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Unfortunately though, brown envelopes can be very persuasive

Yes, I saw Peter Oakes tweeted the news but not sure how/cause. I had a couple of really good races with him at Lynn I remember, sad to hear.

As much as they want. None of the spend on vans & mechanics & brand new bikes every year is compulsory and a lot of it will be sponsored as well. The ancillary stuff makes no difference to their speed on track but is more about keeping up with the Jones'.

So has Howarth

Tie now over, as expected the Aces do it.

What an awful ref. does she know anything about speedway? Brennan was going down on his own.

This was from back in 2010, from an article by John Chaplin on Speedway Plus and wages there have only gone one way since. Crump's signature on the contract is reportedly worth around £170,000 and every time he turns up for a league match he is to be guaranteed �3,000. If he rides in 20 Polish meetings that makes a round sum of £60,000 for the new season. The rest is to be earned on the track. For each point scored he will get £1,700 If he scores as many points as he did in 2010 he will take home about £390,000.

Sayfutdinov and N Pedersen I've seen before as well and they were more than this!

That bubble may burst at some point but can't blame the riders for taking it!

Should be straightforward for the Aces to hang on. Sheffield will be under pressure but anything can happen, a fall or two could make a difference.

All a bit predictable for me, good for aces fans undoubtedly because if they'd made the starts it would have been processional. It was a bit slick/damp and I was surprised how many times riders didn't seem to spot that 1/2 the outside was quickest and 3/4 the inside, for the first half of the meeting. I think the Aces have a great chance to win on Thursday as the pressure may get to the Tigers. All they need are 3-3s, maybe at reserve they may come unstuck.

That's why there's been a couple of passes

It was only an example, not an allegation against Vavulik.

Thanks, this is what I meant, not them using sponsorship for themselves but to get a place e.g. Vaculik securing a GP venue for the series to use, as long as he's in it.

Ok thanks! So the reserve list is for the back-up wild cards and they take preference over those next in-line from the challenge. I do remember thinking Kolodziej, Lebedevs, Smolinski & others in the challenge final feeling hard done by with Bewley & especially Holder's inclusion. Out of interest, can the riders bring sponsorship to the GP series as a way of getting in, like F1 drivers do to get into teams?

That was in the World Cup wasn't it, not just a run of the mill league match? I wonder how many other times they raced against each other over the season? Now I'm not saying he's better than him or anyone else but it shows the lad is capable. Good for him and I hope he gets more opportunities. I don't think Bewley or Holder should have been in the series this year if they followed the pecking order of qualification (as they are doing with Fricke) but Bewley has shown that choice to have been the right call.

Think you left out 'unecessarily' out of "Then the bikes..... developed". The bikes are ruining the sport, as the cars have for F1.

I could have left out 'the selected', my point still holds true, jeez you're confrontational! It's also a matter of opinion who the worlds 'best' riders are in any particular year - and no, I won't respond if anyone comes back with YOU TELL ME WHO IS BETTER THEN

There's always evidence to prove a point but none of it sways my opinion. Nowhere did I suggest the top three should not be in it, or have a go at anyone in particular, just that I find it boring to watch. I could come back with something equally ridiculous like why not make it a 20 round series so you can see even more races between Janowski and Lindgren, or have every round from Torun, surely that'll be even better won't it? I remember being excited when one of my past favourite riders made the 1991 world final and went to Gothenburg to watch - it went badly but he started with a chance. I am not of the misconception that the GP series is about finding the best rider in the world that year - it isn't. It's a competition for the selected riders based on the previous year with a heavy slant on selling tickets, to TV and getting nations to host.

They'll be hoping his away form improves, which it should.

I am one of those. Unpredicability in sport excites me. I'm bored of Woffinden vs Zmarlik or Lindgren vs Doyle etc. Seen it before and I couldn't really care less who wins in the 10s of races they have over the series.

The world cup this year was much better to watch - the Finns, a Latvian or Ukrainian I think (not sure I remember right) but they were unexpectedly successful. That's what the GP series lacks for me. I will hope Kim Nilsson proves the naysayers wrong.

Fricke didn't, was just lucky Bewley made the top 6

Boring line up. Same as this year and brings no unpredictability.

And he missed away trips to both of those tracks as well.