The Swedish and Polish leagues will play their last matches in the regular season this week.
But not so in the UK Premiership which is only two-thirds of the way through with the last match on 19 September. Then the postseason will go onto 10 October before the winner is crowned.
Last year’s champions, Poole Pirates, currently lead the league by the narrowest of margins with just points difference separating them from second place Ipswich Witches who also have 36 points.
Behind them by just a single point in third is Belle Vue Aces and then in fourth with 32 points in Swindon Robins.
With many matches to go and the team's so tightly packed together it is anyone's guest how it will finish in just over a month's time.
But one advantage for Brady Kurtz (pictured) and his Pirates teammates are that they have played significantly less matches than their rivals. They lead having raced only 16 times this season, whereas Max Fricke's Belle Vue team have already completed 20 matches.
