Mark 1,497 Posted December 17, 2020 15 minutes ago, racers and royals said: That is not certain as you well know- if the track is wet when the dirt line moves out 5,6 or 7 could quite easily get the best of track conditions. Wet track. Got it. I'll wait for one of those in 2021. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,717 Posted December 17, 2020 8 minutes ago, Mark said: Wet track. Got it. I'll wait for one of those in 2021. or overwatered 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iwright71 206 Posted December 17, 2020 6 hours ago, racers and royals said: It doesn`t really matter - the track is not graded after every race during a match. The riders want a practice on the track. As i said before it`s made for TV - the riders like it and if a rider thinks that 2 gate 1`s in a meeting gives him an advantage for going fast in qualifying, then what`s wrong with that ? Don`t forget the track isn`t necessarily best the 1st race after a grade- i accept that it normally is but then the rider has to pick the best line without making a mistake. If the riders and TV like it, then it`s good enough for me !! Must admit I've not read anywhere that the riders are calling for this. It seems yet another instance of the F.I.M trying to railroad a niche sport of speedway and make it uniform with all their other motor sport disciplines . Speedway of Nations, New Scoring system, Qualifying. All mostly a step backwards for speedway . Personally don't see anything wrong with the open draw, if anything more effort should go into ensuring that 1 gate is not significantly better than the other 3. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,717 Posted December 17, 2020 4 minutes ago, iwright71 said: Must admit I've not read anywhere that the riders are calling for this. It seems yet another instance of the F.I.M trying to railroad a niche sport of speedway and make it uniform with all their other motor sport disciplines . Speedway of Nations, New Scoring system, Qualifying. All mostly a step backwards for speedway . Personally don't see anything wrong with the open draw, if anything more effort should go into ensuring that 1 gate is not significantly better than the other 3. You obviously need to go back to 2019 season when Poland started using Friday`s and it was the 1st year of " timed qualification". I remember both Woffinden and Zmarzlik when interviewed saying that they didn`t have a choice to ride for their clubs and wished it had been made compulsory so that the full field could practice/qualify Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark 1,497 Posted December 17, 2020 If practice is made compulsory but Poland still schedule fixtures on Friday night what happens Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grand Central 2,654 Posted December 17, 2020 (edited) The first couple of practice qualifiers had a certain novelty value ... But that was it. Boring as hell otherwise. A terrible waste of a prime time Friday evening that would be much better used for Polish matches. and on top of everything the TV programme production was pretty dreadful. Edited December 17, 2020 by Grand Central 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,717 Posted December 17, 2020 9 minutes ago, Mark said: If practice is made compulsory but Poland still schedule fixtures on Friday night what happens Don`t think it will come to that- if you go back a page there are some guesses as to what might happen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DutchGrasstrack 804 Posted December 18, 2020 Terenzano confirmed as the first GP. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
moomin man 76 171 Posted December 18, 2020 56 minutes ago, DutchGrasstrack said: Terenzano confirmed as the first GP. Oh dear...hopefully no one will be expecting any entertainment from the meeting. Never seen an interesting meeting yet from Terenzano. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark 1,497 Posted December 18, 2020 2 hours ago, DutchGrasstrack said: Terenzano confirmed as the first GP. Rubbish track. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grand Central 2,654 Posted December 18, 2020 BSI planning to go out on a whimper ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
moomin man 76 171 Posted December 18, 2020 1 hour ago, Grand Central said: BSI planning to go out on a whimper ... But at least Castagna gets a GP in his beloved Italy... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pont 0 Posted December 18, 2020 4 hours ago, DutchGrasstrack said: Terenzano confirmed as the first GP. Surly there is no chance of this going ahead with fans in April ? Never been to this Track so would be keen but just can't see it being on and being money spent and then shuffled about. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,717 Posted December 18, 2020 38 minutes ago, Pont said: Surly there is no chance of this going ahead with fans in April ? Never been to this Track so would be keen but just can't see it being on and being money spent and then shuffled about. They had a crowd for this meeting in October- so don`t see any reason why they won`t in April Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pont 0 Posted December 18, 2020 30 minutes ago, racers and royals said: They had a crowd for this meeting in October- so don`t see any reason why they won`t in April Ok - Thanks for that, that's interesting. Perhaps I'll reserve a hotel then and see how it progresses. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites