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Last night we took a trip to Newcastle Stadium to watch some speedway. What is speedway, I hear you cry? It's a motor sport. On bikes. To find out any more you'll have to listen to the show on Sunday night at 7 on 87.7 Utopia FM and utopiafm.net. But it's a really good evening out, the riders were friendly, the people at the track were great to us and we got some fantastic material for the show.

The whole point of the out-and-about feature is that we can present to you sporting activities that are available within half an hour of Sunderland, and speedway fitted into that criteria well. It was a real family-run affair, and it was noticable how amicable the atmosphere was, even with some pantomime booing of a former Newcastle rider that was riding for the visitors from Glasgow (or Edinburgh as Shaun kept referring to them all night). It's all Greek to him. Or Scottish.

Here's some pictures from the night, taken by our expert photographer Shaun (although he managed to not get any of the bikes in action!):

The crowd filing into Newcastle Stadium















Matt talking to the stadium announcer

















The riders walking onto the track















The bikes preparing for the first race