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Hello. 
It's game on in the Premiership 

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to be top dog. 
Bellevue held to six points by 

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Ipswich, not capitulating at the
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visiting Manchester. 
Can Bellevue hold that leader to

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track? 
They traditionally find it hard.

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Of course we also have Sheffield
who go to Ipswich for a 

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Commonwealth Garden League match
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A lot of people are asking the 
question, was it such all that 

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bothered really laying in wait 
for the Tigers Is probably the 

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form team of Leicester. 
All David Attenborough fans 

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waiting to find out. 
Will it be the Lions or the 

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Tigers that come out on top? 
I think there's still more 

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twists and turns than the Monaco
Grand Prix to come. 

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Of course, the championship has 
its own playoffs starting soon 

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as well. 
And add to all of that 

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excitement the upcoming Speedway
GP. 

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With Kurtz and Smarshlick going 
head to head, things are getting

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juicy only in Speedway. 
Good evening and welcome to the 

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Speedway Tavern we have with us.
As per normal Chris, good 

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evening and Matt good evening. 
And come on, 2 analogies to do 

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with David Attenborough and a 
Monaco Grand Prix in one 

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preamble. 
That's not bad going, is it? 

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If only people knew how long 
that took for him to write as 

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well. 
Pete Clark says that's better. 

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At least those two fat, ugly 
blokes aren't on this week. 

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That's true. 
That's true. 

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We had to. 
We had to refurbish the chairs 

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didn't. 
We just got ugly blokes this 

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week, yeah. 
Yes, I. 

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Know in front of me. 
Yes, interesting result for 

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Ipswich at Bellevue. 
Yes, I think very much advantage

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Ipswich, they started off quite 
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looked like they were going to 
run away with that, didn't they?

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They they sort of mid midway 
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had a run, didn't they? 
But it's really sort of dug in a

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little bit. 
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it's Rich have had a tendency to
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at Bellevue, haven't they in in 
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Although they did get raw there 
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Although again, in that meeting 
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just about clung on in the end. 
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will be the happier of the two 
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Not all over, but as I say, 
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done great things at at Ipswich.
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the the pressure is going to be 
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they're expected to. 
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start of the season. 
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going to be on. 
Them. 

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Yeah, absolutely true. 
Bradley Curtis didn't have the 

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greatest of Knights and you you 
have to wonder is he got other 

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things on his mind at the 
moment. 

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I don't, I don't care what 
anybody says that's going to be 

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playing on his mind. 
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human if it wasn't. 
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Thursday as well. 
There'll be a mind on, you know,

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that'll be last meeting before 
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plane and. 
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And, you know, and obviously 
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this time next week. 
He's a a world champion so. 

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Interesting sort of stat from 
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actually had 13 out of 15 height
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that Ipswich packed those minor 
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Avoid the last places. 
That's the key I think in any in

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any spur of meeting, isn't it? 
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Ipswich did that very well over 
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meeting. 
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that Bellevue on paper probably 
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The Four. 
Four teams. 

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They've sort of, you know, not 
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at, looking at some of their 
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I mean, they've had a few close 
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Means, you know, Kingsley have 
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got got within six points of 
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Sheffield obviously won there by
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They were like they got thumped 
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course, it got a draw so but I 
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unfortunately. 
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the two semi finals is Sheffield
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Bellevue switch? 
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weeks ago, and I said this after
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couple of weeks ago. 
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me of, of, of winners. 
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at the right time. 
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sides in the top 4. 
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say like a, you know, a solid 
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They don't really have any weak 
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as they have in the past that 
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some they're still picked up 
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that's been made to the track. 
Maybe, yes. 

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Maybe that's helped them away 
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Yeah, I mean, if you look at 
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season, Ipswich went there the 
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Leicester won the B fixture by 8
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So I think, you know, I'm, I'm 
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the moment that the team that 
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winners for me is going to be 
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I, I, I mean, I said that after 
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Birmingham. 
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really strong. 
They look really strong. 

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There's a couple of comments on 
the shout box if you could get. 

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Thank you. 
Elliot Hunt. 

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I was at the meeting last night.
Good night of racing. 

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Reserves were a big factor in 
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getting four and Ipswich getting
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Bellevue heat leaders and Zach 
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Ipswich very even throughout 
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something quite, you know, 
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times, you thought it would have
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vociferous, you know, crowd. 
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that. 
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going to. 
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to be, you know, you know, 
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aren't aren't the favourites to 
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But I mean Even so I was quite 
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see a lot of empty empty seats 
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straight as well. 
Pete Clark asks the question. 

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Didn't Bellevue raise admission 
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I'm not sure they did. 
I don't know. 

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I haven't heard whether they did
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I'm sure our our intrepid 
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back with that information. 
Eric Parsons Heat 8 Bellevue 

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51-A Telling Blow. 
Oh dear. 

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I'm monstrous. 
Stuff. 

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I'm going to Docky's wages every
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You're going to play some wages 
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I've got. 
There you go. 

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It's off. 
I'm sorry. 

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Yeah, Brian Reagan says there 
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on Thursday and that will be 
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progress into the final. 
Absolutely. 

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Yeah, Obviously you've been 
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crowds, I think by all the games
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And I think really, and they 
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I think it's rich in Venice 
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there's a big investment in that
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You know, Doyle and Sofertinov 
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Tom Brennan would have come in 
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Well, no. 
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investment into its free 
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I feel it enough. 
Is not the force he, wasn't he? 

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Hasn't been great, has he? 
I thought, I thought for history

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really was Jason Doyle, who he 
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Siphonov in heat 15. 
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Maybe a Tom Brennan might have 
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they got away with it. 
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sort of damage the imitation 
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Because I think ideally they 
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they'd gone, got a 51 would have
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And I think, you know, first all
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probably would have been kind of
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You've had a bit of draw, but. 
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It's it's not quite there for 
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encouraging scoreline for the 
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It will be a good crowd I'm 
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Elliot Hunt. 
Also Bellevue admission prices 

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were two pound more in all areas
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So they did put the prices up 

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then, yeah. 
Is that normal? 

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Not great, not not great as well
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Monday night, is it when you 
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school now, haven't they as well
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That's right. 
That's right. 

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It's again, you know, the adult,
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The agile question is really 
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meetings to be on a tucked away 
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Really. 
Eric Parsons and Adam Crying are

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both echoing each other exactly.
In fact, whether good, by the 

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looks of it, for Ipswich for 
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So we were supposed to be 
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the championship playoffs 
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Weather has intervened in that 
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Surprise, surprise. 
So we was asked the question 

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obviously with the prediction 
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same scores as they predicted 
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It's really up to you guys if 
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To put your same score on. 
Please do so if you want to 

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change it, don't put it on after
the meetings on that, of course.

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Yeah, I don't. 
We'll we'll spot you doing. 

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This. 
Yeah, this is how Chris has got 

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most of his points. 
We found out. 

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So yeah. 
So. 

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That's right. 
Yeah. 

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OK, that's OK. 
Yeah. 

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And so, yeah, I mean, when do 
Lester and Sheffield go at it? 

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Next week, so the first leg is 
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obviously the second leg is at 
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We're going to know a little bit
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in next week. 
This time, this time next week, 

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we'll we'll know, obviously 
barring rain, of course we will 

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know who the first team is. 
And of course, I think, you 

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know, Monday's meeting will 
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little bit of a clue as to who's
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Going to be right. 
I mean, Leicester as well, I 

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mean, obviously they got to the 
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say, controversial stuff. 
There was a lot of refereeing 

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decisions that went. 
In there, not their fault, you 

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have to say. 
Not their fault, but they they 

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didn't really perform in that 
final, did they? 

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Bellevue in the in Bellevue were
just too strong for them in last

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season's final. 
So they'll want to, they'll 

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certainly want to make amends 
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Well, we shall see. 
We shall see and obviously the 

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championship will start up for 
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It will start on Friday now. 
And of course, what a way to 

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start the Scotland Derby. 
Edinburgh against Glasgow at. 

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Well, we're going to be at 
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We're going to be upsetting one 
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Prediction League today then. 
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Glasgow and Red Car against 
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So Friday's first leg between 
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Armadale and then on Sunday Paul
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Wherever Paul goes, it's going 
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And 1/2 for them, yes. 
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that that championship at the 
moment, you know, I'm looking at

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some of Paul's scores, certainly
at home. 

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Ironically, the only teams that 
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teams that aren't in the top 4. 
Oxford, Plymouth got there, got 

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within six there as well. 
You know, working they got 

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within 4. 
But of all the other playoff 

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teams, the one that's got classy
so far is red car. 

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They lost by 12 points there and
when Glasgow got beaten by 24 

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points of Paul, didn't they not 
not too far not too long back 

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and Edward didn't do much better
there. 

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So Paul, I think of their their 
home form is going to be again 

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as has always been the case in 
so many times for Paul going to 

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be key for them. 
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that next week as well as we 
will also know who the new world

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champion is. 
Very, very exciting. 

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I have to say from a personal 
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for it to be happening at. 
It's not the greatest racing 

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producer volumes always, is it? 
Well, it's always, I think it's 

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always a risk. 
Bear in mind that it's always 

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seems to rain every time speed I
turn to performs for a big 

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meeting. 
I think it's at this time of the

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year, it's always a bit of a, a 
bit of a risk, isn't it? 

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So but. 
If you're. 

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Bartok smiles. 
Like, I suppose you're praying 

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for a rhino. 
Well, I think I think Bartok 

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smiles like in prime position, 
isn't he really at the moment 

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And and I think the the way the 
results go, if he finishes 

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second, he's won it. 
That's all he needs to do. 

