Hot Shoe 58 Posted August 29, 2017 workington were given a start time so not there fault that they didnt get ready untill close to the start time double headers dont work draged out too long and wonder what would have been said if workington were ready to go and asked to start 5 mins after the first meeting finished Totally agree about double-headers. That meeting dragged on far too long. My question for the future would be how would people feel if all meetings were double headers next season. No thanks. The matches on Monday dragged on far too long. Double-headers are fine if you need to squeeze fixtures in but it would be the death of speedway if they were a regular thing. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
leander 495 Posted August 29, 2017 Word was he got filled in and collided with the items (fire extinguishers etc) near the starting date. It was Palm Toft that hit the starting marshal not his bike and it was a complete and total accident. The first meeting was disappointing in terms of racing and equally as disappointing were Auty & Palm Toft. The second meeting was much better, and so were Palm Toft and Auty. Workington were poor and Sarjeant worse. A quick word for the referee, Chris Durno. Not only did he keep the meeting moving along as quickly as he could - with Rob Godfrey in complete agreement - he also made sure that the second meeting started sooner than might have been the case. Not often referees get praised on here, but he did an excellent job Word was he got filled in and collided with the items (fire extinguishers etc) near the starting date. It was Palm Toft that hit the starting marshal not his bike and it was a complete and total accident. The first meeting was disappointing in terms of racing and equally as disappointing were Auty & Palm Toft. The second meeting was much better, and so were Palm Toft and Auty. Workington were poor and Sarjeant worse. A quick word for the referee, Chris Durno. Not only did he keep the meeting moving along as quickly as he could - with Rob Godfrey in complete agreement - he also made sure that the second meeting started sooner than might have been the case. Not often referees get praised on here, but he did an excellent job HT always gives good fair comments on Scorpions meetings. Had Auty and MPT ridden as they usually do . the win could have been for Scorpions. However they obviously didn't like or couldn't get on with the dry dusty track! so no blame on them! That's why I like the night meetings....please night meetings next year Rob! The first match was anything but dry and dusty. They couldn't ride the 4 inches of cr*p on the track at the start. They were actually sweeping water OFF the track on bend 3 just before the start and there was a small lagoon on the inside of bend 1. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IronScorpion 1,407 Posted August 30, 2017 Well spotted leander. The track was heavily watered to get moisture into the track to keep the dust down throughout 2 meetings. Excess water then found its way to the lowest parts of the track, inside of turns 1 & 3. I think this caught out our riders with normal start set-ups being out & getting caught out coming out of bend 2. After the removal of some shale & grading after heat 8 the racing improved. I was surprised in the race times of the Workington meeting being some 2 seconds slower than the 1st meeting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diamond@heart 399 Posted September 12, 2017 Anyone who is interested and did not know about this link on Youtube, see Post 211 to watch the meeting. http://www.speedway-forum.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=83762&page=15 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
