SteveLyric2

PR I think your comment above sums up a lot of what is wrong with Speedway's popularity unfortunately. What riders think is a good race track is not what spectators believe!!!! We know - especially at GP level - that all riders just want the best equipment to make them go faster. Tracks are prepared (ie, usually with very little dirt) to suit the new, current machinery and from a spectator point of view we get many more processional races in a conventional meeting and less entertainment. Of course there will be those long standing fans who will continue to attend just to see the likes of heat 20, but many more 'first-timers' who may not bother to go/watch again!! I know its 'speed'way, but throughout the sport there has to be some sensible control of engine revs/speed/noise which reduces speed slightly and allows for better track prep - for the spectator! Just my view....!

Nice gesture!

Rain offs??? Its a 'snow-off' in Brum for Wednesday. Thats the first lost Sky meeting!!

Just extend the SGPs into the Far East - China, Malaysia etc - and watch the sponsors roll in!!!

I don't mind either way - single or double points! However I do feel, as someone else has already posted, that in the final, all 4 riders should score something, maybe 4,3,2,1. or 6.4.2.1. But it won't change again now for this season!

I expect they'll have their own studio with their own dull guests!!

Your post - 'All meetings except when Poole are racing. Their meetings will be on the Adult Channel , where all the t!ts can be seen.' Why mention Poole (or any team for that matter) in the context of an Adult channel?? Totally irrelevant to the thread as well as being somewhat insulting as well!! Hence my response which suggested that, to come out with comments like that,you must like watching the channel with all the t!!ts to keep warm!! We don't need such things 'daaann saaaath' to keep warm, we have the World Champion and other top speedway riders every week!! ps. just watched heat 20 of the NZ GP again - terrific racing by Darcy Ward. Looking forward to seeing more of the same this Friday.

I know very little about it and have no need to. It was you that introduced the topic. I guess its a way for you to keep warm north of the border!!

I take it you are a subscriber then?!!!!

Many thanks to Eurosport for showing the IMG/BSI tv coverage. Not sure I could stomach the commentary team for every GP although it was good for a change - they did seem to just carry on talking whether there was anything useful to say or not!!! Still its back to Nigel and Kelvin/Jan for the remaining GPs

Great edition Speedway Star - a brilliant read!

...but they won't be quick enough with him on his GP bikes. On a 50cc pit bike - fine!!

Gives people the chance to travel home at a decent hour - especially now there is virtually no hotel accommodation left in or even near the city.

You seem to be missing the point. Its about audience figures for live speedway (and live sport in general)on different nights. Sky have enough live sport for a Saturday evening. However Mondays, when audiences are much higher for EL meetings, are a very different matter. That said, the BSPA and Sky still need to work together to get a better EL package for that audience.

Forgive my ignorance, but what is SportKlub and where do I find it?

I remember the late Cyril Hart, who used to do the Poole match reports and for a while was also the Poole PRO. He used to sit behind us in the grandstand and clarified a lot of the rules when we first started going in the mid-eighties!

subject to change!!!!

Nor in the EL!!!

From comments made by referee Mick Posselwhite at the Poole fans forum, it would seem that all referees are going to warn riders about returning to the pits after a restart is called!!!

Can't see any full stops - just a couple of 'iffy' question marks at the end of sentences that aren't questions!!

I think it was shown last year on 'Transworld Sport' or something similar.

probably only once you've gone in through the turnstyles!!!!!

Engine tuners!! Bring on Formula 2 Speedway!!

I don't think they have one at Brandon!

Come to Wimborne Road then!!