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Enjoy your city. So when I do this diatribe at
the beginning of the show, it's usually to spout off about
something in the Speedway world that is nutty or stupid or just
plain ridiculous. Well, tonight it is nice to be
able to say simply welcome back to the Speedway world, Buxton.
We're all going to need coats only in Speedway.
Good evening and welcome to the Speedway Tavern.
We have as per normal Chris. Good evening.
And Matt, good evening. And myself.
Gah. GI.
Gah gah gah. I like that.
Yeah, I like that. Pantomone villain.
Himself. Absolutely.
Well, there's a lot been happening.
I'm just reading some of the comments we'll get.
There's been a lot happening in the Speedway world, but I think
it's probably a nice place to start is the fact that Buxton
are coming back into the Speedway.
It's great news. Obviously Buxton are, you know,
smashing little club, one of those clubs really that deal a
lot of things to sort of produce rods and then maybe sell them on
the profits. And I think the removing of the
assets at the time from National League clubs really badly
handicapped them. And I think the the power, the
power struggle with a lot of the clubs, you know, the crate
leaves the Eastbourne Birmingham area.
I think that's sort of undermine boxing a little bit.
And so that sort of fell by the white side.
But it's it's going to be good to see it back.
I only went there the once. Unfortunately it was for a
meeting that was abandoned, but I'm certainly intended to go
there again this season. I'm just gonna make sure I pick
up a a big coat. Yes, it's very cold and windy
there. It's on the sort of on the top.
It's gonna be interesting. It's gonna be interesting off
the rods that have never ridden there before because someone
have to point out to them it's actually on slope.
It's on a slope, yeah. You go, you go faster down,
downhill. I think the picking up spade
don't the when the car into the bones.
Pete Clark makes the point. It's a track in a beautiful
field. Yeah, it's a nice part of the
world, really. It's a nice part of the world.
It's a lovely journey up there. So we've got we've got on there
at the moment, Chris Butler and Pete Clark, who are some of you
on there were volunteers at Birmingham and now the
volunteers at Buxton and are gonna help him put the fence up
and that fence looks a little bit.
You're going to be volunteering, or is it a bit too far?
Too far for me, unfortunately. I mean, I will go down there.
Where is it, Duxton? Derbyshire, Derbyshire, that's
in the Peak District. So it's really, really quite
nice and really coldest part of the world so.
I hope I put something better surface on that track if I can,
because that I didn't never like this this it sort of looked like
look. Like Cinders didn't get off the
old tracks that you saw years ago.
But yeah, but I mean, it's there and that's the that's the thing.
Chris Butler says. It was cold and wet on Sunday.
I think it was everywhere, mate. Yeah, it wasn't club.
Is it a club? That's been around for a long
time or was around for a long time.
No, it's, I don't know what. This history is but I think they
started around about 95. Right I.
Think that's relatively new then?
Really. Yeah, yeah.
It's been, it's one of these clubs that have always been been
about bringing on new riders. Yeah.
And that's right down Lawrence Rogers St, of course.
Yeah, so. Obviously, obviously Lawrence
will be delighted to be sort of, you know, still still straight
back into sport after after the departure of Birmingham so.
It's, it feels a little bit strange for me to see all the, I
mean, some, you know, I do recognise some of the track as
it was going up, some of the fencing and stuff in it.
It's not very, you know, I think I'm pretty sure if it's come
from Birmingham, I'm, they're talking about the air fence.
I'm wondering whether that air fence is going to be red and
yellow. We'll find out so that they're.
Close. They're close to sweet for
black, weren't they? I think Buxton Sagan, sorry, I
think their colours were yellow and black, weren't they?
So. I think so, yeah.
Yeah, a bit sort of Wolverhampton.
Paint over the paint over the red.
So, yeah, yeah. And take and take off the the
red on the the tractor because they'll be black and gold
underneath that because that came from.
Wolverhampton in ginger. But anyway, yeah.
But we certainly wish them well. It's a, it's a good positive
news story. It is.
Quite bittersweet for me, yeah. Which I know you weren't.
You would understand. But you know, and I will get
down there when I can, just to meet some old friends.
Yep. Friends.
Your friends. Yeah, Fred, Sir, Yeah, yeah.
I'll explain to you about that later, because I know that's a
mystery. For the I don't know.
He's the friend, but. OK, Jeff Daniels says thoughts
on Waffington back in the GPS. I'm going to take you over to my
mate. You too Mattie.
You've been a little bit loud on the BSF for once.
What have you been saying? Well, once I've been naughty on
the BSF, I'm very rich. Long time since I've been on the
BSF, to be fair. But I've just posted this on
about 20 minutes before I came in the room.
One thing you can never recuse is Ty Wolfington of is being shy
about publicity for himself and him being back in the GPA year
after almost losing his life will undoubtedly generate
headlines, at least in the short run.
I'd waited that more non Speedo fans have heard of him than they
have bought a smiles like on recent form.
Shouldn't be anywhere near the GP.
No title or even GP wins since 2018 and his last three attempts
have seen him finish 8th, 11th and 18th.
Plus by the time the 2026 GP season rolls around he won't
have ridden competitive for the best part of 18 months.
It's worth remembering that 20 years ago the great Tony records
and also had a completely unsatisfactory end to a
successful World Championship career as well.
If he proves us wrong and has a strong season with the top six
finish and maybe one or two wins, brilliant.
But the odds are heavily stacked against him.
Yeah, I mean, I was surprised to see him coming back, if I've at
all, if I'm honest. He seemed to be making noises
which were more, I might be retiring sort of noises.
But obviously he's got on a boat bike and thought, and I still
love this. Yeah, I, I, I guess the, the,
the, the flip side of it. I mean, you know, I hope he
does. Well, obviously I think we all
do. It's good for British Speedway.
If he do us or what? I don't think he's going to be
riding over her from what I can gather.
Very surprised from what I've heard as well.
Yeah, yeah. But somebody else that possibly
was more worthy of that that at this point in their career.
Yeah, I think you could certainly say something.
You could say something like Michael Mickelson, I think will
probably feel a bit hard done by not to have even been put on the
reserves list as far as I'm aware.