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Very curse wins the meeting all 
smiles like 2. 

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He's finished the next place 
down and he's he's world 

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champion. 
What's obviously looks like he's

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my well decided. 
Of course, he's been the Sprint 

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races, which is where Smolsnick 
has got the more points on. 

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Right. 
Yeah. 

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Kurtz And that's going to 
inevitably be a little lead to, 

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you know, suggestions about the 
Sprint race and it's. 

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LED well, it's the water a 
little bit. 

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Doesn't it? 
It does. 

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I know that they want to try and
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things and innovative things. 
And it's, you know, I've watched

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a couple of the practise 
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and it's, you know, it's 
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what sort of lines the rods are 
riding and what the tracks like.

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And but you know, the purists 
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about past times and things like
that. 

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It's about tactics on the track 
when you when you've got three 

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other rods with you. 
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interesting it does, of course, 
is at the end of it, it gives 

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you the rods the opportunity to 
sort of, you know, pick the gate

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as opposed to just drawing them 
out of a hat when you get the 

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seat live. 
So, but you know, for Kurtz, he 

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probably didn't expect to be in 
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the season. 
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thought he would have a good 
season. 

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You know, a lot of people 
fancied him as a as a dark horse

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to if not win it. 
There might be. 

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We mentioned him at the 
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possibility. 
Yeah, but I don't think 

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anybody's expected him to to win
4 Grand Prix in a row. 

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The only other rods of the dude 
that's Tony Rick Arson. 

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Has anybody done five in a row? 
No, that's the records. 

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Rick Carlson had the record 
until the last Grand Prix. 

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So, I mean, even Smalls, the 
cousin wouldn't fall in a row. 

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It's quite something when you 
consider how dominant he's been 

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in in recent seasons. 
Yeah, I think, I think the vast 

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majority of people probably 
would like, you know, would like

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to see Brady cuts win the 
championship. 

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What's nice for does Marshlick 
have a bit of opposition is I 

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guess he's the first thing I 
mean. 

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Don't don't get me wrong, 
Smilesick's been a fantastic 

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world champion and you know, 
whatever, whatever people's 

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thoughts on smiles like in terms
of racing in this era where, you

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know, there's where there's been
sort of a dearth of consistent 

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challenge. 
You know, he's audacity going to

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go down as one of the one of the
all time greats with with five 

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World Championships and he's 
he's got more than enough time 

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to go on and and get that, even 
if he doesn't do it on on 

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Saturday night. 
Has anybody actually done it in 

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their very first season? 
Well, obviously one person will 

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have done it in the first GP, 
which is the first GP. 

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The first one, but you know 
obviously he told he won 3 

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championships before that. 
So I'm trying to think of the 

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last World riders to win the 
world championship but he's in 

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the first attempt. 
Probably Jack Younger would have

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thought. 
And that was just going way. 

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But I'm talking about in the GP.
In the GPS? 

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No, nobody's done it in the 
first attempt in the GPS. 

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Because that's a whole different
kettle of fish, isn't it? 

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GP you, you can just be lucky on
the night, can't you? 

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In the world Championship? 
Bring back the World 

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Championship. 
Sorry, let's have them both. 

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Why not? 
What is the No World 

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Championship? 
Well, it is that the JP is the 

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world champion for you. 
You become a world champion. 

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So one stage was 2 was World 
Championship and GP. 

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No, no, JP. 
Oh, right. 

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No, the world final was indeed 
existed until the end of 94, and

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that's when it was asked for 
the. 

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Sounds a bit more dramatic. 
World final, isn't it? 

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Bit of kudos. 
Unfortunately, the TV people 

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weren't interested in it, were 
they? 

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So that sort of led to its 
decline in in the last few 

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years. 
I mean, obviously it's heyday, 

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the world final was. 
Massive. 

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It was massive. 
What was the heyday for that? 

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Well, when I went to. 70s 
probably. 

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Yeah, 70s and earlier when I 
went and saw Hans Nielsen not 

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and Bruce Pennell win at the the
80s 2 was that. 81 was the last 

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Wembley one. 
The one that panel, one that. 

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Was 8181 you didn't go to Los 
Angeles Preserve? 

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No, I didn't go to Los Angeles. 
Call yourself a phone. 

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There was something like 90,090 
thousand people there. 

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Yeah, it was a full Wembley. 
It was a full Wembley and noisy.

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It's great. 
Oh, when? 

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Wembley's noisy. 
It's noisy. 

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Yeah. 
Well, I can imagine where it'd 

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be like with the bikes going. 
Round and we're talking about 

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the previous Wembley, not the, 
the obviously the twin towers 

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and everything. 
Yeah, it'd be great to see that 

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sort of crowds now, wouldn't it 
not? 

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Yeah, 90,000 do. 
You think So what? 

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What was? 
What was the reason for change? 

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Because the popularity was 
whining, I guess. 

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Was whining, TV figures were 
whining. 

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It was a difficult difficulty to
get sponsorship for it. 

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And I think they'd always been a
spectre of bringing a a Grand 

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Prix style world championship in
anyway, you know, even going 

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back. 
I mean, I think Ollie, Ollie 

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also obviously was the 
brainchild behind it really when

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he was, he was sort of, you 
know, on a a Grand Prix style 

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world championship even when he 
was riding so. 

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I mean, the ultimately it's 
money that did it. 

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I'm. 
Pretty sure that's both 

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competitions could run alongside
each other somehow and they have

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a European circuit well. 
We have a European GP, don't we 

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say we have a European? 
Championship. 

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So yeah, just after that, it 
doesn't really seem to have 

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caught the imagination in the 
way that the GP did so. 

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Yeah, OK. 
It'd be interesting if you could

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have a a club champ, individual 
championships, so all the the 

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top riders from all the clubs 
all over the world had a chat, 

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had a, a world final. 
How you, how you organise that, 

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I don't know. 
I don't. 

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Think. 
Well, plenty of doubts. 

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I think so. 
If you can dream it. 

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So Brian Reeson says poor 
meeting postponed tonight. 

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Forecast was heavy rain this 
evening. 

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Latest radar, no rain till later
on this evening. 

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Could have run the meeting, I 
think. 

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I think it's one of those that 
you're damned if you do and 

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damned if you don't. 
I think given that what we took,

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we're early September, they've 
got time to run these things. 

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So be nice to have it. 
I think this is where they've 

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been, this is where they've been
clever now in bringing the, you 

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know, committee start diced 
forward because once you get to 

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October, then you've sort of a 
real risk on your to run off. 

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You've got to run. 
You've got. 

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To run, you've got to run. 
Running off nights on freezing 

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cold started when the half empty
so which doesn't really doesn't 

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really do anybody any good 
unfortunately so. 

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OK so Phil Taylor says heard a 
rumour whilst at Berwick 

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Saturday watching Plymouth that 
Cradley may be looking at coming

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back in the future. 
Any of you guys heard this or 

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was it just a rumour I heard? 
I've got to be honest with you, 

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I've heard in the past seven 
days so many rumours that I 

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can't all possibly be true. 
So I can't, I can't, I can't 

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really comment. 
Things I know are happening in 

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the background with as far as 
Cradley is concerned, that is 

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for sure. 
So obviously, yes, they are 

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looking at coming back. 
If anybody saw Nigel Tolley's 

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interview after the last minute 
to give Berwick and me, he 

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dropped a a very large hint 
about a future for Cradley, 

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didn't he? 
So I've heard, I've heard a lot,

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I've heard a lot of things. 
Obviously I'm not prepared to 

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say the one here because I don't
want to sort of, you know, 

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causing the issues. 
It's going to, it's going to, 

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you know, get it out. 
I think they're desperately 

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trying to keep it as quiet as 
they possibly can really 

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certainly in terms of where, 
where the site, where any site 

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is. 
But I don't think it's certainly

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not, it's not going to be for 
2026. 

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I think the earliest you're 
looking at for a return for 

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Friday for Friday will be 2027, 
so. 

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Yeah, but there are definitely 
things going on in the 

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background. 
Watch this space. 

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Really. 
Eric Parson says perfect. 

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Would it not be if we had a 
Speedway stadium with a 

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retractable roof, Especially 
this time of year? 

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How I can dream? 
Hey, I've said it before and 

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I'll just keep on saying it till
I'm blue in the face. 

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We're dreaming about stadiums. 
We don't own stadiums in this 

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sport. 
Whereas my, my son actually hit 

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the nail on the head a few years
ago. 

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He said we're a second hand 
sport because we borrow 

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everything. 
Yeah, we, we borrow everything. 

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We borrow the stadiums, we 
borrow track staff, you know, 

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the, for as far as, you know, 
the bars and, and all the rest 

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of it. 
And we've got to stop doing 

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that. 
Borrow stadiums. 

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Until someone turned around and 
told them you can't borrow it 

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anymore. 
Exactly what's happened to 

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what's happened to borrow the? 
Yeah, exactly. 

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And. 
It's just got to stop. 

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Yeah, don't. 
Not going to get anywhere with 

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hand me downs. 
We've got this. 

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Tracks and fields. 
Forget about retractable roofs. 

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Let's start from with tracks and
fields and build it from there. 

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After all, that's how football 
clubs started. 

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Pitches in fields jump. 
Jumps off jumps goal posts, but 

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it's true. 
And and and they just you're 

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built up. 
Unless you get somebody who 

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comes in with a stupid amount of
money. 

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I would, I would say if somebody
come in with a stupid amount of 

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money and I think, I think 
that's probably is needed, I 

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would say still build it from 
the ground up because you've got

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to build up your support as 
well. 

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And if you've got tracks and 
fields and you're not as 

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charging lots, you know the 
amount of money that we charge. 

