really want Prem. McDairmid would have fitted and looks a better option right now in light of how well the reserves have started (would have been a very young bottom end with him at 2). If Castagna and Cook were replaced before Thursday/Monday I wouldn't be disappointed, neither were anywhere good enough last night. They shouldn't be that uncompetitive on their own track. Next Monday is a must win, its effectively season over if we lose another home meeting as its difficult to see us clawing those defeats back at BV, Sheff, Leicester or Ipswich at the moment. I dont think the score last night really reflected how much better BV were, there was a bit of a chasm between the sides in reality. Cooper just gets better each week, phenomenal stuff from him last night.

Thoroughly deserved win for Belle Vue, never really looked in doubt from heat one unfortunately. Racing dull other than a couple of Cooper rides. Lynn horrific out of the gate yet again. Really poor evening. Changes must be being thought about at least.

I don't understand how a home team can be so bad out of the gate on their home track week after week after week.

I suspect there weren't a long queue of tracks willing to take it on. It's not the greatest circuit granted but its well supported and were presumably keen to host.

Lynn currently dont stream their home meetings.

Thank you, very helpful.

I'm struggling to find the evidence @IainB but I'm sure Boughen had a purple patch in 2024 just before he had a nasty crash at the British U21 final at Redcar after which his scores returned to the norm. EDIT here's a 13+1 at Glasgow: https://speedwayupdates.proboards.com/thread/22903/oxford-championship-08-09-2024

I don't think stocks have a great deal of impact nowadays if you have access the the right equipment ie a blade, I'd say it's more to do with introducing more dirt as there was clearly more of that last night compared to last week. Will take a week or two to bed in, but nevertheless the experienced riders need to deal with it better than they did last night.

Was it naughty or the usual Holder bleating?

So in theory Northampton and/or Lynn could use Jake Mulford or Joe Thompson as guests?

Cooper quite clearly got that move badly wrong and was incredibly lucky to not be disqualified, as were the other two lads to not break bones. But let's not go OTT, he is young and still learning and I'm sure somebody will have had a word, and he himself will have realised his error. I actually think watching it from behind that he veered further left than he intended, looking over his shoulder doesn’t mean he was trying to nail anybody. It was an error of judgement. Let's not use this as a stick to beat one of our young prospects too hard. Out of interest what are the rules regarding guests for Rising Stars?

Has Danny King ever ridden better?

The extra dirt this week has clearly caught out the Northampton riders, Thomson apart.

The GB trio might pick themselves after heat 2 at Northampton this evening!