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Well, it seems that every year a
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anyone that will listen what is 
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Speedway in particular. 
Usually they have different 

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things to say and Scott Nicholls
recently aired views in the 

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Speedway star continue that 
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And we as fans have all voiced 
different reasons and moans and 

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groans over the years and on 
this very show. 

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We're not immune to this trend 
and we've also come up with 

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different ideas of varying 
rubbishness. 

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However, we have all been in 
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something that needs to be done.
I think I'll read Scott Nichols 

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words that we all, apart from 
the promoters, it was seen we've

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all agreed upon. 
This is what Scott said. 

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I think the sport is mismanaged.
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the sport independently, not 
invested in a club, then do what

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is best for the sport, only in 
Speedway. 

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Good evening gentlemen, welcome 
to the Speedway Tavern. 

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We have as normal Webby over 
there. 

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Thank you for calling me. 
Thank you for what was there 

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totally be normal. 
I had my fingers crossed and 

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over here we have Matt. 
Good evening. 

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So before we actually make any 
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soon to Dan Bueller. 
And to Tywin back in the wars 

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again, Certainly for Dan Bueller
to massive blow, isn't he? 

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Because he started the season so
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purposes there. 
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looked like a likely contend to 
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Small. 
Championship, so it's a massive 

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blow for for him, massive blow 
for Bellevue as well, so. 

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A massive blow for the GP as 
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was a bit flat the weekend. 
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was one of the better ones. 
That's not necessarily saying a 

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lot, but yeah. 
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Yeah, but I just, I just, it 
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wanted to see Danbury. 
We just felt a little bit flat 

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to me. 
But you know, I hope that is a 

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sport. 
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I have seen it, yes. 
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it? 
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Really, really everyone. 
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really wonder again, has he 
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right thing coming back? 
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he's got really left to prove as
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Championships. 
He's not not been a world 

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championship contender for 
nearly ten years now. 

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Yeah, just I guess if it's. 
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that. 
Yeah. 

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I just wonder if it's another, 
maybe another little warning 

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sometimes if you've heard riders
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they've said that they've 
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it's time to sort of get back on
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the fence and and leave the race
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So. 
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he can answer that. 
I guess at the end of the day he

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doesn't want to. 
Yep. 

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No and I only. 
Which is to his credit, in 

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fairness, but. 
Yeah, yeah. 

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So just going going back then to
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the beginning and we will have a
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Northampton winning their first 
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even though I it meant I didn't 
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league for that particular 
match. 

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I don't think many people, No, I
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Think many people did for that 
one so. 

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I think this gentleman here did,
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Yes, he would have been the only
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Northampton and they they 
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Yeah. 
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I'm that happy, I believe, yeah.
I mean, I think Scott has hit it

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on the head there, but he's not 
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all said this time and time. 
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now are starting to be a bit 
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think, I think we've known for a
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in that position where it needs 
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It's always going to be 
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it's done for the benefits of 
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want to go. 
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their clubs first, but it sort 
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There's always going to be that 
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interest, isn't? 
There I need somebody that's. 

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Perception, of course. 
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often used on this show, so. 
Perception is everything in most

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sports. 
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want of a better word, a sugar 
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to take the risk and put the 
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Yeah, you've got to find one. 
That's the problem. 

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That's always the problem and, 
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to find somebody when the sport 
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and just getting smaller and 
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It's just not a lot of incentive
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until it's small enough, well. 
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Interesting, of course, that 
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Ipswich and the new Ipswich from
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didn't they, that the sport's 
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They've been quite quiet 
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They have been quiet, but I 
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there's going to be a bit of a 
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BSPL at some point. 
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shall we call it a crusade that 
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a lot of riders agreeing with 
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Yeah, and we still don't seem to
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With it so well then nobody's 
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No, it perfectly reasonable and 
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It doesn't. 
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it's sort of if we just ignore 
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It ain't going to go away. 
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sport. 
It's going away. 

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So maybe they're going to get 
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I don't know. 
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busy. 
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weeks. 
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OK. 
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Lots of evenings from Phil and 
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Culbert, Few injuries. 
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Not good for Great Britain. 
That. 

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Well, come on to that later. 
That is really is not good news 

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for us even Pete evening Jeff 
Craig's me evening or first show

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this season for me miss it live 
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season finished so should be 
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Nice to have you back Craig Fred
Graham Good evening gents agree 

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with Scott Nichols words as fans
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30 years. 
It's. 

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It's obvious, isn't it? 
Staring you in the first isn't. 

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It on what's also is obvious, if
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and expecting to get the same 
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madness. 
Thank you Confucius. 

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return. 
Yes, he has. 

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Christmas for a few months, 
doesn't he? 

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I don't know. 
I'm. 

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Presuming that means the talking
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Perfect. 
Yeah. 

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Yeah, Perfectly. 
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That thing that's growing on the
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OK. 
Craig Smear has asked. 

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Is this the time for Ty to call 
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You don't seem to bounce as much
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He certainly had his fair share 
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Surprised he came back after the
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There's nothing to prove to 
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If he's if he's doing it for the
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superb. 
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him. 
Time to hang up the Kevlars. 

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I think it must be a difficult 
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The I mean, to be fair to Toy, 
he's got a lot of other business

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interests as well now, hasn't 
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So, so but you know, he 
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got, you know, something to 
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capacity. 
I think I think it was the right

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decision in the end, not for him
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Obviously we was as we know he 
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I think it would have been bad 
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I don't think it would have 
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just don't think he would have 
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It was too big and ask I think 
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but even before the injury, the 
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ridden for at least 12 months in
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So to have that long a period 
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and be learning and put the 
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Martin Smiles like expecting to 
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big ask. 
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Championships at the end of the 
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So he's, you know, people, 
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And he's always been a Marmite 
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He is the most successful 
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You can't argue with that. 
Absolutely not so. 

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Craig Craig's make carries on. 
Is it the right choice for him? 

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His body is battered again. 
He's the only one that can make 

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that decision. 
I imagine his family have words 

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with him. 
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I mean, I just wish the guy 
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the right decision for himself. 
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Whoops. 
Evening from Rich. 

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Fred Graham agreeing with Phil 
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me. 
Ryan Ingram. 

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I must have missed that. 
Oh yeah, I did. 

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Even though he banged in a big 
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Just abide the by Jeff Daniels, 
Rod Godfrey said at the start of

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this season. 
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Big developments are coming this
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Well, we're still waiting. 
Yeah, we've, we've, the 

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providers have said this before,
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There's, you know, something 
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turns out it's nothing. 
The reason the usually the 

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reason they say that is because 
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to happen that I just think they
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fizzles out is. 
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trying to sell something to 
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The cynical side of it, so 
surely not. 

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Just just go back to the sugar 
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Is are you offering is. 
There is there a fan? 

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I'm not sure if there is one in 
law that. 

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Would that would fit that bill a
fan with? 

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I don't know. 
Incredibly. 

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Pots of money that they could. 
I can think of 1X Formula One 

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driver Mark Webber. 
He might have enough cash 

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flowing around whether he wants 
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Easy. 
Easy, though, for you to sit 

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there and tell what, of course 
Mark Webber had to spend his 

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money, isn't it? 
And he's. 

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A big fan. 
He's a big match for Jason 

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Crump, isn't he Sir, the Aussie 
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He's he used always used to make
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Speedway G. 
Always turned up for the World 

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Cup as well, didn't you? 
King's Lynn So. 

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But I can't. 
Yeah. 

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I mean, I don't know. 
Is the answer, is the only one 

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that kind of springs to mind. 
I've no idea how much it's 

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It's probably quite a. 

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Lot. 
Well, we had last remember last 

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year we had a But Harry Redknapp
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glory and he suddenly seems to 
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He's gone. 
Very well. 

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Talking of which talking of 
which, I watched the GP with 

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interest and unless I missed it,
I never saw a certain face. 

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Phil Morris. 
Phil Morris. 

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He's gone very quiet, isn't even
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you say, but I mean he's not 
even listening on the BSPL 

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website, even though I think 
Patriarchs did did an article in

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the Speedway Star a few weeks 
ago insisting that he's still 

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very much involved and he's he's
gone, seems to have gone to 

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ground, doesn't he? 
So. 

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You know what? 
Maybe he's not well, I don't 

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know, but I certainly hope 
that's not true. 

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But yeah, he he is conspicuate. 
I was I was looking at and 

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thinking and particularly he's 
normally hanging around in the 

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pits when they do the the 
choosing of the helmet colours. 

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He wasn't there when? 
He's not when he's not flooding 

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the track of goals. 
Sorry. 

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Sorry, Phil. 
So are you OK mate? 

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Jeffrey has put as much input 
this season as Harry. 

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Ridden. 
Yeah, Godfrey, Yeah, yeah, Craig

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Smead. 
Do Mayfield offer the option as 

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an independent body? 
I know they're doing the GPS 

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promotion, but are they looking 
to take over British Speedway? 

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Independent Manly again, 
probably not much change in 

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having conflict of interest as 
they're promoting Ipswich 

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currently. 
I think they've made it pretty 

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clear that they want things to 
change in British Speedway. 

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Don't. 
They, I mean, if they took out 

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the whole of the Speedway over, 
then they wouldn't, then they 

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wouldn't just be promoting 
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promoting British Speedway and 
that's what it needs, yeah. 

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But really I think you'd in a 
position where you'd buy all the

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clubs and then employ somebody 
to run each each one so and then

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invest in each one. 
So I suppose that's how they 

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would probably want. 
To franchise it. 

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Yeah, well, we don't, we don't 
don't really like the these big 

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American words like franchise. 
But I think that's the way 

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sports going though, isn't it? 
So. 

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Here's the thing. 
I was thinking about this in in 

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the car on the way over. 
I should have been paying 

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attention, shouldn't I? 
Really? 

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But. 
I'm glad you're watching the 

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road. 
It it's, you know, if that 

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happened, if that happened, 
somebody came in, they would 

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probably make changes that 
people didn't like, probably 

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make changes that I don't like, 
you know, because they will do 

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the way that they see and feel 
it's going to work. 

