"The whole point of doing these qualification rounds is to take the pressure off the GPs. Last year, I qualified on my own merit and finished fifth in the championship and that's how I want to do it again this year. But at the same time, the qualifiers are a bit of a back-up." Robert Lambert gets ready for the GP qualifying series.
MERVYN STEWKESBURY
"He was never one to fill in a programme, he never got down to all that, he concentrated on the business side of things and despite his obvious means, he was not happy about losing money, he wasn't happy to subsidise it. We were forever having meetings about trying to plug any financial gap." Tribute to the former Weymouth, Poole and Swindon owner.
DOWN, NOT OUT
"I've had some big scores in the top league, I've beaten the likes of Max Fricke and Dan Bewley, and speedway is now my life and I really want to give it a big go this year." Redcar's Danyon Hume hopes to be upwardly mobile this season.
ALSO IN THIS WEEK’S MAGAZINE
Backtracking: the impact of postponements in the 70s and 80s • Off the Beaten Track • Meeting of the Week: World Longtrack Championship R1 • Polish Scene.
