Wee Eck

This has to be one of the best promoted meetings ever - and for such a good cause. Have a look at the Facebook page for all the cameos supporting the event, including Jason Crump, Barry Briggs, Phil Collins, Bruce Penhall, James Easter, Ollie Allen, Kelvin Tatum, Chris Morton MBE, Erik Gundersen and Greg Hancock. Hopefully a decent crowd at Buxton on Sunday - the weather forecast looks good - and there’s a shed load of money raised for the Ben Fund.

Leave Nellie alone. He/she/it needs something to deflect from his/her team once more letting its supporters down with a baffling team selection. Again

Leave Nellie alone. He/she/it needs something to deflect from his/her team once more letting its supporters down with a baffling team selection. Again

It seemed a very strange move bringing, or rather announcing they were bringing Riss back when, no matter what, Oxford had only a couple of meetings left and, regardless of the results, weren’t going to make the play offs.

Is there such a thing as a “current rolling GSA” as opposed to just a normal GSA? There are exceptions but, for the majority of riders, the GSA’s come out on the 20 something of each month, effective from the 1st of the following month, so, for the whole of August, Rushen is 6.00 and Cairns 5.49.

If your quoted the full post, you’d have seen that’s exactly what @SteveLyric2wrote

Just to explain how these events work: tracks apply to stage what are called shared events. They will get a staging fee which will be a percentage of the gate receipts plus they will keep proceeds from car park and food and drink outlets if they have control over them. It is therefore in BV’s interests to promote the living daylights out of this event. But will they? Do they normally do any promotion? Radio? TV? Press? Blitzing social media? I have no idea, but then I’m not local

I was just trying to out Blobby Blobby. He’s Edinburgh’s (negative) answer to Steve Shovlar, saying the opposite of what he really feels

Typical Blobby-cology. Edinburgh have the potential to win tonight with Dan T, Kye and Paco on form, Grahn and Sedmen can be good back up and at least one of the reserves, Cluff probably more than capable of neutralising Newman. I’d have said previously that Poole might edge it due to the Middlo effect but he’s not going to be there. Predicted final score - not got a clue

I think you must have missed the point made in a previous post. He was released on licence with strict conditions. He knew what they were but still breached them and was returned to prison. He was then released again, and once more knew the conditions of his release yet still ignored them. And it wasn’t just being a little late for a curfew it was not being where he was permitted to be. There are many apologists on here for him but then there are those that were aware of his actions long before he committed the crimes for which he was jailed for a total of seven years and four months. And that is not a trivial sentence. It seems to me that he lacks all appreciation of right and wrong and, in my view, that is unlikely to change. Ever.

Was there not a tale going round some years ago about Mr Cook in a car with others when there was plenty of rawhide on show? The tale did happen but the event was only alleged

Craig Cook reassessed to a 5?

Typical (ex) Poole rider

Too many young riders who think they are something special as soon as they can slide a bike. And that applies from NDL onwards. Let’s face it, the sport in UK can’t afford to pay these guys a full time wage and all too many don’t have a back up income, but they still expect to be paid enough to live off for what is just a part time job. OK Lawson doesn’t appear to be sociable but he does his job well and I’d guess at a fair rather than excessive rate which is why he supplements his income outside the sport.

Why the negativity on Lawson? He’s increased his average by over half a point for Ipswich and so what if, unlike too many of the younger prima donnas, knows speedway doesn’t owe him a living so has additional employment that not only augments his speedway earnings but will give him income beyond retirement?