Catabracadabra

Plans are already being put in place to acknowledge speedway being one of the founder sports at the Plough Lane Stadium. TheDonsDen (you can join this group on Facebook) will be in attendance at the last Motorsport event (26th) at plough Lane...... Watch out in the next few days for an update.

I have an number of speedway race jackets that I am looking to part with, please see list below; Tony Rickardsson final Lap 2006 England jacket Scotland jacket GP qualifier 2012 Formula Moto Ancit New Zealand Stoke Potters Newcastle x 2 Exeter Contra team ( Czech) Glasgow Berwick Mike Coles testimonal Darkerna If any are of interest just message me or text to 07870504378 and I can provide further details

Sent a message to you yesterday with cnotach Details, Kind regards

Hi Can anyone help, have they got or know someone who has one that wants to sell, a Devon shirts Walford lions speedway race jacket? These were made and sold by Devon shirts in 1997 when speedway featured on eastenders when ricky (Troy Pratt) used this design of race jacket. I remember them being sold in the speedway star for £15 plus postage back in 1997. It even featured on the front of the five-one monthly magazine at the time. If anyone can help please message me. Thank again J

Congratulations to all involved with this, There will be people behind the scenes, it takes a lot of planning and organisation and hours for a project of this scale.it is yet another massive achievement, within this huge project. I have read the public report and this project is massive involving other sports, this will bring something special to the Gorton area and it's a bonus that the project has been heavy based round the speedway.

It hasn't been held in Tenerife for many years now, it's normally in Bournemouth. So yes a trip to there around November time could be on the cards, the Element of surprise always works, so not organised on a media forum or media platform. Word of mouth and a group of people that would go round through the season at the different tracks without the promoters knowing, collecting data and peoples views and collate it together and organise the protest outside the AGM. In fact all would be needed is one person from each track and it could be done in a matter of weeks. Anyone interested it would have to be via message first, not on public view on here. Remember the element of surprise. Please message me with just a yes. If there is enough interest then I will kick start it off. I will provide the email address from which the communication will start. This is for the fans. Not promoters.

Out of interest what happened to the "speedway fans united" group that was formed few years ago? I agree that supporters are paying there hard earned money to watch a below par inferior product. Yes die hard fans do try supporting there team, but surely there comes a point where enough is enough. These people running these speedway clubs and more so the B.S.P.A will keep watering down the product for a quick fix or the so called 3 year plan ( how many times have we heard of this and that plan). Isn't it time that the speedway fans, including the die hard fans do a "walk out" like in the polish Grand Prix. You need a group like speedway fans united to organise and ideally do this at a televised meeting to maximise exposure of how fed up the fans are, maybe a B.S.P.A run meeting. Be outside the stadium but do not pay or go in, but has to be done in numbers. The clubs plod along year on, crowds very slowly get smaller, clubs beg for sponsors and hand outs to keep going, to balance the difference in crowd levels. If you keep paying to go in and watch rubbish, all your going to keep getting is rubbish. No fans, I mean no fans at all will really give them a wake up call. One or two protest meetings would give them a wake up call Would anyone do this, for the long term good, or be worried about the club folding? I'm not so sure. Maybe we should have a speedway fans union. Speedway fans are passionate And loyal, this type of Union would be strong and powerful. Most importantly unite the voice of supporters so they are not overlooked by these people running this speedway in the uk. After all if It wasn't for the fans there would be no professional speedway league.

Out of interest what happened to the "speedway fans united" group that was formed few years ago? I agree that supporters are paying there hard earned money to watch a below par inferior product. Yes die hard fans do try supporting there team, but surely there comes a point where enough is enough. These people running these speedway clubs and more so the B.S.P.A will keep watering down the product for a quick fix or the so called 3 year plan ( how many times have we heard of this and that plan). Isn't it time that the speedway fans, including the die hard fans do a "walk out" like in the polish Grand Prix. You need a group like speedway fans united to organise and ideally do this at a televised meeting to maximise exposure of how fed up the fans are, maybe a B.S.P.A run meeting. Be outside the stadium but do not pay or go in, but has to be done in numbers. The clubs plod along year on, crowds very slowly get smaller, clubs beg for sponsors and hand outs to keep going, to balance the difference in crowd levels. If you keep paying to go in and watch rubbish, all your going to keep getting is rubbish. No fans, I mean no fans at all will really give them a wake up call. One or two protest meetings would give them a wake up call Would anyone do this, for the long term good, or be worried about the club folding? I'm not so sure. Maybe we should have a speedway fans union. Speedway fans are passionate And loyal, this type of Union would be strong and powerful. Most importantly unite the voice of supporters so they are not overlooked by these people running this speedway in the uk. After all if It wasn't for the fans there would be no professional speedway league.

Totally agree with some of these comments. But I would agree rolling at the start adds a element to the racing and causes a talking point. It's not a bad thing. Some Speedway years ago had riders rolling at the start, the racing was still good. The meeting was quick and run at a fast pace. The worst thing these days is when the ref puts the red lights on for a re start. Come on, we want the meeting completed not dragged out till midnight. It's so boring keep watching the riders coming back for a re start than watching a rider maybe make the jump or anticipate the start. It's a sport but it's also entertainment. Rolling at the start is the least of British speedway's problems.

Great news, a lot of time will have gone into to getting it this far, the east Manchester re generation project is a big project in a big city, these things take there time. It is moving in the right direction, the people who have planned, spend lots of time, effort and general hard work on this project have my full support. Looking forward to the next stage of the development. Quick decisions and quick planning are not the answer, that's got British speedway into a mess so many times, long term planning and long term developments are the answer, British speedway needs to stop thinking of a quick decision, that quick fix or a Quick stadium! If anything is done quick it will fail as quickly as it became successful.

It is certainly positive news, someone with Mr Moles experience and knowledge is invaluable , as the need for a new stadium is a MUST, he can help to try and move forward down that avenue. while others get on withthe day to day running of the current club and team. Let's hope for some concrete news about a new stadium, in the near future.

Any ideas about tonight's Swedish match on eurosport? They don't seem to be showing it, correct me if I'm wrong?

Just for the record Billy Hamill won on an upright at the Austrian at wiener Neustadt GP in 1995, yes with others on laydowns

Yes I'm sure you are correct I remember watching jan pedersen on an upright in 1997/1998, quality rider. Lovely style. Bringing uprights back in would show up the true speedway riders to the ones that just turn the throttle and go and hope for the best, half the time some of these riders are on the brink of being out of control. But then again it that what brings the fans in, the thrill of the riders racing on the edge of control, this doesn't always produce top notch racing, just a spectacle to watch. Unfortunately when it goes wrong it can be horrific to the rider and there family if lifetime injury occurs. The diamond would need to be changed to accommodate. but leading links are fine with the upright frame as leading links were brought in before the lay down engine model in back in 1992/93, I recall Ermolenko being one the first to use the leading links, by antig frames

The only thing that this Grand Prix has got good going for it is..... The start line girls, absolutely crap racing and track. Bad advert for speedway. Sell out? Someone has been spinning a yarn, on that one.