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And you can't sort of argue that
if they're putting the money in.

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And I just thought to myself, 
OK, if I didn't like it, So 

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what? 
Would I like it for Speedway not

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to exist? 
Because that's where it's going?

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We had Phil Lanning on the show 
a couple of years ago and he 

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said something very similar, 
didn't he, about when Barry 

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Hearn took over darts. 
So this is what we want to do. 

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If you don't like it, tough, but
when it's successful, you're 

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going to make a lot of money. 
It's going to look fantastic. 

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You know, I don't think any, I 
don't think any promotion. 

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Interesting if for somebody to 
take over Speedway who's 

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probably who probably doesn't 
know the rules but wants to 

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start like, you know, from the 
bottom up, which. 

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Well, the rule book, we've said,
how many times have we said it 

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should be ripped up and start 
and started again because it's 

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just too complicated. 
I've got the rule book down 

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here. 
Actually, it's too every SO. 

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Oh, that suitcase there, the one
with lots of brown paper bags in

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the. 
Ethiopia. 

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Inception. 
It's the one. 

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It's the one. 
It's the one that says you can't

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do this. 
But in some situations you can 

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do this, but in this situation 
you can't do it. 

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Unless you can, yes. 
If you're crossing your fingers,

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yeah. 
Yeah, I was perception. 

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That's that's the thing we were 
talking about. 

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Chris Butler says maybe he's 
going to announce Harry Rad Pack

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Red nap again. 
Maybe. 

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I can't even say it, so let's 
hope not. 

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Graham Weaver, you mentioned 
that Craig Heathens are looking 

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for land. 
We have a backup. 

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Plus, the landowner is also 
interested. 

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Yes, there was a post that was 
on put on Facebook by the group 

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yesterday on I think, I think 
their their problem at the 

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moment is that the council on 
supporting it. 

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So. 
So which is going to? 

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Which council? 
Which council is is this? 

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It's. 
The Wye Forest Council, so it's 

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a council, it's a council 
obviously that there's never 

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ever been Speedway in the 
borough. 

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So I suppose that's going to be 
a big handicap. 

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So it's, it's still possible, 
but it's going to cost a lot 

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more money to do it if they're 
not going to get support off for

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the the council. 
I'm not going to go into details

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about where where the site is. 
I've heard a couple of things, 

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but. 
OK, so I'm this is your mate 

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Brian. 
Yeah, and I'm probably going to 

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going to disagree with a little 
something on this. 

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Speedway has become too 
expensive for the promoters, too

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expensive for the riders and too
expensive for the fans. 

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So until this fact sinks in, the
sport can never make the fresh 

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start that urgently needs to 
make. 

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I'm not entirely in agreement 
that it's become too expensive 

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for the fans when you compare it
to go into the cinema, when you 

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compare it to go to a football 
match. 

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Perhaps first two do 2, maybe, I
don't know any lower than that. 

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Divisions, when you compare it 
to I'm going to see Brian Cox 

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later on this year, not the 
actor. 

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And that's cost a pretty penny, 
I have to tell you. 

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Look, you can't you go and see a
concert, you're talking, you 

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know, 34500 pounds, OK, It's 
only a one off. 

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But if you're a music supporter 
as I am, you don't go, you don't

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want to just go to one concert 
in the year. 

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It's a yeah, it's a lot of 
money. 

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So I think in comparison. 
I was saying embarrassing. 

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It's it's not, you know, overly 
expensive. 

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I think it's, I think it's, I 
think the, the big reason for 

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the expenses, I think that some 
promoters pay riders really more

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than they can afford because 
they want their, the best 

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riders, because they, they feel 
that getting, getting, you know,

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supporters want strong teams. 
I think people now in this era 

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don't really have the spare cash
available to just go and watch 

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teams that lose every single 
week. 

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I think supporters want 
competitive teams to think that 

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there's and to and to believe 
that the the the team and this 

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and this doesn't happen in 
Speedway only very not very many

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clubs, Ipswich perhaps being and
Bellevue perhaps being the 

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exceptions that the building 
towards something. 

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OK, we're not going to win it 
this year, but we've got this 

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nucleus set of riders and we're 
going to be all on those and 

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they'll be better next year and,
and, and all of all of that sort

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of thing and. 
Then they change the points 

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limit and you can't do it. 
And they change the points limit

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and, and, or they do like what 
Birmingham did year after year 

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after year. 
What cycling and, and off we go.

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Yeah, but. 
Fairness to Birmingham, most of 

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the riders they didn't want back
the following season anyway, so 

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but. 
But I think that was, that was, 

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I think that was force economy. 
I said, I've said over the last 

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three seasons that every single 
rider that we have had, maybe 

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there's one I can think of. 
Yeah, every single rider but one

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that we have had would be would 
have been a successful rider in 

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another team that was just out 
of position. 

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So you build on those riders. 
It's like, you know, Tom Brennan

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was out of position because he 
was riding at #1 he's a de facto

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#1 now. 
And, you know, see if yeah. 

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It's an interesting listening 
looking at what Craig Smith said

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because Northampton have have 
been very, very encouraging with

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the courage by the size of their
crowd so far, I mean we. 

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No real Speedway heritage. 
Yeah. 

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And the fact that we've been, 
it's saying that there was 

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little being done to priority in
the area, but there clearly has 

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been. 
And obviously that's that's on 

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my list of, of tracks to do 
during the course of this year. 

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Hopefully at some point I'll be 
able to get down there. 

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Yeah, yeah. 
But it looks like, you know, 

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some, some good crowds for them.
And obviously they've now had 

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their first win, which is, which
is huge for them as well. 

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So. 
Again, again, that's pretty a 

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lesson team that's not doing too
bad this year. 

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No, that's right, Sir. 
If the product is promoted and 

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sponsorship is on board then 
people will come. 

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Northampton owners have said the
exact same thing. 

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They promote so well and get 
getting great crowds. 

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There are new clubs so hard to 
judge, but if they can sustain 

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this interest it shows If 
promoters promote correctly, the

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fans will come. 
Well, I was at Plymouth a couple

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of weeks ago and they, Plymouth 
have been getting great crowds. 

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I think their first meeting of 
the season, they got 1400, which

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is a terrific crowd for 
Speedway. 

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And I mean, I was at the Scum 
board meeting and the crowd 

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there must have been at least 
1000 there. 

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So they're getting, they're 
getting, they're getting the 

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people in and they are, they're 
doing a lot, as I said last 

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week, they're doing a lot on 
social media as well. 

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And that's that's where speed is
needs to be better on using 

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social media because it's such a
powerful tool, though, rather 

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than just seeing it as an enemy,
use it as a friend and you can 

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get yeah. 
They need to get everybody on 

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board with that, fans, 
promoters, riders, all going in 

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the same direction with it. 
As you say, it's a powerful tool

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and they also, I think need to 
sort of promote the difference 

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between teams, you know. 
So yeah, we don't like this 

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team. 
I I remember the famous 

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Eastbourne, Birmingham avid, you
know the one. 

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I'm going. 
I'm going to talk about Arthur 

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Browning. 74 Was that the 70? 
Four, yeah, they put an adverse,

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I think it was in the Speedway 
style and a few others which 

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that they said we this is who's 
that? 

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It's Arthur Browning and it was 
a rider on a spit and Browning 

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on the the spit. 
Yeah. 

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And so it's basically saying 
this is what we're going to do 

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to you. 
It didn't work. 

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But but you know that those the 
crowds that were there for those

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Eastbourne matches because we 
don't like each other. 

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Yeah. 
And even if it's not true, you 

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should sort of promote it. 
Yeah. 

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I was, I mean, I was, I was at 
Bethany of Sheffield yesterday. 

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And that's historically he's a, 
he's a, he's a, there's a lot of

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needle, obviously War of the 
Roses and there was a great 

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atmosphere to be fair. 
I mean there Bellevue, I think I

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would say Bellevue and Sheffield
in particular got two of the 

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most vocal sets of supporters. 
I mean, we were not too far from

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the, the famous Sheffield Bent 
to Balmy Army. 

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I know. 
I mean, obviously you've heard 

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them Birmingham with all the 
chanting and things like that. 

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And there was a lot of chanting 
forwards and chanting backwards 

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between the two sets of fans. 
They made for a great 

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atmosphere, to be fair. 
Obviously. 

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We'll I'll talk about that mate.
And sure, because obviously it'd

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be good to look at that. 
I've got a copy of the programme

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as well so we can have a look at
that. 

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We'll we'll tear that apart. 
So yeah, I think it all comes 

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down to having one person in 
control. 

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Yeah. 
And maybe it'll happen when 

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there's two or three clubs 
because, you know, we sort of 

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laugh, but it's coming that. 
It is getting close to that now,

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isn't it? 
We just need more. 

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We need more teams. 
We'll. 

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Get to the two or three clubs 
and people go. 

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I think we have to do something.
Yeah, By that time somebody will

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just come in and say, well, I'm 
not interested in you. 

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I'm going to start my own 
Speedway league. 

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Which might, yeah, is what 
might. 

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Have been a good thing. 
Plymouth's media team have got 

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it right. 
They promote it on social media.

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They've got BBC Spotlight News 
doing reports on the meeting. 

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Yeah, and as I said last week, 
they've got this film coming out

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later in the year. 
It's going to be on Netflix as 

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well, which is going to be huge 
for speed. 

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And as I said last week, that's 
great. 

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That's great for Plymouth. 
Actually doesn't necessarily 

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help the sport as a whole. 
It's great for Plymouth. 

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Why isn't there a ABSPL version 
of that? 

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Why aren't they doing something 
like that? 

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Well, they promoted. 
I'm kind of stuck. 

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Glasgow did one a couple of 
years ago. 

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Didn't they? 
Yeah. 

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What's your answer because? 
You have to think net Netflix, I

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mean, Netflix is, is a worldwide
thing streamed, you know, it's 

452
00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:10,880
one of those. 
Yeah, when that comes out, we'll

453
00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:12,520
have to, I think we'll have to 
watch that and review it, won't 

454
00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:12,880
we? 
So. 

