"I am the least busy rider out of anybody at the moment, which is not where you want to be. I am kind of stuck between a rock and a hard place. My average is too high for the Championship, but I opted out of Europe." Sheffield’s Troy Batchelor would prefer an itinerary that's a little more hectic right now.
FLINT SPARKS
"Marek just tells you 'full gas' and you go out and do that!" – Berwick's Leon Flint on taking his first tentative steps into Polish league racing.
BACKTRACKING...
The spotlight shines on the much-travelled Colin Cook, perhaps best known for spells with Ipswich, Leicester and Exeter: "I sort of taught myself – I didn’t have anyone to tell me how to do it. I started off two-wheeling into the corners and sliding out of them."
ALSO IN THIS WEEK'S MAGAZINE
• Benji Compton interview • Bike Shed: The Street Conversion • Grasstrack: Titans of Tallington report and pictures • Off the Beaten Track • Now You See Them, Now You Don’t: Brendan Johnson • Polish Scene: Greg Hancock.
