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He is - you should have seen him wiping the floor with Tai Woffinden last Wednesday! However, prior to that, he had only done about four meetings in six weeks - he needs to earn same as everyone else.

Probably Castleford?

Will there be no more practice sessions at all this year?

What do you expect? Serves you right!

No - we've been having this for three years

I've signed - well over six thousand now!

Only if you live in east Kent. Otherwise, it is right in the far corner of the country, that corner blocked off by London. It is much easier to get to Land's End from here than Iwade ... what is needed is a similar set-up in the Midlands, for example someone should put some money into relaying the Burton track.

Panzer actually means 'armour'. Armoured threads?

About 2.2 pounds, I believe. So a bike should weigh about one and a half hundredweight.

Well, it must be annoying to know that you are named after a mad ear-biting rapist!

Yes they are actually TRAINING them. I am trying to help a young man who wants to be a speedway rider - mostly by providing transport - who has just had his third practice session riding a 500cc bike. He has now succeeded in sliding the bike right round the corners, but he has had to more or less teach himself how to ride; he has only had a few words of advice from anyone. The trouble is, that even practice sessions are available at only a few tracks. Next Sunday we are going to drive 100 miles to Scunthorpe, while there is a track only two miles down the road which cannot be used!

Thanks; the mechanic can have a go at this when he comes out of hospital ...

One of my friends has bought a bike with a GM engine, with a Blixt carburettor. He is puzzled why, when the engine has been running, the oil separator bottle fills up with methanol fuel. Has anyone any idea of what could be causing this?

Just input 'Speedway bikes' in ebay. Plenty of them! Track shops also sell them.

As when someone stabbed him at a party!

He was actually six foot four, a powerful broad-shouldered athlete. He must have been quite heavy. He is exactly the same age as me, nearly 69 now

Wolverhampton and Birmingham, of course!

At what time?

You still can - certainly, I saw some at Perry Barr the other day. They are also available via Ebay.

Agreed - I really enjoyed the meeting. With young riders like Tom Brennan around (he made the most fantastic overtake I have seen these 60 years!) the future of British speedway should be good, if only they were helped and encouraged.

Indeed. Two points, though; first, the queue kept retreating back until it was in the pits. Couldn't someone get the riders to move up? Second, couldn't you have told us that there was going to be a lunch break? Otherwise, my protege had a mixed day; two very good rides in which he slid the bike well, one where his steel shoe came off (we laughed as he kicked it across the centre gravel), a visit to the air fence and the chain coming off! Thanks for the session.

Isn't that a motorway alongside it?

David Hemsley told me that he wanted fast speedway; that is why the Leicester track had long straights. Of course, he should have copied some of the best tracks, like Somerset or Scunthorpe, and made them 10% larger! The track has now been modified and is excellent. If the new BV is as good as the Leicesterstadium, it will be good.

Well, he won two races against the Bugs recently. Mind you, that wasn't too difficult

I have seen three girls taking part in practice sessions at Leicester recently, but they can't slide the bike.