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Achieved "Legend" status at Leicester! "CAPTAIN NEMO" Enjoy your retirement Kauko....

It's like opening a big Christmas present, only to find another smaller box, eventually you get to an envelope, with a £50 gift voucher for................. POUNDLAND!!!

Whoa, whoa, Where did I mention Belle Vue not running next season? I was merely commenting about the club's ££££ situation, and if it could afford the same type of team next year.... I mean, £2,000 just to unload a van is steep for the BEL.... Cloth cutting, to the amount of cloth available, not the other way round..

Can you be sure about this?

Well, last of the season, can't come quick enough... Will we find out plans for 2017? Anyone have anymore from the - - "Rumour Mill" I believe it's been turning flat out...

Just as a matter of interest, when Sky first started broadcasting the BEL, I DVD'D every meeting religiously, on separate discs, with personalised case covers and disc labels... I loved watching the coverage, if meetings were rained off (rare) they did sometimes have alternative venues.. I distinctly remember a meeting rained off, and they switched to Wolverhampton, I'm sure that was the meeting when Sam Ermolenko went under the fence, that was wet as well.... They never used to harp on about getting to heat 10 either in them days.... How it's changed.... Well, as I said, bias shown... And don't compare to football and Chelsea/Man Utd get more coverage than Crystal palace, Etc.......

There were a few rain offs/pre-meeting cancellations which may/May not have been re-chosen for broadcast..

I asked for a list of sky meetings broadcast this season, either nobody knows, or don't want to post it as it will be extremely bias towards a couple of teams....

Ok Mr S.S, maybe it was a bit of a mardy statement to make! Is there a list of all the Sky meetings shown this season? Don't remember seeing Kings Lynn or Leicester very often this season..

Thats easy enough...... Ban anyone under the age of 21 from attending speedway.. Teens love doing/going to stuff they aren't allowed to do/go to...

Yes, nobody seems to want to come forward with any info on the Gerhards running/servicing costs, especially at GP level... It might well be cheap as chips at Premier League, even Elite League level, but at GP/Poland level, who knows....

It wasn't very lucrative, unless you were Poole....

Crash: Freddie Lindgrens fault, Bomber went into/under the aifence on turn 3, pretty much at the same pace/angle as Doyle, Bomber had a bit of good luck, Doyle didn't.. Disgraceful decision to exclude Bomber, Lindgren should have been thrown out the race... A 2 part airfence might be a way forward, when bikes impact the fence, the initial contact always seems around midway up, and the fence buckles with the top and bottom folding over leaving the base of whatever is behind exposed... If it was a 2 part fence, maybe in a third at the bottom and 2 thirds above, the bottom third would pretty much be un-deformed by bike impacts and still be there for the rider/s to hit... Pity you can't easily do image posting, this would 've easier to understand....

Personally, I don't like Doyle, but I don't like to see any rider/s get injured.. so I wish him a speedy recovery..

I think some testing needs doing with airfences and how best to secure them down... I reckon that it would be best to have a 2 level airfence.. one layer say 15 inches high on the bottom, and the rest of the airfence sits on that, most airbags seem to lift from front wheel impacts, around half way up, if that happens, the base layer of the air fence remains grounded and collects the rider/s.... What do you think peeps??

Weather Forecast For Race Day (10:30 update) It will remain mostly dry today, intermittent cloud/sunny breaks, I anticipate light rain starting around 5pm, which will be mostly light, and patchy, clearing around 8pm, racetime temps hovering around 17c/18c... So, a better race weather outlook than I forecast earlier in the week..

Weather forecast for Torun, not the best.... Well, from 5pm to 11pm anyway. Temps around 18c, showers getting heavy around 7pm 8pm, then getting lighter until clearing around 11pm....

Yes, it did help, tremendously.. It's odd because it's a vegetable based oil, not produced from that nasty black stuff, that goes into car/lorry engines....

Yes, it did help, tremendously.. It's odd because it's a vegetable based oil, not produced from that nasty black stuff, that goes into car/lorry engines.... Don't see why it would harm the environment, get some down, use a crop sprayer, wonder wheel it in, all speedway in the UKs problems will be solved!!

I concur, see who became available..

I ride in Ian Gutteridge Kevlars, has RAINMAN on them.... Rather appropriate I think!!

If its only one rider to be under XX and British, you can't have protected heats, unless you mean he/they/she cannot be withdrawn from those/that race, because there are 4 riders per race, to make it totally protected, it means riding against the same quality of opposition, which means 2 riders from both teams.. Also, the riders drafted/signed/assigned can either stay at #6 and #7 all season, or possibly, if there average rises, can be promoted up to 2nd string, I.E #4 or #2, they are forbidden from rising into a heat leader role, I.E #1, #3 or #5. A protected rider, I.E #6 and #7 can only miss a ride during the meeting, if certified medically unfit to ride by the official Doctor or official Paramedic, if both present, whichever is senior in a medical capacity. Or #6 and #7 can be excluded, but not replaced by any other rider than the #6 or #7, if both #6 & #7 are both in the race, then the excluded #6 or "7 must go off 15m handicap. Both #6 and #7 must complete if fit, and not medically withdrawn by the official Doctor of Paramedic, take a minimum of 4 rides, and a maximum of 6 rides, unless the team has lost to medical grounds a number #1, #2, #3, #4 or #5, where by one or both #6 and #7 can take a 7th ride.. That's the reserves sorted....

Will Belle Vue still get their cut of sky dosh, now it's been reduced to a few recorded highlights being shown when Sky can fit them in if Wolves v Poole is a borefest!!!

That is simply not true!!!!!!!! I have Beean a member of a popular weather forum for 3 years, never an argument like you get on here with posters getting banned, reinstated, and then banned again within hours! Proper discussion, with pictorial posting as well, oh, sorry, forgot this is a speedway forum, so penny pinching and saving bandwidth!! Hmmmmmm, where haveci heard that before I wonder!!

Oh no we're not! Queue pantomime horse....!!