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I've always said, I think one 
grave mistake that was made was 

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when Sky got involved in showing
the the Elite League at the end 

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of the 90s, there was a huge 
amount of money that was 

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invested into the sports and it 
should have gone into setting 

449
00:23:18,120 --> 00:23:19,440
the infrastructure for the 
future. 

450
00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:23,040
But instead he just went to the 
the clubs who just used it to, 

451
00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:27,080
you know, bring the top riders 
over who rode over here. 

452
00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:29,720
And then when the money started 
to dry up, they, they 

453
00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:30,760
disappeared. 
So. 

454
00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:34,840
Fred Graham says sorry. 5 weeks 
and summer months for most 

455
00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:38,480
championship signs without 
meetings causes these issues. 

456
00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:42,240
The three three trophy is still 
to be decided in championship is

457
00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:43,960
a disgrace. 
When will they learn? 

458
00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:46,160
I think there is some truth in 
that. 

459
00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:50,120
I've said this many, many times,
Freda, I never understand why 

460
00:23:50,120 --> 00:23:54,440
clubs have massive long gaps in 
the fixtures and then they come 

461
00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:57,040
to the end of the season and 
suddenly Bing the the light 

462
00:23:57,040 --> 00:23:59,280
comes on and they start rushing 
around cramming to get all the 

463
00:23:59,280 --> 00:24:00,200
dates in. 
So they're. 

464
00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:01,840
Working round riders, aren't 
they? 

465
00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:05,880
They've got meetings here and 
meetings there and that's, I'm 

466
00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:08,840
guessing that's a lot of worries
about why would you not be 

467
00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:12,640
riding over the school holidays.
It's peaked on. 

468
00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:15,920
It's. 
Got to be peaked on when I, when

469
00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:19,320
I was a kid, that was all there 
was a meeting every single week 

470
00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:22,240
during August when I was a kid 
because they knew that's when 

471
00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:25,120
you're going to get your more 
refunds there because you know 

472
00:24:25,120 --> 00:24:27,000
the kids haven't got a bit to go
to school the next day. 

473
00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:30,760
So. 
Absolutely, Pete Clark says. 

474
00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:34,320
And and absolutely right only if
you can find a field or. 

475
00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:36,240
Find a field. 
Nobody else is trying to buy 

476
00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:38,000
something. 
Else, yeah, I mean that that is 

477
00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:40,920
absolutely, yeah, I can't argue 
with that. 

478
00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:43,160
I think you've got more chance 
of finding the field in the 

479
00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:47,280
stadium. 
Well, there is that as well. 

480
00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:51,440
Ben Creswell says Jason nearly 
missed his first race at Fox all

481
00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:54,480
on Thursday due to stuck in 
traffic. 

482
00:24:56,120 --> 00:24:59,600
OK, it's happened a few times 
we've we've all remember the pit

483
00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:03,240
was here last year, Chris Harris
arrived, was getting changed in 

484
00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:05,480
the back of the van, got out the
van, got on his bike and went 

485
00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:08,200
into the 1st 8 of brilliant and.
Won it, I think, yeah. 

486
00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:09,440
Typical bomber. 
So yeah. 

487
00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:15,760
We should talk a little bit 
about our Rider of the Week as 

488
00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:17,240
well. 
If you heard guys put your 

489
00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:22,080
nominations up for Rider of the 
Week, I'm going to go with Jason

490
00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:24,360
Doyle, by the way. 
I thought Zach could ride very 

491
00:25:24,360 --> 00:25:26,520
well for Bellevue last night. 
OK, I thought he was their best 

492
00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:29,040
rider. 
OK, in other words, he's right. 

493
00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:31,520
Zach Cook, by the way, I think 
he's a great Little Rider 

494
00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:35,120
professional. 
Hasn't done quite as well as a 

495
00:25:35,120 --> 00:25:37,120
Birmingham in his visits this 
season. 

496
00:25:37,120 --> 00:25:38,800
There's a lot of people would 
have thought you people would 

497
00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:40,800
have thought he might have had a
point to prove, but hasn't 

498
00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:42,880
really done that well there, has
he? 

499
00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:44,520
So I don't know whether it was 
the track or. 

500
00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:47,760
I don't think he likes the 
track, simple as that. 

501
00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:51,240
Don't think many people to have 
to say there is no track there. 

502
00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:53,800
It's been slowly. 
Well, it's just there, but it's 

503
00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:56,320
just. 
Bits have been taken away more 

504
00:25:56,320 --> 00:25:59,040
and more and it's just the fence
is down, everything's down. 

505
00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:03,200
I'm not even sure whether the 
shale's still there anymore. 

506
00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:05,320
Is it Pete? 
You can let us know. 

507
00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:06,960
I know they've got a deadline to
get it. 

508
00:26:07,120 --> 00:26:08,280
It's got to be by the end of the
month. 

509
00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:10,440
Haven't I saw a month? 
Yeah, is it? 

510
00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:13,000
Definitely going to housing. 
I believe so are. 

511
00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:14,480
They got planning permission for
it. 

512
00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:15,480
I believe so. 
I. 

513
00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:18,000
Mean I've just heard are you 
going to for a housing bro? 

514
00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:19,360
I haven't seen anybody, seen 
nothing. 

515
00:26:19,360 --> 00:26:23,280
Yet they're not intending to 
build on it for a while. 

516
00:26:23,280 --> 00:26:25,520
So we've got an empty stadium 
there that's going to get 

517
00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:27,640
vandalised. 
Alan Coventry. 

518
00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:31,440
I don't believe it's it. 
It's going to happen straight 

519
00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:36,720
away and I think we'd, if we 
could have agreed a lease, we'd 

520
00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:40,720
probably still be there. 
But of course we would be having

521
00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:42,840
to pay the whole lot because. 
The greyhounds have gone. 

522
00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:45,560
Because the Greyhounds have gone
and you just have to think why 

523
00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:48,960
don't they just give it as that 
half a lease or whatever it was,

524
00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:52,720
because surely having somebody 
at the stadium looking after it 

525
00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:55,800
is better from their point of 
view than than the place getting

526
00:26:55,800 --> 00:26:58,680
vandalised. 
Personally, I think the the 

527
00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:00,800
speed I would have looked after 
the place, but better than the 

528
00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:04,880
Greyhound, if I'm being honest. 
Chris, yeah, Chris bought the 

529
00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:08,120
shell still down so. 
OK. 

530
00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:14,280
Oh how is returned? 
Ryan Ingram is is giving his 

531
00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:20,160
view on rider of the of the week
Ryan Ingram for his 18 points as

532
00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:23,040
guests for the Duck Dare Bulls 
at Kent on Sunday. 

533
00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:28,480
Which brings me to the Bulls. 
Yeah, brings me to a sore point.

534
00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:33,720
So there are a certain amount 
somebody out there will write, 

535
00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:36,080
will tell me what the number is 
because I can't. 

536
00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:43,160
But a draw in Speedway is how 
many points 45 or OK? 

537
00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:48,440
So 45 + 45 is 90 points. 
There are 90 points available in

538
00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:50,320
a match. 
Yeah, yeah. 

539
00:27:51,040 --> 00:27:53,920
The only time when there isn't 
90 points available is if less 

540
00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:57,280
than three riders finish. 
And so if you get a 2, you know,

541
00:27:57,640 --> 00:27:59,720
get like A5 none or something 
like that. 

542
00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:03,160
There was a a situation perhaps 
perhaps Lauren, she could Give 

543
00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:04,600
your opinion on this since she 
was there. 

544
00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:11,280
There was a situation at the the
Kent Brummies balls, I should 

545
00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:17,200
say, match that it was something
to do with Vinny Ford not being 

546
00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:19,480
available and he should have 
been available. 

547
00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:23,400
And so they had a guest and then
afterwards they said no, you 

548
00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:26,320
can't have that guest, we're 
taking the points off him. 

549
00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:27,840
So they just took the points off
him. 

550
00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:31,840
But surely those points should 
then have gone to Birmingham 

551
00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:34,120
because those points are still 
the, it's a four. 

552
00:28:34,120 --> 00:28:38,320
It's those points that are left 
in that match now do not add up 

553
00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:43,120
to 90 points. 
So surely they've won that match

554
00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:46,600
by cheating. 
Well, it does seem a little bit 

555
00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:48,760
well, I've got the statement 
here in front of me, so we'll 

556
00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:51,200
just. 
And I'm not saying that they 

557
00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:53,440
intended to cheat. 
Please don't let that. 

558
00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:56,520
Yeah, but. 
On Monday the 8th of September 

559
00:28:56,520 --> 00:28:59,200
the Speedo Control Bureau 
investigated the reasons why 

560
00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:02,960
Vinny Ford did not ride for Kent
in their home NDT fixture 

561
00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:06,120
against Birmingham on Sunday the
7th of September when the 

562
00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:08,920
original fixture that Mister 
Ford was mentally riding in on 

563
00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:12,240
the 7th, Workington V Berwick in
the Cav Direct Championship had 

564
00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:15,800
been postponed some 15 hours. 
Previously it was stated that 

565
00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:18,160
Mister Ford, who currently 
cannot drive himself and he's 

566
00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:21,560
based in Scotland, has no means 
of transport to arrive at Kent 

567
00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:23,240
in time for the 12:00 PM start 
time. 

