What a signing for Workington Comets

WHEN Workington Comets commercial manager Mitch Graham promised big things for the coming speedway season at Derwent Park he meant it.

Not only do we have a competitive looking team we also have a new sound system along with promises of other exciting things to look forward to.

Now to add to that we have a genuine high class... [more]

Change a good tactic

With a new season of speedway comes new rules - some good, some bad, some ridiculous - but one of the more interesting of these is the new tactical ride rule.

Previously we had teams able to use a rider for double points all the way up to heat 14, if they were 10 or more behind, which meant a lot of teams - Poole automatically spring to... [more]

Revving up for the new season

IT FEELS like the calm before the storm as the speedway season is nearly ready to roar back into action.

 With all the teams just about finalised, the middle of March cannot come soon enough, and then we will have another six months of methanol-fuelled action live and on our TV screens.

No doubt fans will suffer trials and... [more]

Newport Wasps to buzz no more

It's sad to hear another club has been consigned to the speedway scrapheap.

History is littered with teams that have come and gone and now Newport Wasps are the latest name added to the list.

They were already considering whether to run before the annual British Speedway Promoters’ Association conference in November, citing... [more]

Ian Thomas tribute is right

I was so pleased to hear the announcement that the man who brought speedway to Workington is to be remembered at this year's Telford Ice meeting.

Ian Thomas was always known as one of the sport’s great entertainers and his emphasis was always to put on a great show.

He successfully co-promoted the Telford meeting for 24 years... [more]