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Are you suggesting that speedway fans are fickle? Seriously though, that is so true. When I look at videos from the "good old days" the racing was mostly crap. However, when our team got a 5-1, nobody gave a toss, did we?

Not quite; there were TWO races that people remember. 1976 actually had several good races.

The fact is that the bikes react the same to dirt, ruts, holes etc; they just take off...

Again, I can't argue that. The thing that bugs me is why did we plan a "National" speedway stadium with such a limited capacity. No, it didn't have to hold 80,000, but still... It didn't even have to be permanent, but just be able to expand when necessary...

He certainly seems to be one-of-a-kind!

Everyone was complaining about the lack of atmosphere for most of the meeting, but I could certainly feel it during the final!

Or any other grass-tracker...

When I watched speedway as a kid, one of the big attractions for me was watching all those he-men struggling to control a bucking bronco in deep dirt! And they managed it. You have to appreciate ALL aspects of the sport, but mostly the control - even when control seems impossible. The power of the bikes these days does make it physically impossible, which is why they can't race on dirt...

Sadly, the racing hasn't been important in Britain for years... Without a ton of cash - and an increase in suitable venues, speedway is unlikely to be important again...

No more ridiculous than some of the refereeing!

Look, we ALWAYS want it to be good, but sadly, it rarely is... I don't blame it on temporary tracks, just the fact that the machinery has "progressed" (and I use that term very loosely) to the point where the bikes can only be ridden on concrete, and the riders don't have a clue how to ride on dirt because of what the crazy power the bikes have. As I said earlier, if you TRULY attack the track (like Bewley and Holder did), you CAN make it work. As Crump and Hancock both said, there were a lot worse tracks back in the day - and I can only agree with them...

How DARE you disagree with all the miserable gits on here! We can't have that, can we?

Absolutely. If it's NOT performance enhancing, it is NOT being used to gain an unfair undvantage, so it cannot be considered cheating. It's just f*cking stupidity!

I said it before; shut up...

You did this a couple of weeks ago? You'd said your goodbyes - then surfaced again! Make your bloody mind up!

I'm sitting here with tears in my eyes! From what I've seen of him this year, he is absolutely incredible! That was something special! Just proves what can be done when you go out and ATTACK the track; Bewley and Holder have shown that...

Madsen, by the look of it...

Vojens is brilliant! Isn't it???

WTF is a "bangar"???

He doesn't usually wait, does he?

So was I!

That is the problem, because that's all the bikes can handle these days...

Given Madsen a chance, now...

He would probably have left his Marx on the sport...

Shut up...