Bavarian Posted January 4 Report Share Posted January 4 GB SPEEDWAY TEST MATCH VS USA IN CALIFORNIA THE GREAT BRITAIN speedway team take on the USA in an official test match at Kevin Harvick's Kern Raceway in Bakersfield, California, on Saturday, February 1. https://gbspeedwayteam.com/news/gb-announce-test-match-vs-usa-in-california Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bavarian Posted January 4 Author Report Share Posted January 4 Great Britain announce DAN BEWLEY as the first rider selected for the USA vs GB Test Match in California. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bavarian Posted January 4 Author Report Share Posted January 4 Great Britain announce TOM BRENNAN as the second rider selected for the USA vs GB Test Match in California. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bavarian Posted January 4 Author Report Share Posted January 4 Great Britain announce ADAM ELLIS as the third rider selected for the USA vs GB Test Match in California. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sings4Speedway Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 Out of interest is Speedway GB entirely self funded via sponsorship or is there a hefty top up via the SCB and or the BSPL? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 On 1/6/2025 at 3:24 PM, Sings4Speedway said: Out of interest is Speedway GB entirely self funded via sponsorship or is there a hefty top up via the SCB and or the BSPL? Expand I don't know... but I would have thought the former Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortythirtyeight Posted January 7 Report Share Posted January 7 Speedway GB is an independent business. The BSPL sold the ‘rights’ to it around 2018 as they needed to save costs so they will be self sufficient. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bavarian Posted January 7 Author Report Share Posted January 7 Great Britain announce LEON FLINT as the fourth rider selected for the USA vs GB Test Match in California. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bavarian Posted January 7 Author Report Share Posted January 7 Great Britain announce ASHTON BOUGHEN as the fifth rider selected for the USA vs GB Test Match in California. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andout Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 (edited) USA will be powerful on their own track......I would've hoped Robert Lambert would be in the team, maybe even Tai. Edited January 8 by andout 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 On 1/8/2025 at 1:38 PM, andout said: USA will be powerful on their own track......I would've hoped Robert Lambert would be in the team, maybe even Tai. Expand I was going to raise this... as 5 riders have already been named I would hope that Lambert and DJ Woffy will still make the team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 On 1/8/2025 at 1:38 PM, andout said: USA will be powerful on their own track......I would've hoped Robert Lambert would be in the team, maybe even Tai. Expand The dirt track there is around 500m... If they use that the USA won't have much chance!!! I presume they will have a smaller track to race on..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 Dan Thompsen & Jordan Jenkins the 6th & 7th riders selected, so assuming it's 7 man teams (arrgh!) It sounds like Simon Stead & Olly Allen have dropped DJ Woffy & Robert Lambert from the national side or they've refused to ride... that'd be quite a story in any other sport... 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 Uppa Witches 😁 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 On 1/8/2025 at 2:19 PM, mikebv said: The dirt track there is around 500m... If they use that the USA won't have much chance!!! I presume they will have a smaller track to race on..? Expand It's considerably smaller than that [I was there last June] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andout Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 On 1/8/2025 at 8:36 PM, arnieg said: It's considerably smaller than that [I was there last June] Expand Yes I had the feeling the dirt track was a bit bigger than Costa Mesa.....there is an asphalt track there I believe that is half a mile. One of the tracks I have not been to in California...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andout Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 (edited) On 1/8/2025 at 6:31 PM, IainB said: Dan Thompsen & Jordan Jenkins the 6th & 7th riders selected, so assuming it's 7 man teams (arrgh!) It sounds like Simon Stead & Olly Allen have dropped DJ Woffy & Robert Lambert from the national side or they've refused to ride... that'd be quite a story in any other sport... 🤔 Expand Shame......but it is a good side and a few that would like to impress......looking forward to this. Edited January 9 by andout 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaddlebowRoad Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 good experience for the youngsters no surprise really that woffinden & lambert are enjoying their off season instead 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted January 9 Report Share Posted January 9 (edited) On 1/8/2025 at 10:24 PM, andout said: Yes I had the feeling the dirt track was a bit bigger than Costa Mesa.....there is an asphalt track there I believe that is half a mile. One of the tracks I have not been to in California...... Expand The dirt track is inside the car track, as a result there is no safety fence on the back straight. The riders are just told not to ride there opponents out onto the car track. Perris is the largest of the US tracks. Edited January 9 by arnieg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bavarian Posted January 10 Author Report Share Posted January 10 Great Britain announce DAN THOMPSON as the sixth rider selected for the USA vs GB Test Match in California. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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