There is always such a rush to get things out. I suppose there always has been. It's called 'news'. Now social media always wins the race, whether it's the first to 'announce' the death of celebrity or spoil the result of a race someone hasn't had chance to watch on catch-up. Back in the days of the old Sideburn blog I used to stay up late into the night posting reports from events and happenings as soon as I could. Then Instagram came along and made everything instant. We ke

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Megapost time! I take a load of photos at virtually everything I attend, but fail to make the time to post them, with snappy captions, well that changes TODAY! These are my phone snaps, from the DTRA King's Lynn round, last Sunday. We were supposed to be racing a two-day meeting at Redcar, but the track owners double-booked the date and the local speedway team took precedent. Luckily, the Adrian Flux Arena at King's Lynn could accommodate the DTRA, but only for one day. So it

I found these photos on my laptop, but I can't remember when they're from. If I had to guess, I'd say 2014. I'm pretty sure they're all taken at King's Lynn. I do know they're all by Ian Roxburgh, who used to shoot the races for the DTRA. He had/has a great eye. We have some super snappers covering the races now (Jon Braking Point and Paul France) but I still miss Rox. Above is Co-Built Geoff Cain on one of the Rotax framers he made the chassis for. A young Ollie Brindley. No