mikebv

They should have ran it at Cardiff... I bet the stream would have connected if it had been ran at Cardiff... Loads of shops with free WiFi in Cardiff too, so that would have helped connnecting... And Cardiff has a roof too, to keep the internet in.... Should have ran it at Cardiff...

Tom B is a perfect example of the gap between where he is and the top lads are... A decent rider who will have a decent career in the UK, (if you can still have a career in the UK five years from now)... Tom found bikes being fired at him from all angles, full throttle, with not a thought to switch off, nor any split second of doubt from riders when committed to a manoeuvre... Even Dan Bewley struggled for a fair while when he was coming back from injuries and suddenly the levels went skywards from the usual domestic racing, when at the GP's.... Even Dan couldn't give three World Class riders a lead out of bend two, lap one, and expect to consistently get by all three... Probably half way through last season, Dan visually started to mix it more and his results showed the improvement needed, and this year he carried on from where he left off with an obvious more attacking approach.. The lads at the "next level down" certainly have a huge gap to bridge to get to that rarefied level that many have been at now for a good many years...

The younger riders who rode last night, and those watching on TV, or in the stands, could truly be traumatised by watching the level of capability of the very best.... They must see a gulf between their level and the level of the top lads... People say that want "new faces" in the GP's, but the bottom line is the older heads, of many GP years standing, are still considerably better, and even, still now, more attacking and aggressive.... Add in Bewley, Lindgren and Kubera to this weekends action and it would have raised it up even more, even higher from the incredible standard it was....

The GP's serve up, easily, some of the best racing I have ever watched... A ridiculous level of ability shown these days by the top riders... Reactions are hair trigger and made whilst doing over 80mph, with other riders within a few yards doing exactly the same... Last night MJJ, 100% was considering a dive bomb, block pass on Zmarzlik into turns one and two when Kurtz came underneath the pair of them like an express train... Amazing racing from all three involved... Zmarzlik almost hit MJJ's back wheel, went straight, locked up, went to last, and still passed Holder within a lap!!! An incredible race, on an incredible track which serves up passing opportunities from front to back in almost every race...

I can speak a fair bit of Polish so can translate some of it .. They said that... "Brady Kurtz was hard charging".. And that he was "coming on strong".... And also, at the end, said "this is Speedway out of the top drawer"... "SPEEDWAYYYYY!!!!!"

I presumed it must be an instruction given all did it... As the last rider exited the track, the next four came out almost immediately....

Madsen used it well on Friday... The banking must mean plenty of moisture around the kerb remains and no one seems to use it from heat one..... Hyde Rd was similar and PC and Mort used to often use the inside to pass riders later in the meeting when all were riding the boards, and it was mentioned in their books.. However, you do need a large amount of talent to hold that line, and not lose momentum...

The racing improved because riders were no longer brainwashed into riding the fence for four laps.. Dan Bewley won the SON riding the white line.. For some reeson many riders ignore the inside...

Just watched heat nine where Kurtz, brilliantly, went from third to first. . The commentators are going mad at the end of the race, and the camera pans to the Grandstand. Rows and rows of seated fans, heads down, pens out, and programme filling in... "Did you get the time of the last one?"..

Definitely a rider in there.... Slow burner but isn't fazed racing with the top riders.

Just watching the Polish coverage of the last race... "Pheeenominarllllllll" and "Speedwayyyyyy!" (Said at the end), were the only two words I understood... But they certainly enjoyed it...

I was in the South Stand, and it was brilliant.. I said to a mate that in Poland, several races would have had the Grandstand going mental... Hardly anyone even stood up....! Must have paid so much for their seats that they didn't want to leave them..

Cardiff isn't just for Speedway GP's... It's for life!!!!

It is a truly ridiculous level of ability at this level... Surely someone can make the sport the level it deserves to be at over here?..

100%... I used to attend Assen... For the racing.... That's what bike racing should be about...

It's his home track, what do you expect? Filled in for you Gavan..... What a race, another great meeting .. Speedway...

Zmarzlik huge speed of bend two and a dive bomb into three????

When's the rain starting????

I could be....

Which rider wants me as their team manager..?

The Danish Martin Smolinski... Too many are ignoring the inside... Kurtz almost caught Fricke by using it once last night in that last heat.

Gating tart Kurtz... Never does that at Ipswich...

Kelvin does citeh's attendances too...

You'd think that Sheffield would have a fair few here... But there never seems to be many ever, even for a PO meeting...

Why at the NSS do they always play music when the centre green presenter is talking?