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7 home debuts, what did you expect? Had Musielak, Zagar, Jepperson or Jepson-Jensen ever actually competed in a competitive race at Perry Barr before?

I can't remember who said experienced teams start the season well, young teams come good at the end. Let's hope so.

Aside from the top two who were very good, Belle Vue offered very little. Cook & Zischke must be allowed a few meetings to settle, but Lidsey, Blodorn & Mulford should have done more. Brennan performing so well bodes well for GB, kept Kurtz at bay and good battling point in his first ride.

Doyle has won how many Peter Craven memorials? Brennan spent a couple of seasons with the Aces while King & Ellis have won British Championships at the NSS. How are the Witches going to struggle? What is the point of doing rider/team manager interviews while the mascot is doing laps - no one can hear anything they're saying.

Assuming no problems - weather or crashes, should be finished 21:15. That's my hope anyway, so I beat the any roadworks on the M56! They usually start closing lanes at 22:00.

Micheal Jepsen Jensen 7.50 Jonas Jeppesen 4.50 According to a Facebook post by British Speedway today.

There used to be a very good website with seasonal history & rider profiles for Cradley Heathens. I googled it this morning to look for something but couldn't find it. Is it no more?

There used to be a very good website with seasonal history & rider profiles for Cradley Heathens. I googled it this morning to look for something but couldn't find it. Is it no more?

From 12 fixtures Gusts averaged 2.43 (0.607) in Ekstraliga for Wroclaw in 2024, replacing Woffinden post injury. Less than Anders Rowe. From 2 fixtures Gusts averaged 4.40 (1.10) in Eliteserien. On a par with Adam Ellis. Struggling to find much else on him league wise, didn't seem to race in Denmark

Great signing, had seemed to be on wain but after replacing the injured Doyle for Grudziądz in the Ekstraliga last year he was solid for them.

Kurtz had a great 2024. Big year for him back in the Ekstraliga & GP debut season. I'd take Kurtz over Jack Holder, probably not quite as quick when the track suits him but more craft & far less selfish.

That would mean Rew & Jepperson at #2 & #4. Brummies would need Zmarzlik as the other rider to be competitive is Sedgeman signed

Sedgeman on 6.00? He's never averaged that. He'd be an Ok reserve but I doubt Jepperson would be much more and Rew should be riding at 2. I couldn't make that not rhyme. Sorry. Brummies need two riders that can be more than solid reliable middle order merchants at the very least... ideally they need one of those & a rider that can push Musielak for #1.

Spires have more chance of being competitive in heats 13 & 15 than Stars do. One good T/S works against teams that are built on overall strength.

If the Swedish duo of Kim Nilsson & Jacob Thorsell complete the Brummies septet it has an aging but reliable solid look to it

He has considerably less experience on British tracks than those riders, if he averages more than any of them in the premiership I'd be surprised.. Blodorn will be at #2 for the Aces most of the season I'd suggest. Considering how the Stars team has been built, NKI will probably have a period at #1 and a period at #6, when all were fit for Kings Lynn last year NKI rode at 2. Harris likewise will probably spend some time as Stars #1 and at reserve.

Averaged 7.11 (1,779) in Denmark in 2024 for Esbjerg, second in their averages. Less than Becker & Holder Snr but more than Blödorn and NKI. From 4 fixtures, averaged 5.26 (1,316) in Elitserien for Vargarna, Less than Douglas & Tungate but more than Milik & Harris. Last appearance in the UK was for Somerset in 2018 in the top tier where he averaged 3.81 from 6 fixtures (2 home, 4 away), plus two appearance in the second tier with Ipswich where he averaged 4.00. Finished 5th in Danish Individual Championship last year, 7th in 2023, 10th in 2022, 7th in 2020. Looks like he'd be a solid #2 but not anymore than that.

His 2022 average attained with Belle Vue, obvs. Jepperson should be on 4.0-5.0 no more if assessed.

Don't know a great deal about him TBH, I've seen the name on scorecards but not much else. Haven't had time to look any further than Sportwoefakty. He averaged 7.32 in the Polish third tier in 2024. Higher than Worrall, less than Riss.

Unlikely to be available to ride many weekend Championship fixtures if he is riding in Poland again next year.

Kildemand didn't appear to ride in Poland last season. Last stats I can find for him are 2023 Stal Rzeszów when he averaged 7.68 (1,919) in the second tier, for reference that's lower than Krystian Pieszczek & Jacob Thorssell who were in the same team. Can't see that Kildemand rode in Elitserien either last year. He did ride in his native league, averaged 4.93 (1,232) for Fjelsted. A little more than Adam Ellis & Nicolai Klindt averaged, but distinctly less than Luke Becker & NKI.

Milik on a 4.11 average is worth a punt.

If Janowski can hit the ground running next season he'll be top 5 in the averages. Are Spires going to start with Tungate &: Janowski as their spearhead? If so a solid 1-6 can be forged with points aplenty available.

There is no obvious space in Wolverhampton for a speedway stadium, if a stadium could be built near Wolverhampton then it would have to in a South Staffs area rather than an area which is in Wolverhampton itself. The obvious space is near the i54 industrial estate, which is next to the M54 junction 2 however while access for those who drivers is good, I'd think public transport links would be rather limited. Wolverhampton are in a better position generally than Cradley, Wolverhampton is at least the north of the West Midlands conurbation with Staffordshire countryside surrounding some of it, Cradley is smack bang in the middle of the conurbation. I don't know the area as well anymore, I haven't lived in Dudley for several years and didn't live in that area of Dudley anyway... but I cannot think of any reasonable development space near it. The nearest none densely populated urban area is the other side of the sizable towns of Stourbirdge & Halesowen. When there is Greyhound racing at Dunstall, I do wonder what on earther will happen to Monmore, surely 2 Greyhound racing venues 3 miles apart is not sustainable.