mikebv

Birmingham just isn't interested in Speedway... Fair play to those who have tried to make it something that the local populace would embrace and attend.. I went approx 8 years ago and felt "young" given the demographic of the place, and I was fifty.. If Phil Morris wants the top league to be clearly better than the next one down, then Birmingham will struggle to meet that criteria without "made up" averages to make their team look competitive... The Aces at Leicester on Thursday must have had an amount of fans that Brum have been "ok" with for a home match... You cannot expect that "true equality" that UK Speedway craves, when such a huge disparity exists between teams .

A mid summer rest... Like European football does... But they do it in winter...... PS... As Elsa sang in Frozen... Let it go, Let it go.... You wouldn't have beaten us anyway..

Always a subjective discussion, but... He did nail six world titles in the "golden era" when competition was truly at its fiercest... Fundin, Briggs, Moore, Collins, Olsen, Michanek, Jessup, Simmons, Louis, Crump, Jancarz, Plech, and so many many more truly World Class riders, raced at the top level against him... To win it six times in that era was trruly staggering...

For the first couple of seasons at the NSS, Brady had an unfortunate knack of not scoring in Ht 1 when on gate four... Now he has developed onto such a level that you are surprised when he doesn't pick up a win in heat one, regardless of home or away, off gate four. Surely the UK rider of the year given the Ipswich lads got injured.. Great to watch him "howling" around the boards, and a bit of a throwback to the days gone by when it comes to leading from the front, and not taking any prisoners when racing... Back next year as Captain without a doubt...

100%... The Aces were just 8 points up with three races to go at the NSS.. A 10 - 2 in heats 13 and 15 made a huge difference to how the 2ng leg got set up.. That's also why 'strength in depth'... "Peterborough won with Dad's Army"... In a league choc full of Div 2 Heat Leaders at the time, no longer would happen again.....

When the season STARTS in September...

Dudek not making it.. Cynical old me but him getting two Wild Cards's this year looked like an attempt by the organisers for him to show his capability... Be interesting to see who gets the permanent Wild Cards next year now.. 😉

Well Done Brady!! Developing well into the world class level. And Max sneaks in again, as he seems to do...😁

Your finishing position did get you your starting number in the next round, at least on one occasion I remember.. Hence Ivan would try and deliver his preferred position, two inside gates..

He doesn't seem to have that "fire in his belly" that Kurtz has... That said, I can see him qualifying for the GP again later today... He seems to always come through these kind of meetings, but domestically in the UK rides below his potential...

Pawlicki and Milik will be available next season..

The track could deliver decent racing if the outside worked.. Last night, especially on bends one and two, the riders taking the wider radius went backwards, even though they hit the bends faster than the rider in front, who took the tighter inside line.. Just making that outside work and losing their version of "Karlsson's corridor" would help the racing no end..

They spent 30 mins on the first bend with all the fans... And Mark Lemon walked amongst them all with the trophy... Must have been a good 400 or so from BV.. I suggest the BSP seed them to the final every year as they seem to be the only club that takes a decent following away from home... Kurtz and Bewley majestic, on a track that is sadly woeful, they turned their bikes inside out to get traction and get by their opponents... The track staff must have done a sterling job to get the meeting on, just a shame that the bloody shape renders the racing so processional... All the Aces "did their job" and beat their direct numbers or packed in comfortably for second and third... Great atmosphere on the first bend, a bit like "the old days" when more attended the sport... Edit. How about a European Final v Lublin to start next season...

Three!!!!

Are you watching Simon Stead?

Need to be 2nd tier... (At best)..

The season fizzles out for the teams that have no chance of success.. The play offs at least keep them interested as fourth could end up champions.. And many meetings mean "nothing" not because of the play offs, as, if we didn't have them, they would still mean nothing as 7th v 6th won't have any major bearing on the the league.. "Dead Rubbers" are ten a penny when a league has no play offs.. The sport has very minimal coverage so a defined conclusion with "big" crowds, makes it look like it has relevance, and, therefore, may prick up some interest.. Sheffield winning the league when not riding wouldn't do that. Nor would Sheffield winning the league with only their fans in attendance.. Tonight, hopefully, there will be 100 or so Aces fans there to add that so important missing ingredient to a domestic speedway meeting... Atmosphere... I will see the rest of them on the first bend later....

Without the play offs, the season would just "fizzle out".. The "winners" of a league that has no real financial reward, nor any publicity outside its own bubble, will make their money (hopefully), by running a semi and a final that attracts maybe a couple of thousand more combined than they would have got for two "run of the mill" meetings at the end of the season... Sheffield won the league (or was it Leicester?), but I would say that more attended their play off than would have attended their league winning meeting (in fact I don't think they even had one as Leicester losing gave them top spot didn't it?) . The Aces were pretty much guaranteed a play off place and, around the SON time, their crowds dipped noticeably, (probably due to the cost of the SON tickets), therefore the play offs brought in much needed revenue... Not many speedway meetings (in the UK), look as if they "mean something" therefore the play offs at least give the sport some kind of purpose, and drama...

At this time? Any time I would suggest... A Mickey Mouse ran sport... Great to watch though...

I was walking passed a 'down and out' sat outside Tesco yesterday and as I passed by he started siinging... "Dreamer, Your know you are a dreamer"... I said.. "That's Supertramp".. And he said... "Thanks very much, I appreciate your positive feedback".. Baddum Tish, I thang yow... I'm 'ere all week...

In 1977 Gothenburg had a jet engine on the back of a car drying the track at the World Final... East Mids airport isn't too far away is it?

Got knocked out by BV in the semi like should have happened?

Fitting a maximum of 14 matches in from April to September start does prove rather tricky doesn't it? Just 24 weeks from 01/04 to 01/9, (23 weeks ex SON this year), to cram in 14 matches.... Cannot be done given that impossible equation.. If only Einstein was still alive....

Game over... A race that reflects on all four riders.. Zmarzlik did his usual 'dive bomb' and controlled it, as Dan moved out of his way.. And Freddie flew around both Dan and Magic.. Two "nice lads" getting owned by two lads who would ride over their granny to win a title...

Kubera ending the season well... Lublin hitting Wroclaw hard early on.. A big race this...