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Kasprzak 40 more Pedersen 40 less Kylmakorpi 40 more

Excellent point for the Aces tonight. At the halfway point couldn't see us getting anything from this one, at probably our least favourite away track. Suddenly Cookie found the quick way round Lakeside, giving the quality Nicholls & battling Worrall twins the backing they needed. Rode a brilliant line to keep a fast charging AJ at bay in heat 15 to help the skipper seal the 5-1. The much-maligned,in some quarters, Lakeside track produced some good racing tonight, AJ & Scott Nicholls at the heart of much of it. The battle between Nick Morris & AJ was particularly good. So another point towards the playoffs for the Aces. Nice to see the interest in, & concern for, the Aces on here from some of our friends in Dorset. There's really no need, we're doing just fine thanks. ♣️ ☺️

Tough assignment this for the Aces against a Lakeside team who rode well last time in Manchester. Rob Mear & Lewis Bridger gave the Hammers plenty of bite at reserve that night & seemed to really enjoy the new track. If Lewis Kerr can replicate Bridger's points from reserve tomorrow night then it could be very close. Prediction: a hard fought 48-42 home win.

You can turn up & park on the night. Parking on the stadium car park behind turn 2 is £3, as I believe it is on the school too. You can also buy tickets from the ticket office on the night. Queues are much smaller than they were earlier in the season so you should be fine. Lakeside's previous visit to the Aces this season produced some excellent racing, hopefully more of the same on Weds night. Decent weather forecast too.

Racing wasn't great tonight, track way too grippy - part weather caused, part questionable track prep early meet. Issues to be solved off track too, sound has been an ongoing (albeit improving) issue. As a promotion & a set of fans we are still learning about our new home. Plenty to like about the NSS, even SS offered words of praise, honoured! Let's maybe try & offer a constructive balanced opinion (difficult for some on here I know) before we throw the brickbats (or pies). The NSS is barely 4 months old, here to stay, & will only get better. I suspect the SWC final will be a very different spectacle, all we need now is a GB win. Keep the faith!

Denmark Madden & Iversen Australia Fricke & Doyle USA Janniro & Fisher Russia Sajfutdinov & A Laguta

Nearly last to first for Kaczmarek in heat 11, good race.

Good afternoon. Don't know too much about many of the riders on show here. Hopefully some close racing & my Polish speedway knowledge enhanced in a couple of hours time. Heat 1 about to go..

I thought that might be an issue, yet saw Bewley was still listed at no.1 for BV. Await with interest what the Colts management do.

Vaculik £20 more Milik £10 more Lindback £20 more Huckenbeck £10 more

Round 1 (Vojens, Denmark) Russia (Red) 2 Emil Sayfutdinov 4 Artem Laguta Poland (Blue) 2 Patryk Dudek 4 Bartosz Zmarzlik Czech Republic (White) 3 Eduard Krcmar 4 Vaclav Milik Denmark (Yellow) 2 Leon Madsen 4 Niels-Kristian Iversen Round 2 (Vastervik, Sweden) Australia (Red) 3 Max Fricke 4 Jason Doyle USA (Blue) 1 Greg Hancock 2 Ryan Fisher Germany (White) 1 Kevin Wolbert 4 Martin Smolinski Sweden (Yellow) 1 Antonio Lindback 3 Andreas Jonsson Thanks.

Bold move that from Legowik in heat 14 - mighty effective though!

Looking forward to heading over to Buxton for this one. Tony Atkin guesting for the Hitmen, enjoy watching him race. Another opportunity to see how young Dan Bewley is progressing too. Decent weather forecast, any other Belle Vue fans heading over there?

Fair point about Steve Worrall around the NSS. He seems to have found a set up around there that works, he looks quick & if picked for the SWC I don't think he'd let anyone down. I'm not convinced there is much home advantage, yet. What has to be factored in that away riders are really enjoying racing on a track that is big, fast ,fair & there to be attacked - unlike our previous home, where some opposition riders were beaten driving into the car park pre-match. Back to thread, what was wrong with Hans Andersen last night? Sounds like he cost Poole last night.

