King's Lynn Stars 2025

[DaveWayne]

4 hours ago, StarBoy said:

Just seen that they have bangers on Saturday night (15th), no doubt that will mean the track won’t be 100% for Niels’ testimonial on Sunday…

Slightly pedantic, but it's Stock Cars on Saturday night, not Bangers. 😉

[Bald Bloke]

Good to see that Ashton was at the AFA at 7.30 am the day after NKI's testimonial, trying to iron out a few things on the bikes.

[tellboy]

On 3/18/2025 at 1:27 PM, Bald Bloke said:

Good to see that Ashton was at the AFA at 7.30 am the day after NKI's testimonial, trying to iron out a few things on the bikes.

Good to see,he needs to going by his performance in NKI's testimonial.He was woeful.

[Daniel Smith]

2 hours ago, tellboy said:

Good to see,he needs to going by his performance in NKI's testimonial.He was woeful.

What are KL fans expecting?? He only managed 3.10 at home in 24 at a specialist track.

Certainly wouldn't go expecting much, if at all, better than that. He's very very raw.

[tellboy]

51 minutes ago, Daniel Smith said:

What are KL fans expecting?? He only managed 3.10 at home in 24 at a specialist track.

Certainly wouldn't go expecting much, if at all, better than that. He's very very raw.

Don't think we are expecting too much really.Don't think he was many fans pick as a rising star tbh.

[Aries]

57 minutes ago, tellboy said:

Don't think we are expecting too much really.Don't think he was many fans pick as a rising star tbh.

They wanted Jenkins. Problem was he wanted Ipswich. Makes a mockery of the so called picking order though.

Edited 6 hours ago by Aries

[tellboy]

25 minutes ago, Aries said:

They wanted Jenkins. Problem was he wanted Ipswich. Makes a mockery of the so called picking order though.

That's right it was Jenkins or Flint that were wanted,dependant on who Birmingham was going to pick Lynn would have picked the other.They are the best 2 rising stars in the league,and the team that was supposedly to have the last pick ended up with one of them.Now most people would have expected those 2 riders to have been picked in the first 3 picks at least.This just shows it isn't done how the BSPA lead us to believe.Why they don't just say it how it is.

[Aries]

1 minute ago, tellboy said:

That's right it was Jenkins or Flint that were wanted,dependant on who Birmingham was going to pick Lynn would have picked the other.They are the best 2 rising stars in the league,and the team that was supposedly to have the last pick ended up with one of them.Now most people would have expected those 2 riders to have been picked in the first 3 picks at least.This just shows it isn't done how the BSPA lead us to believe.Why they don't just say it how it is.

It was definitely Jenkins that was the preferred choice, Flint was the second option. The selection process just doesn’t work for a number of reasons. The riders themselves MUST have a choice where they ride, they can’t and shouldn’t be forced to ride anywhere. Jenkins for example wasn’t even sure whether he would be eligible for a rising star berth and neither were the Ipswich club management. As soon as it was confirmed he was eligible again this year, the deal was done and that was that. If they are to insist on this scheme going forward, then they should just compile a list of eligible riders and then let the riders and clubs crack on with it like they do every other rider.

[SamKM91]

1 hour ago, Aries said:

It was definitely Jenkins that was the preferred choice, Flint was the second option. The selection process just doesn’t work for a number of reasons. The riders themselves MUST have a choice where they ride, they can’t and shouldn’t be forced to ride anywhere. Jenkins for example wasn’t even sure whether he would be eligible for a rising star berth and neither were the Ipswich club management. As soon as it was confirmed he was eligible again this year, the deal was done and that was that. If they are to insist on this scheme going forward, then they should just compile a list of eligible riders and then let the riders and clubs crack on with it like they do every other rider.

But they wouldn’t be “forced” to ride somewhere they didn’t want to be if they opted out of being a rising star 🤷🏻‍♂️ if you choose to carry on as a rising star then you should expect to go anywhere in my opinion 

[Aries]

Just now, SamKM91 said:

But they wouldn’t be “forced” to ride somewhere they didn’t want to be if they opted out of being a rising star 🤷🏻‍♂️ if you choose to carry on as a rising star then you should expect to go anywhere in my opinion 

If they opted out of being a rising star then they would seriously reduce their options and potentially not a get a ride at all. Having to ride somewhere because you’ve been picked is a complete nonsense. Riders MUST have a say in where they want to go.