bruno 1,790 Posted May 14, 2018 I shall never enter Stoke speedway again, a shambles of a club. Feel for the fans that track could be a great racetrack . I've been to every track except Redcar which I will get to this year and although some tracks don't give good racing ,rating the overall experience Stoke come bottom by a country mile Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Racin Jason 72 1,239 Posted May 15, 2018 I actually really want to go to stoke just to see if it really is that bad ! Last time I went was twenty years ago and there was a crater on the first bend then. But I remember in the late eighties the track was famously well prepared and smooth so we know it can be done. I know stock cars share the track but so do many other tracks without the rough track. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
THE DEAN MACHINE 4,721 Posted May 15, 2018 (edited) I didn’t go on Saturday as I watched the GP but I am reliably informed by certain people that stoke had put new shale on the track and a quote from one rider was “it was mint” his words not mine,however cause some riders couldn’t handle more dirt dave scraped it off after heat 5 , funny enough the same rider loves riding Buxton’s track and often hits big scores there, that rider has the right attitude, it’s a shame others don’t follow, while the generator needs sorting and somebody please sort missery guts out in the bar, the track is not a problem, if it’s rough it’s rough some tracks are, you put inexperianced riders out on bikes they don’t really understand on a rough track then what do you expect ? I watch some national league riders and they are going faster than they can handle and are generally being taken for a ride by the bike, dave and his team are really trying to get stoke back to where it should be but it’s difficult on a shoe string, Edited May 15, 2018 by THE DEAN MACHINE 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pinny 2,536 Posted May 16, 2018 I remember Craig Watson flying under the airfence and smashing his arm to pieces on a fence post. The club has been a shambles since their PL days, horrific stadium awful track and a careless promoter. How the club still has a license under Tatum, i do not know Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sings4Speedway 3,223 Posted May 16, 2018 Sadly lifting/ poorly fitted air fences are an occurrence at many tracks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ProudtobeaBrummie 646 Posted May 16, 2018 (edited) Whats happened to Rob shuttleworths form this year at the end of last year i thought he was going to establish himself in the championship but he's national league form has really dropped away to he's form of 2 years ago ... 8,5,2,5,0 is well below he's average maybe there's machinery problems and more to it in the meetings that the bare numbers don't show .. Edited May 16, 2018 by ProudtobeaBrummie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gee jay 234 Posted May 16, 2018 as a newport regular at the time i remember it , it put him out for the rest of the season . i think the next year he did the same to his arm at home to stoke . as s4s says it still happens now although thankfully no where near as much as then , when it was a regular occurrence. not so sure it can be piled on the problems at stoke atm as it was a speedway problem as a whole back then. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aces51 2,777 Posted May 17, 2018 On 15/05/2018 at 1:32 PM, adonis said: Belle Vue greyhound track was always diabolical , and that was for Elite league , some have been blinded to that by the new surrounds of the nss If you're referring to the standard of track preparation it wasn't always diabolical. It certainly had its moments when it was poorly prepared, which resulted in several changes of track staff but was fine for the first few years, reasonable for most of the time and very good from when Colin Meredith took over as track curator until we moved out in 2015. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
burton1 39 Posted May 17, 2018 On 16/05/2018 at 4:16 AM, Pinny said: I remember Craig Watson flying under the airfence and smashing his arm to pieces on a fence post. The club has been a shambles since their PL days, horrific stadium awful track and a careless promoter. How the club still has a license under Tatum, i do not know I remember Craig Watson smashing his ankle to bits ,in a match at Newport ,these incidents can happen anywhere. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
East End Fan 426 Posted May 19, 2018 Macauley Leek went through the fence at full throttle and head on last Monday at Kent. Air bags were smashed to bits but Macauley, who ended up behind the fence, got up and walked away unharmed. Why aren't all fences as safe as that ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites