Jump to content
British Speedway Forum
A ORLOV

Swindon v Leicester 12.04.18

Recommended Posts

A track does not go from being considered suitable to race on to a state of being unfit in less than one minute, but this is essentially what the Referee has admitted to. If the crash was down to rider error alone, then the meeting would have continued. The fact that the crash (involving injuries), seems to have been a wake up call is poor. Whilst the Swindon promotion should not be exempt from some criticism regarding track preparation, the Referee should be questioned here. They can hide behind the excuse that riders were willing to race but the riders did not abandon the meeting. If you have the authority to abandon the meeting, you are surely singularly responsible for giving it the go ahead (despite pressure from other parties).   

  • Like 4

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

What a load of Ill informed s**t being spoken on here....nothing changes , the track was totally suitable to start on the pits bend looked greasy compared to the first corners but all 4 riders went into the 3rd corner at full pelt which resulted in the inevitable, despite what Hans typically says in hindsight everyone was keen for the meeting to commence so keep your bull***t opinions to yourself MattFordFan you total fanny 

  • Like 3
  • Haha 1

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
5 minutes ago, hagonshocker said:

What a load of Ill informed s**t being spoken on here....nothing changes , the track was totally suitable to start on the pits bend looked greasy compared to the first corners but all 4 riders went into the 3rd corner at full pelt which resulted in the inevitable, despite what Hans typically says in hindsight everyone was keen for the meeting to commence so keep your bull***t opinions to yourself MattFordFan you total fanny 

Not my fault if you cant handle the truth. Professional Speedway rider has agreed with me.

Night Night.

  • Haha 1

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
11 minutes ago, hagonshocker said:

What a load of Ill informed s**t being spoken on here....nothing changes , the track was totally suitable to start on the pits bend looked greasy compared to the first corners but all 4 riders went into the 3rd corner at full pelt which resulted in the inevitable, despite what Hans typically says in hindsight everyone was keen for the meeting to commence so keep your bull***t opinions to yourself MattFordFan you total fanny 

If everyone coming off was inevitable when racing at full speed, then you've rather proved that the track wasn't fit for racing.

Edited by OldRacer
  • Like 3

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
5 minutes ago, OldRacer said:

If everyone coming off was inevitable when racing at full speed, then you've rather proved that the track wasn't fit for racing.

Incorrect. The referee, along with the riders deemed the track fit to ride on.

Hagonshocker was a bystander.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
5 minutes ago, theblueboy said:

Incorrect. The referee, along with the riders deemed the track fit to ride on.

Hagonshocker was a bystander.

Read the thread. Hans Andersen said it should never have started. Therefore he thought the track wasn't fit to ride.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
11 minutes ago, Matt Ford Fan said:

Read the thread. Hans Andersen said it should never have started. Therefore he thought the track wasn't fit to ride.

Good ol’ Mystic Hans.

Hans is a family man, loves his pipe and slippers and isn’t putting his neck on the block for anyone.

However, could this be the same Hans that won a Grand Prix, on a track that Tom Daley would have enjoyed.

How times have changed. 

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
27 minutes ago, theblueboy said:

Incorrect. The referee, along with the riders deemed the track fit to ride on.

Hagonshocker was a bystander.

If that was the case, why was it abandoned after less than a lap?

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
17 minutes ago, Matt Ford Fan said:

Read the thread. Hans Andersen said it should never have started. Therefore he thought the track wasn't fit to ride.

Obviously others riders didn't agree otherwise it wouldn't have started. 

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Bad luck for Swindon and all clubs so far this season with this crap weather.

Hope Vaculik is ok

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Another bad night to go with a wretched start to the speedway season. I wonder how much more pain British speedway can endure ?

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Seen a picture and it did look misty, people there say track looked ok. With it being misty, drizzling and an ambulance in use which would mean a big delay I guess at that point there was zero chance of getting to heat 10. Rosco tweeted no one was forced to ride.

Edited by Woz01
  • Like 1

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
5 minutes ago, BWitcher said:

If that was the case, why was it abandoned after less than a lap?

I afraid you are asking the wrong person.

I didn’t make any decision re the meeting. 

The referee is the sole arbiter as to whether a meeting starts so your question should be addressed to them.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Please sign in to comment

You will be able to leave a comment after signing in



Sign In Now

×

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue. Privacy Policy