PHILIPRISING

NOT much racing maybe but Cook didn't do it all from the gate

ONE of those nights when it is probably far more enjoyable actually being there rather than watching on TV.

BT very happy with viewing figures for first two domestic events and there has been a significant increase in the SGP numbers as well.

PRAGUE will run, still a year on their contract and a sell-out this year. Very popular with fans coming from all over Europe.

BEGINNING to think that a combined league is inevitable. Tracks need more fixtures, simple as that.

I DID say 'rumours' so don't get too carried away but there is certainly very strong support from all those involved.

THINK Torben was there to present the Cardiff wild card race-jacket to the winner but no doubt it would have been discussed

STRONG rumours that 2018 SWC will be at the NSS in Manchester.

DIFFERENT link but it is available in the USA

BUT look at the quality of Danish riders in years gone by.

UNLIKE Sky, no interviews between very race. Very welcome.

CANNOT argue with.

AGREE about the camera position but as said previously producer Steve Saint is working with a very limited budget. Would imagine that camera towers and a hoist camera are out of the question.

MUCH the same in Sweden since Tony Rickardsson quit

AGREE

HAVE said before that I have done it all my professional life... letters, emails, etc. Daily Express, Daily Mail, News of the World and Daily Telegraph not to mention various magazines including World Soccer didn't think it childish. In fact, it was compulsory.

HASN'T varied much since launched... naturally more popular with overseas subscribers... cheaper and available sooner

NOT led to guess anything. The end isn't nigh...

THERE are a number of reasons why I am not making my voice heard - not that anyone takes any notice anyway - but they are personal and certainly not for discussion on here.

NO... our circulation is obviously dependent on how many people attend speedway. That figure has dropped dramatically over the past five years. The lack of continuity of fixtures has also devastated track sales. If people don't attend very week (or as near as damn it) they don't buy on a regular basis. It isn't rocket science of course. I'D take those figures now

MUCH lower

WHY would it have to be in Speedway Star? And at the end of the day, as I haver said ad infinitum, my view is not worth more than anyone else, on here or elsewhere. I spoke at length to BSI and the FIM, and indeed Buckley, about the New Zealand wild card situation but, let's face it, their options were very limited. Bunyan was very popular in NZ, especially Auckland, and did a great PR job which is why Buckley wanted him and there was nothing in the rules to prevent it. But it left a sour taste in my mouth but that didn't count and nor should it.

I HAVE never suggested that I was an investigative journalist even when I was working full-time which I certainly am not anymore. My number one priority now is to try and ensure that Speedway Star, owned by Pinegen Limited, a company of which I am the majority shareholder, survives the current British speedway recession. If the FIM wished that could establish the guidelines for participation in domestic championships through a licensing process. Kelvin Tatum was telling me this week about when he stood in the rostrum at a World Longtrack Championship Final alongside Simon Wigg, who had won racing on a Dutch licence. The Dutch national anthem was played and Simon was so embarrassed that he immediately surrendered the Dutch licence and became "British" again. BUT it could be ... the top four riders could be nominated for the qualifying rounds of the World Championship.

WHY have you latched onto Humphrey's rather childish habit of calling me Phillippe? Can you not think of something yourself? I use my own name on here for obvious reasons but do not need your pathetic variation. Or should I call you Northern Blue? For your information I have had no involvement with Ole Olsen's Flying Circus as you prefer to call it - what's wrong with World Championship? - for at least two years now. I did not send an email to Armando from Speedway Star. I contribute here as a speedway fan, which is something that Humphrey continually fails to grasp. I have known Armando for many, many years and still enjoy a personal as well as professional relationship with him. Rory's class has nothing to do with it. He shouldn't have been there. Cannot fathom why Humphrey cannot work out how you define a national Championship. And just because the BF is a declining spectacle, which it is, doesn't mean you open the doors to riders of a different nationality. I could go on and on but for an old-timer like me it's getting near my bedtime. YES, made representations to both the FIM and BSI but Bill Buckley was insistent.

ALREADY explained that anomaly.