WestGorton1884 621 Posted June 13, 2017 Hardly any racing for a month , then two away meetings in three days when our best riders are unavailable ??? No wonder the sport in this country is on its knees 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv 10,695 Posted June 13, 2017 How the hell did Italy get four places?Armando made the decision on behalf of the FIM perhaps..... 😜 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hodgy 976 Posted June 13, 2017 Why oh why would Bomber want to embarrass himself in the GP series again when he is so out of his dept!! Embarrass himself? Making the top 16 in the World on numerous occasions is a fantastic achievement. A true Brit, always proud to represent his club and country. A proud, patriotic British Champion, gives it his all, rarely moans and interviews as a down to earth chap. All without a silver spoon. Give the guy some credit. 19 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GWC 495 Posted June 13, 2017 I'd take King over Kurtz around Rye. You need to check their recent scores Ben Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris 439 Posted June 13, 2017 Stupidity from the promotion arranging the fixture on a off night before a GP qualification that's been in the diary for many, many months. The sport just doesn't help itself with this sort of ineptitude. Weakened teams and missing riders just pisses fans off. Not good from the Rye promotion that they didn't book Kurtz before Belle Vue either. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bruno 1,790 Posted June 14, 2017 Not really sure why because of the guest situation but we're coming down for this later so I've got an important question. Have the fish and chips improved? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikebv 10,243 Posted June 14, 2017 (edited) Stupidity from the promotion arranging the fixture on a off night before a GP qualification that's been in the diary for many, many months. The sport just doesn't help itself with this sort of ineptitude. Weakened teams and missing riders just pisses fans off. Not good from the Rye promotion that they didn't book Kurtz before Belle Vue either. It happens so often you can only assume that those running the sport have effectively 'given up'... They must know attendances are affected. They must know meetings such as this are 'Mickey Mouse'. They must know these type of meetings can't be taken seriously in a professional sports context. Yet they still run them... Strange world they live in.. Must be living in the 'speedway bubble' that makes successful business people take leave of their gut instinct business senses.... Edited June 14, 2017 by mikebv 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
westhamboy66 599 Posted June 14, 2017 British Speedway once again a joke. No speedway for ages at Rye then we ride on a dodgy off night without the number one attraction. Fair play to Chris Harris for wanting to do the GP's but the possibility that he may have to go to a qualifier has been in the diary for ages but we still think its a great idea to run on a Wednesday night. Potentially the crowd could have been the worst so far but the only saving grace is the extreme drought of racing at Rye. Then another ridiculously long wait (Over a month) until the next proper meeting (I won't watch a challenge match against a made up side that no longer exists) so the powers to be seemingly don't have a clue As for the choice of guests we seem to be expert at awful choices. I hope Danny does to well but King for Harris really? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SPEEDY69 1,251 Posted June 14, 2017 When this meeting was planned I wouldn't be surprised if it was assumed Harris wouldn't be doing the gp qualifiers this season. Belle Vue probably hadn't signed KB and originally Cook didn't seem to have a place in the qualifiers with Lambert getting the nod ahead of him. That meant a worst case of only one away team heat leader missing, which was probably not much of an issue to the home promotion, and given a team only needs around 52 points to finish in the top four, any away meeting isn't really worth getting that bothered about. As it has worked out Cook will be there but why plan it on an off night in the first place? It seem odd given the comments from some home fans about the lack of fixtures before and after? Who'd be a fixture planner, it must be an impossible task? He wasn't, until nominated ahead of Lambert and Worrall to fill an extra place that came up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hammer1969 414 Posted June 14, 2017 Not really sure why because of the guest situation but we're coming down for this later so I've got an important question. Have the fish and chips improved? They've improved a bit on last year's but still not as good as they were a few years ago. On Saturdays we have an ice cream van so if that's there tonight you could always try that in the heat we have at present. We're just hoping they water the track otherwise it will be fish & chips covered in shale (lol) Hope you enjoy the meeting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WembleyLion 411 Posted June 14, 2017 (edited) Can only blame the promotions who fail to spot when these GP Qualifiers/other FIM meetings are on are on but it happens every season! Some very strange GP qualifier allocations as well! Should be a nice evening though and let's hope for a good meeting! Edited June 14, 2017 by WembleyLion Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil The Ace 2,853 Posted June 14, 2017 Rye house 44-46 aces Only time we lead was after heat 15 happy with that 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Perton Wolf 396 Posted June 14, 2017 Good win for Belle Vue tonight, an inspired choice of Guest in Brady Kurtz...... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rayleigh 362 Posted June 14, 2017 Inspired, it was a no brainer, one guest won heat 15 the other wasn't nominated. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ouch 1,191 Posted June 14, 2017 8 each from their four heats but lucky for us Rye left King out of 15. Get out of jail free. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
