"If we look back at where we started, if someone had told us in five years' time we'd be doing both league play-offs, I don't think either of us would have believed it. It's evolved in a way that neither of us expected it to and there's a lot of pride in that." Ben Duffill of the British Speedway Network reflects on another year of spectacular progress.
LEAD PIJPER
"Sometimes I only get a couple of hours' sleep – other times I don't get that much. After a trip to Plymouth or Poole, I might get home, have a quick shower and then go straight off to work. Most of the time we do everything between ourselves and the boys do increasingly more of what needs doing in our workshop here at home." Theo Pijper may have called time on his own racing career but remains as busy as ever thanks to sons Ace and Stene.
TIM TOP OF THE WORLD
"Peter Boast, the speedway rider, got me into racing. Len Silver invited me and my twin brother Tom down to do a practice day at Rye House on a speedway bike and I went under the fence. I think Len was basically offering to pay us to ride speedway and help us get into the sport but I decided that flat track might be the best option for me at the time." And it proved to be a wise decision for new World Flat Track Champion Tim Neave...
ALSO IN THIS WEEK'S MAGAZINE
British Speedway 2030: Part Two • My Year: Simon Wigg 1985 • Off the Beaten Track • Track Review: Northampton • Sixty Seconds: Drew Kemp.