And as Thompson is on, obviously, obviously we've seen
Leon Madison's back in the JP, Michael Yepson, Jensen who shows
certainly showed in the last Grand Prix that he's more than
capable of that at that level. And in the Speedway nations, he
did quite well. He.
Did. Yep.
So we've got to talk about that at some point as well.
So yeah, so I wouldn't. I'm in on the face.
We'll just have a quick run through the field for next year.
So you've got Barter Smiles, Nick Brady, Kurtz, Dan Bewley,
Freddie Linger and Jack Holder, Andre Levadev's Robert Lambert,
Max Frick, Jason Doyle, Dominic Kibera, Leon Madison, Michael
Jepsen Jensen, Patrick Dyrdek, Casper Varina and Ty Wolfington
on the, on the face of it, pretty strong field, I think.
I mean, I mean, I think I think we've proved the point, really.
In fact, there's three picks and we've only talked about one of
them so far, so. Yeah, Yeah.
I've, I've heard a few. I mean, I mean, before we talk
about that, it it still no place for Saifudin off in Laguna and
that's a bigger mission. And and and we need, I think
we'll have a chat about that at some point today as well with
what's right and proper about that.
So the other two picks, of course, I mean, I've heard a few
P few which you say moans about the fact that Doyle's back in.
Yeah. Your thoughts on that?
I think generally last season he had a poor season didn't he in
the J PS? Finished fairly.
Strong, fairly strongly. And let's not forget of course
the previous year he started very strongly, didn't he?
Because he had a bad injury and I think at the time he was
injured he might actually have been leading the series.
I think he was only after about 3 or 4 rounds.
But no, he's he's been more successful in recent years than
Ty has so. Less controversial than.
Lesson yeah. So you know, he doesn't, he's
not really one that courts headlines is a Jason Doyle.
It was always a classy rider. So it'd be interesting of
course, to see whether he's back in the UK next year as well.
I mean, obviously we don't know what the structure of the
leagues. Are.
No, we don't. That's going to be very
interesting this summer. We say that every year, yeah.
Yeah, and of course, the other one, Max Frick, probably not
really a massive surprise. No, I think he's he's possibly
earned, earned to place it with his performances this year.
Doyle was still going. Don't forget Doyle.
Might disagree after last night. Doyle was still getting into
getting into one or two finals as well during last season.
So I mean, obviously say he's had a put, he had a didn't have
a great season, but he still shows long.
He's still proving on his days. He's definitely a rider that can
still sort of mix it with him. I don't think he's a realistic
contender to win the championship, but you know, he
certainly, certainly he'll want to be want to be competitive in
it, lock the other two will as well.
Do we think Brady Kurtz is going to be a challenger next year?
Well, the disadvantage that Kurtz has now is that he's lost
that sort of surprise factor because not everybody knows what
to expect of him. And he's going to be under
pressure next year because everyone's going to expect him
to do exactly the same thing again.
You know, I mean, what won against him, and I mean, we can
talk about the Sprint races and and things like that.
What what ultimately went against him, of course, was
crashing out in in Prague, make the final.
That was the one that he missed. And that's come back and and bit
him in the long run to lose that by a point.
Because very often when people have their second season, they
don't do as well as the first season.
It's always dying. We've seen that with rods that
have come over and been brilliant the first season and
it's always the second season they find the hardest one.
Robot's had sort of suffered from that a little bit.
Yeah, second two years ago, but really had a poor season last
year, just about managed to hold his place.
But then in the speed of nations, yeah, he's pretty good.
He was. Yeah, and Dan Beard, they
certainly and Dan Beard was very, very fast for certainly
in. The in the in the semi final,
yeah, not so much in the final, I don't think, but, but
obviously that was a higher class of calibre of riding that
they were up against. But we will talk about, about,
about that. Congratulations to Australia, by
the way. We should say I'm quite pleased
for them, quite happy when Poland doesn't win it because
they I feel that, I feel that they they have the right to win.
They're still they can't win that split on nations, can they?
Seems to be the way with Poland that you know, World Cups,
fantastic in world, fantastic record in the World Cup.
Of course they won the last World Cup, didn't they?
But when they have to rise as a team in a proper team situation
with two riders there or personally, I wouldn't want to
be in in the same rise as a teammate.
We bought a small because he's proud to take his own teammate,
I. Didn't never know where he's
going to go he makes. Instant he goes.
He just goes where it goes, where he wants to on the track
if somebody's in the way. Yeah, tough.
Yeah. So I think it's just got, it's
the skill factor he's got. He can make instant decisions
and do it. And this anyway.
Yeah. Shall we go through some of the
shouts that we've got on the show box and you think you have
to go back an even bit further than that?
I would. Oh the fence is red and yellow
for books and by the one okay, Fred Graham says.
Evening gents. Waiting for my next Speedway fix
with Glasgow Tigers in action in the BSN semi final at Red Car
Sunday then playoff final against Paul and we will have a
chat about that as well. What a match bit by the way
between Glasgow and Edinburgh. What a match.
Yeah, I didn't see it live, but I have seen yes, I mean proper
meeting, wouldn't it proper upgrade atmosphere as well?
Yeah, yeah, it it mentions that the playoff semi final against
the Monarchs was sensational with a huge crowd.
Ashfield, proper Scottish Derby with proper Speedway, as
somebody called Calvin would say.
I just think Edinburgh will look back on that performance in the
first leg and Armadale and they'll think, oh, we let guys
go off the hook as they. You meant you called it.
You called. It they had them on the ropes,
didn't there for a long period of that meeting and they sort of
just took the foot on the glass in the last few heats and
Glasgow just nibbled away at that advantage and I'll just
come away. I'll just come away from that
meeting thinking they'll, they'll, they'll probably
literally regret that. And they missed out by two
points in the end, so. Susan Jordan says bring your
coat even in the summer. That's Buxton and I can vouch
for that. I've been there a couple of
times and. And it's been bright sunshine
and I've been dithering. Yeah, yeah.
Brian Reeson says Ipswich witches are in the driving seat
after a brilliant performance last night despite losing Adam
Ellis and up against the ref as well.