455
00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:16,440
We need, we need some American, 
some famous American actors to 

456
00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:21,720
come over and buy up Speedway in
the same way as was it Wrexham. 

457
00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:25,840
Yeah, yeah, Birmingham. 
Yeah, that would be good. 

458
00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:33,320
OK, everybody stopped emailing 
your favourite rich actor. 

459
00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:35,640
Yeah, there. 
Must be There must be something.

460
00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:38,240
Johnny Depp, That's all I want. 
I've got Tom Hanks's emailed. 

461
00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:41,000
I'm sorry, really. 
No, I haven't really. 

462
00:23:44,360 --> 00:23:49,160
Got me there. 
OK, so we'll go over the pick 

463
00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:52,040
the nuts and bolts out of the 
Prague GP. 

464
00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:56,840
OK, yeah, so great win for Leon,
Leon Madison. 

465
00:23:56,920 --> 00:24:00,400
Yeah, after a really, really, 
you know, dismal night really in

466
00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:04,640
Lancet couple of weeks ago. 
Performed well all the way 

467
00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:08,400
through the mating and obviously
managed to get the to get the 

468
00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:10,560
win which is pushed him. 
I think he's pushed him up to 

469
00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:12,600
4th in in the standings at the 
moment there. 

470
00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:16,280
So head of Brady Kurtz, 
obviously he Brady Kurtz didn't 

471
00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:18,520
have such a great time in in 
Lancet as well, but second for 

472
00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:21,560
him and both smiles like third 
again, so smiles. 

473
00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:24,320
It was 2 third places. 
Hasn't looked convincing in 

474
00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:25,720
either of the two Grand Prix 
really. 

475
00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:29,080
But after two rounds, he's still
leading the championship will be

476
00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:33,120
by points over his fellow Pole 
Casper Varina. 

477
00:24:33,120 --> 00:24:36,120
So. 
Who started off abysmally and 

478
00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:39,600
got better as he went. 
On he he doesn't, he's fearless,

479
00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:43,320
isn't he? 
He gets, he gets out of shape a 

480
00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:46,280
little bit. 
I'll just, you know, I think and

481
00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:48,040
he's quite, he can be quite 
ruthless as well. 

482
00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:49,600
I'm just wondering whether 
there's going to be a point 

483
00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:52,840
where he's going to turn into 
the, the Nicky Peterson of the 

484
00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:53,800
modern era. 
So. 

485
00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:56,960
He's got to win one first to do.
That he's won one, isn't he? 

486
00:24:57,320 --> 00:24:59,080
So he's got to win a 
championship. 

487
00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:01,200
Championship, Yeah, yeah, 
because I think, I don't think 

488
00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:05,360
Nicky really became that until 
because you've always become the

489
00:25:05,360 --> 00:25:08,000
man to beef. 
And that starts new. 

490
00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:11,320
Yeah, but I I think the Grand 
Prix misses Nicky Pederson, to 

491
00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:12,480
be honest. 
It misses. 

492
00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:14,520
It misses somebody who's the 
Phantom 1 villain movie 

493
00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:19,600
everybody just loves to hate. 
You know, it's I think I think 

494
00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:21,720
the Grand Prix is a poorer place
without him. 

495
00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:23,600
I think there's probably a lot 
of the rides who will probably 

496
00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:25,000
disagree with me on that one, 
but. 

497
00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:29,560
I can think of one American. 
Yeah, it's interesting. 

498
00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:31,440
Did you see the Polish, the 
Czech president as well? 

499
00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:36,920
He was there in in in shorts and
AT shirt, obviously taking 

500
00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:38,440
photographs as well. 
So which was? 

501
00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:41,120
Quite interesting. 
I don't think we'll be seeing 

502
00:25:41,120 --> 00:25:43,640
Keir Starmer taking photographs 
of Bellevue in a couple of weeks

503
00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:47,520
time. 
I doubt, yeah. 

504
00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:50,440
But don't, don't turn this 
political, Sir. 

505
00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:53,200
Let's not do that. 
What's the Andy Burnham there? 

506
00:25:53,200 --> 00:25:56,240
Maybe, but. 
Robert Lambert. 

507
00:25:57,320 --> 00:26:00,080
Now to talk about him in the 
absence of Danbury. 

508
00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:04,480
Average, I thought. 
I think that's a good word. 

509
00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:06,600
Not his best. 
Yeah, he's. 

510
00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:08,840
It's the problem. 
With he kept finding himself 

511
00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:12,880
riding the wrong bit of track, I
thought, and getting swallowed 

512
00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:14,760
up. 
Yeah, finishing 11th, only 6 

513
00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:19,520
points, just missed out on the 
last chance qualifiers when his 

514
00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:23,600
last race, but just a little bit
too little too late really. 

515
00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:28,400
I actually thought this in terms
of Prague meetings, it was one 

516
00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:31,200
of the better ones. 
Prague's obviously attract that 

517
00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:33,320
a lot of people have never 
really warmed to. 

518
00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:35,120
It's not. 
It did look very dry though. 

519
00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:38,320
It looked very didn't, it didn't
look as dry as and obviously 

520
00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:41,040
it's been really hot weather. 
I mean, I was so, I mean, I was 

521
00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:43,360
in Bellevue yesterday and they 
did a really good job of keeping

522
00:26:43,360 --> 00:26:47,000
the, the dust down with regular 
water breaks. 

523
00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:51,000
But yeah, but Michael Epson 
Jensen as well. 

524
00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:52,560
And obviously he, he rode pretty
well. 

525
00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:54,240
He's had a decent start to the 
season. 

526
00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:56,560
Brady Kurtz didn't didn't have a
bad show. 

527
00:26:56,600 --> 00:26:58,880
Yeah, Brady Kurtz had a couple 
of disappointing rides. 

528
00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:01,240
I had a last and a third, but 
two Heat wins. 

529
00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:04,360
He had that one heat win took 
off him when his bike packed up 

530
00:27:04,360 --> 00:27:11,560
as well. 
So I think that was a big for 

531
00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:14,640
him. 
Basically, yeah. 

532
00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:18,440
But no, it's traffic at the 
moment. 

533
00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:19,880
Let's just have a look at the 
standings then. 

534
00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:24,640
So Carter smiles like 32. 
Casper Virina, 31, Brady Kurtz, 

535
00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:29,720
26, Leon Madison, 21, Jack 
Holder, 21, Robert Lambert, 20, 

536
00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:34,160
Jason Doyle, 19, Dan Bewley, 18,
Don Dick and Berry, 17 and 

537
00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:37,520
Michael Ipson. 
Jensen Ronnie got the top 10 on 

538
00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:42,960
16 points so. 
In the in terms of being in 

539
00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:46,800
contention at the moment, it's 
all the way down to well, just 

540
00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:48,840
about Dan Bewley because 
obviously Dan Bewley is not in 

541
00:27:48,840 --> 00:27:53,760
contention there. 
So possibly an exciting. 

542
00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:55,480
Yeah. 
And of course we've got the 

543
00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:56,960
double headed coming up at 
Bellevue. 

544
00:27:56,960 --> 00:28:01,720
So that's a big opportunity for 
someone to get 48 hours worth of

545
00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:06,160
getting a bucket load of points.
Big opportunity for Brady Kurtz.

546
00:28:06,360 --> 00:28:08,480
Yeah, I mean, obviously he did. 
He rode well there last year. 

547
00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:10,280
He didn't pick up. 
Obviously Dan Buley won. 

548
00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:13,480
It was interesting because Dan 
Buley won the Friday meeting and

549
00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:15,640
then I don't know whether he 
would maybe ever celebrate it. 

550
00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:17,160
But he was nowhere on the second
day, was he? 

551
00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:19,680
So, you know, it was that would 
have been really disappointing 

552
00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:22,040
for him. 
But I mean, probably Kurt is 

553
00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:24,080
going to have home if. 
He hadn't had such a bad second 

554
00:28:24,120 --> 00:28:26,880
meeting he would have been in. 
Closer at the end, yeah. 

555
00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:29,160
I mean, Kurt obviously will want
to do well. 

556
00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:31,120
He's home track. 
He's going to have a huge amount

557
00:28:31,120 --> 00:28:32,560
of followers there because 
there's going to be a lot of 

558
00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:36,560
Bellevue fans going and he's 
writing and he's, you know, he's

559
00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:40,280
he's still despite a slow start,
he's indecent Nick as well. 

560
00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:42,280
So yeah. 
Absolutely. 

561
00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:45,800
Yeah. 
As always, we we appear to have 

562
00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:47,600
a dog in the house. 
Yeah, I just noticed that sort 

563
00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:51,560
of staring up at me. 
Darren Reynolds says hi chaps. 

564
00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:54,040
We did it with darts, the Yanks 
did it with wrestling. 

565
00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:56,880
It is not that hard. 
If a travelling funfair comes to

566
00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:59,600
town, you know about it. 
Speedway does need financial 

567
00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:07,240
help and change its attitude. 
It needs a person in charge or a

568
00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:08,880
company in charge. 
Yep. 

569
00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:12,680
That's right. 
Craig Smith says worn out, looks

570
00:29:12,680 --> 00:29:14,480
like an accident waiting to 
happen. 

571
00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:18,600
He's too erratic on the bike but
at the same time exciting to 

572
00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:21,320
watch as a fan. 
His aggressive style of riding 

573
00:29:21,320 --> 00:29:23,440
is brilliant. 
He's one of those rides. 

574
00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:25,400
I think you, you struggle to 
take your rides off him when 

575
00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:27,000
he's out on the track because 
you don't know what he's going 

576
00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:28,120
to do. 
And that's, that's what you want

577
00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:32,120
to say from a, from a rider. 
He's doesn't take any prisoners.

578
00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:35,400
Now, I bet everybody's got one 
of these in their locker. 

