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The world according to Kirkey
The curse of the underdog is an idea that suggests that while smaller fry often have an advantage in motivation, they can frequently struggle when they transition into a position of success. There exists an argument that, once an underdog achieves victory, they lose the hunger and drive that made them successful in the first … Read more
With the new speedway Grand Prix season gearing up for the first round at Landshut, Germany, on 3rd May, I caught up with British gladiators Robert Lambert and Dan Bewley. Acknowledging that they had already endured an earlier, and no doubt exhausting, full-on press conference, my mission sought to change the tempo and talk about … Read more
Sliding Through Life – The autobiography of Scott Nicholls written by Ian Kirke. The big launch day at the British Speedway Grand Prix, Principality Stadium, Cardiff, fan zone on Saturday 17th August 2024. Order here. © Ian Kirke 2024 @ianjkirke All non-credited imagery reproduced by kind permission of Emma Ellis.
Scott Nicholls heads back to the Welsh capital for Britain’s biggest indoor motorsport event next Saturday, where he will be in the fanzone on City Hall Lawn from 1pm, signing copies of his brand-new autobiography Sliding Through Life written by Kirkey. It will come as no surprise that one of most viewed moments in Speedway GP history gets a mention. … Read more
Manchester – at least in my personal experience – has a reliability and permanency of one facet: rain. And I wasn’t to be disappointed during the qualifying rounds and the Under-21 final of this year’s Speedway of Nations tournament held at the National Speedway Stadium in Belle Vue, Manchester. Thankfully, the proceedings brightened up for … Read more
The 2024 Speedway World Championship hits the shale later this month, with series one of an eleven round tournament being held at Donji Kraljevec in Croatia (27th April). 15 racers, led by current Polish world champion Bartosz Zmarzlik, will contest the Grand Prix series that will again be hosted at several major European cities, including … Read more
After the shale had finally settled on the hosting of the 2023 FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain, what was the word on the street? Pre and post event social media was alive with gregarious gossip engaging with all aspects of the premier domestic event, from attendance, suitability of the venue, the track, potential … Read more
With the opening round of this year’s ten round world championship hitting the shale in Croatia in a few days’ time (29th April), I was fortunate to catch up with the British contingent of GP stars – three times world champion, Tai Woffinden (32), plus Robert Lambert (25) and Dan Bewley (23), now truly international … Read more
The philosophy of identity has been the subject of unceasing debate since the origin of humankind. If you are so minded, you can read the classical scholarly accounts, including the marathon poem ‘The Odyssey,’ understood to have been penned by Homer around the eighth century BC, which, amongst other things, connects with the notion of … Read more
