Speedway- who watches this?

Been to about 50 tracks in the 30 years I've been watching the sport, but not in the past couple of years when they've really been screwing up the rules.

[northwind]

Originally Posted by Ceri JC

I saw the world championship finals in Poland (only on TV, sadly). Absolutely superb and the hilarity aspect of the winners doing a parade lap around the oval on the back of Goldwings was spectacular.

At Powderhall (old Monarchs ground) the winners did a lap on a tractor

I was in the queue last night to see Dimmu Borgir, and the guy behind me was an aussie living in the UK, turned out he was a pro speedway racer. He races for Essex something, near Dartford I think. Name was Adam. I think. Anyway, lovely bloke.

[muzikill]

Yeah i watched the swindon vs coventry 1st leg and loved it, i know when i get the bug about something that its going to become a passion and speedway's going to be cracking.
Going to spend the last few weeks left in the season to understand the rules and then get ready for the start of the season next year.
From what i hear so far there is a massive re-surgance of fans and interest in the sport and you can see it with the foreign riders coming to ours shores to race.

Any pointers on top teams and riders with a little bit of history thrown in would be appreciated.

btw Northy if you want to arrange some speedway nights and get the rest of the ecosse posse on board with this give me a shout.

Originally Posted by Warthog

I was in the queue last night to see Dimmu Borgir, and the guy behind me was an aussie living in the UK, turned out he was a pro speedway racer. He races for Essex something, near Dartford I think. Name was Adam. I think. Anyway, lovely bloke.

Adam Shields, Lakeside (formerly Arena-Essex) Hammers

[northwind]

Originally Posted by muzikill

btw Northy if you want to arrange some speedway nights and get the rest of the ecosse posse on board with this give me a shout.

I was supposed to do that this year, but I'm incompetent

Originally Posted by aej

Adam Shields, Lakeside (formerly Arena-Essex) Hammers

Hahaha oh my god yeah thats him! He even has his own website http://www.adamshields.com/

I didn't realise I was talking to a star haha, he was really friendly!

Going to watch it with a mate on Monday night in Reading. They have teams? Eh?

Time to read up methinks.

Originally Posted by teriyakimonkey

They have teams?

Not on Monday - it's the traditional 16 rider 20 heat individual meeting format with an added final for the top 4.

Originally Posted by aej

Not on Monday - it's the traditional 16 rider 20 heat individual meeting format with an added final for the top 4.

Que?

Can you expand on that please?