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There’s any number of riders who can look awesome in the NDL but that’s their limit. Loftus has a 9+ average in NDL but only 3.76 in the CL. I saw Shanes when he rode at Glasgow the night Greg Hancock was there. Greg told him to get his “ass” off the saddle. Next time out, he did. And won. Time after that, he reverted to type and came last. Hausl signed as a 5 “only had to exceed his average” to be a good signing. How did that work out? Shanes will fill a gap, but, after so long in the sport - and I know he has missed long spells due to injury - he’s not going to substantially improve. Fine for a team whose main aim is survival but no use for any club with a desire for success. IMO

Shanes is a grass tracker, not a speedway rider. He sits in to the bike and doesn’t move. Works in the grass but not on a speedway track where riders need to move as they race. And his NDL average is lower than Jordy Loftus. Add in the fact that he’ll be 30 by the start of next season and, with Glasgow’s history of daft signings, he’s probably nailed on.

Despite being disqualified in the final, Britain’s Tim Neave becomes World Flat Track champion, riding for VXR Racing, the team owned by speedway’s GB Team organisers Vicky Blackwell and Rob Painter. Runner up was another Brit, Jack Bell. Good to hear the British national anthem played in Argentina

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I’m struggling to follow your first sentence but you think you are referenceing Cook’s back wheel throwing up mud from the centre green. Now, I’ll admit in all the photos and replays I’ve not seen that but even if I had, so what? A tyre can be touching both the white line and the track or centre green at the same time and so throw up both white and non white particles. Or, all white or all non white. That doesn’t prove whether or not the wheel crossed the inside of the white line. Note, crossed, not crossing. If I’m going from one side of a road to another and I have one foot on the road and one on the pavement, I’m crossing. If I have both feet on the pavement, I’ve crossed. Zach’s back wheel was certainly crossing and it certainly looks like that he could have had part of his rear tyre over the inner part of the white line, but I’ve seen nothing that says it crossed all the way over. As far as Cairns is concerned, it was up to the Scunthorpe personnel to contact the referee about it. It appears they didn’t and the referee didn’t see it. As no one from Scunthorpe objected at the time, it seems that Godfrey, Howe, the Clerk of the Course or anyone else from Scunthorpe saw it. Or bothered about it. But, going down the speculation route, if they had seen it and if Cairns had been excluded, where’s the guarantee that every subsequent heat, home and away would have gone as they did? Maybe the overall result at Scunthorpe would have been different but who’s to say that the result at Poole wouldn’t have changed? There are too many variables to make any statement other than over 31 heats Poole came out on top.

I’ve just read it. Apparently everyone is now happy that the rule is that, if a rider’s wheels CROSS the white line, then that would normally lead to disqualification. And, despite multiple views from photographers and videographers, there is no evidence that Cook CROSSED the white line. Well, that’s everyone expect the BSPL chairman who is making up his own rule that even touching the line should lead to disqualification. Where has this man been? I’m sure many people, like me, have watched many slow motion replays where there’s been dust coming from a back wheel but zooming in has shown the tyre on the line not over it. Indeed, wasn’t that Darcy Ward’s favoured method of passing? The Poole bashers have been out in force on this one but the Poole management, unlike too many others, have done the right thing by not adding fuel to this unnecessary fire. I am convinced that, had it been Josh Pickering not Zach Cook whose wheel had gone on to the line, nothing would have been said. The statement from Neil Vatcher declines to say who wrote the SCB comment which is disappointing - the SCB should have manned up on this, especially as they so quickly threw Paul Carrington under the proverbial bus. At the end of the day, Poole are worthy champions having out-ridden everyone all season and provided some exciting meetings on their travels. And Scunthorpe are unexpectedly for many, me included, runners up. It’s over, folks, so on to 2027.

I thought Championship didn’t count so he can ride Polish 2nd division, two leagues in GB plus either Sweden or Denmark if he wants. Also there are no restrictions on riding German or French leagues, maybe even CZ, so he can be as busy as he chooses.

When a consortium took over Belle Vue in November 2006, it was faced with having no team. Jason Crump had been bought by Poole and Kenneth Bjerre, having been ring fenced for Belle Vue by the BSPA management committee was poached by Peterborough. Even as late as Christmas Eve, the new promoters were trying to get that overturned. That meant come January 2007, a team was still needed, with few riders available. Simon Stead became the number one with Joe Screen and James Wright being the only other riders retained from 2006. Ultimately the Aces came to the tapes with these three plus Kevin Doolan, Kai Laukkanen, Adam Skornicki and Ryan Fisher. The only promoter who helped Belle Vue was Colin Pratt who organised the signing of Fisher. Belle Vue 2007 most certainly didn’t have “as much chance as anyone to build a side”

If you are referring to what happened in 2016, your comment suggests you don’t know the history or the truth.

This all sounds very interesting. Tell all please. And is “a certain rider” Bowes. And if so, why not name him?

When did MPT get injured?

Signing Garritty would be like signing Craig Cook - he’ll do a decent job to begin with but soon enough will let you down.

Maybe Matt’s getting, erm, Picky?

I wonder if any of the Scunthorpe riders will announce they’re riding for Poole next season?

I wonder if any of the Scunthorpe riders will announce they’re riding for Poole next season?

If Jack's in then Dan must be too. So who will be last?

If you go to www.drumsareus.ru you’ll be able to buy a new one as you must have just about beaten that one to death

If you go to www.drumsareus.ru you’ll be able to buy a new one as you must have just about beaten that one to death

Although I like Magic and he’s had a decent season, I doubt he’ll ever get back to his best (third in the world in 2022). Having said that, I still think he would out score Tungate and Nilsson

The cad. And dangerous too with these tyres. According to Lightcap, the track was really slick so maybe Will was just trying to wear away some of the nobblies so his tyre would slide across the shiny surface?

No. He was arrested in April 2020 and his sentence was imprisonment for 7 years and 6 months. Taken from when he was arrested, his sentence will conclude in October 2027. He has been released on license but has breached that at least twice and been returned to prison then re-released.

I think you’ll get your wish…….

If the cost was £1K per seat, then the 2000 seater temporary stand would have cost £2m! Actual cost is somewhere between £50 and £100 per seat

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