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people have to remember that the 1981 World Final, which many people call the best ever, only really had good races when Penhall was involved

you couldn't have been watching much when Topinka was captain

TK was at Cardiff just a couple of years ago, think it was in an official capacity though i don't know what

4pts is a heatleader these days!

to be fair, after what happened to Middlo's testimonial money before, i certainly don't begrudge him getting another go

i was just being faceious

i think they got wind that supporters tend to take their seats quite close to start time in Cardiff

Lewis could have been as good as Lee, i think that, but i just think he got in with the wrong crowd. I remember taking Ivan Mauger to a meeting somewhere and Lewis was out in the 2nd half, he wanted to watch him, and afterwards was rather complimentary about him, but said he needed to change his style and stop the showboating

and to think if someone like Lee is on the scene again it would still be 2 years before seeing a GP

at a guess i'd say that as the Arena is staying, they will class that as the centre and include all the carpark space behind .. as a possible excuse anyway

i think i saw that Vissing had appealed but was told he had no grounds to and his appeal was rejected

if you include those in the pits!

where's the crowd!!!

i put a clip of the controversy on youtube, i think it was under my afcwombledon account if you search

but there's no relegation playoffs any more

another rider aggravating an injury before a Peterborough meeting, seems to be a theme going on

i've a feeling it was more than once

i thought it was when Rick Frost took the assets there

Championship 4TT (Semi Final) Peterborough https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_womble/albums/72157710402778661

wonderful track at the time, but as we all know a wonderful track doesn't bring punters in .. i think anyone brave enough to take speedway there would need to have incredibly deep pockets and not be worried about losing it all

I don't know what the tv money is worth these days, definitely not the sort of figure it used to be, so can people honestly say it has been worth it this year with the quality of meetings tv shows? Every Monday night after a meeting has been shown (and during) all we hear about is how bad the meeting was, how bad the track was, bad referee decisions, cheating the rules, how poor the crowd is etc etc, surely if this is the case it's neither going to encourage newbies to go, or make the people that stopped going, go again! Is it time to bin the tv coverage and put all efforts into rebuilding the sport from the ground up, away from the cameras so Nigel & Kelvin don't have to explain the "5 year plan" every meeting and as good a job that they do, it would be a task keeping people informed. Keep the tv coverage of the GP's, i love watching them and love attending even more, as i'm sure many do. Have the BSPA strike a deal with the companies that film at all tracks, get out a FREE weekly programme, maybe on a YouTube channel, showing the BEST races from around the country, and build up the excitement so people WANT to come back. There's great racing at ALL tracks, and there's poor racing at all tracks, so let's keep the poor stuff a secret and hope track quality etc to suit the bikes is sorted before even entertaining live meetings again. It's been mentioned so many times about having a highlights package but everyone still prefers live. The recent broadcast from Belle Vue as a delayed 'live' was great, and shows YouTube is a decent host. We need to improve the entertainment before putting it out to the 'masses' on BT Sport or SKY, time to build to save the sport.

there comes a time when that bullet must be bitten

most likely Grajczonek for Cook and R/R for Robert

i think Gustix is having difficulty fast forwarding from 1948 ..... still

if Rossiter stays as manager how about Olly Allen as joint boss, he knows his stuff and has a lot of involvement with the youngsters through the Poultec system