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42k, 37k, 34k is truly abysmal.

Thing is, with new rules regarding the amount of heats to register a result, if the weather looks dodgy people will think twice about attending a meeting anyway. Except the die-hards of course.

Nnnnnnnnnnnnnnoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!! Etc etc................

Nope, it was Drury, cos his flat cap was in the wash.

Whoa there! You don't have to live here!! 17 days and nights should do it.

And a text update from Birmingham. I would say that was probably good enough, although some will still whinge, no doubt.

Be great if all the members of the BSPA took a trip to a Tattoo and Piercing parlour before the AGM. Down with the kids and all that!

Looking forward to a repeat of the one of THE greatest meetings ever shown on Sky. Birmingham v Sheffield PL 2007. Magic.

Male, Caucasian, tubby, late 50s, scrap metal collector, high fat, lower, unintelligible, dirty white vest, lots-all misspelt, White Transit van, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, etc. You're right, it's easy innit?

Rossi has a large surgical steel earring and has done for many years. He also does have at least one tattoo. Not that this matters, he's loved for who he is, one of the biggest characters any sport has ever seen, not just bike racing. He was also a "bit of a lad" in his early teens an even in his early career he got into one or two scrapes, but nobody holds this against him because of who he is now. A read of his autobiography will fill in some of the gaps. I would say that if he was to cover himself in tattoos tomorrow, it wouldn't diminish his popularity one iota. Well as long as they weren't "Max Biaggi" ones! Oh yeah and Penhall looked like a girl.

They? How many exactly?

Probably worth more than all Tai's bikes put together too.

Clean looking, immaculate and very, very boring. Whoa hang on, Lewis has 2 earrings!!! I take it back.

Top flight F1 drivers?? Yawn..................................... Speedway is an extreme sport marketed as, erm, well it's not really marketed is it? It needs to push that image of danger as really it's one of the few topline motorsports that hasn't become sterile over the years. Air fences excepted, it's still as risky as it was many moons ago. Unless we want to stick to the family sport "I say that's not on" way of doing things. A lot og youngsters like tatts and piercings, take a look around. We need young blood attracted to speedway, like it or not.

The BBC actually cover Moto GP and it still only warrants a fleeting mention on SPOTY, so really Tai has virtually zilch chance of any more than that. Still, one can live in hope.

Is the Ring Road on it? You'll playing the thing for ever if it is!!

Sorry forgot the in the original post. Book early is the only advice really. Forecast for Sunday/Monday isn't brilliant at the moment. http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecast/birmingham#?tab=meteo&map=SignificantWeather&fcTime=1381618800 http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecast/birmingham#?tab=meteo&map=SignificantWeather&fcTime=1381705200

You have, you're just using the wrong riders!!

Hopefully not. If you're gonna come up and gloat, you'll have to pay full whack.

Cal Crutchlow hasn't won a world title since 2009 (?) when he was World Supersport champion and Tom Sykes is leading World Superbikes with one round to go, so not the champion yet, that may explain why they're not in the betting. Is Sam Lowes in there? If not he should be.

Yes, spoil all your fun too. Afraid I've seen too many opposing fans celebrating after big meetings at Perry Barr for losing to be described as "fun".

It's Poole's, give them the trophy now and be done with it.

Yep the SCB do indeed have a court.........................

Really enjoyed the GPs this year and thought that Eurosport did a great job. Look forward to next year's coverage. One thing I like about then is that they publicised speedway during their BSB and WSB coverage, which hopefully helped increase their viewing figures. I've spent the season trying to convert various Bike race fans to our sport and some have stuck with it (when they remembered to watch!! Series record FTW guys!). One thing though, in many (if not most) cases, if you're "turned on" to speedway after watching a GP, a visit to your local track may prove a bit of culture shock! I suppose like watching Moto GP then visiting a low level club meeting.

I'll admit that the GPs are a better/fairer way of deciding the championships, but there was still something magical about the one off finals and indeed the qualifiers too. Especially when the British Final actually meant something.