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Not pilot or pit crew related then...... Mustve had quite run of bad luck with fuel over the years then

In speedway, if the best riders gates first (which is a contributory factor as to why they are “good” in the first place) then the “not so good” riders will finish behind them. On Saturday there were very few times the “not so good “ riders got out of the gate first & when they did, the good riders passed them. Hence why 4 of the Lions team achieved paid maximums.

Not really knowing the strengths and weaknesses of both sides.....but I was not expecting that result though. What was encouraging for Kent was that all the riders chipped in with points. Look forward to a visit to Iwade.

There can be processional races everywhere however good or bad the track is. The only thing they are doing at Leicester is trying and innovating. The original track shape and banking has been altered several times and the camber on the first turn has been improved and may be improved further. The fact that the track is extensively used for practice must hamper preparation on occasions but without practice there would be no conveyor belt of new talent. Swindon was massively improved by shortening the straights are rounding off the corners and a few tracks may benefit from that as the issue it seems are bikes and modern engines and set up's as much as tracks, even though Leicester is a relative new build. Give the Promotion there credit where it's due and as someone else has said, better a track where racing is ocasionally boring than no racing at all, you only have to look down the road at Coventry and Cradley to realise that.

Same cameras and crew and wage bill

Just hope that not too many riders read Berry9’s post. If they do, they will looking for excuses not to show up for their team. Love the reference to cheating. The club have picked up on this and have agreed to remove the sign post on the first bend which reads ‘riders in white and yellow helmet colours please turn right and allow for the safe passage of those in red and blue helmet colours’. The management will also apologise for the strong team they have assembled and will discourage them from making good starts to give opposing teams a chance to win races and promise not to pass opposing riders in front of them. I’ve made this point several times on this forum and the quality of racing is down to the quality of riders on track and their willingness to compete. I’ve had the privilege of watching GP level riders giving it their all head to head on this track (when it was worse tan it is now!) and the racing was superb. The only team to beat the Lions at home last season were Poole. Nobody seems to like the Pirates (and I can understand why), but they won because their riders attacked the track and were the better team and deservedly won on the night. In the first couple of seasons after Leicester returned to the sport, I don’t recall too many negative comments from opposing teams regarding the track. The Lions were consistently beaten at home and the track was far worse than what it is now. Hope this hasn’t discouraged Berry9 from future posts. For future posts though the spelling of ‘sink’ and also ‘Bears’ (check user name reference) need to be noted for the adult checking and posting comments on their behalf.

Hostile seeing as most of them are OAP's i bet you were all quaking with fear

Sam Woolley seems to have upped his game. Fair play to him.

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I've been of the impression for several years that Auty rolls over his equipment from season to season without getting new bikes/gear. Judging by this season's photos of his equipment it seems that he is still using old gear. The bloke just clearly doesn't give two hoots about the sport and being professional and I'm surprised that it's taken this long for people to notice.

Is that weather ellis or vissing turn up or auty has some machinery to attend!!

And prob gated better too!

I do think the two clubs with the weakest top riders Lynn & Peterborough will both make the play-offs.

That in lies the problem with the team manager - Allen should of been replaced in heat 9 off the back of Brennan winning the previous heat.

I feel for you, supporting Man Utd and Belle Vue!! Just as well you have a long memory!

Don't know to be honest... When I used to go the attendance hovered around 1200 to 1400 which wasnt "too bad" in the grand scheme of things... Cannot recall City being at home either when I have been there, but I suppose they must have played at the same time before now.. Although as City struggle to fill their ground maybe it doesn't have any impact? At the old place crowds held up pretty well to be fair given the Aces were so poor for a good many of the seasons from 93 onwards... And "if" the crowd last night was circa 1500+ I am sure those in charge would be quite pleased to maintain that all season... Income of around £30k a match would be more than most I would think...

NO .

I just noticed Richard went well for Brummie's select at Wolves last night. Scoring 1,3,2,2,3,1,3 .15 of the Brummi'es 34 points.

The 125 class is now 250cc The 250 class is now 675cc Triumph engines (all riders), frames can be anybodies Top class has been up to 1000cc but now back to 800 or 850 I think. 2020 Suzuki won the individual (Joan Mir [its a male]) and the team championship, first time for 20 years or so. Last year a Frenchman Fabio Quartararo on a Yamaha won the individual and Ducati the team. Ducati have 3 teams of 2, so that is 6 bikes it is looking after. Honda and Yamaha have 2 x2, Suzuki 1 x2 along with Aprilia. Aprilia have been very much tail end charlies for a few years, they started moving forward last year and now can finish in the top 10 easily. Little more improvement and they will be up there. In the top class top speeds can now be around 224mph (phew), Ducati developed and others followed a rear end lowering system to help stop front end lifting at the start. This has developed into front end lowering, so both can be lowered on the straights. However, concern about increased top speed and the problems this device can cause if you tailing someone with a wind behind you, braking for corners is a nightmare, front end lowering is band from next year. Announcing that now will save loads of money being spent on development of anything more. Yes, it is interesting.

It is very exciting at the moment, and has been for last couple years, but now….. off the scale.

I couldn't wait for the Rossi, Pedrosa Marquez, Lorenzo period to finish . It was more or less guaranteed they would finish 1 - 4 but I'm actually missing it altho I admit the youngsters are taking things to a different level

I don't think I seen a highside that high, but he also twisted in mid air. Surprised he got up actually. That was his 4th high speed crash of the week end, one I saw he barrelled rolled, another I saw at the same spot I think, he slid gracefully on his back and the bike barrelled rolled. I am always cringing when the bike goes up in the air, fortunately not seen one hit a rider, hopefully I don't see one, could be real bad. I agree with you, if he cant control himself and just settle for what the bike will do then he should stop riding. I hope he does, too many injuries and he has a detached retina, specialist said one big bang on his head and he could go blind. He took a head knock yesterday, lets hope it was not a real bad one. If some contracts are up at the end of the year it should be interesting. I think Mir and Quartararo will want to move, plus one or two others wanting full factory bikes. These youngsters are amazing when they come to MotoGP

Quite. Let the creative juices flow. Bring on Subbuteo speedway (under 45s reading this will now all hit Google), try to control your enthusiasm as you flick little plastic bikes around a miniature cardboard track. Only the smell of methanol will be missing.

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I think a sachet of Steradent might be more of a winner....