Roger Jacobs

And the point I've made is that perhaps they haven't got lucky. Fricke's average has dropped dramatically - and it can be argued that for such a good, proven rider it shouldn't have fallen like that (more than Brennan's has fallen at Ipswich, and he's had a terrible season according to most). Fricke's average was still too high to guest for Holder in away matches until 1st September, so there must have been a great deal of luck involved to get it low enough ...

Only two teams to choose from in the semi-finals … agent Fricke did the perfect job to help his team fail to qualify, by reducing his average sufficiently to be a useful guest (and more employable in 2027).

What a ridiculously pointless comment!

This one was behind closed doors: British Speedway webite

Absolutely - the on-the-night experience needs to be tightened up, with lots of engaging, interesting interviews, plus noise and colour - it's been proven in other sports (T20 cricket is the obvious example).

Invariably, GPs do go ahead - which shows the influence of money and of the riders (I bet they were all set up in the pits and ready for action). Even so, does Vojens have three days of stock car, hot rod and banger racing a few days before?

Amazing to hear that they staged a junior meeting in the afternoon! Apparently the surface was tyre-packed afterwards. Interview with Klindt on BSN, he said it's a known problem, but after doing a track walk he felt it was much worse, possibly because of all the rain this week. From the view on BSN, blading the shale seemed pointless, because they were just back to the shiny clay - it would have taken an age to try to relay the surface. As it is, the riders never got changed, so weren't remotely interested in riding. I'm told that turnstiles weren't closed until the formal announcement at about 19:25 ...

If Sheffield is rained-off … then it’ll be Aces Vs Tigers and Lions Vs Witches …

The Premiership was put out of its misery a few years ago, and has been running on apathy since ...

Banger racing at Foxhall on 19th so, assuming those predictions are accurate, the second Monday would probably suit Ipswich better in terms of track prep.

https://northampton-speedway.com/latest-news/dvvanrgyr60osbu2d55g4nvp2lph1y

It’s bound to rain, so the BSPA should postpone them now …

Provided they can prove they’ve been trying to get a replacement, the facility can be extended.

I assume you mean postponed - or aren’t they going to bother trying again?

Postponing, not cancelling (check the SCB Regs). Very surprised it was postponed based on the forecast, because everything indicated the afternoon would be clear - even the Met Office predicted that. For info: there was a brief shower about 09:00pm tonight.