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Has Davey watt dropped to second string?

when is this taking place? is it on tv?

That's a positive outlook right there. Imo if Scunny are going to reach the play offs they will need to try and find a number 1, Lewis Bridger? Peter Karlsson? Andreas lyager is probably a 5 point man with 7 point average so I can't see us reaching the playoffs if he is the rider to come in. Anyone got an update on Holubs injury, will he be back for Somerset away?

Is he a racer?

I thought Peter Karlsson would make a good signing when Holub got his new average, he hasn't currently got a Polish team. I am not sure Scunny can afford him but if we aren't winning at home crowds might drift away.

is there a final?

Maybe Adam Ellis has a new engine this year, you see it all the time with riders getting a new engine and suddenly they are scoring a load of points.

Why is it turd?

Why do you think the British final is 'shat'?

Is that a new rule this year?

What are the rules regarding guest riders, I thought it was only for number ones?

After next Sunday Scunthorpe will have a 6.30 start time, so hopefully track prep shouldn't be a problem.

Enjoyable first meeting, I noticed the race times were quite slow nothing below 59sec I don't think there was a lot of grip in the track compared to usual.

I notice the sky meeting with Poole is off the sky sport schedule. http://www.skysports.com/watch/speedway-on-sky

Financially, the losers will be the engine tuners and riders who are not as talented but have excellent equipment. The winners will be talented riders with poor equipment and Club promoters.

Those who have already invested in equipment and are reaping the rewards would no doubt protest but I can't see many riders leaving.

I would agree with you that Newman is currently a better rider than Garrity, he is more reliable and a mature rider. It is curious why his PL average is 6.84 whereas Garrity's average is 8.46 yet I would guess their EL averages would be the reverse and Newman would have the greater average. Is it really down to Poole getting the best out of Newman?

Ipswitch to win by 12 tonight, Scunny to win by 8 on Sunday.

Yes but even accounting for his easier rides he seems to ride at higher standard in the Elite League. It would be better if fast track rider averages were based on the elite league scores rather than their premier league scores.

Kyle Newman seems to save his best for the Elite League, does he use different bike for the Elite?

£50k for 14 new engines that would be a £3571 an engine, I think they could get them cheaper than that, peter johns talks about a potential cost of £2000 per engine in his article. Although I agree some clubs would still struggle to finance a pool of engines.

It was interesting article but he only gave examples of engines that had lasted an exceptionally long time, he didn't say how many competitive races the average engine lasts and how often it comes in for a service. From what I hear, top riders are often sending engines back because they not giving them the performance they expected. I take the point that looking after the machinery could save some money however I think the money saved would be small compared to what could be saved by switching to standardised engines.

It might mean its been in storage and only taken out for a few select meetings. It would be interesting if a few of the top riders opened up on the costs of speedway.

It would be great if Tai gets drawn in the Scunthorpe semi final.

I don't think Peter johns is going say he is making a load of money, naturally he wants to protect his business and investment.