mikebv

Brilliant race... GP Speedway...😎

Dan showed some real minerals then... Sometimes he has been intimidated, but not then...

These throttle jockey Poles can only ride big tracks...🤔

Great to see Majic back in form....

Threw it away.... Far too wide for a last lap, last bend...

Novelties worn off....? And the main customer base it picks from ie UK fans in the main, has dwindled massively in the past 15 years..

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Their Polish teams definitely won't be....

Sounds like plenty of watering, so is the lack of "material" the issue? More depth of surface would keep more moisture in maybe? Birmingham does seem to become slick very soon into a meeting (and they are not alone in this), regardless of weather conditions..

In Poland it is noticeable how much more often someone who gets "nudged", and goes down, gets excluded... Kubera on Sunday an example where he definitely was contacted but still had plenty of room to "ride out" the issue, but went down, as, quite probably, he wasn't going to score.. Over here if seems the rider making contact goes (especially during the race after the first two turns)... Poland seem to have a view that if you leave a gap then someone can fill it and at the last second if you "close the door" and go down it is "your fault".... Certainly makes for closer, harder, (better), racing...

Is that in both leagues combined?

Proper order too... You spend all season using guests to cover absences so only right you go through to the end with them.. No point in trying to bring any credibility to the competitions now..😁

If you can't beat 'em... Join 'em..... ☺️

Some excellent entertainment on offer again at the NSS😎

Speedway in Poland isn't as big as football.. It is very big in certain towns and cities, but nationally not on the level of football overall.. Volleyball, Basketball and Handball are all very well supported Polish sports too.. Polish Speedway does well as it doesn't run it's leagues in the ridiculous way that the UK does, hence thousands of fans can emotionally, and tribally, invest into their team, and sponsors and TV support it knowing it is bonus fide sports championship that all teams race for..

Someone (Nicki P?), once put his contract out on line to show the restrictions... Any injuries from "elsewhere", and not in an FIM meeting, would result in the return of some/all of the signing on fee, (which can be six figures for the very best).. Some riders were at the time thinking about contesting the restraint of trade that they felt they had... Don't think too much came of it... You tend to get told what to do in Poland I would suggest, and that is fair enough given the big numbers they pay out...

Nothing wil change.. As, if it was going to, it would clearly have been done by now.. Those involved seem happy "owning a speedway team"... With the infrastructure around it presumably an irrelevance to them based on their "somewhat dysfunctional" () operating model... And there are still some fans that actually still take it seriously, so fair play to the promoters ....

Magic flying at the moment, would go and watch if he was there tomorrow, the form he is in..

Maybe he got a 28 day ban from disclosing the contract info?.. Must admit, I did read the SS interview on, I think, the Sunday, where he couldnt wait to return... And by the Tuesday he wasn't coming back...!! A strange situation.. But, it is UK Speedway where you can get banned for not getting paid and, therefore, "witholding your services" when you (quite understandably), decide, "sod this lark".... It is ran "uniquely" as a team sport (in the UK)...

At least a decade too late... The UK should have set its own agenda up and stook to a plan that reflected its standing in the world of speedway... Instead, we have an organisation living off the meagre crumbs of its Polish master's table... Producing Guestfest after Guestfest and delusionally thinking it is the way forwards.. Poland show that a team sport needs a fanbase to emotionally engage with "their team".. And if you cannot run a team sport like that, then there is zero point in trying to get a fanbase to buy into what you are doing... Well Done Majic... Be a great guest for a play off team....

To be fair to them, they dont even pretend it is... "Any Speedway" is ok in their view... And the few hundred who still attend each track obviously agree with them..

Majic finding his form in Poland...

Why do the commentators sometimes refer to Patryk Dudka? And sometimes Patryk Dudek? A five point lead anyhow for Dudka/Dudek... Is it points or a final race?

Which can be after the final has been ran...