THE DEAN MACHINE

Change, a rider believes somehow that someone would be getting an advantage and they are not thinking about the future of the sport , the old argument about what would happen to all the current engines if we brought in some sort of standardized or different engine is about to be tested , GM has just brought out a new engine that looks completely different to current model, now the top guys will buy it and if it proves to be a winner then every one will have one within months and the GMs we use now will become obsolete , so what’s the difference ?the only difference is one way is enforced and the other is choice but either way it’s the same end result of the current engine being made obsolete except one way is good for the future of the sport and the other pushes up costs

Because the tail wags the dog

How many meetings did you do this season for Berwick ? Did you double up ? I totally agree your piece in the star about the bikes , it costs way more than is needed

Unless riders accept the realty it’s going to be a 100% reduction, when I listen to today’s riders talk its like they think they have invented the wheel and before their career riders didn’t exsist, had a long chat with a former manager/mechanic of a world champion a few weeks ago and he was saying riders of today don’t realise how easy they have it , he said they did twice as many meetings as today’s riders and they had to drive all over Europe in a transit ,not flying like today with bikes and mechanics already there and then wash and prep the bikes and run a business too., before doubling up reared it’s ugly head riders would do around 50 british meetings a year and most had a job too , when I was at Berwick our no1 was a postman

One league of 18 team would give 34 league matches + play off +koc or any other competition + any challenges , that’s around 50 meetings 25 home 25 away , season is only 26 weeks long , that pretty much 2 aWeek , how many do they need ? , I like bomber but his interview was selfish and at odds with what the sport needs to do to move forward

that is what you said , you said "that's not been the case for speedway in the uk for generations and will not change " I know its the only way forward but I was just quoting you saying it wont change, I have banged on about the importance of team identity for a while now but british speedway seems to think it doesn't matter

If you really believe that it will not change then there is no point in having team speedway and just make speedway pay to enter

It’s a bit like the old kid tv programme “runaround” with mike read but not as well organised

Not just Aussies either

And the restaurant has Xmas bookings for their greyhound meetings up till the 22nd of December

Sad to see ex Edinburgh rider Blair Scott on Jeremy Kyle this morning, he was the same era as me and I had many good races with him, life has obviously gone badly off the rails for him with drugs. Sad

you should apply to be his press officer if the job becomes available

That bike on Monday was not a dummy bike , woffy has distinctive parts on his bikes and they were all there, I would of lent him a bike and mechanic if getting equipment there was an issue and it wasn’t a couple of hundred £ either

That’s just ridiculous , there are no houses on the 1st and second bend (yet) still not convinced this is happening anyway

He had a bike there on monday

His candles were the only reason he was there, if everyone’s happy with the way he treats british speedway then fine but there is more to being a rider than money

Surely it’s bend 3-4 where it’s being shortened , that’s where the houses are

I want to watch him race and hopefully get beat and I do pay to watch when I’m not mechanicing, I was helping the pole on Monday ,I don’t like woffinden in the same way I don’t like Cradley but I still would like them to get back to the Cradley that they were

As I said earlier if he could only be bothered about british speedway and actually do what we pay to watch him do think what the crowd could of been

Imagine if he actually could be bothered about british speedway and actually rode in the meeting , could of been a record attendance

I believe the bt contract is year on year and please tell me the difference between Poole and Sheffield who finished first and last in their current leagues ? Most riders are riding in both leagues , in strength both leagues are almost Identical, the only reason not to have one big league is number of riders and there are plenty of riders who want to ride here

Maybe they were there to stock up on candles as Xmas presents

We may be forced into 1 big league next year which isn’t what some promoters want but with at least 2 clubs wanting down and 1 club that we are not even sure they will have a track to race on it’s not looking good for the elite or premiership or whatever it’s called these days

Something on Monday night that was tried by a few riders was the Anlas tyre (sponsor of GPs) rubbish was the verdict and went back on mitas after 1race

Does anybody really believe this agm is going to be anything other than the normal tinkering ? A statement will be issued saying it’s been the best ever but behind the scenes it’s just disagreements and spats, the public will be spoon fed snipits and the clubs will be forced to say how wonderful it all went even though it was chaos ,there are some genuine promotors out there who have some good ideas but they will just get shot down because it doesn’t fit in with the rule makers, I think if I was a promoter I would send a guest replacement to the agm as nobody will listen anyway