568
00:29:23,880 --> 00:29:26,640
The SCB referee at the Kent 
fixture had been informed that 

569
00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:29,480
Mister Ford was unavailable for 
this fixture and having 

570
00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:33,000
consulted the Speedway Control 
Bureau had at the time allowed a

571
00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:34,840
facility. 
However, on further 

572
00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:37,680
investigation, this should not 
have been authorised and the 

573
00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:40,880
score of the guest for Cooper 
Russian will be deleted from the

574
00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:45,400
meeting result. 
Can I just say if somebody, if 

575
00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:47,440
somebody, somebody's listening 
to, this has never been to 

576
00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:50,480
Speedway before? 
I was thinking of going to a 

577
00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:52,800
Speedway meeting but they 
listened to. 

578
00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:55,280
This and they. 
Go. 

579
00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:56,600
Why they go? 
I can't be arsed. 

580
00:29:57,440 --> 00:29:59,840
Well, I mean, that's happened to
a lot of fans. 

581
00:29:59,840 --> 00:30:00,720
Of course. 
I want to see. 

582
00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:02,200
I want. 
To see bikes racing. 

583
00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:05,720
Yeah, and and that's true, but I
mean, we're not that. 

584
00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:08,120
You look at other sports, you 
look at rugby, you look at 

585
00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:11,240
cricket, they've all got, I mean
cricket. 

586
00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:14,400
I mean with the, the, the 
Duckworth Lewis method doesn't, 

587
00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:17,160
nobody knows, nobody understood 
that, including Duckworth. 

588
00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:20,360
Oh, Lewis doesn't come into it. 
Doesn't come into effect a lot, 

589
00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:20,760
does it? 
I. 

590
00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:23,040
Mean every time it runs. 
All the time. 

591
00:30:23,040 --> 00:30:26,800
There's well, you know. 
So I just think if the if the if

592
00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:30,040
the points are taken away from 
one team, surely they should be 

593
00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:34,600
awarded to the other team, 
otherwise that's made those 

594
00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:37,880
points worthless. 
Or the fairest thing would have 

595
00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:43,640
been just to rerun the meeting. 
Possibly, but maybe that's. 

596
00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:46,680
Obviously going to come into 
that, particularly at this 

597
00:30:46,680 --> 00:30:49,280
stage. 
And also the costs of running 

598
00:30:49,280 --> 00:30:52,960
meetings and et cetera, that's 
we have to unfortunately have to

599
00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:55,400
take into account. 
I just think that the rules 

600
00:30:55,400 --> 00:31:00,160
dafted the if you're taking them
away from a team where those 

601
00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:03,120
points no longer exist anymore, 
that's a. 

602
00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:06,240
Good question in there. 
What what is the good rule in 

603
00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:09,160
Speedway? 
What is the best rule in 

604
00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:10,680
Speedway? 
Great question. 

605
00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:13,040
What is the best rule in 
Speedway? 

606
00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:15,880
And if and if you can think of 
one straight away. 

607
00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:20,200
Bonus points. 
Bonus points is the best rule in

608
00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:22,680
Speedway. 
Rider bonus points or the team 

609
00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:24,520
bonus points. 
Rider bonus points. 

610
00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:29,480
Yeah, yeah. 
Because then that that puts the 

611
00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:33,520
situation where you're helping 
teammates and you're not 

612
00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:35,760
thinking, well, I want to get 
those three points because I'm 

613
00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:37,720
going to get paid more if you're
going to get paid the same. 

614
00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:39,840
So I think that's the best rule 
and speed. 

615
00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:41,760
There you go. 
That was easier. 

616
00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:46,160
I mean the referee, I suppose 
the referee as well has got 

617
00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:48,080
something to answer there 
because obviously, you know, it 

618
00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:51,320
may well be that he just made, 
the referee just made a genuine 

619
00:31:51,720 --> 00:31:53,680
mistake on. 
It yeah, which happens. 

620
00:31:54,040 --> 00:31:56,680
I'm, I'm not, I'm not, I 
understand everything that was 

621
00:31:56,680 --> 00:31:58,480
said. 
I what I don't understand is 

622
00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:04,200
where all of a sudden these 
points go to if, if you win a, 

623
00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:10,600
if you win a mate, if you run a 
heat and it's 51 and then the 

624
00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:15,200
rider in in in front is 
disqualified for whatever 

625
00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:17,640
reason. 
After, after the race, OK, after

626
00:32:17,640 --> 00:32:19,560
the race is done. 
And then all of a sudden I 

627
00:32:19,560 --> 00:32:22,800
realised, oh, he hadn't got the 
right equipment. 

628
00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:24,880
Silence was loose. 
Silencer was loose. 

629
00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:27,600
There you go. 
That they don't just take the 

630
00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:31,640
points off him. 
They promote that promote that 

631
00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:34,120
the the the points are re 
awarded. 

632
00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:36,440
Yeah, right. 
As it should be. 

633
00:32:37,560 --> 00:32:40,280
Why is that any different? 
Why? 

634
00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:43,040
Or is it just it wasn't worth 
the hassle? 

635
00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:50,480
Yeah. 
It's yeah, yeah, okay. 

636
00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:55,120
I think there's some comments 
about Brian there or did I did 

637
00:32:55,120 --> 00:33:00,560
on this that one. 
Okay, Brian has asked, has made 

638
00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:03,680
this comment, and I don't agree 
with this comment. 

639
00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:06,480
I'm not sure. 
He's not not saying it tongue in

640
00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:10,000
cheek, but the trouble with 
running meetings early on, you 

641
00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:12,640
will run out of meetings and 
people would have no Speedway to

642
00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:15,160
see later in the season. 
I don't think people care about 

643
00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:16,680
that. 
I think people say care about 

644
00:33:16,880 --> 00:33:19,120
having a season. 
Some people might say that the 

645
00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:21,600
season starts a bit too early. 
Whether we whether we should be 

646
00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:24,400
having meetings in. 
March, I think you have to. 

647
00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:26,680
It's got. 
To be weather permissions. 

648
00:33:26,680 --> 00:33:30,560
But only, but only if you with 
the intention of getting over 

649
00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:35,000
with we, I mean, we finished our
our meetings in August. 

650
00:33:35,840 --> 00:33:37,680
If we'd been in the playoffs, 
we've been. 

651
00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:39,640
Twisted it was possibly because 
Birmingham were rubbish. 

652
00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:43,080
It's because we didn't have any 
rain offs. 

653
00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:46,280
It's for, it's the first season 
I believe, but we've had a 

654
00:33:46,280 --> 00:33:49,040
season at Birmingham with no 
rain offs home or and I don't 

655
00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:50,280
believe we have any away as 
well. 

656
00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:52,640
I'm sure Lawrence will will tell
us. 

657
00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:56,720
Elliot Hunt Birmingham Balls had
a meeting at Kent on Sunday 

658
00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:59,520
which we was just talking about.
It was nice to see our 

659
00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:02,040
volunteers enjoy a meeting 
without having to help for a 

660
00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:04,040
change. 
There was some good racing. 

661
00:34:04,040 --> 00:34:06,880
Cooper Russian points have been 
removed from the score as we've 

662
00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:12,480
said, but not awarded back or or
at the very least I know it's a 

663
00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:15,520
would be ball ache for whoever 
had to remind him. 

664
00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:20,199
But like I was talking about 
that 51 riders promoted in that 

665
00:34:20,199 --> 00:34:24,080
heath as if it had been a 
silencer or whatever it was. 

666
00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:27,120
That's the way it should be 
done. 

667
00:34:28,199 --> 00:34:31,400
There was some good racing. 
Ryan Ingram was super for us and

668
00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:33,360
got 18 points from 7 rights. 
Yeah. 

669
00:34:34,080 --> 00:34:35,679
Elliott's gone. 
Ryan Ryan. 

670
00:34:35,679 --> 00:34:37,679
Yeah, Ryan Ingram is Elliott's 
rider of the Week. 

671
00:34:39,159 --> 00:34:40,639
Pete says the shell is still 
there. 

672
00:34:40,639 --> 00:34:43,480
And you're right. 
There wasn't urban YouTube. 

673
00:34:43,520 --> 00:34:46,679
They're filming on Sunday. 
God's sake. 

674
00:34:47,960 --> 00:34:51,480
Oh, very well. 
Yeah, Brian Reeson, Rider of the

675
00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:56,880
week vintage Jason Doyle and 
Zach Cook, Rider of the week and

676
00:34:56,880 --> 00:35:00,240
Pete Clarke says does Cooper 
Russians track record from Heat 

677
00:35:00,240 --> 00:35:02,960
1 still stand? 
What a great question they. 

678
00:35:03,240 --> 00:35:08,520
Shouldn't do, should it, Sir? 
I mean, I suppose in one sense 

679
00:35:08,520 --> 00:35:12,040
he he did ride it and he did 
break the track record even if 

680
00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:15,520
he didn't score points. 
But those three points that he 

681
00:35:15,520 --> 00:35:19,640
had at that in that race should 
have been awarded to whoever was

682
00:35:19,640 --> 00:35:23,320
second and whoever was third 
should have got the two points. 

683
00:35:24,720 --> 00:35:26,320
Surely that's the right way of 
doing it. 

684
00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:31,880
Worth, worth saying as well, you
know, it's not criticising Kent 

685
00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:33,920
at the end of the day, at the 
end of the day, at the end of 

686
00:35:33,920 --> 00:35:36,040
the day, it was a it's an 
administrative decision. 

687
00:35:36,160 --> 00:35:40,120
I'm not, I'm not criticising 
anybody, I'm criticising the 

688
00:35:40,120 --> 00:35:43,320
rule. 
I think it's wrong. 

689
00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:50,040
So Chris Thorogood Cooper 
Russian, took part in the 

690
00:35:50,040 --> 00:35:52,000
second-half of Foxhall last 
week. 