579
00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:41,000
A rider that never was a big 
number one was never going to 

580
00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:42,760
be. 
But my God, it was an exciting 

581
00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:44,400
ride in there for me as a 
Birmingham fan. 

582
00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:48,080
It was Jeanette, good runner and
more popular rider in 

583
00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:50,760
Birmingham. 
And fans love that, that that 

584
00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:52,760
never say that side diet 
attitude. 

585
00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:58,040
And I wouldn't mind betting. 
I wouldn't mind betting that 

586
00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:01,240
everybody's got one in their 
locker. 

587
00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:03,480
I'm going to ask you now, have 
you got one in your locker? 

588
00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:08,080
I would say scorer, Adam 
Scornick, very, very stylish 

589
00:30:08,080 --> 00:30:11,120
rider, capable of beating 
anybody on his day. 

590
00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:14,400
Wasn't really what you would 
call a rider that used to get 

591
00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:16,600
out of out of control a bit too 
much, to be fair, was quite a 

592
00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:20,520
smooth rider in fairness. 
But yeah, I would say scorer. 

593
00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:24,320
Now we, we didn't, we didn't 
make this happen. 

594
00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:27,200
We was just about or I was just 
about to start a conversation 

595
00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:32,920
off about the situation. 
Still going with the riders 

596
00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:36,560
insurance, I'm not entirely sure
where we stand with that, but 

597
00:30:36,560 --> 00:30:39,320
somebody's just popped up on the
shout box that could actually 

598
00:30:39,320 --> 00:30:43,600
answer that question for for us.
Hello, Ben Barker, it's just 

599
00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:46,080
popped up there. 
Ben, if you'd like to come on 

600
00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:51,840
the show, just give us a yes and
Reb will send you a link and 

601
00:30:51,840 --> 00:30:53,600
you'll be out. 
Yeah, we've got, we've got new 

602
00:30:53,600 --> 00:30:56,440
ways of doing it, folks. 
So if you'd like, Yeah, just 

603
00:30:56,440 --> 00:30:59,680
like to bring us up to date. 
Rich Thomas has just said you 

604
00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:01,880
might hear the crowd thinking 
about Storm or like to do with 

605
00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:03,440
the Doors. 
No, I don't know. 

606
00:31:03,480 --> 00:31:09,080
I have heard that. 
I have heard that Dave Twine 

607
00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:12,000
said. 
I liked Loose Hanson, Simon 

608
00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:13,960
Corbett, Simon Cross for me at 
Cradley. 

609
00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:18,720
So yeah, I think everybody's got
one of those. 

610
00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:22,440
Absolutely. 
In the locker, yeah. 

611
00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:25,680
I'm going to wait and see if Ben
gets back to us on that if. 

612
00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:28,880
You want to come on, Ben, or 
anybody who wants to come on. 

613
00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:35,280
Oh, that was a yes. 
So Ben, if you you're on the 

614
00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:37,480
shout box, if you just click on 
the link if it's. 

615
00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:39,960
Clickable, but if you copy and 
paste it into a browser. 

616
00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:42,000
OK, copy and paste it into your 
browser. 

617
00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:47,920
You can join us via that link. 
I presume you'll need will you 

618
00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:49,880
need a camera on his on his 
phone? 

619
00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:51,920
Yeah, on on his phone, on his 
phone. 

620
00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:53,240
Or you can do it on your phone. 
You can do. 

621
00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:54,880
It on a he's not usually shy Ben
so. 

622
00:31:54,880 --> 00:32:00,680
No, no, another one of those 
riders, incidentally, that we 

623
00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:03,200
was talking about another 
genetic quadron as Simon Croft. 

624
00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:06,920
Loved loved the Birmingham 
wasn't there years he was there 

625
00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:11,320
so absolutely. 
While we're waiting for that to 

626
00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:15,720
hopefully happen, go back to the
JP for for a second. 

627
00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:20,160
Jason Doyle. 
Yeah, he's had a steady, steady 

628
00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:22,360
start, isn't he? 
He's currently 7th in the 

629
00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:28,600
championship on 19 points. 
Doesn't, I don't, I don't think.

630
00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:31,560
I mean, I mean, I was looking at
this, it's nine years since 

631
00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:33,640
Jason Doyle won his 
championship. 

632
00:32:33,640 --> 00:32:35,880
He doesn't. 
That seems to have gone up from 

633
00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:37,240
absolutely nowhere, doesn't it 
really? 

634
00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:40,880
But I think he's going to be in 
there, you know, studying it 

635
00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:42,680
better, though. 
I think probably he's chances of

636
00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:44,800
winning the big one and again 
have probably gone now. 

637
00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:47,960
But then again, we all said that
about Greg Hancock didn't but. 

638
00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:49,600
Yeah. 
OK. 

639
00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:55,760
So we should obviously also have
a little mention now about the 

640
00:32:55,760 --> 00:33:01,360
Dan Buehler situation. 
Vista V yes, I use Vista V the 

641
00:33:01,520 --> 00:33:05,240
World Cup. 
That's shows, you know, we're 

642
00:33:05,280 --> 00:33:07,960
we're talking about we got a 
chance of winning it and we had 

643
00:33:08,760 --> 00:33:11,680
you can't you know, I think that
those riders on their day 

644
00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:12,640
couldn't beat anybody. 
I. 

645
00:33:13,120 --> 00:33:14,040
Think so? 
Can you hear us, Ben? 

646
00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:15,840
Yes, we got. 
Yeah, I can hear you. 

647
00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:17,480
Hello Ben, how are you doing 
mate? 

648
00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:19,000
Hi guys. 
Yeah, hi. 

649
00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:23,000
So straight to the point, we was
going to have a little chat 

650
00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:26,640
about what's going on with the 
riders insurance and and what's 

651
00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:29,480
actually the latest in that at 
the moment. 

652
00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:34,120
Oh, some good news, which is 
very good news. 

653
00:33:34,120 --> 00:33:37,960
We are all now insured again the
which is great. 

654
00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:42,120
It's not quite how it was, but 
you know, we, we're happy, we're

655
00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:45,080
a lot happier than we were. 
And riders that have been 

656
00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:46,840
injured since are currently 
getting supported. 

657
00:33:48,160 --> 00:33:50,000
Well, that's. 
The most important thing isn't. 

658
00:33:50,120 --> 00:33:53,440
It big, big applause there hang.
On I'll try to find. 

659
00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:58,400
It's not. 
That 10 this show is this is 

660
00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:02,320
this show is just brilliant. 
Oh, there we go of my life. 

661
00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:05,520
I mean, it's been interesting 
that I've been going through the

662
00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:09,560
Speedway Star and watching your 
emails and so on through through

663
00:34:09,560 --> 00:34:13,199
the last few weeks and quite a 
lot of riders have come out in 

664
00:34:13,199 --> 00:34:16,239
support of what he was trying to
achieve. 

665
00:34:17,880 --> 00:34:20,280
I'm just wondering whether 
there's any chance on the back 

666
00:34:20,280 --> 00:34:25,600
of this of the the old Speedway 
Riders Association becoming 

667
00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:29,320
available again? 
It's been spoke about by a few 

668
00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:33,719
of the senior riders. 
What you've got to remember is I

669
00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:41,000
work full time now and it's also
a big commitment to do something

670
00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:44,920
like that. 
But you know, I've been out 

671
00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:47,360
today in this heat. 
I've worked 11-12 hours today 

672
00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:51,199
and I just don't have time. 
You know, as much as I would 

673
00:34:51,199 --> 00:34:55,159
like to be part of it, and I 
would be part of a group of 

674
00:34:55,159 --> 00:34:59,720
people possibly that would 
interest me, it's going to go 

675
00:34:59,720 --> 00:35:03,840
mad in a minute when when my 
kids get home, their dogs are 

676
00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:06,720
doing nothing. 
To me, I've I've had nights. 

677
00:35:06,720 --> 00:35:10,240
Here we go. 
My son has just walked in so 

678
00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:12,440
very quick. 
I want the radio come on TV. 

679
00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:13,680
Yeah, come on, on. 
Come. 

680
00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:16,400
On this is my son, he's just 
been to the beach with. 

681
00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:20,280
His. 
Nan yeah, no, it's been, it's 

682
00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:23,640
been hard work. 
But like I say, the Riders 

683
00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:29,920
Association is something we want
to do, but how far it is in the 

684
00:35:29,920 --> 00:35:33,320
future, I'm not sure. 
But have the riders sort of been

685
00:35:33,320 --> 00:35:37,000
talking about that as a 
something that might be 

686
00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:39,160
worthwhile looking at? 
Yeah, definitely. 

687
00:35:39,160 --> 00:35:44,840
I mean, at the end of the day, I
bet I'm a firm believer in it's 

688
00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:49,400
the riders sport as much as it 
is the fans and as much as it's 

689
00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:51,440
the promoters. 
Of course. 

690
00:35:51,720 --> 00:35:55,120
Yeah, absolutely. 
So like, I'm a firm believer in,

691
00:35:55,680 --> 00:35:59,720
you know, we should have a part 
on the, you know, in these AGM 

692
00:35:59,720 --> 00:36:03,000
meetings where it's just the 
chairman and things like that. 

693
00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:06,960
Well, and the SCB meetings, I'm 
a firm believer in there should 

694
00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:11,120
be a rider there as well. 
They, they, they can, you know, 

695
00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:13,440
the sport doesn't happen without
us guys. 

696
00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:16,240
Same thing doesn't happen 
without the fan and same as it 

697
00:36:16,240 --> 00:36:19,440
doesn't happen without the 
promoters. 

698
00:36:19,960 --> 00:36:24,200
But the riders are always the 
ones just kind of there's the 

699
00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:25,360
rules. 
You got to deal with it. 

700
00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:27,960
Yeah, yeah. 
And also if you was in on those 

701
00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:30,640
meetings and rules were 
suggested, you as a would be 

702
00:36:30,640 --> 00:36:32,680
able to, from a rider's point of
view, be able to say, well, 

703
00:36:32,680 --> 00:36:36,440
that's not going to work because
totally agree. 