I disagree about that. I I think the ref actually got
those spots on I I I. I have seen Rice's awarded after
a couple of laps, so it's not not a completely new one, it's.
Just I mean, it was the, the the there's almost half of lapping.
Yeah, Brendan, Brendan, Brendan was, there was no way.
But in years, Brendan was going to get back.
No, he was going to pull that one back.
I mean, yeah, you could say that engine failures and things like
that. But even when Rice stopped on
the last lap, however, you could have an engine failure.
However, I am now going to outcome.
I mentioned this about Emil Saifuting off affair.
I said I was going to mention something not about Emil Saifud
enough as such, but in heat 15, Emil Saifud enough decided he
was going to go up the inside. The space was there inside Ryan
Douglas and he and he was, he went, I mean really tight in on
the inside. Ryan Douglas was, you know, a
couple of bike lengths away from the inside of the curb.
And I don't know whether some when something went wrong or, or
what happened with Ryan Douglas, but he seemed to slow down and
and catch, catch his back wheel or something.
And he moved in to just where Emil Saif Utinov was just about
to be. And Emil Saifudinov went into
him and was excluded. Now, the referee made the right
decision under the rules of Speedway.
However, are those rules right? Is that not actually Ryan
Douglas fault? Should he not have given him in
Formula One? It would have been Ryan Douglas
fault because you have to leave if somebody is there.
If somebody is there, you have, you have to, you have to leave,
leave from space to be there because you can't just suddenly
disappear. I've seen seen it many, many,
many, many times all the years I've been watching Spider.
When you think, oh, he's, he's looked for that.
Yes, Yeah, yeah. I don't, I don't think, I don't
think Ryan Douglas did look for it.
I think he made a mistake, Yeah. No.
No, I'm not. I'm not saying, I'm not saying
that anybody that thought from a rider point of view there.
I just think the rule is wrong maybe, or that referees need to
be a little bit cleverer and more aware of what's going on on
the track. Yeah.
Well, I mean, I mean, I mean, we mentioned there, obviously I
think, you know, Brian Douglas, in fairness, made a mistake.
But I think there have been other occasions where I've seen
rides who have looked for it. But at the end of the day, the
referee I suppose has got a second guess what the ride is
thinking. So the ride the referee doesn't
know whether they're. Right.
Whether? They're wrong.
But if, but if, if a rider is there and the gap is there and
then the gap's taken away, yeah, surely it's the rider taking the
gap away that's at fault. In that there is, I think there
is. I think there certainly is an
argument for that. So send an e-mail to the BSBL
and they'll ignore it. Yeah.
OK, there's a few more that we we need to go up a little bit
for, for OK, yeah, we've done that one done that now back
down. We don't know that that and
you've gone past. It.
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Yes, Jeff Daniels, Keenan Rue guesting for Ellis on Thursday.
That's not a bad. Well, you know, it's the track
doesn't? It yeah, that's not about.
To say it was a very, very professional performance from
Fitch last night against a Leicester team that I thought
turned up with completely the wrong attitudes and when, when
you've got Stuart Dixon calling his right, is that for?
Being on the mobile, on the mobile it's.
Not a it's not a good sign, I don't think.
I mean they have done well at it fits this season Leicester, but
I think a player file is going to be completely different.
They'll they'll have definitely wanted a lead to take down to
Foxtrot. Yes, I mean, it's not.
It's never over until the fat lady sings.
You never know what's what's going to happen, as we found it
with Adam Ellis. Yeah, I mean Leicester,
Leicester 151 away from levelling the time and then you
know so but can't see. But they need to turn up.
Yeah, they need to turn up and they didn't.
I mean, I've been sinking investors prizes in in recent
weeks. But you know, they did this last
season, didn't they, in the playful, they didn't turn up.
They didn't turn a lot of that Leicester team of course used to
ride for walls and of course they had a habit of not turning
up in the semi finals against Sheffield for two or three
years. So whether it's a mentality
thing from some of the Leicester Ryders.
And there's a lot of the Ipswich team of ex Brummies.
Yeah, we mentioned, I mentioned that to my dad.
It was almost like a Birmingham Walls Macy, wasn't it?
Some wise. Pete Clarke says congratulations
to Germany for winning son too. With speed of nations too.
Yeah, absolutely. Is that a?
Shock. Is that a shock?
Little bit. Yeah.
Is it? Yeah, a little.
Bit they are, they do seem to be emerging though.
Germany, you know, they didn't do quite somewhat in the scene.
You won this year. Blood own isn't blood own isn't
what you would call. He's a decent rider, but he's
not what he was. He'd call it the the top tier
rider. Is he?
Yeah. He's a good little rider though.
I do what? He puts him, he's nice to put.
He knows how to put himself. And then and the the other
German rider, his name has gone from from my head, Kyle
Hookenbeck. There was somebody else as well.
But really, Yeah. But he's he seemed to have a bit
about him and maybe. Not Kyle.
Kyle Korog in the scene you wanted.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. There you go, Rich Thomas says
and this is his opinion. The ref was awful last night,
thought it was Christine Turnbull.
I'd be interested to know what decision you thought he got.
He got wrong. I understand why the people
would be upset him at him awarding the race, but actually
there was no race at that point. Yeah.
I think it would have been very unfair really on Leicester to to
rerun it and then if I forgot that.
Tom Brennan had won the race. Calvin Calvin titles Lock a dog
with a bar for about 10 minutes. After that decision, wasn't he
just? Didn't want to let it go so.
Bless, bless him. So I mean, it's a matter of
opinion, isn't it? It is a matter of opinion, but I
don't. Yeah, I did hear.
I did. I did hear you commenting when
Ryan Douglas was walking off the track after that crash with with
Edward, he said, well, Ron Douglas just seemed to be
Olympian. Well, he's got steel.
Sean Kelvin, you. Should have that you should
write. Your own for 20 odd years.
Yeah. My speed it all is Lib when
they've got the steel sheer 1. Brian Reese and he 13.
Emil was world class in that race.
He came to race yesterday, didn't he?
He was, he was on it in a way that he is it and he hasn't is.