691
00:35:52,240 --> 00:35:55,560
His final ride was the 10th, 
slower than heat 2 in the main 

692
00:35:55,560 --> 00:35:58,560
meeting, his first time at 
Foxhall, and really wasn't far 

693
00:35:58,560 --> 00:36:00,360
off the pace. 
Very impressive looks, a real 

694
00:36:00,360 --> 00:36:03,520
talent, an appreciative crowd. 
Were very impressed. 

695
00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:07,040
He does look the real deal. 
I was very impressed with him 

696
00:36:07,040 --> 00:36:09,280
when I saw him at Perry Barr, 
I've got to say. 

697
00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:13,080
I mean, you know, it's the crowd
we haven't seen. 

698
00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:15,160
We haven't seen brilliant 
crowds. 

699
00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:18,120
It's Birmingham all season. 
I'll let you you obviously. 

700
00:36:19,120 --> 00:36:21,800
I have to, I have to get to the 
bottom of this. 

701
00:36:22,240 --> 00:36:26,720
Chris Butler said that he took a
shade of two off 2 seconds off 

702
00:36:26,720 --> 00:36:30,640
the track record at Kent, 2 
seconds of the track record. 

703
00:36:30,640 --> 00:36:33,520
Now, hold on. 
Are we talking about the actual 

704
00:36:33,520 --> 00:36:36,760
track record or is this a 
National Development League 

705
00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:38,880
track record or what we're 
talking about here? 

706
00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:43,320
Because that is, on the the face
of it, incredible. 

707
00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:45,960
Yeah. 
Check his engine somewhere. 

708
00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:51,760
Lawrence Roger says 
unfortunately all that is done 

709
00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:55,480
is the Riders score is taken off
the total not points scored 

710
00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:58,040
changed. 
The Bulls lads asked that 

711
00:36:58,040 --> 00:37:00,040
themselves as they would have 
earned more. 

712
00:37:01,880 --> 00:37:05,080
We went without 4 riders in 
Daryl, Sam, Max and Aaron and 

713
00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:09,280
used our own MDL lads and the 
Crew brothers with just one 

714
00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:15,000
guest in Ryan Ingram. 
So I'm asking the question 

715
00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:19,000
Lawrence since you since you're 
on tonight, do you think that 

716
00:37:19,560 --> 00:37:22,800
that rule is right? 
Surely that needs to be looked 

717
00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:27,400
at. 
Alias Hunt We had two rain offs 

718
00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:30,320
at home and two away. 
Bank holidays caused a major 

719
00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:33,480
issue. 
OK, I think we did have one 

720
00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:36,120
going out there that's been 
brought to my attention. 

721
00:37:36,120 --> 00:37:39,440
I do remember that. 
I think I was on holiday so 

722
00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:41,040
that's probably why I didn't 
register it. 

723
00:37:43,120 --> 00:37:46,440
Rich Thomas Staff This rule I 
ever saw was when, after a 

724
00:37:46,440 --> 00:37:50,200
series of reruns, only one rider
left in the race with Miller, 

725
00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:53,520
who was then excluded for not 
attempting to race as he pulled 

726
00:37:53,520 --> 00:37:56,040
wheelies. 
I saw one of those, I saw one of

727
00:37:56,040 --> 00:37:59,680
those ones that Brent the the 
last rider was Chris Manchester,

728
00:37:59,680 --> 00:38:01,520
who is riding. 
It was it was a fault. 

729
00:38:01,520 --> 00:38:04,840
It was a Coventry, Bellevue I 
think was the meeting. 

730
00:38:05,320 --> 00:38:07,200
He was the last road and he 
pulled the wordy down the back 

731
00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:09,240
stride and got it slurred for 
not racing properly. 

732
00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:12,400
Frank Emberton was the referee. 
In case she wasn't, it's. 

733
00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:16,160
Only a Speedway that's just mad 
isn't. 

734
00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:19,280
It yeah, it's just it's. 
Just mad. 

735
00:38:22,760 --> 00:38:23,520
OK. 
Chris Butler. 

736
00:38:23,520 --> 00:38:26,320
We had a rain off at Brom 
Cordhoff on the Sunday half hour

737
00:38:26,320 --> 00:38:29,880
after we had all the sheets. 
You would know that, wouldn't 

738
00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:31,840
you, Chris? 
Yeah, that would stick. 

739
00:38:33,720 --> 00:38:36,400
Pick class gone with Ryan Ingram
for ride of the Week. 

740
00:38:37,720 --> 00:38:41,720
Lawrence Rogers said it's not 
correct, But will it ever be 

741
00:38:41,720 --> 00:38:42,800
changed? 
Probably not. 

742
00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:45,560
Probably not. 
Should be somebody should get 

743
00:38:45,560 --> 00:38:47,600
hold of that rule book and tear 
it up and start. 

744
00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:50,600
He's got it does have that that 
fraud does have the right making

745
00:38:50,600 --> 00:38:53,120
of one that's been on the back 
of a flag bucket, doesn't it? 

746
00:38:53,400 --> 00:38:55,400
Like a lot of other rules and 
speed I've seen to be. 

747
00:38:56,760 --> 00:39:00,720
I mean, but you just, I mean, 
we're laughing about it because 

748
00:39:00,720 --> 00:39:03,680
it wasn't a particularly 
important meeting. 

749
00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:06,120
I mean, it might, it would have 
ended up with Birmingham 

750
00:39:06,120 --> 00:39:07,880
finishing second in the league, 
I believe. 

751
00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:14,360
But you know, hi ho. 
But what happens if that happens

752
00:39:14,360 --> 00:39:18,160
in a semi final or in a final? 
That's not good, no. 

753
00:39:18,480 --> 00:39:19,080
It's not. 
Good. 

754
00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:23,080
That's not good, and it needs to
be looked after. 

755
00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:25,200
What happens if there's a bonus 
point? 

756
00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:27,760
At stake, I suppose it would be 
entertaining watching Calvin 

757
00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:31,440
Tyson try to explain it, but but
that's about it. 

758
00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:33,920
But that wouldn't happen because
it happened the the change would

759
00:39:33,920 --> 00:39:36,720
happen after it came to life. 
I'm not mentioning the money 

760
00:39:36,720 --> 00:39:40,480
that's involved. 
Yeah, I mean the I can see why 

761
00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:42,320
the promoters like it all of a 
sudden. 

762
00:39:42,320 --> 00:39:44,520
That's a load of points that's 
gone nowhere and nobody's 

763
00:39:44,520 --> 00:39:47,000
getting paid for. 
Now we get into the bottom of 

764
00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:53,640
why that rules There. 
Now I'm understanding it only in

765
00:39:53,680 --> 00:39:56,160
speed I. 
Have got a copy of this the SCB 

766
00:39:56,160 --> 00:39:58,280
Handbook for rules and 
regulations done from a few 

767
00:39:58,280 --> 00:40:00,280
years ago. 
And I, I did try and read it 

768
00:40:00,280 --> 00:40:02,840
once I got to about Page 3 and I
just gave them because it's just

769
00:40:02,840 --> 00:40:06,120
a complete minefield. 
You can't do this unless in that

770
00:40:06,120 --> 00:40:08,880
unless in this instance that 
happens, but in this particular 

771
00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:10,320
instance you can't do it. 
It's just you. 

772
00:40:10,360 --> 00:40:12,520
Know, and if there's a if 
there's a day with AY in it, 

773
00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:16,000
yeah. 
I've got a student question and 

774
00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:19,480
a question this way. 
OK, have we got to work out 

775
00:40:19,480 --> 00:40:24,840
which is which? 
No, no, no one's pretty stupid 

776
00:40:25,560 --> 00:40:28,760
regarding engines. 
Have engines, Are engine all 

777
00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:32,240
engines the same and have they 
always been the same? 

778
00:40:32,280 --> 00:40:37,320
I'm I'm I'm talking about spec 
and so forth. 500CC. 500CC 

779
00:40:37,320 --> 00:40:40,880
single cylinder. 
I mean, can they be tweaked or 

780
00:40:40,880 --> 00:40:42,240
are they? 
Well, they, they chewing them, 

781
00:40:42,240 --> 00:40:43,520
don't they? 
But they can't obviously can't 

782
00:40:43,520 --> 00:40:46,880
bore out the it's got to be the 
cylinder's got to be the right 

783
00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:49,440
size. 
It's got to be 5500CC, probably 

784
00:40:49,440 --> 00:40:53,880
499. 
I believe when Speedway first 

785
00:40:53,880 --> 00:40:57,440
started they used to ride turn 
up in any on any old bike. 

786
00:40:57,840 --> 00:41:02,360
Ride. 
Take the brakes off and good to 

787
00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:04,920
go. 
So. 

788
00:41:04,920 --> 00:41:08,560
But I mean, most of the bikes 
that that they're riding around 

789
00:41:08,560 --> 00:41:10,200
are are GMs these days, aren't 
they? 

790
00:41:10,200 --> 00:41:12,080
I think. 
GMs Gyrus is another one, of 

791
00:41:12,080 --> 00:41:15,080
course. 
Not so much these days. 

792
00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:18,200
Mm hmm. 
So yeah, I don't think there's 

793
00:41:18,600 --> 00:41:21,240
any other there was. 
Gordon was the Gordon was 

794
00:41:21,240 --> 00:41:23,320
growing growing up. 
Gordon was a was a really big 

795
00:41:23,320 --> 00:41:24,240
one with a noir. 
I grew up. 

796
00:41:24,240 --> 00:41:26,680
I think Hans Nielsen wouldn't 
want to go used to have 

797
00:41:26,680 --> 00:41:28,520
championships. 
In West Lakes, of course, all of

798
00:41:28,600 --> 00:41:31,360
those. 
But yeah, not men either. 

