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And me ninety quid....

If if wasn't for my daughters engagement dinner I would have 100%, definitely, without any shadow of a doubt, absolutely, have been there... Damn that date clash....

Sheffield are 23/20 to win on Bet365 with a four point start... Their ten fans who attend the NSS could be happy today...

No betting market on B365 yet... Maybe they are confused....

A Guest replacement for a Guest replacement.... UK Speedway....

At least your Farmer's Markets are only once a month...

Don't be so negative... The tide might be in.....

Iainb cannot be with us tonight, so instead we have Whitelinehugger.

Don't tempt me.... Sounds amazing... Try Thai in Manchester could only dream of such a menu... Going out at 12 to enjoy some expensive beer and sunshine... I was a bit concerned that citeh are having a parade but La Pasta Bona outside the NSS will have more lining the kerb... I am having 115 on the menu, in honour of Pep.....

The sport is down to its die hards... Winning the majority of meetings at home is the only priority for many promoters... Do that, and crowds will stay pretty much the same... There is zero big reward for winning any league, so why risk the clubs ongoing existence by spending money it hasn't budgeted for?... A title winning team at the majority of clubs won't generate much extra income, so why bother given their outgoings will increase .. Workington, when they won the treble, would have budgeted for around 90 points (like most do) for their home and away meetings, and ended up with a team that often battered the opposition at home, and often scored 40+ away... Their crowd numbers didn't cover that "success"... Only 15 clubs are left, so all need to cut their cloth accordingly as to what they can afford...

Kurtz passes riders on the outside, time and time again... Hence he stalked Madsen for four laps riding the dirt, inches from the fence. . Greg would have kerb crawled perfrctly to see if he could under pass him....

I have to attend my daughters engagement meal in Manchester at 3pm, meaning I will miss both these mouthwatering extravaganza's of top tier Speedway... How many Championship riders?...

Always a fantastic nights racing at Sheffield... Even more so after a hot day.... 60-30....

All of them... That's 150 off the crowd...

The "have nots" have always seemed quite happy being a "have not" as it made their season cost affordable.... I suppose it all goes back to a lack of tangible big financial rewards for winning... No point spending excessive money you cannot afford, to come top, and increased costs being your only "reward"... And, as we know, win most of your home meetings and, regardless of where you are in the league, your crowds won't fluctuate much...

He must have been tempted to jump in that full water bowser and drive it himself...

Slick on the inside, heavy on the outside... A perfect track for racing... Those who cannot handle the "deep stuff" can ride the slick inside and those who are more brave, can take those risks and ride the faster dirt line up against the fence ... How Speedway should be...

Phil must have been devastated... Heat one was perfect, drowned in water... Then from then no one seemed to care... And where were the 35 laps of the track with the tractors every four heats?... And, we got to see hardly one "push off", and we also only got see him once .. And that was the back of his head!!! Speedway GP needs to give its head a wobble...

Only saw Phil once too....

Needs to find his inner Martin Smolinski...

Well done Brady.... Lots of resilience with this lad....

Kurtz not getting the luck this year... Hopefully Max OK...

Doesn't seem to have been loads of watering and grading tonight.,.. And the racing has been good.... Who would have thought?

Of all the riders in the world.... Can't believe that Woryna fell for the dive bomb... Usually, so good at keeping BZ behind...

Maybe tonight will be an opposite of Landshut for Kurtz??? Sneaks in and gets to the final...