It maybe a coincidence that the Polish playoffs have all been
done now are. You I bet.
I just think you're so cynical, he said, nodding his head.
Yeah, I do. They alluded to this decision.
The commentary didn't know that. They just seem to be in elements
of Polish clubs putting pressure on their riders around this time
of the year when they got playoffs so.
OK, Fred Graham says the referee last night did not put the
lights on until the riders were on the third lap and Tom Brennan
was well behind at the time. Correct decision by the referee
Marie. Wholesale was.
He he was. It's worth a go for.
Something very interesting headwear.
I don't know if everybody else noticed that in.
What way? Sorry.
Yeah, right. He's had a word on that wrong
with my surname but. Oh, right.
Oh, I see. Yeah, yeah.
He was actually on the he was actually on the on the caption
as well. It was, it was lovely.
That's a lovely. That's an interesting piece of.
Headwear. Well done.
I want him in my club. I damn, I ain't got one.
Well put, by the way. Yeah, they must.
Yes, yeah. Well, it's not quite 9:00 yet,
is it? Not quite, not quite.
We're working towards it. Okay, so yeah, we've caught up
on all of those. So let's talk about Speedway
Nations or last night. What should we go with?
Speedway nations, we have the Speedway nations first.
I think so. First of all, from a British
point of view it was a disappointing performance really
as AI mean. I don't think you could have
faulted Robert Lambert much. He was probably he was the
better of the two. But felt a felt a semi final,
felt a little bit sort of like a bit of a bullying performance,
wasn't it really? But against the top nations
again, you know. And was it 1994, the last time a
British team won a major event on foreign soil?
Which I think was. The pairs in 84.
Peter Collins and Kenny Carter was Morton.
Chris Morton. Wouldn't be Kenny Carter and
Peter Collins in and I think so we're exactly the best of
friends about that were they? But yeah, so I mean, obviously
we've had two great Speedo and ocean wins on home saw that
Bellevue. But you know, again, I just
think it's a it's a competition that hasn't really captured
people's imagination. I mean, even for the final with
Poland in it, a lot of empty seats there weren't there
serving. But just it's anything I would.
Say is it does make the actual World Cup more important with
the only been four years every year, everywhere out three
years, isn't it? Everywhere else?
That's what they do, yeah. Although the World Cup, Nick,
obviously we've got a World Cup next year and it's in Poland
again. Well, another fall.
Obviously the falls in Poland. It's, it's, it's on a temporary
track. Of course it's, it's, it's the
Warsaw track which is obviously used for the JP.
So, you know, World Cup in the same final in the same country
that it was for the last one. I thought the idea was to share
them out like they're doing other sports, but.
No, Phil Taylor's just brought that up per crates for the speed
of nation, especially the final. Watch your thoughts about that,
guys. Yeah, I mean.
Well, I mean, there's certainly the two semi finals.
There's no Poland involved, so the stadiums were pretty much
derelict, yes, Yeah. Lovely stadium and and maybe.
Beautiful. You know, was it purpose built?
Was it for? Yes.
Do we? Think.
Do we? So this is a double edged sword
of course. Do we think it's wrong that the
nation that's running the thing gets a free go into the final or
do we think they should have to go in the semi final as well?
There is a danger cut to that, of course.
That they don't qualify. And then you don't get the
crowds in the. Yeah, but they must a lot.
They must have lost a fortune on those two semifinals.
There wasn't. There was virtually nobody in
the stadium. There was, yeah, it was.
It was, yeah. Yeah, for a major event like
that's not a good look, I don't think so.
Yeah. Argentina, were they worthy of
their inclusion? Says Pete Clark.
They were danneman, weren't they?
Karate they would have done better with, with.
Oh no, he, he writes for Italy, doesn't know what I'm talking
about. The only thing I would say to
that is who would you have put in their in their place?
No, I looked quite impressive. They.
Did. Didn't.
They obviously just missed out on the end so.
They did, yeah, David James says for a reason.
I don't know Paul Speedway, probably because we haven't
mentioned them for a while and he feels like we should.
We will be coming on to. That because we're down to the
championship, the. Championship final.
We keep talking, we've talked about Paul and not having a
great season, but I think they're still on course for a
treble on this. David James says why?
Is it Paul Speedway or away in both cup finals?
Answers on the postcard I mean. I presume he means first for the
first leg. And the playoff final thing in
the in the knockout Cup final there in the their away as well,
Yeah. Again, is that against red car?
Yeah, red car. I mean, that's going to be a
real signal for red car, isn't it, because they're going to be
down about Paul beating them in the semi final even if.
It depends on how. It depends on how they, how they
approach it. If they come and say right,
we're going to get the bastards. Excuse me, I said.
Can't say. That bastards.
It's like a bird. What are you talking about?
That's that's the Michael Harris of 2013.
Yeah. So, yeah, well, I mean, we will
come to that, but we shouldn't possibly go now to the
Premiership final, which second leg on Thursday.
Yeah, you've got to say tips which have got one hand and
another fingertip on that trophy, you would have thought.
You would have thought so. It's going to be, I mean, I've,
you know, didn't, I mean, there was a big crowd at Leicester
last night but seemed a bit down in the the atmosphere.
Well, they never got going there, did they really?
They never really got going. Yeah.
So it's, I mean, and as I said, Leicester have done well with
Ipswich this season. I think they won there earlier
in the season, although it was when Ipswich had a few rods
missing. So I suppose they've got that
and I'm sure, I'm sure Stuart Dixon will have that that lesson
team fired up because he was clearly not happy with some of
their riders last night. And I wouldn't be surprised if
some of those riders aren't riding for Leicester next
season, depending on what the foot structure of the league is.
I don't, as I said before, it's not a very good look when you've
got riders in the player final sitting there on the phones
during the meeting. I think there's, I think people
like Peter Adams or Graham Drury would have probably fired off
and I actually. Thought that that was against
somebody who'll get get the rule, can get the rule book out,
but I actually thought they was not actually allowed to be on
the phones. I was wondering that actually
thinking about it at the time. So I I know that as a centre
greener that I can call myself that, that we were told that we
shouldn't have our phones out, including case we're we're
sending resorts to betting places and stuff like that.