799
00:41:31,360 --> 00:41:32,800
My. 
Next question is I want you to 

800
00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:35,080
promote the sport. 
Was that your stupid? 

801
00:41:35,080 --> 00:41:36,400
Question that was no, yeah, that
was stupid. 

802
00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:39,520
The next question I want you to 
promote the sport and I want 

803
00:41:39,520 --> 00:41:45,040
other people to think about this
to a non Speedway tender in 

804
00:41:45,040 --> 00:41:48,640
three words go to and only three
words go to. 

805
00:41:48,640 --> 00:41:51,200
I want, yeah, I want other 
people to have a think about it 

806
00:41:51,200 --> 00:41:52,840
as well. 
I don't think you can. 

807
00:41:53,240 --> 00:41:57,080
I think that it's it's you've 
got to let me finish. 

808
00:41:57,080 --> 00:41:59,560
Let me finish. 
I don't let me finish. 

809
00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:02,400
I've answered your question. 
Go to match. 

810
00:42:02,760 --> 00:42:05,120
Go to match right? 
Because I don't think you can 

811
00:42:05,120 --> 00:42:07,440
tell somebody what speed wise 
like. 

812
00:42:07,440 --> 00:42:08,880
Is that going to draw the 
crowds? 

813
00:42:09,160 --> 00:42:11,280
Go to get. 
It when you tell them, yeah, 

814
00:42:11,640 --> 00:42:13,320
don't get it. 
Got no bright? 

815
00:42:13,880 --> 00:42:14,480
Got no. 
Bright. 

816
00:42:14,600 --> 00:42:16,520
Well, now you're getting the 
gist of it now. 

817
00:42:16,920 --> 00:42:20,880
No, go to match doesn't work. 
Isn't work good that? 

818
00:42:20,880 --> 00:42:24,040
Could mean anything. 
I, I, it's a difficult one. 

819
00:42:24,040 --> 00:42:27,920
I think whenever I've explained 
Speedway to people that their 

820
00:42:27,920 --> 00:42:30,000
eyes have glazed over, they 
don't, they don't understand, 

821
00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:32,720
they can't, don't get the 
excitement out of it. 

822
00:42:35,240 --> 00:42:40,040
And I think you just have to go.
That's you just have to go. 

823
00:42:40,080 --> 00:42:44,120
Go to match or you must go. 
You know, that's, that's what I 

824
00:42:44,120 --> 00:42:46,800
tell people. 
If you're interested, go and see

825
00:42:46,800 --> 00:42:48,880
a match because that's the only 
way you'll find out. 

826
00:42:48,960 --> 00:42:51,040
It smells nice. 
You know I get the smell now 

827
00:42:51,080 --> 00:42:51,640
though. 
Really. 

828
00:42:52,160 --> 00:42:53,680
No. 
No, you don't really get it, 

829
00:42:53,800 --> 00:42:55,080
though. 
That was always one of the. 

830
00:42:55,080 --> 00:42:56,240
That was always one of the best 
things though. 

831
00:42:56,240 --> 00:42:57,360
One of the best things, yeah, 
it's. 

832
00:42:57,360 --> 00:42:59,320
Especially when, especially at 
the start of the season, when 

833
00:42:59,320 --> 00:43:01,320
you you walk into the stadium 
for the practise and. 

834
00:43:01,320 --> 00:43:03,960
People used to say, oh, smell 
the methanol, but it's not the 

835
00:43:03,960 --> 00:43:06,000
methanol. 
It's it's the, the IT was a 

836
00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:11,640
Castrol, the the oil and which 
they use plant based oils and 

837
00:43:11,640 --> 00:43:14,200
stuff now, don't they? 
We should, I should, I should 

838
00:43:14,200 --> 00:43:16,600
bottle that just fantastic 
smell. 

839
00:43:16,840 --> 00:43:19,520
Yeah, just drift it out over the
over the stadium. 

840
00:43:19,560 --> 00:43:20,840
Couldn't have been very good for
you. 

841
00:43:21,680 --> 00:43:29,280
I don't think it was a problem. 
You look pretty old. 

842
00:43:29,840 --> 00:43:31,920
Yeah, it hasn't done, hasn't 
done me any harm at all. 

843
00:43:31,920 --> 00:43:39,240
Mum talking about Cooper Russian
and track records. 

844
00:43:39,240 --> 00:43:44,080
Cooper Russian done 58.97 at 
Kingsland for the Stars, which 

845
00:43:44,080 --> 00:43:46,080
is near the fastest of the 
season. 

846
00:43:46,880 --> 00:43:49,840
The kids. 
You're a talent. 

847
00:43:49,920 --> 00:43:51,840
Yeah. 
Reminds me a little bit of Adam 

848
00:43:51,960 --> 00:43:54,960
Schornika in terms of his racist
doll, even with the tassels on 

849
00:43:54,960 --> 00:43:57,000
the side of his Leathers as well
so. 

850
00:43:58,600 --> 00:44:01,800
Lawrence Rogers says some of us 
have to read the rule book. 

851
00:44:02,440 --> 00:44:07,360
You have my deepest condolences.
I have tried to read the the the

852
00:44:07,440 --> 00:44:08,720
I think. 
I think I got. 

853
00:44:08,720 --> 00:44:10,840
Is that why every time I walk 
past you in the pits launch you 

854
00:44:10,840 --> 00:44:12,120
were scratching your head this 
year? 

855
00:44:14,680 --> 00:44:18,000
I'm not sure whether Shane's 
talking about my age, my age, 

856
00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:25,520
decade, or. 
Where the 70s was tweaked, I 

857
00:44:25,520 --> 00:44:27,760
mean, I could go so many places 
where that aren't going. 

858
00:44:27,760 --> 00:44:30,840
To yeah, yeah, not, not till. 
Not for another 13 minutes. 

859
00:44:31,920 --> 00:44:35,640
So I take a look at the clock 
and I Yeah, exactly. 

860
00:44:35,640 --> 00:44:37,320
I think we're, I think. 
It's. 

861
00:44:37,680 --> 00:44:38,360
Slow. 
It is slow. 

862
00:44:38,360 --> 00:44:42,880
It's even worse when I look at 
this clock, Brent Crossel says. 

863
00:44:42,880 --> 00:44:44,960
I got hooked after going to my 
first fixture. 

864
00:44:44,960 --> 00:44:47,040
That's the point. 
Yeah, that you can. 

865
00:44:47,120 --> 00:44:52,440
When did you get hooked? 
Say after your first fixture, 

866
00:44:52,440 --> 00:44:53,960
Because that's true. 
Probably would have been a 

867
00:44:53,960 --> 00:44:58,880
Smith's first fixture, yeah, so.
It always is and same with me, 

868
00:44:59,080 --> 00:45:01,960
my hit when there's went, those 
riders went right the wrong way 

869
00:45:01,960 --> 00:45:04,560
around the corner as I saw it in
my juvenile years, because 

870
00:45:05,160 --> 00:45:10,000
obviously they're turning right 
and and going left, not 

871
00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:11,880
realising that you steered them 
with the back wheel. 

872
00:45:13,240 --> 00:45:16,600
My jaw hit the floor and that 
was it. 

873
00:45:17,000 --> 00:45:19,840
I still, I can, I'm I can still 
feel my jaw. 

874
00:45:19,960 --> 00:45:25,440
It's in the floor. 
Shane Rawlins Webby Speedway is 

875
00:45:25,440 --> 00:45:28,880
dying in the UK. 
Where will UK League Speedway be

876
00:45:28,880 --> 00:45:31,480
in 10 years? 
I hope that I started again, but

877
00:45:31,480 --> 00:45:34,720
but make no mistake, it's not 
just dying in the UK, it's dying

878
00:45:35,160 --> 00:45:38,080
worldwide. 
Where are the Americans, the 

879
00:45:38,480 --> 00:45:42,400
Swedes really coming through in 
Swedes, the Danes, the 

880
00:45:42,400 --> 00:45:45,800
Norwegians, the Canadians? 
I'm. 

881
00:45:45,840 --> 00:45:47,120
Surprised really at the 
Americans. 

882
00:45:47,120 --> 00:45:49,160
I mean, they can sort of like, 
like make a sport out of 

883
00:45:49,160 --> 00:45:50,160
everything. 
Anything can't. 

884
00:45:50,360 --> 00:45:52,640
They but they've still got 
Speedway in America where it's. 

885
00:45:53,080 --> 00:45:54,920
Nowhere near as big as it was in
the 80s. 

886
00:45:57,600 --> 00:46:00,320
Pete Clark says, is the rule 
book in Braille. 

887
00:46:01,120 --> 00:46:03,200
Hey. 
In Cradle, I think so. 

888
00:46:03,800 --> 00:46:07,760
Yeah. 
So yeah, as we say, we need to 

889
00:46:07,920 --> 00:46:09,640
have a look at our prediction 
league now, don't we? 

890
00:46:09,640 --> 00:46:11,480
So that's. 
How we do first? 

891
00:46:11,720 --> 00:46:13,600
Yeah. 
Oh, so who's that at the top 

892
00:46:13,640 --> 00:46:14,760
still? 
Close, Skippy. 

893
00:46:14,800 --> 00:46:17,120
Skippy still at the top. 
Yeah, yeah, just by a point 

894
00:46:17,320 --> 00:46:19,800
ahead of Elliot and Andrew's in 
there as well. 

895
00:46:20,160 --> 00:46:23,800
Rich Thomas, 182 Simon's still 
lurking in there as well, 180, 

896
00:46:23,800 --> 00:46:25,440
only four points off the top. 
So it's. 

