"I haven’t really got a point to prove to anyone apart from myself. I want to come away with a smile on my face. Gary O'Hare always says that if you're taking your own boots off at the end of the day, then it's a good day, and that's the attitude I want to go with." Tom Brennan isn’t the only Brit abroad this weekend… Rachel Hellowell heads to Croatia for the FIM Women's Gold Cup.
IT'S PALM TOUGH!
"The injuries have got to the point of total frustration. I came back from a broken leg last season and when I started enjoying riding again, broke my collarbone. I was like, 'you are joking'. It's hard when you keep getting injured, it takes time to heal and then time to get race-fit. But you haven’t got that time in speedway." Recent Edinburgh signing Michael Palm Toft is keen to have an injury-free run to get his career back on track.
MIND THE GAP
"It has been a successful year, no matter where we finish. I think that's maybe where I have the advantage – I am really not concerned about winning, beating him or not. I just want to have fun and race the GPs. I want to stand on the podium and I'll stay relaxed and just keep pressuring him." After back-to-back SGP wins, Brady Kurtz is keeping his cool in the battle to overhaul Bartosz Zmarzlik.
ALSO IN THIS WEEK'S MAGAZINE
Ronnie Moore statue reveal • Mildenhall latest • Official Line: referee Wayne Jarvis • Off the Beaten Track • World Longtrack round 1 • British Grasstrack Championship.