Well I know if I wanted to before me at work and my geffer
walks past me and sees me on my phone.
Also get a severe reprimand if I'm not doing my job so.
What's the difference? I I don't see one if I'm honest,
Brian Reeson says Ipswich will be up for it on Thursday evening
in front of a huge crowd supporting the team over the
winning line. I mean, all of that is true.
Yeah, they've waited a long time for it, haven't they?
Ipswich, you know, obviously they're.
How many, how many years have we in the patents?
Said oh, Ipswich will win this year.
Oh, Ipswich, it's. Just never, I think, yeah, it's
it's really now and ever for think for Ipswich, isn't it?
So but you know, obviously they're the all power, the all
conquering time of 98 and that was the last time they won the
league. So it's been a it's been a long
time coming for the witches, but they'll I think when we Fox all
the way packed on them in the Fox all has had some good crowds
this season. You know, not surprisingly, with
the strength of the team. Ipswich you've added though, the
results they've added the previous three or Four Seasons.
Yeah, So they'll that applies to be packed as I would have
thought on on Thursday for the final and Ipswich definitely
warm favourites. OK, Ian Brennan says Paul gave
up the second leg for the knockout cop to get it moving
the league playoff final. Glasgow finished top so they get
second leg. Paul will have second leg for
the BSN series final. So there you go.
There you go, that question answered.
And David James says Waffington has no place since SGP after
major injuries and he's shouting about it.
Major injuries is neither here nor there.
First of all, because you could otherwise you could say the same
about Jason Doyle and then he went.
He came and won the damn thing after he had major injuries, if
you remember. So that's neither his previous
performances in the Grand Prix is leading up to that for were
purr. And that's, you know.
I think since he won the championship, his last
championship been 20. I see.
And I think he's been on the pot in the top three once and that
was 2020 and even that season he never really got anywhere in the
small league. Don't think he didn't win the
Grand Prix. No, he's just, I mean, at the
end of the day, if you were going to pick a British rider, I
think he would have to be in one.
I think TomTom Brennan's made a lot of progress, but don't think
he's anywhere near ready for that.
Do you not think he might be better than what not?
At the moment. Yeah, and we've got 22 British
riders in there. So it's not as if we've got, you
know, dearth of British riders. Certainly one of them is is is
sort of lining himself up in the next few years.
I need to become a big contender to win it so.
I think both of them could do that, some BB in that position.
I I call off thinking that Robert Lambert needs to come
back and race in the UK. I think that would would benefit
him. Obviously we had that one season
where Beauty didn't ride in the UK and he he's forming the top
level. Suffer didn't.
He did. He's come back.
To the Grand Prix. He's come back to race in
Britain and obviously third this year so.
David James points out the Waffend and nearly died with 15
broken bones in a coma. Yeah, yeah, I understand.
I understand that. I just don't think that's that's
that's not the main for me. That's not the major reason why
why I think it's possibly the wrong decision for him to be
included. It's the form coming up to it.
I've never been totally comfortable with the idea of
giving wild cards to riders anyway.
Well, this is the next thing that that there is something
wrong about that and that one of the things that I think is wrong
about it and but that they never do is explain why.
Why have these riders been picked?
What's the reasoning? And they that that that should
be done or. Do you wonder as well how much
of this is influenced by by sponsors?
So. So Pete Clark has just said to
help any Bromley fans coming to Buxton, someone will be spraying
the car park with dust. Thank you for that peace.
As I say, yeah. As I say, though, wild card is
something that's never really come to me.
With me, I think the only I think wild card you could you
could say in in sort of extreme circumstances trying to think
was it about 98 when Billy Hamill broke his back in the
last Grand Prix and missed out on qualification by points and
he was given a wild card for the following season that that I was
on board with because he clearly was going to re qualify for the
following season. But I mean, I've, I've said many
times, the first, the early years of the Grand Prix, the
qualification system was top three from the Continental
championship, top three from the Intercontinental and then the
World Under 21 championship winner.
I thought that was the fairest way to do it so.
How many real contenders are there in SGP?
3 or 4 at the most separate. Last year there was 2.
Wasn't there, Sir? I mean, that's just the nature
of the beast, isn't it? It's just the way it works.
Matty Peacock. Be interesting to see who the
Bears have as a guest tomorrow for Jodie Scott as Daryl
Richings has apparently broken his hand.
I didn't know that. I hope get well soon Daryl.
Yeah, well I think we ought to start building up to that one
now. Shouldn't be the camp
championship playoffs. So from the pool perspective,
their hopes of a double treble are still very much alive as a
semi final win over Red Car last weekend took the defending
league champions into yet another championship grand
final. The Parks were only 6 points
ahead after the first leg at Wimborne Rd, but they recorded
another six point win at the Echo Stadium to set up a title
showdown with Glasgow. Car boss Gary Havelock said he
was a thoroughly professional performance.
We came here and the plan was that we didn't have a six point
lead. It was the first leg and we were
going to try and win the match. We put a lot of importance into
starting well and obviously getting the five one in heat 2
took the pressure off. To be honest I wasn't under any
pressure or stress all night and that's a testament to how well
the lads rose. It's going to be, yeah.
I think it's going to be a good two leg mate.
Definitely going to be getting the stream for that one that's
got the potential to be a cracker.
There's been a good Rover I think built above the seat as a
couple of seats with Glasgow and.
Couldn't have two further clubs from each other.
Good, No, you couldn't. So, yeah, but I mean Glasgow,
obviously they won the league a couple of years ago and they'll
they'll really be keen to get it to get it back.
And you know, we've seen the so the atmosphere that they
generated for the semi final, OK, obviously was against their
their local rivals, but they're going to need something similar
again. And they're going to want to go,
they're going to want to go to into the second leg with a with
a good league last go. But that's got that's got the
potential to be an absolute cracker.
I'm looking forward to to watching that one.
OK, so John Hope says there's any news on Adam Eckis and
David, Adam Ellis. I beg your pardon, Rich?
Tom. David Jones says, yeah, he's got
a bad back and it's really sore, so.