897
00:46:25,800 --> 00:46:28,080
Going to be a close one this 
this year, isn't it? 

898
00:46:28,080 --> 00:46:31,840
It's anybody's there at the top.
Top 7 right Yeah, I don't well 

899
00:46:31,920 --> 00:46:34,280
I'd size 7 I don't think I'm 
going to I. 

900
00:46:34,360 --> 00:46:36,480
Don't think I'm going to do. 
I'm in a strong position. 

901
00:46:36,480 --> 00:46:40,120
I have to be strong because I've
got 16 other people in above me,

902
00:46:40,120 --> 00:46:42,200
yeah. 
See where I am? 

903
00:46:42,440 --> 00:46:45,480
You're not too bad not. 
Too bad for you, 15th. 

904
00:46:45,640 --> 00:46:47,240
Yeah, I'm happy that's still 
above you again. 

905
00:46:47,240 --> 00:46:48,600
Yes. 
Every year. 

906
00:46:48,720 --> 00:46:51,400
Yeah, I I'm gonna beat you next 
year. 

907
00:46:51,720 --> 00:46:53,080
That's last week's results then,
so. 

908
00:46:53,240 --> 00:46:55,640
I've already spoken to Matt 
about it and he's promised me, 

909
00:46:55,640 --> 00:46:59,960
so yeah. 
So obviously Paul, Red car 

910
00:46:59,960 --> 00:47:02,160
meeting if you want, as I say, 
if you wanna keep your same 

911
00:47:02,160 --> 00:47:04,760
predictions, then please, please
do so. 

912
00:47:04,760 --> 00:47:08,160
And obviously we'll put them on 
the we will include them of 

913
00:47:08,160 --> 00:47:10,160
course on this week's there 
because of course it is going to

914
00:47:10,160 --> 00:47:12,000
be a future part of this week's 
fixtures. 

915
00:47:12,000 --> 00:47:18,880
So OK so your first fixture for 
this week is the Knockout Cup 

916
00:47:18,880 --> 00:47:22,760
semi final first leg tomorrow 
Oxford against Red Car. 

917
00:47:23,840 --> 00:47:28,280
And it's me to go Oxford versus 
red car. 

918
00:47:30,680 --> 00:47:33,480
I'm going to say 4 points to 
Oxford. 

919
00:47:33,760 --> 00:47:36,280
Up to you. 
I'll say 6 points to Oxford. 

920
00:47:36,720 --> 00:47:39,480
Oxford by 10. 
What makes you think I'm taking 

921
00:47:39,480 --> 00:47:41,440
this seriously the way I talked 
about that? 

922
00:47:43,160 --> 00:47:44,200
I know, OK. 
It's like, you know what you're.

923
00:47:44,440 --> 00:47:47,240
Talking about right then on 
Thursday it's the second leg of 

924
00:47:47,240 --> 00:47:50,800
the Premiership plus semi final,
that's Ipswich against Bellevue.

925
00:47:51,240 --> 00:47:53,880
That's up to you, Matt. 
Ipswich by 12. 

926
00:47:54,200 --> 00:47:56,880
Ipswich by 4. 
Yeah, I think it's going to be 

927
00:47:56,880 --> 00:48:01,280
closer than we expect, but I'm 
still going to go for Ipswich by

928
00:48:01,280 --> 00:48:03,640
6. 
Which would be a run off then. 

929
00:48:04,120 --> 00:48:05,800
Yeah, wouldn't that, Yeah, 
that'd. 

930
00:48:06,280 --> 00:48:08,680
Be graft too wouldn't you Sir? 
Right. 

931
00:48:08,680 --> 00:48:12,000
Friday night the attention 
switch to the Championship 

932
00:48:12,000 --> 00:48:14,680
playoff semi final, Edinburgh 
against Glasgow. 

933
00:48:14,680 --> 00:48:16,760
I'll go. 
I'm going to go Glasgow. 

934
00:48:16,880 --> 00:48:18,280
That's going to be a gun. 
Love to. 

935
00:48:19,040 --> 00:48:21,720
Is it on BSN? 
I think he probably will be, 

936
00:48:21,720 --> 00:48:23,520
yes. 
Yeah, like I might, still might 

937
00:48:23,520 --> 00:48:27,080
get that, might watch that. 
I think you can do a deal to get

938
00:48:27,080 --> 00:48:29,800
all the playoff meetings going 
in the championship, so might 

939
00:48:29,800 --> 00:48:32,160
be. 
And I've got, I've got to come 

940
00:48:32,160 --> 00:48:35,760
up with a what did you say? 
Let's go for, let's go by four. 

941
00:48:36,280 --> 00:48:39,280
OK, I'm going to say Edinburgh 
by two. 

942
00:48:39,640 --> 00:48:43,760
I'm going to say Glasgow by 8, 
OK, staying in the Championship 

943
00:48:43,760 --> 00:48:45,960
on Saturday. 
So this is, I think it is 

944
00:48:45,960 --> 00:48:48,600
probably the last official 
fixture of the Championship 

945
00:48:48,600 --> 00:48:51,160
League says, and that is Berwick
against Workington. 

946
00:48:51,920 --> 00:48:54,000
Do do, do do. 
It's up to me. 

947
00:48:54,000 --> 00:48:57,920
I'm going to say Berwick by 8. 
Berwick by 12. 

948
00:48:58,320 --> 00:49:01,000
I'll go Berwick by 4. 
OK, it's not the last meeting 

949
00:49:01,000 --> 00:49:02,440
because the last meeting is the 
day after. 

950
00:49:02,440 --> 00:49:06,000
That's the return match at 
Workington against Berwick. 

951
00:49:06,080 --> 00:49:08,440
It's on Sunday afternoon. 
That's up to you. 

952
00:49:08,840 --> 00:49:13,600
Workington by 12. 
Working to working to 8. 

953
00:49:14,280 --> 00:49:17,120
You can say 4 again if you want 
to like. 4 but I'm going for 

954
00:49:17,200 --> 00:49:19,440
eight. 
My favourite this. 

955
00:49:19,480 --> 00:49:21,200
Week I've gone working soon by 
10 OK. 

956
00:49:21,880 --> 00:49:25,640
Next one is the first League of 
the Championship play semi final

957
00:49:25,640 --> 00:49:28,440
red car against Paul. 
It's on Sunday evening. 

958
00:49:28,680 --> 00:49:30,840
Ass up to you, Chris. 
Paul Boy 6. 

959
00:49:31,160 --> 00:49:34,400
I'm going to say red car by 4. 
I'll say a draw. 

960
00:49:34,760 --> 00:49:38,160
I nearly did go a draw. 
OK, if you get that, if you get 

961
00:49:38,160 --> 00:49:39,440
that, I'm going to be very 
upset. 

962
00:49:40,880 --> 00:49:43,920
Right, so on Monday it's the 
first league of the other semi 

963
00:49:43,920 --> 00:49:46,640
final in the playoffs in the in 
the Premiership, Leicester 

964
00:49:46,640 --> 00:49:52,080
against Sheffield. 
OK, I'm going to say Leicester 

965
00:49:52,080 --> 00:49:55,080
by 12. 
Leicester by 14, yes. 

966
00:49:55,520 --> 00:49:58,800
Leicester by 10. 
OK and last but by now means 

967
00:49:58,800 --> 00:50:02,480
release the rearranged fixture 
from tonight in the second leg 

968
00:50:02,480 --> 00:50:05,480
of the championship playoff semi
final pull against Red Car. 

969
00:50:05,880 --> 00:50:07,920
That's up to you, Matt. 
Pull by 12. 

970
00:50:08,760 --> 00:50:12,080
Pull by 4. 
And I'm gonna go pull by 12 as 

971
00:50:12,080 --> 00:50:13,880
well. 
OK, so that's it. 

972
00:50:13,880 --> 00:50:16,560
That's it, yeah. 
OK, so why are we having so many

973
00:50:16,960 --> 00:50:20,200
problems with finishing seasons 
are? 

974
00:50:20,200 --> 00:50:22,720
Again. 
When there's just so few 

975
00:50:22,720 --> 00:50:24,320
fixtures. 
And I just read this lovely 

976
00:50:24,320 --> 00:50:27,400
compliment on Chaps. 
I know it's been a tough year 

977
00:50:27,400 --> 00:50:30,520
but you're but the community you
guys have built up is truly 

978
00:50:30,520 --> 00:50:32,320
brilliant. 
I love listening to your show. 

979
00:50:32,520 --> 00:50:35,400
We are a family and you 3 are 
responsible. 

980
00:50:35,400 --> 00:50:39,000
Keep the faith, boys. 
Are responsible, Responsible. 

981
00:50:39,000 --> 00:50:43,040
I don't want to be responsible. 
Thanks for that, Darren. 

982
00:50:43,160 --> 00:50:44,440
Thank you very much. 
That is. 

983
00:50:45,560 --> 00:50:47,520
Oh, I might cry now. 
No, let's not bother. 

984
00:50:48,600 --> 00:50:52,880
So let's have a look, OK? 
William Carnes wants to know 

985
00:50:52,880 --> 00:50:54,320
the. 
William Carnes is it? 

986
00:50:54,440 --> 00:50:58,000
The well yeah, I think he Wade 
how would you how do you 

987
00:50:58,000 --> 00:51:02,080
pronounce that I Wade I Wade was
altered this year start finish 

988
00:51:02,080 --> 00:51:05,840
move so track record is 
effectively an NDT record. 

989
00:51:06,400 --> 00:51:10,160
Thank you for that Phil Taylor. 
I think you have Nick Skippy, 

990
00:51:10,160 --> 00:51:13,120
Matthews, Paul versus Red Car 
the wrong way around. 

