Grachan

Could have been. I've no idea.

A question for Scunthorpe fans. Who races there called Ed? The reason I ask is I was listening to the radio this morning, and there was a guy on the phone. When he did his "shout outs" he said hi to "everyone at Scunthorpe speedway, where I race". Then he requested a Busted track. Just wondered if anyone knows who it was. If anyone is curious and wants to listen, it was at about 5.55 this morning on Radio One.

I don't agree it needs to be higher. In fact, I'd go as far as to say that this rule was part of the reason Zach and James struggled. Whatever happened, they were going to be the lowest average riders in the league. In the past, other sides might have had 2 or 3 pointers in at reserve with whom they were on a par or better than. Instead they were always going to be the weakest riders in the league and every other side had reserves of a much higher standard.

Swindon usually get decent crowds on tv meetings when they run a promotion. When they don't run a promotion the crowd is halved. A good meeting last night. What is it with heat 13 at Belle Vue? Always seems to be a cracker. If racing was like that at Swindon every week I reckon the place would be packed. I remember talking to a Belle Vue fan once while working away, who said he used to love going to Belle Vue speedway, but it had "closed down now unfortunately". This was in the days of when they were at the Greyhound Stadium, but perhaps the same still applies in Manchester. Maybe people simply don't know it's there.

The amount of likes you got for this post just shows how delusional the UK is about Brexit. How is EU law affecting immigration to the UK from Australia? Or are you expecting freedom of movement between the UK and Australia after we leave?

18.9.3 All riders with an MA below the Injured rider may take one IRR ride each. (NB. a reserve can have more than one IRR) Only those below can take a ride if IRR is used. So Adam Ellis could have a ride. (R/R was already being used for Lampart) This big cheat that these people by the pits are coming up with involved: Muslielak (Swindon's third heatleader) chucking a race - 0 points. Then the two reserves being used - pretty much guaranteeing 0 points. Then a ride for Ellis.

I don't see why they would need to be lost. If they wanted to ride here they could be fitted in if the maximum converted average was set to 12.00 and averages set at Championship level. If the current standard of rider could be maintained I'd be all for it, and, with so much doubling up nowadays, I think they could.

Just out of interest, how did these many people by the pits believe it was to Swindon's advantage to have to use their non-scoring reserves in two rides instead of one of their heatleaders?

Blimey. The Poole medical officer was in on it too then.

Thank God for that.

For God's sake! Of course it isn't a fact. What is wrong with people? Why would this ever happen? Why would this even be to anyone's advantage? Ridiculous. And, even more ridiculous, is that some people actually believe it.

There was quite a long period when there was no speedway on television at all. I remember a campaign going in Speedway Star to get it shown. To see Hans Nielsen win the World Final in Poland I had to buy a video of it. The coverage we get now on BT (and on Sky previously) is excellent, but it is also very specialised. People aren't going to just put the tv on and stumble across some speedway these days.

I used to do Oxford, Swindon & Reading regularly too. The funny thing is, if it was the same now I wouldn't be able to afford it, which maybe says something about admission costs.

Jason Doyle getting in on the act now, saying on Twitter that yesterday's tracks (plural) were among the most dangerous he has ever ridden on. He says the riders were all ready to pull the plug after heat 7, but decided to keep going for the fans.

Troy Bachelor apologises to fans over the state of Poole's track: https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/sport/speedway/17667825.troy-batchelor-apologises-to-paying-public-amid-poole-track-concerns-after-bank-holiday-flop/?fbclid=IwAR1oEGiT64Axm6N-hKC67j2YEL-9wvdRCPudNB_f4tn0ka0HSCK5u4Q6_tw

With IRR you can only use riders with a lower average.

He's got a good name anyway!

Is he any good?

Sounds shocking from the Adver updates. Not just the track, but the lack of organisation too, plus some poor refereeing.

Whatnon Earth is going on down at Poole? Just came online to check the result and it's not even finished! Looks like a disaster area, with riders coming off snd getting injured. Nightmsre for Swindon! What has happeded to Poole? It used to be a decent enough track. I see Klindt just went through the tapes. An act of self preservation maybe? I actually considered going to this but decided against it, partly because of reports on the track in recent weeks. Looks like I made the right decision!

Where is Kurtz? On paper, at least, this is a big loss for Poole. Kurtz has been one of the riders that can match Swindon's top end round Blunsdon this year. Swindon now have a big advantage at the top end. Poole still have the stronger bottom end, so should keep things close, but I can't see them getting a point with Kurtz missing. You never know, though.

So Simmons, who deliberately chucked races when riding for Swindon so he could drop down a league, lost respect for Rickardsson over his first bend manouvre in the Grand Prix? I know which one I have more respect for.

Where is the announcement of the rescheduled start time? Did anyone tell Swindon about this? The Swindon website says 11.30.

For God's sake! It had already been on Perk's Instagram and Phil the Ace had already posted on here that Perks had signed for someone before you came out with your big "revelation". Why do you do this? I get the impression from your normal posts that you are pretty knowledgeable on speedway. Why not just stick to that?

Perks confirmed.