Yeah, yeah. He's had a couple of tough few
weeks and he's been nothing. He's been battered and bruised
anyway going into that, so yeah. Yeah.
I, I, I did wonder a little bit really whether, I mean,
obviously he only had one race. I just wonder whether he was
overriding a little bit of that. He did look a little bit like
that. He made a mistake, didn't he?
He's like, oh, I'm going to get back at you, sort of.
And he just went too far into the key.
Maybe been too sort of socked up for it so it's.
Going to happen, it's going to happen.
Rich Thomas makes the point that the SGP needs new riders to
spark some interest as it's becoming very stale rider wise.
I mean, Brady Kurtz was the breath of fresh air last year,
but it wasn't I. But it's it's who you know, it's
who you can't just do it for the yeah.
You can't just keep picking different riders every year.
You've got to you. Know, I mean, I tell you what
would give it a lot of interest. I said it at the beginning,
didn't I? Emil Saifudinov and Laguta.
That would give it a lot of interest.
Yeah, I just wish they'd get. I just wish they could get them
back in the series, Yeah. I don't see why the cards, No,
it makes no sense to me now. Because you, I mean, ML
Saifudinov is riding in Britain, yeah.
Hasn't faced any hostilities. No, no hostility whatsoever's
been nothing in the newspapers, nothing at all.
So yeah. And I know from from when
Saifudinov came to it, which came to towards when he was
riding fruit. So it was a massive queue.
There was obviously there's always a lot of people in the
pits anyway, they're getting autographs and chatting with
riders. There was a huge queue for for
Emil. And in fairness to the guy you
talk to every single supporter that you spoke to.
So, you know, I mean, obviously you've, you've obviously met him
at Birmingham. Really nice guy.
Yes, absolutely. But you know, Hoppity, a very
hard rider on the track but a lovely guy off it so.
Yeah, you've said it all, really.
Plymouth is further from Paul. Geography.
It's just geography. Yeah, Jeff Daniels says the new
GP promote need to change the point scoring system.
That's one thing we do need to talk about, of course, the GPS.
What I would like to know is if some if there's somebody out
there that has looked at the the points scoring system and and
done it for the old way of doing it and whether it would have
changed, I bet it would have results.
I bet it would have done that. Would that would be interesting.
My question is, why did it? Why did they change?
It must have been a good reason. Well, I think they did it
because they're trying to go and do it in line with Formula One.
That's what they do that that copied Formula One I'm sure.
I'm sure I've read somewhere that there's there was some talk
about the the next season the Grand Prix is going to be on
Sundays. I'm sure I've seen that
somewhere on Saturday. Somewhere, Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Somebody out there will now and we'll let us know I.
Can't see it happening to be honest because I think the what
would be the point? Yeah, and isn't that when the
Polish league, right. Yeah, I don't think the Polish
league provides to be too impressed, but.
Wasn't it? Wasn't it on a Sunday?
But except for in this country. Except for this country, because
obviously you've got, you've got the, the plan is obviously to
have the Saturday and Sunday for the, for the Bellevue Grand
Prix. So, but obviously we have
overlooked the fact that the Grand Prix is going to have a
new sponsor, new Global Marauder in Mayfield Sports Events
Limited. They've reached an agreement
with Warner Brothers, Discovery Sports and the FIM as the new
Global Mariter of the Grand Prix series until 2031.
Warner Brothers remains committed to the sport as the
global broadcaster and rights distributor for the next six
seasons. And sure in the FIM will
continue to reach millions of viewers through their channels
and platforms such as as it's streaming services HBO Max and
Discovery Plus in Europe. Meanwhile, Mayfield will assume
the role of a global provider determined to deliver a fun,
focused and stable and sustainable future for a Full
throttle Sport by Rice 500CC box without brakes.
Sorry, faster than Formula One car.
That old legend I'm. Not so sure about, I've been a
bit underwhelmed really by by Warner Brothers's development in
Speedway. A lot of it seems to be some of
it seems to be more about cost cutting than a lot of other
things. I mean, I think the obvious one
of course is obviously losing Cardiff.
I mean, yeah, don't get me wrong.
We had certainly you had one exceptional meeting at Bellevue.
But we know I, I didn't, I didn't go to the either the 2
Grand Prixs. I would definitely would have
gone to the Cardiff Grand Prix, but just felt like another
meeting in a sense. I know, I know the Bellevue
track is obviously fastly period to them what the Cardiff track
was. But I think it's just the
atmosphere. It's everything that goes around
it really. So.
And yeah. So we should have a fanfare
because we've we've got a YouTube contributor and he's
remembered to look, Darren Reynolds says evening chaps,
riders on their phones, whatever next knitting, crochet.
If I were a Lions fan, I would be furious.
Name and shame them. Well, to be fair, Darren, I
think they probably will name and shame them because they're
probably the ones that won't be riding for Leicester next
season, so. Yeah, got a chance.
Yeah. I mean, that's a fairpoint.
If I was a Lions fan, I would be.
I'd be annoyed about annoyed. About that.
So I don't, as I said earlier, I don't think someone like Peter
Adams or. Grand Drury would have Grand
Drury Jesus. I don't think the phone, I think
the phone would have gone somewhere a bit dark.
Wouldn't you see one of his riders on a on a phone during
the maintenance? Yeah, in the Oil Drum, Yeah,
Pete Clark, who are the new GP promoters have never heard of
them. OK.
Hopefully we've already answered that question for.
Your sports events limited so we'll see what they we'll see
what they bring to the party so. Nick Skippy, Matthew says
Saifudinov, Laguna and the Under 21 champion should have been the
three wild cards. I can't argue.
I know, I know. Obviously they've given the the
place obviously goes to the European champion.
I suppose some ways you could argue that they should go with
all this all the the national championships and take the top
scoring non GP rider from each one of them and.
But you know what, what that would do, I mean, you could have
what what that would do would make those championships very,
very important. Being the British champion would
be that for instance, got you on a do you know, do you know what
I'm saying? That would make them very, very
important meetings for fans and for riders alike.
So I I quite like that idea actually.
Fred Graham says. They just used the dates from
this year for 2026, so the dates all became Sunday's.