704
00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:40,240
So yeah, I think they're having 
the same discussion in Formula 

705
00:36:40,240 --> 00:36:41,280
One at the moment. 
Strange. 

706
00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:45,120
Yeah, it needs, it needs to be, 
it needs to be an open shop for 

707
00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:47,680
me, doesn't it Ben? 
Yeah, I think you need to have 

708
00:36:48,160 --> 00:36:53,240
so like the the, you know, I 
feel there should be an 

709
00:36:53,240 --> 00:36:57,560
interested party, if that makes 
sense, from everyone that should

710
00:36:57,560 --> 00:37:00,840
be on that top table, not, not 
only in the room. 

711
00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:05,560
Because I don't understand how 
only promoters can make these 

712
00:37:05,560 --> 00:37:08,760
decisions. 
You know, I'm, I'm, I'm, it's 

713
00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:12,160
just my opinion. 
This is, you know, I'm not going

714
00:37:12,160 --> 00:37:14,760
to, you know, I'm just saying I 
feel a rider should have some 

715
00:37:14,760 --> 00:37:17,360
sort of input. 
It might be a positive input. 

716
00:37:19,120 --> 00:37:20,680
Absolutely. 
You know, well, I'm not looking 

717
00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:24,200
to put a negative. 
I'm, I'm saying guys that this 

718
00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:26,880
is what I feel could happen and 
we give them prudent. 

719
00:37:28,200 --> 00:37:31,160
I I, yeah, I I can't. 
Absolutely. 

720
00:37:31,280 --> 00:37:33,680
Disagree with any any of what 
what you're saying. 

721
00:37:35,720 --> 00:37:38,920
So changing, changing the 
subject a little bit. 

722
00:37:40,240 --> 00:37:44,320
I think you're enjoying life as 
a Speedo rider apart from that 

723
00:37:44,960 --> 00:37:48,280
situation at the moment. 
How's it going from a personal 

724
00:37:48,280 --> 00:37:48,880
point of view? 
Yeah. 

725
00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:52,640
We're just, you know what, I'm 
actually enjoying my racing. 

726
00:37:54,160 --> 00:37:56,280
That's all I'm doing, enjoying 
my racing. 

727
00:37:56,280 --> 00:38:01,760
You know, I work full time and 
my racing is, is not so much a 

728
00:38:01,760 --> 00:38:06,200
hobby, but it's, it's not my 
sole income anymore. 

729
00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:09,040
So I just go off and enjoy my 
racing. 

730
00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:14,800
When I have a meeting, I mean, 
I've got a month off, just 

731
00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:19,360
under, just under 4 weeks off, 
one day short of four weeks. 

732
00:38:19,840 --> 00:38:22,880
I mean, you can't. 
You can't do Speedway as a sole 

733
00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:25,440
job when I've not had a meeting 
for four weeks. 

734
00:38:25,520 --> 00:38:26,760
No, Absolutely. 
Absolutely. 

735
00:38:26,840 --> 00:38:29,360
Not. 
You know, I mean, I don't 

736
00:38:29,360 --> 00:38:32,360
understand, you know, we are, I 
feel we're a perfect opportunity

737
00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:38,480
to go to 1 League this year and 
it will give clubs, fans, 

738
00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:44,600
supporters, riders, promoters, 
everybody can, you know, racing 

739
00:38:44,600 --> 00:38:47,240
every week. 
Yeah. 

740
00:38:47,280 --> 00:38:49,240
But as I say things, things 
going well down there at 

741
00:38:49,240 --> 00:38:51,120
Plymouth on the Ben, I mean, I 
was down there a couple of 

742
00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:53,600
weeks, weeks ago and you're 
getting some pretty good crowds 

743
00:38:53,600 --> 00:38:56,160
as well and there's a lot. 
Of very good crowds at Plymouth.

744
00:38:56,160 --> 00:38:58,720
We're getting pretty good 
crowds, but also there's a great

745
00:38:58,720 --> 00:39:00,640
buzz around the place. 
Yeah, I know that. 

746
00:39:00,640 --> 00:39:01,840
Well, I could say that from when
I was there. 

747
00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:04,960
So it was really, really, 
really, really encouraging what 

748
00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:06,160
they're. 
Doing They're working really 

749
00:39:06,160 --> 00:39:08,760
hard down there. 
Social media teams are doing 

750
00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:12,560
great. 
And I mean, no, this is not a 

751
00:39:12,560 --> 00:39:17,320
dig at Speedway in any way. 
You go to Speedway tracks and 

752
00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:20,160
look at the average age of the 
of the support. 

753
00:39:24,280 --> 00:39:29,040
The average age is 55, maybe 
more. 

754
00:39:29,160 --> 00:39:33,000
You go to Plymouth, the average 
age is 35. 

755
00:39:33,760 --> 00:39:35,640
Absolutely. 
That's your bands that are going

756
00:39:35,640 --> 00:39:37,920
to keep this going. 
Absolutely. 

757
00:39:39,920 --> 00:39:42,160
And and it's it's quite 
frustrating, isn't it? 

758
00:39:42,160 --> 00:39:45,920
I mean, the the one thing that 
we've we've been going on about 

759
00:39:45,920 --> 00:39:50,640
on this show a lot is, is 
perception and and about being 

760
00:39:50,640 --> 00:39:54,680
open and honest on the same sort
of problems that you had with 

761
00:39:54,680 --> 00:39:59,880
the BSPLI guess with with just 
getting answers about the the 

762
00:39:59,880 --> 00:40:03,400
whole situation with the, the 
insurance. 

763
00:40:03,680 --> 00:40:06,560
We feel that. 
There's fans that we're always 

764
00:40:06,560 --> 00:40:09,080
asking questions and never 
getting answers or never getting

765
00:40:09,080 --> 00:40:12,920
straight answers or sometimes 
just not an answer at all. 

766
00:40:13,560 --> 00:40:16,800
Oh, well, I know how that feels.
But that's actually the way, you

767
00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:20,280
know, I don't think anything I 
say now is going to change that 

768
00:40:20,280 --> 00:40:23,800
fact, you know, You know, I 
struggled to get answers, but 

769
00:40:24,200 --> 00:40:26,960
you know, if I've got answers, 
then maybe I wouldn't go on 

770
00:40:26,960 --> 00:40:29,080
social media. 
But then then I needed answers 

771
00:40:29,080 --> 00:40:30,200
and I still didn't get them. 
So. 

772
00:40:30,520 --> 00:40:33,360
But that's just the way it is. 
At the end of the day, it is 

773
00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:35,960
what it is. 
The BSPA have done, you know, 

774
00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:40,600
done good and they've got us an 
insurance back in place that 

775
00:40:40,720 --> 00:40:48,520
that we're kind of happy with 
and it's kind of filled a gap 

776
00:40:48,520 --> 00:40:52,000
that we were missing. 
Yeah, OK. 

777
00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:54,120
Well, I mean, that's really, 
really good news, mate. 

778
00:40:55,120 --> 00:40:58,600
Thank you so much, Ben, for 
coming on the show. 

779
00:40:58,600 --> 00:41:00,840
And always welcome, by the way. 
No. 

780
00:41:00,840 --> 00:41:03,360
Worries if you ever, if you ever
want me to pop on about anything

781
00:41:03,360 --> 00:41:06,600
else, but you know, just give me
a shout. 

782
00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:09,080
But by the way, by the way. 
Bartle smiles. 

783
00:41:09,080 --> 00:41:10,480
It is going to be world 
championing again. 

784
00:41:10,840 --> 00:41:13,360
OK, we'll write. 
We'll write that down and we'll 

785
00:41:13,360 --> 00:41:14,440
come back to you if you're 
wrong. 

786
00:41:15,520 --> 00:41:18,000
No he won't. 
He he will win anyway. 

787
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:19,480
Guys love you. 
Jump on. 

788
00:41:19,840 --> 00:41:22,320
Just people, just before you go 
big, can you just just tell 

789
00:41:22,320 --> 00:41:23,760
people how easy it was to get 
on? 

790
00:41:24,360 --> 00:41:27,360
Just for it was really easy. 
I was like, how do I do it? 

791
00:41:27,400 --> 00:41:29,880
And then I just took a few 
clicks. 

792
00:41:30,240 --> 00:41:32,120
We're on. 
So no, it's good. 

793
00:41:32,600 --> 00:41:34,240
OK, fantastic. 
Thanks. 

794
00:41:34,360 --> 00:41:35,600
Cheers. 
How do I leave though? 

795
00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:38,480
How do I leave? 
We we don't, we don't let you 

796
00:41:38,480 --> 00:41:39,040
leave. 
That's the. 

797
00:41:39,080 --> 00:41:41,480
I'll I'll get you off. 
Right. 

798
00:41:41,480 --> 00:41:42,560
Thank you. 
Cheers guys. 

799
00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:44,200
Thanks, Ben. 
Thank you. 

800
00:41:44,840 --> 00:41:48,240
That's fantastic. 
The technology works. 

801
00:41:48,680 --> 00:41:51,400
Yeah, we've proved it works now.
So he's been dying to try that 

802
00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:53,760
for weeks, isn't? 
He anyone of you, anyone of you 

803
00:41:53,760 --> 00:41:55,880
want to come on, you can just 
click on that. 

804
00:41:56,840 --> 00:42:00,840
And yeah, we all views are 
welcome, as we say in our sung, 

805
00:42:02,760 --> 00:42:05,040
James Dixon says Big up. 
Ben Barker. 

806
00:42:05,640 --> 00:42:08,880
OK. 
Someone just made a valid point 

807
00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:10,160
there. 
Chris Lewis, of course, is an 

808
00:42:10,160 --> 00:42:13,040
extra order and he was on the 
management committee, wasn't he?

809
00:42:13,040 --> 00:42:15,040
So obviously he's not now 
because he's not. 

810
00:42:15,040 --> 00:42:17,520
And it's interesting, he's not 
even doing the commentary for 

811
00:42:18,840 --> 00:42:19,760
TNT. 
Oh, is he? 

