Jonny the spud

Maybe he and his entourage aren't as sure of his talent as they like to portray . Going the German route could be seen by some as an easier route into the world championships. Either way he's not doing himself any favors considering he's hardly ridden over here except for eleventy billion laps of his home track. As long as you have the real talent to back up the mouth, you can sometimes get away with appearing a bit of a cock. If not I'm afraid you just come across as a twunt. For the poster who pointed out that he was just a schoolboy. Look at the other young British riders who don't have to resort to mouthing off.

Oh dear.

Pulled out with a hand infection.

RR for Rohan tonight.

Brilliant team performance. It bodes well for the season and the atmosphere in the pits is buzzing. Shame it was sooooooo cold.

Martin helps lots of riders in some way or another. A generous guy who's putting something back into the sport.

6*c! !!!!! Oh god I'll die

Happy birthday Adam Ellis. 18 today

To the poster who said that the reduced noise on the F1 spoiled their enjoyment ... Unless you were actually at the event just turn your tv up. To the poster who said that the reduced noise on the F1 spoiled their enjoyment ... Unless you were actually at the event just turn your tv up.

Who's going to be the first track to use transponders on the bikes connected to a big screen. Morizes club in south west France uses them. They're just attached to the bikes with two cable ties. A guy with a stopwatch is such an unreliable and outdated way of doing things.

Adam Ellis isn't on that list as he has a place at Ipswich , although I really think another year riding at nl level would have been good as it's still only his second year riding speedway.

Shame, free entry for carers should be standard across all leagues

they look good

maybe start line guys in boxers to attract more female supporters ? (that'll get the old un's frothing at the mouth)

Heeps / Ellis ?

But it's not information to the thread title is it ? It's just saying I know something you don't

It's the off season. Every year we get Phil's " I know something you don't " Bully for you Phil. It would have been nice to announce it earlier so that riders would have been able to use the news to attract potential sponsors, as it's hard to get people to part with money without telling them what platform their investment will be shown on, funnily enough saying that you're in the star every week doesn't hold much sway in the real world . Most riders suits are made or are being made unfortunately without the league sponsors name on them. It's a great sport unfortunately in terms of organisation and public relations it seems to be run by a bunch of ten year olds.

i walked the track at stoke.......... with the visiting teams manager and the referee, ( who asked the visiting team to put in an official complaint and then the home promotor would be forced to act and rectify the problem before the meeting started as the referee himself couldn't act without the aforementioned complaint). you are perfectly within your rights as a rider to put one wheel over the inside line, there was a 2 foot drop immediately after the broken kerbstones which pass for track markers. Boring if all flats were flat and smooth ??? yes i suppose having a proper surface wouldn't encourage riders to try different lines etc, they must love the unpredictability of some of the excuses that pass as tracks. I must remember to tell Holder your opinion next time i see him, oh and all the other riders that seem to prefer racing elsewhere too.

Well there's not a lot of news coming from the club ..... err, i've just bought a van ....... hardly earth shattering eh ? when some training starts i'll stick some photos on here

if you ever get the chance to walk the track at stoke, look at the inside then try to imagine the consequences of plating your front wheel over the line at 70 mph. Believe me, i've ridden internationally and i know how much it hurts when it all goes wrong.

After Chris Holder's accident, he was asked what could improve British speedway in an interview and he replied the standard of tracks. I live abroad and watch good racing on permanent tracks however last year due to my son's involvement i got to see a few tracks in the UK . Oh my god !! Put your wheel over the inside markers at stoke and yo disappear down a 2 foot hole, Go slightly wide at Rye house on the first bend and you hit an offset camber which pushes you to the fence, come steaming down the straight at poole and theres a massive hole / take off ramp between the start and the corner . . . . etc I'm sure there's lots of other "quirky" tracks that fans and promotors will trot out the " well a good rider should be able to ride all kinds of tracks" line. But why can't some of the scant money in the sport be used to provide consistent, flat, safe racing surfaces ? When the world champion ( at the time) points out the blindingly obvious, when will people start to listen and more importantly act on it ?

I have known Dimitri Bergé since he was born and believe me, you don't become world 125 & 250 longtrack champion as well as French 250 champion and qualify for longtack GP's without having a bit of talent. He's been training on a speedway bike for the last 2 winters as well.

I hope that people stop moaning on here about the people moaning on here about the people moaning on here.

Wow. Those 100+ letters , phone calls , emails and discussions must have been a figment of my imagination. Tell me, what's it like to be perfect ?

A phone call from at least one potential sponsor !