mikebv

Problem you have is that whatever "punishment" there could be for a team calling off a meeting which could have gone ahead, it could result in a track closing down if a financial penalty.. And given in this case KL are not going to trouble the play offs, then a points deduction wouldnt make any difference to their season.. Any meeting not taking place delivering a point to the hone team, and two to the away team, and no re run, may focus the minds a. bit more? Riders would be putting pressure on promoters to run the meeting and maybe would be more inclined to race in conditions less than 100%, which appears to not always happen now.. When you make up your own rules you can pretty much do what you want, and all the promoters know that one day they will need to take advantage of this "laissez-faire" approach to regulations, hence nothing will ever change..

Turkeys don't vote for Xmas...

Of course.... No surprise... And it will never change..

Imagine this much noise and excitement at a UK match? "Sit down, I can't see, stop standing up, clapping".... "Its too noisy this, they shouldnt be allowed to make so much noise" "Theres too many people in here, they shouldnt let this many in"... "I'm not coming again"...

Miskowiak a powerful reserve to have... Wont get beaten often by his opposite numbers and can replace any off form top five...

And given his team mate and the opponents in that race, a 4-2 minimum would have been expected and a 5-1 thought definitely attainable....

Indeed..... Jack not joining in with the celebrations either.... Personally I think the UK could adopt a seven man version of the Polish model... Six riders made up of four HL/SS's , two "juniors" and a number 7 who is under 23/24 who can come in and replace any of the top four... Wouldn't cost any more than current and stop the need for guests as you just bring your number 7 in to replace a top four rider... Poland speedway.....

Good meeting that.... Holder looking like a slapped arse in the pits... Maybe have your bike ready for every race young man... No prisoners taken in Poland.... Plenty will take the places of those who fall out of favour...

Great to see Gorzow's efforts tonight... Two HL's out and no guests.... And you can still have a close meeting, and keep the credibility of the competition, by using RR..... Who would have thought...?

Whisper it.... If you are leading Zmarzlik out of bend two.... He will ride,, full gas, on the inside line down the back straight, and will take you wide on the bend 3 apex.... Stays on here.....

The longer they can stay in touch though the more Zmarzlik can ride later in the meeting when they inevitably go six down...

Maybe KL could still do a live stream? Fifteen quid sounds reasonable.... And just like last night's tractor laps coverage, no commentary needed.....

That was the predicted premise I was basing my question on....

Is it 7 rides Zmarzlik can have today?

Good value food....? Entertaining Speedway...? Varied different concepts to maintain interest....? Lots of focus on the "whole day customer experience" and not just the racing, with lots of it aimed at kids..? And a reasonable price point to encourage people to either go regularly or to "give it a try" without breaking the bank, and make it more affordable for families? That will never catch on in UK Speedway will it?

But apart from all that... What do the Isle Of Wight offer? League Speedway given the way it is ran has been allowed to become a farce in the UK, so fair play to the IOW for realising that and doing their own thing.. When not held back by having to follow an unfit for purpose operating model, it shows what can be done..

You know... If you didnt know any better, you could actually be forgiven for thinking that no one is really in charge of this sport giving it the clear direction it needs, and that clubs can just make things up as they go along to suit themselves.... Obviously though, as fans, we know that this isnt the case and it is extremely well ran and organised...

Not much of a selling point though unfortunately is it if you were trying to entice a crowd to come and watch....? Too many Speedway meetings dont "mean enough".... If they could just sort that out then I am sure more would attend, and many who do attend now would attend more regularly.. NB And of course there may be a rained off first leg meaning you dont even get that 2nd leg....

Sadly, another one of those 'dead rubbers' you get with no relegation or major reward incentive to top the table... From July onwards it always seems the play off teams are known unfortunately.....

You don't want the excitement to peak too soon....

Gorzow going to need Bartek to deliver 35 points or so combined over both legs now I would think to have any chance...

That was what Dave Rowe said several times re fourth place... But. You never know... Especially with the two Russian lads to potentially come back and Tai and Majic maybe not getting top six....

Just thought something similar.. Must be quite psychologically challenging to see Dan easily become top five in the world and start favourite for "world class" meetings like tonight.. And have that "different level" when needed... Still a massive career ahead for the lad though, and great for GB Speedway to have two young lads top ten in the world

Be interesting to see how many "gimees" Dan gets off a few riders in the remaining GP's to guarantee his top six...

AJ just said he will wait.... Wants to see if Dan can win...