Well I didn't expect that outcome driving down to Belle Vue tonight. An under-strength Leicester side written off by most, on paper looked a 30 point win for the Aces, surely a formality? Fortunately speedway's not raced on paper & Lions fans should be proud of their team's efforts tonight, they really got stuck in. Palm-Toft was outstanding & battled all night, Hougaard looked like the Paddy of his early days in Aces colours, Auty & Wozniak were always in the mix too. As HT says, heat 11 was a cracker (hopefully the Speedway GB website will show it) between Worrall & Wozniak - hard fought & (just about) ended with a handshake. A bad night for the Aces skipper lacking speed & Max Fricke with rare bike frustrations in an otherwise breakthrough season for him. Matej Zagar can & does frustrate speedway fans at times, but on other occasions makes the sport look ridiculously easy, even in tricky conditions like tonight. Valuable EL points for the Aces, Lions well worth their point tonight too. Big week for the Aces on the road coming up, at Swindon on Thurs, then Cov on Friday. With still little obvious home track advantage, away points are absolutely vital.

Really impressed by Jack Holder the one time I've seen him race, at the truncated World U21 qualifier at Belle Vue earlier this season, was quick on that occasion. Looked quite a prospect on that showing.

Any news yet whether BBC Radio WM are covering this match live?

I agree too CB, no real home advantage as yet for the Aces. Matej Zagar touched on that subject in the post-match conference in the Peter Craven Suite. No complaints from him about the track, just a lack of consistency in conditions in home matches to date (due to the bang average Manchester "summer" so far), making set-ups hard to find. Thought Wolves were excellent, especially early on, & they are a live threat for the title for me. An Aces/Wolves 2-legged playoff tie would be some contest! After a couple of fallow years for Freddie Lindgren, enjoyed watching him back near his best, was quality all match. Whether the Aces make the playoffs or not, Max Fricke has to be the first name on the Aces team sheet for 2017. Bound to be on an attractive average, great temperament, smooth racing style, quick - & improving rapidly. Gonna be interesting to see how far he can progress - he's the real deal in my opinion.

That looked horrible, really awkward landing, hope Pawlicki's not too badly injured.

Rob Lambert's performed well on his previous visits to Belle Vue this season, looking forward to watching him again on Weds night. With the SWC Final just over 3 weeks away, great to have Lambert, Cook, Nicholls & Steve Worrall all in action at the NSS, a golden opportunity in front of the Sky cameras for them to impress & stake a claim for a Team GB spot. Should be some great racing between two teams with designs on the EL title, can't wait!

Seen Paul Starke excel at both Leicester & Belle Vue this year, a lot to like about him, he's good to watch & I hope he continues to improve. His score tonight doesn't surprise me one bit.

Thought Kings Lynn reserves were competitive tonight, best I've seen Lambert race. Seen Batch get plenty of stick on here too about racing in the wet, thought he got stuck in.

Enjoyed tonight's NL action at the NSS. Thought Stoke put up plenty of fight, with Ben Wilson & Danny Phillips at the heart of their best moments. Track rode well again, albeit a bit on the dry side. Best to err on the side of caution with rain around pre & post match not too far away. Those slicker conditions didn't suit Jon Armstrong or Tony Atkin, certainly no lack of effort from them, great to watch. Best race of the night for me was heat 14 with Rob Shuttleworth & Danny Phillips dicing for 4 laps, terrific stuff. Nice touch from the Colts walking out in front of the grandstand after the match to meet the fans for autographs, photos etc. Nothing too much trouble, was really well received, credit all round. Just finally brought back a few memories in the second half watching the young lad in the kevlars complete with tassles, very Screeny/Douggie Wyer-esque - definitely not enough of that in modern day speedway!

Been thinking the same about Kyle Howarth. Remember watching him race in the same Belle Vue Colts side as Jason Garrity & they were around the same level - that certainly isn't the case at the moment. Being a local lad & ex-Belle Vue, I was sad to see Kyle struggle last night, hope he starts to progress again soon - though if he could wait til after Monday night that would be ideal.

Unsure about the rules regarding Sam Masters being able to ride for the Wolves following the Edinburgh rainoff. He was there though, sat at table next to me in the Peter Craven Suite. Was chatting to CvS pre match, all very cordial, seemingly no problem. Think he'll go well round the NSS, a shame he wasn't racing tonight.