812
00:42:19,760 --> 00:42:22,280
So he looks like he's took, he's
completely taking himself away 

813
00:42:22,280 --> 00:42:25,080
from the sport. 
So which is, which is sad 

814
00:42:25,080 --> 00:42:28,680
really, because, you know, I had
a lot of respect for for Chris 

815
00:42:28,680 --> 00:42:31,880
Lewis, so. 
But I think once you cross that 

816
00:42:32,080 --> 00:42:36,640
Rubicon from ex manager to 
management, your priorities 

817
00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:42,080
necessarily change And you're 
the, the, the view that you're 

818
00:42:42,080 --> 00:42:45,680
looking from is a different 
viewpoint from, say, who a rider

819
00:42:45,680 --> 00:42:47,480
would. 
And you, you know, nobody's 

820
00:42:47,480 --> 00:42:48,920
perfect. 
And you might think this is a 

821
00:42:48,920 --> 00:42:52,640
good idea, we'll do this. 
And a rider might go, yeah, but 

822
00:42:52,640 --> 00:42:57,160
have you considered this? 
And so there should always be, I

823
00:42:57,160 --> 00:43:00,080
think, I think Ben's right. 
They should always have a 

824
00:43:00,080 --> 00:43:03,200
representative from from the 
riders, but I think the Riders 

825
00:43:03,200 --> 00:43:05,960
of their own have been their own
worst enemy because they used to

826
00:43:05,960 --> 00:43:09,760
had a perfectly reasonable 
association and they just let it

827
00:43:10,840 --> 00:43:12,720
through. 
Apathy from what what I can 

828
00:43:12,720 --> 00:43:17,320
gather, because they just didn't
want to spend at that time I 

829
00:43:17,320 --> 00:43:19,640
guess. 
And it is a big commitment, but 

830
00:43:20,200 --> 00:43:22,760
it is for your future as well. 
So maybe I need to I'll. 

831
00:43:22,920 --> 00:43:24,120
Read this out on GET. 
Together. 

832
00:43:24,120 --> 00:43:25,760
Go on then. 
I'm so glad you called it out, 

833
00:43:25,760 --> 00:43:27,240
Ben. 
How can they water down 

834
00:43:27,240 --> 00:43:30,400
insurance and Speedway riders 
especially we've had when we've 

835
00:43:30,400 --> 00:43:32,600
had riders turning their backs 
on the sport. 

836
00:43:33,040 --> 00:43:34,880
Surely you'll need the riders on
side. 

837
00:43:34,880 --> 00:43:38,880
Watering down their insurance 
cover is like an open invitation

838
00:43:38,880 --> 00:43:41,160
for riders to walk away. 
Baffling. 

839
00:43:41,280 --> 00:43:43,400
I think it's even worse than 
that though, isn't it? 

840
00:43:43,400 --> 00:43:46,560
It's they didn't really tell the
riders. 

841
00:43:46,560 --> 00:43:48,320
No they didn't. 
It was just done well. 

842
00:43:48,320 --> 00:43:50,640
Hopefully they won't notice. 
And. 

843
00:43:50,640 --> 00:43:53,440
Unfortunately, somebody did so. 
Yeah, because they needed it 

844
00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:59,600
because they was injured. 
So that that's and it's the fact

845
00:43:59,600 --> 00:44:03,680
that they don't tell you. 
And they do this about a lot of 

846
00:44:03,680 --> 00:44:05,240
things. 
We, you know, we've been asking 

847
00:44:05,240 --> 00:44:07,240
for a couple of weeks now. 
Where's Phil Morris? 

848
00:44:08,600 --> 00:44:12,280
OK, if he's no longer in that 
role, then they should surely 

849
00:44:12,280 --> 00:44:16,040
say something. 
But they won't and they don't 

850
00:44:16,960 --> 00:44:18,800
Mike. 
So I'll get Phil Taylor from the

851
00:44:18,800 --> 00:44:21,040
Bar Bandits. 
He's very knowledgeable and 

852
00:44:21,040 --> 00:44:23,400
photogenic. 
I don't know whether I want 

853
00:44:23,400 --> 00:44:26,400
somebody better looking than me.
My And although I do understand 

854
00:44:26,400 --> 00:44:34,600
that's 99.9% of the planet. 
Well, I know Phil anyway, so I'm

855
00:44:34,600 --> 00:44:37,720
sure if I'm sure, if you want to
go on Phil, please, please put 

856
00:44:37,720 --> 00:44:40,160
your name down. 
I have just noticed the time, 

857
00:44:40,160 --> 00:44:41,640
gentlemen. 
Yes, I've just noticed the time 

858
00:44:41,640 --> 00:44:45,080
as well so. 
So we need to get on with that 

859
00:44:45,120 --> 00:44:47,760
with the prediction league. 
I should finish my sentences as 

860
00:44:47,760 --> 00:44:51,280
I am on radio after all. 
Yeah, okie dokie. 

861
00:44:51,360 --> 00:44:54,840
So I'll go over to this one and 
we'll put it in Studio mode. 

862
00:44:56,040 --> 00:44:59,520
Oh dear. 
The the the inevitable slide has

863
00:44:59,520 --> 00:45:07,480
begun. 
I'm pretty much yeah. 

864
00:45:07,480 --> 00:45:09,480
Crap. 
OK, moving on. 

865
00:45:09,880 --> 00:45:12,280
You're the only one that got the
Northampton resort right there I

866
00:45:12,720 --> 00:45:14,600
believe. 
That's right, right. 

867
00:45:14,600 --> 00:45:16,840
So there's not too many fixtures
to be fair. 

868
00:45:16,840 --> 00:45:19,360
So we will quickly rattle about 
rattle do this because I do want

869
00:45:19,360 --> 00:45:21,400
to go through more visit to 
Bellevue yesterday as well. 

870
00:45:21,880 --> 00:45:25,480
So the first one is tomorrow 
night in the Championship, Paul 

871
00:45:25,480 --> 00:45:27,600
against Glasgow. 
Is it me? 

872
00:45:27,840 --> 00:45:37,000
Yes, OK, Paul versus Glasgow. 
Oh, so Paul by 10 points for me.

873
00:45:38,280 --> 00:45:41,160
I've gone the same pool by 10. 
I'll go pool by 6. 

874
00:45:41,440 --> 00:45:44,440
OK, you haven't put yours on 
yet, by the way, so I'll. 

875
00:45:44,760 --> 00:45:47,120
Yeah, OK right. 
So the next one, also in the 

876
00:45:47,120 --> 00:45:49,280
Championship, Oxford against 
Edinburgh. 

877
00:45:51,120 --> 00:45:52,040
Oxford. 
Edinburgh isn't. 

878
00:45:52,040 --> 00:45:54,320
That's up to you. 
Oxford by 14. 

879
00:45:55,680 --> 00:46:03,000
Oxford by 12. 
Yeah, 12 as well. 

880
00:46:03,840 --> 00:46:07,240
OK in the Premiership to on 
Thursday it's Ipswich against 

881
00:46:07,240 --> 00:46:11,400
Northampton. 
OK, that's up to you. 

882
00:46:11,400 --> 00:46:13,960
Yeah, I'm. 
Not going to go, I'll go Ipswich

883
00:46:13,960 --> 00:46:15,360
by 12. 
OK. 

884
00:46:16,040 --> 00:46:19,680
Yeah, Ipswich by 16. 
I've got Ipswich by 16 as well. 

885
00:46:19,920 --> 00:46:22,720
OK OK. 
Leicester against Sheffield is 

886
00:46:22,720 --> 00:46:25,640
the next one that. 
Could be tasty. 

887
00:46:25,640 --> 00:46:27,960
Yep, that's up to me again isn't
it? 

888
00:46:32,480 --> 00:46:36,040
Leicester by 6. 
I've gone Leicester by 6 as 

889
00:46:36,040 --> 00:46:36,400
well. 
You. 

890
00:46:36,720 --> 00:46:39,920
You were. 
I'm going to double that next 

891
00:46:40,120 --> 00:46:41,000
Leicester by 12. 
He's. 

892
00:46:41,400 --> 00:46:43,040
Going to double that and say 
Sheffield by 12. 

893
00:46:44,800 --> 00:46:47,800
OK, next one on Friday night is 
Red Car against Scunthorpe but 

894
00:46:47,800 --> 00:46:49,520
in the championship. 
That's up to you. 

895
00:46:50,440 --> 00:46:54,280
Red car by 10. 
Red car by 6. 

896
00:46:55,800 --> 00:46:57,800
Strangely I'm going to go red 
car by 6 as well. 

897
00:46:57,800 --> 00:47:00,080
I'm I'm agreeing with one person
at least. 

898
00:47:00,080 --> 00:47:02,240
I'm going to double all 1/2. 
Yeah, OK. 

899
00:47:03,960 --> 00:47:06,440
BSN semifinal, first league, 
also on Friday. 

900
00:47:06,440 --> 00:47:11,880
That's Edinburgh against Poole. 
And that's up to you. 

901
00:47:12,080 --> 00:47:19,600
Chris Paul by 12, Edinburgh by 
6. 

902
00:47:19,960 --> 00:47:21,680
Paul by 8. 
Interesting. 

903
00:47:22,560 --> 00:47:26,360
OK in the championship on 
Saturday, Workington against 

904
00:47:26,360 --> 00:47:29,760
Scunthorpe. 
That's up for me. 

905
00:47:29,760 --> 00:47:36,280
Workington versus Scunthorpe. 
I'll say Workington by 8. 

906
00:47:38,560 --> 00:47:43,800
I've gone Workington by 10. 
Workington by 12. 

907
00:47:45,200 --> 00:47:48,440
OK And finally in the 
Premiership on Monday, Kings 

908
00:47:48,440 --> 00:47:52,200
Lynn against Leicester. 
Kings Lynn versus Leicester, 

909
00:47:52,200 --> 00:47:54,480
that's up to you. 
Leicester by 6. 

910
00:47:56,080 --> 00:47:58,200
Leicester by 12. 
Draw. 

