MattB

Yea was an awful decision in Sweden. Rickardsson wasn't quite at his best that year, though its to his credit he got as close as he did. He really raised the bar in terms of how riders presented themselves. I can remember him turning up at Monmore Green in his enormous motor home (much to Chris Van Straaten's disapproval apparently!) when he was riding for Poole. Such a shame that he was tempted to race on in 2006 when his heart probably wasn't in it.

Absolutely. I remember that final GP in 2000 vividly, and Rickardsson was absolutely superb. He was never headed before the final and I've no doubt he'd have won that final if he'd needed to - he was simply deflated after Loram had sealed the total. It was a terrific achievement from Loram to win a title during a period when Rickardsson was at his absolute peak

A chink of light perhaps? Long way to go, but fingers crossed http://www.savecoventryspeedway.com/_mobile/news.php?extend.4195

Positive news. Still a lot of work to do of course, but getting speedway back into Oxford would be a major coup.

Totally agree. The shoestring speedway runs on makes it impossible to run with no income coming through the turnstiles. The social distancing aspect is tricky as well. It can probably be implemented at some tracks, but not others. Wolves can only accommodate supporters in a relatively small section of Monmore as it is.

Think there's a real element of truth about this. I went to Rye House's first top flight match, and lots of fans I spoke to said it was the best crowd they'd seen down there. Once the initial buzz wore off, it was always likely that crowds would level out (by all accounts they were dropping in the latter years of Len Silver's time). Once they lost Saturday nights, I think the writing was on the wall. Hopefully it can be salvaged. We've lost far too many tracks in recent years.