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Embed from Getty Images   Belle Vue Aces skipper Scott Nicholls has made himself available for selection for the Team Great Britain squad this season. Nicholls, a seven time British Champion, hasn’t featured for the national side for three years, but following positive talks with manager Alun Rossiter he is ...

View image | gettyimages.com     With the Speedway season over, The Sports Lowdown looks at what’s been going on off the track over the past week.   Elite League  Elite League champions Poole Pirates have signed former Peterborough and Leicester Polish star Krzystov Buczkowski. (British Speedway) Coventry Bees have ...

View image | gettyimages.com   Swindon Robins star Darcy Ward suffered a horrendous injury whist racing for his Polish side Zielona Gona on Sunday night, but the club have confirmed that he is in a stable condition after undergoing spinal surgery. The Australian, who crashed out in heat 15 with ...

View image | gettyimages.com   Denmark’s Peter Kildemand has won the FIM Danish Grand Prix on an eventful evening in Horsens. The first reserve, who was only in as a replacement to the injured Jaroslaw Hampel, sent the home fans into raptures, winning ahead of Matej Zagar and Michael Jepsen ...

View image | gettyimages.com Maciej Janowski has claimed his first FIM Speedway Grand Prix victory as he won the Latvian Grand Prix in Daugavpils. But it was in unconventional circumstances as the two time Speedway Under-21 world champion ended the evening on 12 points after the meeting was stopped due ...

View image | gettyimages.com   Leicester Lions have been handed the disappointing news that Lewis Bridger has gone back into retirement. Bridger had made just one appearance for the Lions since his return to the sport, but announced he was quiting just hours before the Lions defeat at home to ...

View image | gettyimages.com If I was to say Speedway to most people they would probably think….. Tracks of the NASCAR or Indy Car Series in America. Speedway consists of four 500cc engine bikes with just ONE gear, a clutch and NO brakes. Fuelled by Methanol, these machines can reach ...