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He rode better than well, I thought he was tremendous. Three critical points taken off opponents including a pass of experienced top five rider (Sarjeant) - an impressive haul for a 'NDL makeweight'

For the 3 declared tonight the average is just 724.

Seconded. Don't forget in 90s we had GP standard riders in the second tier (Stoney & Stekkers- and that's just at Long Eaton)

Back straight terracing is useless (not raked enough), but otherwise Leicester provides plenty of decent choices

Not having a Premiership football team soaking up all the local media coverage is a big plus. It was noticeable the extent to which speedway got pushed to the sidelines in Reading when the Royals made the Premiership, and I recall similar complaints from Matt Ford when AFC Bournemouth hit the big time.

Just a pity Lions chose such a rubbish guest

Because he was 'not available' from which I would infer that he wouldn't be available to Leicester either.

With Lawson already booked to guest for Edinburgh the only riders available with a higher GSA than Summers are NBJ and Etheridge. (and of those I'd go with Summers having seen Berwick twice in the last week) It's even worse in the PL, with all six teams riding on Monday guests will have to come from riders not doubling up.

Top 12 in 1984 1 Davis 2 King 3 Stancl 4 S Moran 5 Kasper 6 Adorjan 7 Karnas 8 A Drmyl snr (Ales Droylesden according to autocorrect!) 9 Ondrasik 10 Kuznetsov 11 Tatum 12 Gundersen Other competitors that year included Jan Andersson, Malcolm Simmons, Roman Jankowski, Henny Kroeze and Pierre Brannefors

Guest up to 3.75. I assume (given circumstances are similar) that it will be the same in this case.

Yes, but it probably hinges on a win at Leicester. Difficult but not impossible - should make it an interesting fixture.

Have checked in a 1997 prog. Supp. reserves are clearly marked. It was a one off season with six man teams that had only one reserve, so an SR was designated for those occasions when the reserve needed replacing.

There are two separate publications being discussed here. One a book by Peter Morrish, and the second by Alan Robertson. Both have league tables and results. The former just lists point scorers by team, but also has some narrative. The latter has full stats for each season.

Or foresight in the case of most reasonably literate speedway tacticians. It was certainly obvious to me at the time watching the match from the back straight.

An outstanding meeting, great racing, a dramatic finish, a well prepared track, a good atmosphere. My third visit to Redcar this season and they've all been top quality, but today was really exceptional.

Don't you be so sure.

Quibell Park and Paris (Ontario) for me

Last used in 1997 I think

Jackson and Vass use CMA in their rider biographies for pre 1965 performances. The major challenge they had was confirming all the fourth places as these weren't published at the time and hence getting the correct number of rides proved tricky.

You've overlooked Eddie Castro (aged 61) who is still a regular (including Ventura last Saturday). Rune Holta (48 tomorrow) is probably the oldest who is racing at a serious professional level

Although I notice he's supposed to be riding in France tomorrow (against Adam Ellis!)

More like a light breeze

The two at Peterborough were both when placed though.

Doubt it, can't see why Newcastle, Berwick or Plymouth would break the bank for the last few meetings with little at stake and any other team would have to ditch a top rider like Cook, Masters, Andersen or Nicholls to fit him in. I would expect some of the other riders notably Brennan and Kemp to be more in demand.

Now that we've reached the endgame it would be helpful to understand what went wrong. Looking from the outside, at the start of the season, if asked to rank tracks most at risk of closure I think Eastbourne would have been quite low in my list (and most people's standings too)