991
00:51:13,280 --> 00:51:15,360
So he messaged me it's. 
Off anyway. 

992
00:51:16,240 --> 00:51:18,120
So yeah, so so. 
Yeah, we will. 

993
00:51:18,280 --> 00:51:21,400
We will change that, Sir. 
Well, you can just put re put it

994
00:51:21,400 --> 00:51:25,480
if you yeah, you want to just to
make sure. 

995
00:51:25,480 --> 00:51:29,680
Well, disregarding Leicester, 
what is the next hopeful project

996
00:51:29,680 --> 00:51:32,360
for Midlands Speedway? 
Probably Coventry. 

997
00:51:32,360 --> 00:51:34,960
I think it's Coventry or or 
possibly Crowley, isn't it? 

998
00:51:34,960 --> 00:51:36,880
They seem to be the ones. 
They're Coventry obviously is 

999
00:51:36,880 --> 00:51:39,280
the the one obviously that 
because they've got something to

1000
00:51:39,280 --> 00:51:41,080
go back to. 
It's just whether they can get 

1001
00:51:41,280 --> 00:51:42,840
get back in there. 
Yeah, yeah. 

1002
00:51:43,160 --> 00:51:44,640
It does seem to have gone very, 
very quiet. 

1003
00:51:44,640 --> 00:51:47,440
Again, it's with Coventry, so. 
That could be a bad thing or a 

1004
00:51:47,440 --> 00:51:52,200
good thing, couldn't it? 
We're always talking about what 

1005
00:51:52,200 --> 00:51:54,280
you was talking about. 
The engines, Webbie, All the top

1006
00:51:54,280 --> 00:51:57,360
writers tweaked in the 70s. 
I know I was in the pits at 

1007
00:51:57,360 --> 00:51:59,000
Perry Barr. 
There you go. 

1008
00:51:59,360 --> 00:52:03,000
Ben Cresswell wants to know. 
What was your first fixture, do 

1009
00:52:03,000 --> 00:52:07,800
you know? 
I think my first fixture that I 

1010
00:52:07,800 --> 00:52:13,400
remember is Wolves Cradler 1990 
man. 

1011
00:52:13,600 --> 00:52:16,160
We were leading by 4 points, 
then Craig got a 51 to pinch a 

1012
00:52:16,160 --> 00:52:17,120
draw in the last. 
Eight. 

1013
00:52:17,120 --> 00:52:18,440
Oh well, you would remember 
that, yeah. 

1014
00:52:18,800 --> 00:52:21,920
But that's the, I think the 
first official meeting I went 

1015
00:52:21,920 --> 00:52:23,240
to, I was about 3 years old, 
which. 

1016
00:52:23,240 --> 00:52:24,560
Was yeah, you mentioned this 
last three I. 

1017
00:52:24,560 --> 00:52:26,400
Think it was Birmingham, 
Wimbledon, which would have been

1018
00:52:26,400 --> 00:52:30,320
at the old wheels in about 86 I 
think, so I don't remember 

1019
00:52:30,320 --> 00:52:32,800
anything about it but. 
You obviously got the smell of 

1020
00:52:32,800 --> 00:52:34,840
the methanol at that point. 
No, sorry, the Castrol. 

1021
00:52:35,400 --> 00:52:37,360
Just a side, just a side 
sweeper. 

1022
00:52:37,560 --> 00:52:39,080
What were the crowds like at the
Wheels? 

1023
00:52:39,440 --> 00:52:41,440
I'll say, I'll tell you why, 
because I put a picture up to 

1024
00:52:41,440 --> 00:52:45,480
that on the history forum and it
was wheels, but somebody was 

1025
00:52:45,480 --> 00:52:48,960
saying that maybe that's stock, 
maybe it was stock cars, but I 

1026
00:52:48,960 --> 00:52:51,160
mean, were the crowds. 
Initially they were quite good. 

1027
00:52:51,160 --> 00:52:53,240
It looks a great crowd. 
Yeah, initially they were quite 

1028
00:52:53,240 --> 00:52:54,960
good. 
Probably not compared to 

1029
00:52:54,960 --> 00:52:58,360
standards of the day, but 
certainly by today's standards. 

1030
00:52:59,520 --> 00:53:02,280
Yeah, I mean, it was, it was 
fairly packed from what I 

1031
00:53:02,280 --> 00:53:03,840
remember. 
It was a good track, wasn't? 

1032
00:53:03,920 --> 00:53:06,880
It it was a good track until the
stock cars ruined it. 

1033
00:53:07,280 --> 00:53:10,880
It's a great shape, although our
riders quite liked what the 

1034
00:53:10,880 --> 00:53:13,280
stock cars did it because I've 
talked about this before, there 

1035
00:53:13,280 --> 00:53:17,080
was a big hole on Bend One. 
Our riders knew where it was, 

1036
00:53:17,080 --> 00:53:21,040
their riders didn't. 
Us fans knew where it was as 

1037
00:53:21,040 --> 00:53:23,520
well. 
We used to go away every time I 

1038
00:53:23,640 --> 00:53:26,680
went and went backwards. 
Things like that still go on, 

1039
00:53:26,960 --> 00:53:29,480
probably. 
Probably, yeah, I think the. 

1040
00:53:29,840 --> 00:53:32,080
The big thing he went against 
the wheels really, I suppose was

1041
00:53:32,080 --> 00:53:35,760
the fact that the the quality or
non quality of the the stadium, 

1042
00:53:35,760 --> 00:53:37,240
Yeah. 
Yeah, it was awful. 

1043
00:53:37,400 --> 00:53:40,040
Yeah, it wasn't great. 
I know somebody who who said 

1044
00:53:40,040 --> 00:53:42,920
they went, they went there once 
and they they nearly brought the

1045
00:53:42,920 --> 00:53:44,960
net trying to get up the steps 
and they didn't go again after 

1046
00:53:44,960 --> 00:53:46,920
that. 
So I almost told that those 

1047
00:53:46,920 --> 00:53:49,400
steps were a bit, yeah, a bit of
a challenge to get. 

1048
00:53:49,400 --> 00:53:52,760
Up. 
Yes, they was, yeah, Rich Thomas

1049
00:53:52,760 --> 00:53:55,120
said. 
Tim Stone, ex Newport promoter, 

1050
00:53:55,640 --> 00:53:58,800
showed me a poster from the 
early days at Newport 2 Bikes 

1051
00:53:58,800 --> 00:54:02,400
with the slogan Let ice racers 
on the shifting shower wise. 

1052
00:54:02,720 --> 00:54:04,720
But that brought the the crowds 
flocking. 

1053
00:54:04,720 --> 00:54:06,920
Yeah. 
Rob's off the tongue. 

1054
00:54:06,920 --> 00:54:10,720
Yeah, yeah. 
Cross, I have a few drinks, yes.

1055
00:54:12,680 --> 00:54:15,080
We've caught. 
Up now, We've caught up, OK. 

1056
00:54:15,360 --> 00:54:17,800
Brings us to a nice. 
Conclusion. 

1057
00:54:17,960 --> 00:54:19,240
Good God, that's a big word for 
you. 

1058
00:54:19,800 --> 00:54:21,160
You normally. 
Very quick, very quick one. 

1059
00:54:21,160 --> 00:54:23,800
Then this time next week, who is
going to be the world champion? 

1060
00:54:24,120 --> 00:54:26,240
Oh. 
Give us, give us a few. 

1061
00:54:27,160 --> 00:54:28,920
It's only there's one one of 
two. 

1062
00:54:28,920 --> 00:54:31,600
It's either going to be Brady 
Kurtz or or or Bartak 

1063
00:54:31,600 --> 00:54:33,320
Schmarslick. 
It's that's the only two 

1064
00:54:33,800 --> 00:54:34,920
available. 
I'm. 

1065
00:54:36,640 --> 00:54:40,000
Going for Schmarslick then. 
I just think the momentum's all 

1066
00:54:40,000 --> 00:54:43,240
with Brady Kurtz at the moment. 
So I'm going to say Brady Kurtz,

1067
00:54:43,680 --> 00:54:45,000
and I know you're going to say 
Schmarslong. 

1068
00:54:45,000 --> 00:54:46,520
You're going to say Schmarslong,
because at the end of the day, 

1069
00:54:46,520 --> 00:54:49,080
as I said, you only need to 
finish second, even if Kurtz 

1070
00:54:49,080 --> 00:54:51,880
wins it, so. 
The only thing I will say, the 

1071
00:54:51,880 --> 00:54:56,400
only other time that he was 
involved in a a right at the 

1072
00:54:56,400 --> 00:54:58,880
death, yeah, he lost it. 
He did indeed. 

1073
00:54:59,000 --> 00:55:00,240
Yes. 
So that yeah, could. 

1074
00:55:00,240 --> 00:55:02,000
Different board system I think 
then though, wasn't it? 

1075
00:55:02,000 --> 00:55:06,040
I think. 
So, yeah, yeah, right. 

1076
00:55:06,040 --> 00:55:09,000
Well, and on that note, I think 
Chris is trying to Chuck us out 

1077
00:55:09,000 --> 00:55:10,600
again. 
Get out of my pap. 

1078
00:55:12,720 --> 00:55:16,560
Thank you very much for your 
contributions today, everybody. 

1079
00:55:16,880 --> 00:55:19,920
We will see you next week. 
It's all getting a bit exciting 

1080
00:55:19,920 --> 00:55:21,280
there. 
See you soon. 

1081
00:55:21,280 --> 00:55:22,680
Bye, goodnight. 
Goodnight.