PHILIPRISING

HE thought the track was going to be watered, which it had been before his semi, hence his decision to take gate 3 for that race, which worked. Bit it wasn't and he surrendered the best gate to Janowski.

HE was top scorer

THANKS for the correction. Haven't see any at SGPs though.

YOU can read his explanation in SS this week... certainly wasn't arrogance.

I AM not aware that any such tyres are homologated for SGP use. It would appear that many if not most riders use more than one tuner. Also, on Saturday at least don't think there was any rider on a PJR motor. How times change. And will probably do so again .

DON'T think Polish tracks are suffering from dwindling crowds and a lack of youngsters attending meetings. Spoke to Andreas Jonsson on Saturday and says Lublin, a second division team, sell-out every meeting and have over 1,000 fans travelling to away fixtures.

DON'T think it is ...

PERHAPS they could just plug it into the TV trucks

KELVIN T suggested to Emil at breakfast this morning that he skip his first two rides to watch Russia v Croatia. He could take his last three and still qualify for the semis More people talking about the soccer than the speedway. With regard to the track, had a chat with Jason D at Heathrow yesterday and he says it's a good track, lots of work has been done there.

MATCH kicks off at 4pm local time so should be over by 6pm ... unless it goes to penalties!

BUT the promoters provide the finance so cannot be totally divorced from the process.

IT'S coming and soon

AS it was with Belle Vue (Gordon and Morton)

I REPEAT that any views I express here are my own. But I think in the very near future SS will be expressing its concern not only about British speedway but the magazine itself. The two go hand-in-hand and with attendances dramatically down right across the spectrum of British speedway sales of Speedway Star are inevitably adversely affected.

DON'T think much if any of that is true.

THAT'S easy. Walk away and stop losing money. In the case of Rye House, an estimated £10,000 per meeting.

AGREE but you still need people prepared to finance it and, right now, it's not a very attractive proposition.

NO but why would Len or anyone for that matter want to spend money on a business that, in its current form, has already been administered the last rites?

I AM just telling you that there are promoters who think it would be financial suicide to go down a certain route.

I HAVE no doubt that there are some PL promoters, already struggling, who would rather close than risk presenting a watered down product to their remaining fanbase.

I'M well past the starting point...

WHO would want to...

AS I said previously, SS could be overtaken by events ... SCB statement IT is with deep regret that Rye House Speedway Promoters have today been annulled by the Speedway Control Bureau.This is a sad day for the sport as the Rockets will now be unable to take their place in the Premiership for the remainder of the season.BMR Racing, the club owners, and riders made the British Speedway Promoters’ Association aware of debts building and every opportunity was given for these to be reduced and finally settled.However, it has become apparent this is now not possible.We sincerely hope this is not the end of the sport at the Hoddesdon Raceway and that a way can be found for the club to return to racing next season.

ABOUT time you did so

BEAR in mind we are a weekly publication and went to press on Tuesday but, yes, plenty of info including an interview with Scott Nicholls