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But his actual 2023 average based on all official fixtures has him 9th (or 10th behind Danny King if you ignore bonus points). That has to be short of expectations.

And Ace is in Zarnovica for the European under 19 championship

Currently standing at £19,990! Just a tenner to go

I'm guessing Plymouth will be on 16th or 23rd of August with Workington or Bullets moving to 30 Aug (NDL has later cut-off date)

The thing that has really made my visits to Oxford a pure pleasure is the atmosphere - packed crowd, huge waves of emotion as the drama unfolds. Like you I'm a fan of local rivals through and through (Racers rather than Robins) but it is impossible not to get wrapped up in the excitement.

The big question tonight is: Who will score more - Rowe or Newman? (If Rowe outscores Newman then he stays in top 5 for August, otherwise Newman moves up from reserve)

Well you could test everybody at every event but that would cost a couple of grand a time. Are people willing to accept a £2 admission fee increase for this?

Maybe it was an imaginary result : i

The simple way is to have a points limit for heatleaders (as well as the overall points limit). And have an accurate conversion factor between the leagues ÷1.5 is monstrously inaccurate)

Full marks for a witty and eye catching thread title. PS I may have to borrow it for a future article!

Ashley Morris? I can't see Nick being available for some time

Here's my worries: 2022 (Ipswich) First 12 matches 60 rides 102 pts av 6.80 Last 8 matches 33 rides 32 points ave 3.88 2022 (Oxford) Championship Away average 5.67 ( to be fair he was pretty decent at Oxford 9 double figure scores ( Inc bonus) in 11 matches)

I just hope it is half as good as last year's cracker

Per Stewart Dickson interviewed at Leicester tonight the first test was "non-negative' and by inference refused to take second test. And hearing is on 27th

Dan Thompson, Jake Mulford (if fit) and Sam Hagon would be my choices

Because we would be deluged with SCB press releases saying rider x tested negative for drugs and rider y has a legal sized engine. Neither of these are newsworthy

Yet who were the top 5 in yesterday's Polish Final? The current Polish GP riders (including Janowski and Dudek who many want to get rid of) and those spritely youngsters Hampel and Kolodziej.

Have you checked your medication?

Calling it restriction of trade is not really correct. Those are simply the competition rules. After all nobody shouts 'age discrimination' because SGP2 is restricted to under 21s.

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But Kim did qualify. No system is perfect. The best I can come up with is you, me and 'RacersandRoyals' decide who the best 15 riders in the world are at the end of the season and announce them as next year's field

$9,875,525 in prize money last year. Add sponsorship and it is probably double that. (But still less than Robert Lewandowski I'd guess [salary alone of €18m])

Yes 13 July 2021 heat 3 Jake Allen originally excluded, but after a conversation with the pits Allen was reinstated and Paul Starke excluded. Si Humphrey-Kennett in case you are wondering.

Not sure the rulebook gives an answer, but precedent certainly does, as it has happened before, so I would imagine Bailey will ride

Posters, myself included, rarely hesitate to critisize Discovery (no Australian GP, track surfaces etc) but time to say something positive. SGP 3 has been a huge sucess. The competition has been going since 2010, barely noticed by most, but thanks to its rebranding and broadcasting it has become a major event.