911
00:47:58,800 --> 00:47:59,880
There we go. 
OK. 

912
00:48:00,040 --> 00:48:00,800
Yeah. 
That's it. 

913
00:48:01,200 --> 00:48:04,760
Fantastic. 
As then the slide continues, I 

914
00:48:04,760 --> 00:48:06,920
think so. 
OK, talk. 

915
00:48:06,960 --> 00:48:11,840
You've been been to the National
Stadium and so Bellevue versus 

916
00:48:11,840 --> 00:48:15,600
Sheffield. 
My first question is, was it an 

917
00:48:15,600 --> 00:48:18,000
interesting match? 
It was, it was an interesting 

918
00:48:18,000 --> 00:48:21,240
meeting because it was, you 
know, I mean obviously Bellevue 

919
00:48:21,240 --> 00:48:24,720
without Danbury, without Peter 
Kilderman and without Nori 

920
00:48:24,720 --> 00:48:27,520
Bluddon, who was riding in the 
qualifying round for the world 

921
00:48:27,520 --> 00:48:30,640
championship. 
So three riders down South on 

922
00:48:30,640 --> 00:48:33,880
Piper, it looked, you know, a 
real opportunity for Sheffield. 

923
00:48:34,680 --> 00:48:36,880
And after the first four races 
that looked that looked like it 

924
00:48:36,880 --> 00:48:38,480
was going to be the case. 
Sheffield happened up a six 

925
00:48:38,480 --> 00:48:41,600
point lead, but Bellevue very 
quickly got back into the 

926
00:48:41,600 --> 00:48:43,280
mating. 
And it was, it was class really 

927
00:48:43,280 --> 00:48:45,920
up until the last couple of 
races when Bellevue suddenly 

928
00:48:45,920 --> 00:48:50,160
banged IN25 ones in heats 13 and
14. 

929
00:48:50,640 --> 00:48:52,880
And and really that sort of took
the sting out of the towel of 

930
00:48:52,880 --> 00:48:54,680
the mating. 
And then Bellevue ended up 

931
00:48:54,680 --> 00:48:57,640
running up, running out fairly 
comfortable winners, in 

932
00:48:57,640 --> 00:49:01,640
fairness. 
Yeah, but no, it's, I mean, they

933
00:49:01,640 --> 00:49:04,360
did, as I said earlier, they did
one thing they did do very well 

934
00:49:04,360 --> 00:49:10,440
was getting Keep IT5181314814, 
which took the score. 

935
00:49:11,240 --> 00:49:13,920
Bellevue sort of gradually 
pulled away from from that point

936
00:49:13,920 --> 00:49:17,160
on. 
Yeah, as I say, they did very 

937
00:49:17,160 --> 00:49:18,760
well to keep the dust down 
because, of course, it was a 

938
00:49:18,760 --> 00:49:22,600
very, very hot day. 
Fortunately, obviously, I was on

939
00:49:22,600 --> 00:49:24,920
the back straight, which is 
quite well shaded from the sun. 

940
00:49:24,920 --> 00:49:26,160
So it was nice and cool in 
there. 

941
00:49:27,440 --> 00:49:31,520
A very good crowd. 
So obviously we everyone knows 

942
00:49:31,520 --> 00:49:33,920
there's a, there's always a bit 
of niggle between Bellevue and 

943
00:49:33,960 --> 00:49:36,560
Sheffield where they've been the
obviously Lancashire and 

944
00:49:36,560 --> 00:49:40,200
Yorkshire. 
But yeah, probably wasn't the 

945
00:49:40,200 --> 00:49:42,680
best meeting I've seen in terms 
of racing wise at Bellevue. 

946
00:49:42,680 --> 00:49:44,480
I've seen seen better meetings 
than that. 

947
00:49:45,120 --> 00:49:47,560
But definitely, definitely well 
worth the trip. 

948
00:49:52,240 --> 00:49:57,560
Yeah, OK. 
From a point of view of sort of 

949
00:49:57,560 --> 00:50:00,280
entertainment, the way the the 
meeting flowed, yeah. 

950
00:50:00,440 --> 00:50:04,600
How how would you give them? 
Give me a one and a marks out of

951
00:50:04,600 --> 00:50:10,040
10. 
I would say 7 because I I felt 

952
00:50:10,040 --> 00:50:11,960
at times the meeting dragged a 
little bit. 

953
00:50:12,400 --> 00:50:15,160
OK, it was, it was nearly two 
hours long. 

954
00:50:15,600 --> 00:50:18,480
I mean I always think, I always 
think an ideal speed, length of 

955
00:50:18,480 --> 00:50:19,800
a speed of meeting is 90 
minutes. 

956
00:50:22,320 --> 00:50:24,480
Obviously if Frank Everton was 
refereeing it probably finished 

957
00:50:24,480 --> 00:50:28,600
in about 20 minutes quickly. 
He got through meetings, but I 

958
00:50:28,600 --> 00:50:30,640
mean they obviously they were 
having a lot of water breaks. 

959
00:50:30,640 --> 00:50:32,240
I was going to say, was that, 
was that right? 

960
00:50:32,840 --> 00:50:36,240
Keeping the water down, 
obviously we've got, they've got

961
00:50:36,560 --> 00:50:39,080
Bellevue TV now, so they stream 
all their matches and there was 

962
00:50:39,080 --> 00:50:40,640
a big screen on, on the first 
bend. 

963
00:50:40,640 --> 00:50:43,240
So you can see, you can see the 
stream, you can see the 

964
00:50:43,240 --> 00:50:46,320
interviews, you can see replays 
as well of, of any controversial

965
00:50:46,600 --> 00:50:48,280
which is which is, which is very
good. 

966
00:50:49,800 --> 00:50:51,160
Again, the meetings presented 
well. 

967
00:50:51,160 --> 00:50:55,360
I've got the, I've got the, the 
Bellevue programme in front of 

968
00:50:55,360 --> 00:50:58,560
me, £3.50, but definitely well 
worth the read. 

969
00:50:58,560 --> 00:51:00,840
There's a lot in there. 
Bellevue for me always do a 

970
00:51:00,840 --> 00:51:03,840
very, very good programme. 
There's always a a lot in there,

971
00:51:03,840 --> 00:51:06,520
very colourful. 
The question I would ask you is 

972
00:51:06,520 --> 00:51:09,760
as a, as a supporting, as a as a
visiting fan, I beg. 

973
00:51:10,920 --> 00:51:12,960
The one thing I've always 
noticed when I've gone to Hawaii

974
00:51:12,960 --> 00:51:16,800
tracks is when I brought 
programmes just very little for 

975
00:51:16,800 --> 00:51:19,200
the they, they, they mentioned 
the team. 

976
00:51:19,200 --> 00:51:23,200
There's 2 pages for Sheffield in
this in this one. 

977
00:51:23,280 --> 00:51:27,720
But is it stuff that's that that
Sheffield fans would already 

978
00:51:27,720 --> 00:51:29,400
know? 
It's probably, it's probably 

979
00:51:29,400 --> 00:51:33,120
furious Bellevue, it's it's 
probably more aimed at the home 

980
00:51:33,120 --> 00:51:35,160
fans and and newbies. 
To be fair, there's not really 

981
00:51:35,160 --> 00:51:37,880
anything in there. 
There's no interviews from 

982
00:51:38,560 --> 00:51:43,440
people at people at Sheffield I.
Always think that that I should 

983
00:51:43,440 --> 00:51:46,280
do that. 
If they want this Indian fans to

984
00:51:46,280 --> 00:51:49,320
buy the programmes then they 
should give them something to to

985
00:51:49,320 --> 00:51:52,120
read, shouldn't they? 
Yeah, but I think Sheffield will

986
00:51:52,120 --> 00:51:53,520
be. 
I think Sheffield will be 

987
00:51:53,520 --> 00:51:56,480
disappointed. 
Chris Holder was exceptionally, 

988
00:51:56,480 --> 00:51:59,040
he was for me, he was the best 
rider of you, picked up 16 

989
00:51:59,040 --> 00:52:01,920
points. 
He was a bit like the old Chris 

990
00:52:01,920 --> 00:52:05,600
Holder at times. 
But Josh Pickering, he was their

991
00:52:05,600 --> 00:52:07,800
next high scorer. 
He scored nine and then after 

992
00:52:07,800 --> 00:52:10,960
that much of A muchness really. 
Jack Holder was very poor, 

993
00:52:12,760 --> 00:52:16,120
looked under Powers, dare I say.
I thought he looked a little bit

994
00:52:16,120 --> 00:52:18,360
disinterested, to be honest. 
He wasn't really. 

995
00:52:18,480 --> 00:52:19,920
Didn't really get the impression
he was. 

996
00:52:20,640 --> 00:52:24,600
I mean, he first, first hate 
really. 

997
00:52:25,040 --> 00:52:27,960
Kyle Thompson, who was guesting 
for Norwick Dorf of Bellevue. 

998
00:52:27,960 --> 00:52:31,640
He got out and his row ride a 
really good line with him and 

999
00:52:31,640 --> 00:52:34,320
him and Brady Kurtz were pretty 
much neck and neck for three 

1000
00:52:34,320 --> 00:52:37,800
laps for the for the whole race.
And then on the last, on the 

1001
00:52:37,800 --> 00:52:41,760
last lap, Kurtz made a mistake 
and holder who was no, it was 

1002
00:52:41,960 --> 00:52:44,000
quite some way the back managed 
to get through and get the 3rd 

1003
00:52:44,000 --> 00:52:46,560
place. 
And I thought at that point 

1004
00:52:46,560 --> 00:52:48,840
Anders Row was going to be on 
for a good amazing Rd really 

1005
00:52:48,840 --> 00:52:50,600
well, but he only scored a point
after that. 

1006
00:52:52,120 --> 00:52:54,560
I think Sheffield just carried 
carried a little bit too many 

1007
00:52:54,560 --> 00:52:56,520
riders. 
Obviously they they recovered 

1008
00:52:56,520 --> 00:53:01,960
well to comfortably be Bellevue 
and Allerton in the evening, but

1009
00:53:01,960 --> 00:53:03,360
I think they'll be a little bit 
disappointed. 

