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Brilliant move from Kurtz!

What the hell has Lambert got coming out from under his seat?!?

Classy from Ellis

Bloody amateurs!

Did he buy his van from Jason Garrity?

I still care... if they start a competition they should finish it, if only for credibility's sake.

Correct... i believe they used to sponsor the series though?

Great defensive ride from Lewis Kerr!

A first corner incident for Sam... halfway down the back straight (away)

Sam seems to have forgotten he used to ride for Belle Vue for a couple of seasons

Poole are proving themselves to be a good cup team, nothing more. The 2 best teams in the league were Leicester and Glasgow and that's a fact

You mean relegated?

I'm not sure they are the main sponsor anymore

Having SO many wildcards, where is the jeopardy? Some riders can just plod along "safe" in the knowledge that they'll get a wildcard if they miss a round due to "injury" if they're having an average season. Those riders who do go through the qualifying series don't come up against these "world class" riders in world championship qualifying events so don't have the opportunity to compete at the level needed to make the grade

As @piepower said this seems perfect for junior level Speedway with riders progressing onto 500cc meths. Buy a standard piece of kit that you can "turn up" as you progress. The authorities have the power at the moment to dictate technical rules regarding the addition of "trick" parts, so if they don't do it at the moment there's nothing to suggest they'd stop riders adding trick parts to these electric bikes if they were to be used as replacements for the 500's. There's also the sound issue, for me that is a massive part of Speedway, often if it doesn't sound fast... it doesn't look fast. Look at F1, since they've moved from the V10 & V8 screamers to the low revving hybrids... it just doesn't sound fast anymore, and they know it! For me I'd be happier watching the seniors on something more like the 250cc machines the SGP3 riders were using, sounded fast, looked fast and the riders seemed to be approaching the limits of their machines so there was more emphasis on the riding skills of the riders to make the difference.

We'll have seen Poole & Scunny 3 times at BP this year before the season is out and with PL being down by at least 2 clubs next season I'll be surprised if they don't switch to 2 home and 2 away to match PL

What about David Darcy?

Has more right to be in the series than a lot of the others who elected not to qualify and rely on their past performances

Stewart Dickson is about to take over at the King Power I understand

You could be forgiven for thinking they tracked a CL team this season though

Not when they've specifically been mentioned in the Leicester press release as a reason for the Lions moving up... no

Leave Poole to mop up the dregs... maybe they'll go NDL

Yes, I must admit I'm pretty nonplussed about the move up but it probably makes sense based on the geographical locations of the other clubs in the top league. I kind of liked the 7pm start time also, especially with the length of time it takes Leicester to run meetings... they'll have to pull their fingers out on a school night Would love to see Vaculik and Przedpelski come back and give it a proper go at BP

Track has consistently produced the best Speedway I have seen anywhere this year... and riders from better teams than Birmingham will be visiting, so it's not a problem

Brilliant night for Robert Lambert with an almost Fricke like performance