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Come on Belle Vue.... Brady has to get through...😁

To be fair, I once watched Joe Screen team ride Mark Loram to a World Title...😁

Woryna covering his mate ...

Come on Dan!! And Jason!!!

Brilliant from Brady, but, did he not do exactly the same thing last week though at Torun... And keep getting passed!!!! Ride the bloody inside!!!😁

"Shut up! I can't hear the time!"....😁

They need to sort the track out by a huge margin from where it currently is... Emil and Doyle could pass riders around there, but, no disrespect, they, in the main, passed riders not of GP level... I have seen Dan B try and pass both of them around Foxhall and get nowhere near given the, usual, one line available... I have also seen Brady, who doesn't like the track, beat both just by riding one line at speed... Ride fast down the short straight on a rocket ship, lock up sideways mid track, meaning not much room either side, put wheels in line, fire off down short straight, then rinse and repeat.. Chris Louis was inspired by what he saw at the NSS re the entry and exit widths, and circumference size of the bends, and he changed the track dimensions at Foxhall off the back of it.. But he couldn't go "all in", which hopefully Richard Coleman can and will do... What's under the circuit can be the biggest challenge and cost to move... Hopefully it will deliver great racing, providing several different lines, which can only be good for Ipswich and not just the GP's..

Two nights at the GP's cost me well over £300 for two tickets and that kind of outlay (and more for others to sit down), definitely, once again, meant that domestic meeting attendances before, and after, got hit, and quite severely... Maybe not having a GP next season will help the Aces attendance wise?... I will be very surprised if they run on the 12th of June given Oasis are in town, a mile away, and there is hardly a "very expensive" room available now, already, in Manchester for that evening... And one GP wouldn't justify the six figure outlay for the extra seating that needs putting in to take the capacity up to "profit levels"... Maybe Glasgow would fancy it?...

I dread to think what the second b is...😁

Do you have hotels in Ipswich?..😁

I thought it was being sent to citeh's owner ...😁

World of Sport finishing was the catalyst... The domestic offering has always been a "bit Mickey Mouse" but lived off the "proper stuff" that you watched on a Saturday afternoon, be it individual championships that meant something, with good prize money, or England winning World Titles .. When domestic UK Speedway had to stand alone without that TV coverage to engage people to attend, it was simply found wanting, and unable to evolve... The TV package was very much highlights driven, therefore the sport looked like it was that way all the time. Eg. Watching PC win three races of his five from the back gave the sport huge interest at the turnstiles when these riders visited... Instead of evolving, the same old, same old has been trotted out year after year, to ever dwindling numbers who, after voicing their frustration for a fair old time, eventually gave up complaining and voted with their feet... UK Speedway is the "Woolworths" of sport in the UK, ie stuck in a one dimensional time warp and unable to change given the skill set of those who lead it... You could walk into a Woolworths in the early 2000's and it looked pretty much the same as it did when you walked in to one as a kid in the 70's.. UK Speedway has a similar vibe...

Still doing what worked fifty years ago..... An amazing concept...

Hopefully, the tail no longer wags the dog, and someone (Coleman?), can bring enough with them, (even kicking and screaming), to make the sport (in the top tier), a bona fide team sport, with coverage and sponsors from outside the usual "Speedway Bubble"...

They'll be giving Haaland away very soon!!!! And the rest!!!!

As is often said ... Sometimes the lack of scrutiny, publicity and focus, that the sport gets isn't always a bad thing ..😉

Far better for the sport to have signed Robert Lambert, (or someone of that ilk), who didn't ride over here... Would have meant credibility but also, just as importantly, got a fair few more through the turnstiles at any of the tracks he rode at...

I hope the Aces don't lose to Sheffield in the final... An open top bus parade down Deansgate has been planned for the day after the 2nd leg ... Dozens are expected .. And a celebration pie and pea supper sorted in the Star and Garter afterwards... Someone who knows the Mayor will be there... Serious stuff this...

And lucky his average dropped enough to replace Jack...

But using the +5% rule you could have someone better....

Because over 200 of them will be used this season again in the top two leagues, and it is now 2026 and not 1976.. The "optics" of what you do nowadays are often the maker, or the breaker, of your success in business.. And Social Media feedback from sometimes millions of people, has replaced half a dozen blokes in the back of a "tap room" moaning about life to each other, whilst another half dozen moaned about exactly the same thing in thousands of other pubs... Now so many have "a voice", which can be great for any business if you are open enough to listen to it.. The bottom line is if you launched Speedway this Monday as a brand new team sport, (using its current operating model), and did it with a huge fanfare and press launch, within an hour the operating model would be slaughtered in the public domain, and ridiculed mercilessly.. And a team sport, which relies 100% on tribal emotional attachment, would fail from the off... Without a credible offering, a business has no chance nowadays, and, in business, not evolving your operating model for over 50 years is simply never going to make you a success in the modern world.. I have no details, but I do think that Mayfield's involvement will result in the top tier becoming something that does have a credible offering..

So NORA run the same operating model as the BSP?..

Sheffield 42 Leicester 31 Kings Lynn 17.. A shame KL didnt have another rider in the semi final as they may have got second.. Still, I am sure all the KL fans will be delighted to see Max doing so well after an indifferent season, and it looks like they will have more riders in the final than their rivals Ipswich... "Welcome to ITV4's coverage of the UK Speedway Play Offs, and, if you haven't watched Speedway in the UK before, Yes. This is perfectly normal"... Sometimes it is just for the best it doesn't get any real notice or publicity...

One of the major stumbling blocks to rider development has been the amount of experienced Double Uppers/Downers who have filled two places and not one... Particularly taking up so many places which should have been set aside for development in the 2nd tier...

Hopefully the NSS gets the GP Challenge.... No need for £70 plus prices, and no need for the considerable six figure outlay for the extra stand...