Hilarious from new SGP promoters.
Touch the guy, she's not the best of stars.
As in no. It's not.
Yeah, whoops. The time is coming up to quarter
2, so we obviously need to have a OK.
We have got quite a few fixtures of things coming up this week as
well so. Yeah, yeah.
We almost need a show every night.
And we didn't talk really talk about the championship, but we
did a little bit. But are you going to say, well,
we're going, we've got the the yeah.
So we'll find out who you're going to say in this, won't we?
Yeah. Okie, Dokie.
I do believe it's me to start this.
Week, so the first one is the first leg of the Knockout Cup
final tomorrow night and that is pool against Red Car.
OK. I will say Paul by 12 points.
Also Paul by 8, Paul by 10. My gosh, your sign is that you
knew what you're talking about? OK, also in the tomorrow night
in the National Development League, it is the Steelers
against the Leicester Lion Cubs. Yoga, we should say.
Well done to the Leicester Lion clubs, by the way.
Yeah, yeah, go. Steelers by 4.
I'll go Leicester by 4. Draw we.
Haven't even talked about Sheffield of course being up
going up for sale as well. So I.
I sort of had an inkling that that was going to happen about 3
or 4 months ago, but. Yeah, I had a rumours early in
the season, so OK, so the next one is Ipswich against Leicester
in the second leg of the Premiership final on Thursday.
Leicester Leicester by 6. Really, really that would that
would take it to it because they're they're down by 6
amorite 4/4, but that would. Make it interesting.
It would make it interesting, I would love it to happen, I would
love it to happen. But however, I actually don't
think that those riders deserve it after yesterday, so I'm going
to say Ipswich by 12 again. I'm.
Going to say the sounding Ipswich by 12.
I just think I just get the impression really that there was
sort of the Labour nap, the balloon a little Leicester.
OK, so on Friday, the second leg of the Cup final in the
Championship, it's Red Car against Poole.
Why do I get red cup all every time?
Oh yeah, get your riders all week by.
The I'll say red car by 4. I'll say pull by 8 that one, OK.
I'll go red car by 8. OK, we have got the British
Under 19 championship of course on Saturday at Workington, so
I've got the line up for that. So we'll go with that with that
shortly. But then we move to Sunday in
the NDL Bellevue Colts against the Steelers.
Bellevue versus Steelers, that's up to you.
Bellevue by 6. Bellevue by 10.
I'm going to say Bellevue by 8. And straight after that,
Bellevue against Edinburgh. Bellevue by 4.
Bellevue by 8 again. Bellevue by four, Yeah, I'll go
for that. OK, Then we've got the base in
series, semi final, second leg, red car against Glasgow.
I mean, that's an early season competition we're in.
We're in middle of August and we still don't know the finalists.
Yeah, but was it ever this? Was it ever this?
Yeah, red car against Glasgow. Glass go by 4.
I'll go red car by 6. I'll go red car by 4.
OK, and that's it. Oh, OK, and that's it.
So that's it. OK, so OK, so let's just have a
quick look at the British Under 19 Championship because that
obviously is coming up. Rider of the week, by the way,
guys, yes, yeah, Rider of the week.
We've already had I'll. Go.
I'm going to. Go Brady Kurtz.
OK so working stage the 2025 British Under 19 Championships
at the GT Ties Arena on Saturday the 11th of October with Ice
Piper defending his title. Piper has been drawn at #3 and
in the opening race of the meeting will see him clash with
Luke Harrison who was the runner up last year.
The line have included several rides with Civic significant
championship experience as well as 15 year olds Cooper Russian,
Ryan Ingram and Charlie Southwick.
GP boss Neil Batty said this is an extremely strong final and in
in Heath there will be some great clashes and on more so
than he won. So some Mcgurkers rule as we've
drawn from the meeting to Harry Fletcher merger into the main
lineup with Harrison Rogers coming in as a reserve.
So we'll go with the full lineup then.
So you've got Luke Harrison, Ryan Ingram, Ace Piper, Jamie
Etherington, Will Cairns, Ben Trigger, Harriet Fletcher,
Freddie Hodder, Max Perry, Jodie Scott Cooper, Russian Stein
Piper, Vinny Ford, Charlie Southwick, Jordie Loftus and
Ashton Vale with Luke Harrison with Lee Harrison and Horace
Harrison Rogers as the reserves. Would you would you say Will
Carnes is probably the favourite?
I'd say he was, but I wouldn't rule out Russian.
Say, I wouldn't remember Cooper Russian.
I was seriously impressed with him when I saw him at
Birmingham. Yeah, I was too.
During the season, Freddie Hodder's obviously got quite a
bit of experience now as well, so.
You know, and then you've got Ryan Ingram.
Ben Trigger Also Ben Trigger ride at Birmingham this season.
And he was quite impressive. As well.
When you're out for Lewis, Yeah. And you got riders like Ryan
Ingram hasn't got the experience, but he's been doing
this. As Phil Taylor's been saying, 15
is his rider of the week is Ryan Ingram has been scored really
well at Plymouth for the Centurions and picked up some
good points as elsewhere as a guest.
So David Albrighton says, thought Speedway was a summer
sport season getting longer. Let me tell you about long
seasons. Oh gosh, just.
Seems to have gone on this season.
But you could you, I mean, you can remember seasons when we
had, what, 20 plus teams in the league, more than that even.
And those seasons were long. Yeah.
We. Didn't have great big long gaps
in the fixture list, so you do now so.
I still need to get to the finals.
Just need to Michael for bring it there.
Just a very important thing. Just still on behalf of speed, I
haven't. I did post it during the
weekend. Just pass on our sincere
condolences to the family of Ron Terry Daily who passed away
obviously the weekend at the age of just 31.
Had ridden in the UK for a decade, racing in the NDL for
Mildenhall, Coventry, Stoke, Plymouth and Leicester and he's
spelled with Leicester in 2019 and was in soaring part of the
team that lifted the NDL title. Still racing as well in the UK,
in New Zealand as well, even though he wasn't racing in the
UK. So vaulting and dances with with
Ryan's family. I did.
