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Brilliant to see PK prepared to race for us again next season.

 

The man is just incredible. Many would have retired a long time ago in the same situation.

 

Peter will always be synonymous with Wolves but hopefully can, in his third season as a hammer, create his own legendary status by bringing the title to the raceway.

Well said, you can probably see why PK is a legend with Wolves fans. Top class.

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Lakeside's reserves can now learn and improve from riding with one of the sports best riders. Not only a top rider but also the perfect gentleman.

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Lets start with general etiquette.....

 

In fairness to Lewis I don't think any body could say he his a disruptive team member (Certainly not with Lakeside, I can't speak for Eastbourne), and I don't think anybody could say he is a dangerous rider. I can't remember him being excluded for dangerous riding and I can't remember him even being excluded for being the primary cause of a stoppage, except when his primary chain broke although if he has been it must be very rare. Similarly I doubt whether anyone can remember many (or any) occasions when he has been excluded for tapes infringements. I doubt if anyone can remember him deliberately staying down to get a race stopped. I can remember a couple of occasions when he came to Lakeside with Eastbourne and made big efforts to get his bike off the track after falls. Last season he established himself as a very capable and unselfish team rider.

 

So if you look at Lewis purely from the point of view of his on track activities he comes out rather better than a number of others including some GP riders and including at least one in Team GB rider.

 

So al in all Lewis is not an angel, but as purely an entertainer of the public he does his job as well as the next man and better than a lot.

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Do check out this competition to spend some time with Lewis Bridger http://www.gofundme.com/277bhg

 

Here the winner from his competition last year, talks about the time she spent with Lewis as her prize;

 

Had a brilliant evening at Lakeside Hammers vs. Bellevue Aces as Lewis' guest after my competition win in April. Both Lewis and Ian were brilliant hosts and I was well looked after through out my visit. I met Lewis and Ian for tea in the Stadium Cafe and we had a brief chat. Then Lewis took me on a personal track walk and explained a bit about track preparation and how the riders approach a heat. We chatted a bit about speedway in general as well then went to the pits so Lewis could introduce me to his mechanic and talk me through some of the preparations he makes to the bike before a meeting. Lewis then got ready for the meeting whilst Ian and I went to the pit wall to await the start.

After 5 heats I was brought on to the centre green and watched 4 heats from there including the rerun that Lewis won. It was an exciting meeting full of thrills and spills and I thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience. I would like to thank both Lewis and Ian once again for the opportunity and ask all the Lakeside Hammers fans to continue to support Lewis throughout the remainder of the season and beyond.

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Would you say Lewis, at his level, cant make a decent living as a professional speedway rider ? Just asking...

I have no idea but it is a form of sponsorship and, like Bomber's page, I don't see anything wrong with it. It was just interesting that Bomber was coming in for a lot of stick when clearly a number of speedway riders are using this as a way of funding their riding (albeit relatively small funding)

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