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It's not all about the home fans though, like I said, 1 team does one thing another does a different thing, Morris said he was going to make the experience the same across the board no matter what track you were attending, so this needs looking at imo.

Birmingham, by their own statements, had 7 riders to choose from for their final 2 heat leader spots, so it sounds like there was a surplus. There hasn't been enough rider resource for years, hence doubling up.

If he didn't want to be a part of it he should have run CL not assemble a team with 3 Polish licensed riders in it

Yes, but we've all been to tracks where they "usually" have a parade but have said they're dispensing with it to get on with the racing due to the forecast. Maybe this is another thing for Mr Morris to look at to bring in some uniform standard for advertised race start times... then everybody knows where they stand

So if he gets injured or binned or any other reason except the one being used, that's you done?

But there's 3 clubs not riding on Thursday night to choose a guest from

Buster should use this https://excuses.ai/

So you postpone?

It's been announced at 20:39... finally I can start my journey home

Good job Ippo didn't postpone when Doyley missed his flight, or Tungate for Oxford!

Was it "impossible" to stage the meeting? Or just undesirable

Rule 02.2.8c says meetings can be postponed due to exceptional conditions as would make racing "impossible"

A lovely review of the Plymouth track

Maybe you're blocked like me... they do hand red cards out like confetti

20 years in the game and still can't fathom how to set a bike up for cold weather! Unbelievable! If he'd said it effects him and not his engines that would have been more believable

I thought he might have been a local character like "'Rum Weather' was in Leicester... I was touring the States a few years ago and got approached by a local tramp for money, it was at Santa Monica beach! I thought there's worse places to be a tramp, made me wonder why there weren't more there when I see some of them sat outside my local Aldi

Glad I gave this one a swerve in favour of BV, that wasn't a classic, this one was never going to be... but at least I got to see 15 heats in Manchester!

Something I've been meaning to ask for about 6 or 7 years... what's the deal with the bloke that sleeps in his green VW Polo behind the entrance to the south stand?

Very strange meeting Bewley winning by huge margins, shutting off coming out of turn 4 to coast over the line for a win then couldn't make an impression on Tom Brennan

Ben Cook has a touch of Jan O about him... he's made a pretty dull meeting worthwhile attending today

I've had an idea for a TV programme... Race Across Manchester, it's a 22 part series where the contestants have to make the 5 mile journey from Stockport to the National Speedway Stadium only using public transport Along the way contestants will face desolate industrial wastelands, ridiculous weather conditions, the local natives and severe language difficulties... starts July 2024!

Do it, leave the 3 year old at home

What are they having a parade for? They've won nothing! We've had ours today so as not to clash with the Oxford meeting tomorrow

Steve Johnston... When he first arrived at Long Eaton from second halving at Sheffield I used to have to watch his races through my fingers, seemed to be out of control for most of his races!

The late Lee Richardson stands out for me, from memory he found points very difficult to come by when he first started out, then seemed to overcome that and establish himself only to be hindered by health issues. As we all know then went on to become world class, especially riding for GB in the world cup