mikebv

Hugely, of course.... So build the infrastructure of the sport around that but keep it within a framework that delivers a credible offering... If that is team racing then great... If it isn't team racing then also great... When (if) GB truly becomes a consistent force once more in the sport, it will start to get some wider recognition outside of a few mentions now and again in the mainstream press... And hopefully, by then, (if it still exists), Team Speedway in the UK will have an operating model which will stand up to scrutiny and live off the back of the National Team's, and individual GB riders' success on the international stage... Like it did through the 70's and early 80's.... In this example, having one rider riding for three teams, and getting injured for just one week, would mean three teams looking for guests and several meetings that week, depending on how many fixtures he was due to race in, (could be seven!), becoming somewhat contrived.. And, unfortunately, that won't get any cut through with the wider media, nor bring back the tens of thousands who still follow the sport closely but don't attend UK domestic Speedway...

And if they get injured it means three matches need guests to replace them which helps the sport tremendously...

Hope the lad is ok.. Awful crash...

Has Bomber got a pair of football boots?

And he also said when talking about Cardiff that Tai was someone who "knows what it takes to win there"... Tai's GP victories at Cardiff? Nil..... What is Sam doing on Saturday nights..?

He does seen appreciably faster than so many, hence he uses this speed to drive under his opponents in a straight line going into a bend and scrubs his speed off by locking up and riding his opponents up the track deep into the turn... Tried it with Vaculik in the final but he had the balls to cut off his run by coming across him hence Zmarzlik came off the throttle, straightened up, drifted across the bend and lost ground... So many must know by now his M.O. surely? If he beats you, (and he definitely may well do anyway), at least make him work for it and go around you, not give him the lower run down a straight to "block pass" you and ruin your own race at the same time... In other earth shattering breaking news... You can pass up the inside at Monmore Green coming out of turn 2.. Karlsson's Corridor it is called...

Once again a rider just let's Zmarzlik have a free run up the inside on the back straight of a race... Memo to every one... Whisper it.... Zmarzlik will fly up the inside of you down the back straight into turn three...

Not white Dan....

Woffy certainly given him plenty of support, machinery and mechanic wise... So must have been so pleased to see him blast past him and take that point off him that stopped him from qualifying for the semi ....

Dan reminds me of a young Tai Woffinden. ..

Anders Michanek. ....

Woffy just not mixing it when it gets tight anymore... Doesn't put riders under pressure either when behind. .. Lambert was very fair then, maybe too fair. .? Injured rider so maybe he would have moved over if Lambert had puf him undrer more pressure...?

The racing is really good tonight with no constant track prep.... Time for Fireman Phil to destroy it by flooding it and moving the dirt into the inside....

If they leave the track it could be great for Bewley... Light lad, a bit of dirt on the outside on a wide track.... Right up his street....

Zmarzlik just more agressive than the rest... Aims the bike and now expects the rider on the outside to leave room... And they do, every single time...

Hope Jack's toe is ok....

Eurosport fine in Manchester... It is though 2022 here... A good start to the meeting...

Lots of head shaking.. Even from the winners... They obviously havent ever seen sawdust or worn boiler suits...

5-1... Or 7-2?...

He does seem to be becoming a bit of a knob when doing interviews doesn't he...? Poorly advised or too large headed maybe? I hope it is the former as currently he doesnt have too much to be large headed about given his form... Seems to want to be "down wiv ver kidz" a bit too much... Comes across as being far too "look at me" and not genuine.. Get back to being "normal" Tai, and dont alienate your fan base...

Fans haven't taken away that emotional attachment to their team that a team sport has to have to have any chance of success, the promoters chose to do this... Fans haven't decided to run meetings on nights that their employees dictate they run, rather than when the fans can turn up, the promoters chose to do this... ,Fans haven't decided the admission fee.which is designed to pay a good number of riders to not have to work for six months of the year, promoters chose to do this... Fans haven't decided the ludicrous operating model that brings such very little credibility, and media coverage as you cannot take it seriously, the promoters chose to do this... This year's PCMM at the NSS, last year's SON at the NSS, the GP Challenges at Glasgow, and obviously Cardiff's crowd every time they run shows just how much of a following the sport still has in this country... Therefore, it is clear.... The 'SPORT' retains a reasonably large following in the UK... But the domestic leagues don't have the same number following them.... And for that to be the case, it definitely is not the fault of the fans....

Garyinski Newbonski doing the interviews...

Wonderful team riding from KK...

Majic...

And doesn't a sponsor pick up a hefty % of it? Pay what you can afford... And if you can afford "silly money" then so be it...