I did interview him a few years ago when I was doing work for
everyone and really nice guy. He was quite a tidy rider as
well. Quite.
Talented little rider so. Jeff Daniels going for Kurtz is
Right of the week. Yep, seems to be.
We seem to be even better. Yeah, yeah, we're even.
We've got a coin. Or have you got Scott Nichols?
His little gadget that he uses instead of tossing a coin?
You've seen that's I. Have seen that.
I mean, get a life, Scott. I think they already did it
because he he he tossed the coin and he lost.
Lost it. Yeah, it's.
A bit became a bit of a running joke, but yeah.
Well, there you go. Nobody in British spirit can
toss a coin. Then we've got real problems,
haven't we? So.
I wondered where you was going there.
OK, so it's been an eventful couple of weeks since you've
been away. Yes.
The next time we see you, we'll be able to do a sort of end of
season report because we're not going to be on air for now for
another two weeks. I'm afraid folks, and this one's
my fault. I'm afraid but.
Because you never used to have any holidays and then you just
have too many holidays. Yeah, same like like you.
It's what? That's what having a wife does.
I don't have any choice in this. No, that's great.
I just, I just, I just come home and she goes, we're going on
holiday. Where are we going?
Oh, OK. By the way, you're paying for
it. Yeah, now, by the way, you've
paid. For it, yeah, that's.
Right. Yeah, Yeah.
That's the way that. That's last four digits.
But when we come back after two weeks it all the dust will be
settled, we hope. We hope.
For meetings and we can sort of say Congrats to everybody.
We'll we'll have some sort of end of season a show and Yep.
And a. Nomination we'll we will crown
the prediction the winner. We will keep putting your
predictions over for the next couple of weeks.
Where are we with that? Who is?
We currently have, we have a new
leader at the moment and that's Elliot, who's managed to climb
to the top guys but could. Be the only thing the Brummies
have won this year is this the. Yes, that is the So that's the
one. Yes, that's the one.
So Elliott 203. Skippy 201.
Andrew Garner. Two, safe to say whatever else
happens, it's going to go on AI think it's going to go somewhere
different this year which. Is, yeah, yeah. 8.
Points beyond Does this mean you've got to make another mug?
Yeah. No.
Does this mean you've got to fight someone and get it back?
Yeah, that's right. Yeah, you.
Can put elastic band over his name and scribble his eyes.
Yeah. So it looks like it the mug will
be going somewhere else this year.
I'm stopping here. What you want to bet?
I'm sorry. OK, OK.
Only three points between that top 4, so 4 points between the
top six points between the top 6.
So it's. It's not over till the fat lady
sings. I'm looking at those exact
scores as well because that could very well come into play
the way things are going and he's going to be the the decider
so. And once again, I could be on
top if you don't, if you point for pardon the button.
There's only four points in it, so you pulled the point back on
him last week, so. Well, there you go.
I didn't. Do anything last week.
You got nil? Yeah, he got 1.
He scored one point and you finished joint tops.
So did I. So.
Yeah, so you lot of useless predictors.
Yeah, yeah, Good stuff. Good stuff, Shane Rowling says.
Are the Brummies gone forever? Well, we certainly hope they're.
Not they're not. I don't know.
I know, I know, things are being worked on, but how?
Yeah. I think it's going to be a
longer a longer and involved plan for birth Berg and I think
for walls as well, really. So I know there's there's
obviously hope at Coventry and and hope at Crowley as well.
There's obviously a lot of noise been coming in recent months
about Crowley. That's yeah.
But Beacon from Scott, because obviously, you know, talking to
John McGinnis last night, he obviously did mention that he's
going to ride again next season. So.
I will say a. Hint about the structure of the
league because I can't see Scott roising, you know, in the top
league. But if that's the only league?
Who knows? Who knows?
I mean, he probably doesn't know what's going to happen yet.
I don't anybody actually has sat down and said, well, this is
what's going to happen. As far as far as other Brahmins
gone forever, I don't know. I, I do think that Sheffield is
significant. I can't say how, but I just, I
feel that that is significant. I don't think Sheffield need to
worry. I think they're going to be OK.
But yeah, we'll see. Never say never.
No. Well, we thought they'd gone.
I've got to be honest, I never expected to see them come back
when they did in 2007. I thought they'd gone, you know,
from in 1984. Did we?
Was it 86? I thought.
I thought we'd gone then. I thought that was it.
There's no way it can be come back.
Yeah. Some, obviously somebody else
that I know disagree. Yes, yes.
Yeah. Got his way in the.
End and thank. Yeah.
And. He's trying again now he's the
letters have already started going, you know, should point
out. Rich Thomas says the show is
getting like Speedway, long gaps between shows.
Yeah, I do apologise and and and I mean on a personal net, a lot
of that this year was because of there's family problems and
stuff that was going on that I'm not going to go into, but that's
what happened. We'll end up doing 1717 shows
this season and we normally like 2425 S yeah.
We're we have mentioned this before, but we are going to be
coming back next season. I've heard a lot of a lot of
people have said to me, oh, I'm going to miss it when you're not
doing it next season. Well, we.
Are we are coming next? Season, it's going to be a very
different show obviously because neither of our clubs are going
to be riding so but we are going to be sort of, it's like more of
a holistic view also we don't. Know what What clubs will be
riding. Well, that, that's right.
And we, and we will at some points round about Christmas or
whenever we'll do a show because we'll find out what's happening
about next year and we'll, there'll be a big show about
that when we when that actually happens and we know what's
happening. Rich Thompson wants his
subscription back. People are subscribing, Rich, I
told you not. To mention.
That Brian Reese says hopefully top riders are racing in UK next
season. You know what?
We're at the point where hopefully we've got a league
literally at that point. So there was another little
comment a little bit higher up that I did want to have.
Yeah Nick. Well, I think we'll finish on
this one. So Nick, Skippy Matthews had the
pleasure of spannering for RTD Thomas Daley at Plymouth and was
a a lovely guy both on and off the track.
There you go. I think that's a great place to
start. See you guys in a couple of
weeks. Yeah, from everybody.
Have. Another lovely holiday, another.
Holiday.