1010
00:53:03,360 --> 00:53:06,280
I think they'll probably look at
that as a bit of a missed 

1011
00:53:06,280 --> 00:53:08,760
opportunity Sheffield. 
Because of the ride, isn't it? 

1012
00:53:08,760 --> 00:53:09,320
Yeah. 
Who? 

1013
00:53:09,920 --> 00:53:12,480
Who? 
Who was the that replaced with? 

1014
00:53:12,480 --> 00:53:14,640
The Saint, I presume? 
Carl Thompson was guesting for 

1015
00:53:14,640 --> 00:53:16,840
Nori Bledorne. 
It was going to be Carl Howard 

1016
00:53:16,840 --> 00:53:22,200
guesting for guesting for 
Kilderman, but obviously he 

1017
00:53:22,360 --> 00:53:24,200
pulled out in the morning due to
personal reason. 

1018
00:53:24,200 --> 00:53:27,280
Obviously we wish him well. 
So Justin Sedgman came in and he

1019
00:53:27,280 --> 00:53:31,440
picked up 4, and German Lindsey 
called me and German Lindsey. 

1020
00:53:31,440 --> 00:53:33,200
Now spell your tracking side 
out, doesn't he? 

1021
00:53:33,240 --> 00:53:35,840
He rode very well, to be fair. 
And he's riding his, I mean, 

1022
00:53:35,840 --> 00:53:37,520
he's riding really well this 
year anyway. 

1023
00:53:37,840 --> 00:53:42,240
Yeah, so I mean, Joe Etheridge 
was was obviously riding for the

1024
00:53:42,240 --> 00:53:44,640
Sheffield reserve. 
He he won the first team, didn't

1025
00:53:44,640 --> 00:53:48,440
do anything after that. 
So yeah, just, I think just a 

1026
00:53:48,680 --> 00:53:53,040
few too many people being 
carried by the Sheffield team 

1027
00:53:53,040 --> 00:53:56,240
last night, but yeah, it was 
worth going. 

1028
00:53:56,520 --> 00:53:57,680
But they ended up getting the 
they. 

1029
00:53:58,760 --> 00:54:01,120
Got the balance point. 
They got a pretty pump thumping 

1030
00:54:01,120 --> 00:54:03,840
wind in there against them at at
Arlington. 

1031
00:54:04,520 --> 00:54:06,360
But yeah, yeah, definitely worth
a visit. 

1032
00:54:06,360 --> 00:54:09,200
As I say programme, I think 
about what I was said before, I 

1033
00:54:09,200 --> 00:54:11,840
think the Bellevue programme is 
always good value. 

1034
00:54:11,840 --> 00:54:15,160
I think we didn't really touch 
on the the Plymouth programme. 

1035
00:54:15,160 --> 00:54:16,920
That's probably the one thing 
that disappointed me. 

1036
00:54:16,920 --> 00:54:18,640
I didn't think the programme was
great there. 

1037
00:54:18,640 --> 00:54:21,960
I thought it was just a little 
bit, I mean, you find a lot of 

1038
00:54:21,960 --> 00:54:24,440
problems now, they seem to be 
predominantly full of adverts, 

1039
00:54:24,440 --> 00:54:25,840
don't they? 
I mean, I know they've got to do

1040
00:54:25,840 --> 00:54:28,360
that to try and because that's 
where they get the money from. 

1041
00:54:28,360 --> 00:54:32,840
But yeah, I was a little bit 
disappointed by the the Bellevue

1042
00:54:32,840 --> 00:54:35,160
programme, but but by the 
Plymouth programme. 

1043
00:54:35,640 --> 00:54:37,360
So that's something that maybe 
they could work on in the 

1044
00:54:37,360 --> 00:54:39,560
future. 
But Bellevue programme 

1045
00:54:39,560 --> 00:54:42,200
excellent. 
Phil Tilis went to Glasgow 

1046
00:54:42,200 --> 00:54:45,200
versus Plymouth a couple of 
weeks ago and they do a good 

1047
00:54:45,240 --> 00:54:47,040
programme. 
So this is the sort of thing 

1048
00:54:47,040 --> 00:54:51,760
that should you wish to Phil, 
you can click on our link at the

1049
00:54:51,760 --> 00:54:54,440
beginning of the show next week 
and come on and tell us about. 

1050
00:54:54,440 --> 00:54:56,560
Yeah, you've got some more 
meetings than me, than me and 

1051
00:54:56,560 --> 00:54:57,680
him do Phil at the moment. 
So. 

1052
00:54:58,280 --> 00:55:01,840
Absolutely. 
So yeah, we'd love to know your,

1053
00:55:01,840 --> 00:55:05,080
your views, just fans views, 
particularly if it's a team that

1054
00:55:05,080 --> 00:55:08,000
you don't support of how you 
think. 

1055
00:55:09,240 --> 00:55:11,520
Yeah, you'll be able to do if 
we're going to Buxton because I 

1056
00:55:11,520 --> 00:55:14,560
think you believe you've got 
Buxton as aligned to go to Latin

1057
00:55:14,600 --> 00:55:15,400
season. 
I have. 

1058
00:55:15,400 --> 00:55:16,760
I'm definitely going to go to 
Buxton. 

1059
00:55:16,760 --> 00:55:18,720
I'm also going to try and get 
down to Northampton as well 

1060
00:55:18,720 --> 00:55:22,280
because you've got to haven't. 
Yeah, Yeah. 

1061
00:55:22,400 --> 00:55:24,880
I believe the next meeting at 
the moment that I'm looking to 

1062
00:55:24,880 --> 00:55:27,360
be going to is Workington. 
That's in a month's time. 

1063
00:55:27,360 --> 00:55:29,520
So that'll be a first ever visit
there for me. 

1064
00:55:29,520 --> 00:55:31,840
And obviously we've heard big 
good things about the workings 

1065
00:55:31,840 --> 00:55:34,320
and tracks, so really looking 
forward to that one. 

1066
00:55:35,560 --> 00:55:38,680
Dave Twine says Atheridge took a
rider out in heat 2 and the 

1067
00:55:38,680 --> 00:55:42,120
referee let him in the rerun. 
Why have you got any? 

1068
00:55:42,160 --> 00:55:44,720
Yeah, I, I thought that. 
I thought there was another one 

1069
00:55:44,720 --> 00:55:48,080
as well in In Heat 12. 
I thought, I mean, he got 

1070
00:55:48,080 --> 00:55:52,080
excluded for taking out. 
I think it was Sedgman, but I 

1071
00:55:52,080 --> 00:55:54,080
thought Sedgman went down on his
own, to be honest. 

1072
00:55:54,080 --> 00:55:55,720
I mean, we saw the replay a 
couple of times. 

1073
00:55:55,720 --> 00:55:57,720
It's one of those decisions. 
He could have gone either way, 

1074
00:55:57,720 --> 00:56:03,560
but I I thought he was a a 
little bit, you know, I think it

1075
00:56:03,560 --> 00:56:04,680
was the right decision to 
exclude. 

1076
00:56:04,800 --> 00:56:05,920
Did you? 
At the time I thought he was the

1077
00:56:05,920 --> 00:56:07,480
right decision to exclude him. 
When I looked back on the 

1078
00:56:07,480 --> 00:56:09,800
replays, did have maybe a second
thought. 

1079
00:56:09,800 --> 00:56:11,960
I'd like to have a look at it 
again to be fair, if I could get

1080
00:56:11,960 --> 00:56:16,160
a chance. 
But yeah, as I say, we had the 

1081
00:56:16,160 --> 00:56:19,360
Sheffield Bar me Army. 
They were making their feelings 

1082
00:56:19,360 --> 00:56:21,120
though with a couple of the 
exclusions with some of the 

1083
00:56:21,560 --> 00:56:24,400
things that they were chanting, 
particularly towards Mr Lemon, 

1084
00:56:24,400 --> 00:56:25,520
but we won't get there. 
So they. 

1085
00:56:26,120 --> 00:56:30,120
Were I presume they were 
questioning his parentage and 

1086
00:56:30,120 --> 00:56:33,320
things like that? 
Ilk it was mainly boring boring 

1087
00:56:33,320 --> 00:56:35,200
lemon was the was the main thing
they were seeing in. 

1088
00:56:36,560 --> 00:56:39,280
Pete Clarke says it's so hot at 
Buxton on Sunday, a sentence 

1089
00:56:39,280 --> 00:56:44,800
I've never heard said before. 
So hot at Buxton on Sunday that 

1090
00:56:44,800 --> 00:56:46,280
it melted my suntan. 
We've already. 

1091
00:56:46,280 --> 00:56:51,600
Started to get the right place. 
I don't believe Pete uses suntan

1092
00:56:51,600 --> 00:56:53,560
lotion, by the way. 
I think he'd need the whole 

1093
00:56:53,560 --> 00:56:56,840
bottle anyway. 
Sorry Pete. 

1094
00:56:58,440 --> 00:57:00,360
Wow, that's the that's our time 
has gone. 

1095
00:57:01,280 --> 00:57:05,120
He's just disappeared. 
Thank you so much for your 

1096
00:57:05,120 --> 00:57:09,120
participation. 
We will see you next week and 

1097
00:57:09,120 --> 00:57:11,400
good luck to you and your 
Speedway team. 

1098
00:57:11,440 --> 00:57:12,680
Try. 
And stay cool everyone. 

1099
00:57:12,800 --> 00:57:14,440
Yes, see you guys. 
Good night. 

1100
00:57:14,440 --> 00:57:14,720
Bye. 
I'm cool. 

1101
00:57:14,800 --> 00:57:15,960
Speedway Town. 
Welcome to the. 

1102
00:57:22,000 --> 00:57:25,600
Speedway Town. 
Enjoy your stay. 

1103
00:57:28,000 --> 00:57:30,400
Welcome to the Speedway Town.