THE DEAN MACHINE

Not last Thursday or indeed most Thursdays at Sheffield nowadays where the times range from 60-64 seconds And how many years did it take jack holder to go faster than Ricky ashworth ?

I made this point before but people within the sport won’t accept the fact that we are going no faster today than 40 years ago, at Sheffield (a fast track) last week josh Pickering had the fastest time all night of 61.3, with an engine doing 11,000+ revs,in 1985 Hans Nielsen went round the same track in 61.4 with an engine doing around 9500 revs

The modern engine can only reach around 14,000 revs max without a limiter but once in motion because of the drag between tyre and track only reaches around 11,000 revs, quite a bit less on a grippy track, very few hit the limiter after the start but in my opinion it should be limited to 10,000 revs, overall bike speed will still be the same but the benefits tyres/tracks /engine wear and even noise level would be beneficial to the sport

At the belle vue v Ipswich match on BSN, Danny kings mechanic is working on his bike being watched by the tv audience and his top has Redcar bears in big letters across his back, I’m not having a go at Danny or his mechanic but it looks ridiculous for a team sport to the casual/potential viewer to have a guy working for a team and have another team on his attire, it’s the little things

I made the point about freeloaders years back and took a lot of stick for it, which is fine but the issue still remains, as an ex rider and various other jobs within the sport I still pay to watch speedway and have no problem with that, I’m just a fan now irrespective of the past but unfortunately there are a good number of ex riders, mechanics, tuners, sponsors and various others who don’t pay and moan like hell when they are asked to pay, if the sport was attracting 1000s every week it wouldn’t be such an issue but it’s not but these selfish (imo) people don’t really care for the future of the sport only that they can have a nights entertainment for free. I’ll get of my soapbox now 😜 and yes all mechanics should have team shirts provided by the club, the club buys a job lot of all sizes and takes them home to wash and brings them back, leaves them in the changing rooms and mechanics pick one wear it and leave it in changing rooms at end of meeting to be washed again, it’s not a great expense and it’s not going to bring fans back to speedway but it’s another little thing and a lot of little things make a difference, optics matter to people looking in on the sport

Quite enjoyed last night, racing was ok if not spectacular, think last night brum would of won against any other team than Ipswich, the 2 reserves won the match for the witches and away from home you would very rarely get one let alone 2 reserves being so dominant but unfortunately for Birmingham last night was one of those occasions

Brum have got the team to beat Ipswich at Perry Barr, will they ? I don’t think so but I expect a damn good fight for my moneys worth from them unlike against Leicester

Time will tell

My own personal opinion is the person who signed him is a personal friend of cook and is trying to cover for him, he was made to bring in kemp at Leicester because Phil morris made him as they didn’t want the official press day to have this issue for all to see but Phil morris isn’t over the championship so he is using this silence to hopefully get cook out the pub(so to speak) and resume his career, which on a friend level I get but this is a professional sport (allegedly)not a rehab center for those with issues outside of the sport.the fans of Berwick deserve answers(they pay the wages remember)and have a team of riders they can get behind and the longer this saga goes on the more the fans are getting mugged

Still unacceptable and needs to be addressed now not later

I agree with this 100% imo utter contempt is being shown to Berwick fans by all concerned

There was no money tonight, they donated their wages to tai, there is no such thing as best equipment is in Poland, an engine for Poland won’t work in England and they use tubeless tyres over there which give lots more grip, they are banned here

MJJ flying in Poland tonight

Birmingham going all out to score less than belle vue at Ipswich last week

Some people want to see the crash to process what has happened and move forward, I understand that you don’t and neither do others and that’s fine but others might and that’s fine too, personally I want to see every crash, not because I like it but because it’s how I process it