EIS002 159 Posted April 6, 2022 13 hours ago, GiveusaB said: Until the new track beds in, we're going to need our gating gloves on if we're going to win this one. Hoping Auty has managed to sort a decent engine out and I'm looking forward to seeing Pearson......a star in the making! Josh has driven hundreds of miles to an engine tuner over the past 7 days and I hope picked up a freshie this afternoon. three engine blow ups haven’t helped, you can imagine the cost. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MattB 177 Posted April 6, 2022 Considering the rain, the rebuilt track held up very well tonight. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
uk_martin 1,606 Posted April 6, 2022 14 hours ago, GiveusaB said: I'm looking forward to seeing Pearson......a star in the making! Any more references to the second coming of Darcy Ward are vastly premature. So how about we leave the kid alone to develop at his own pace and not put him under any more pressure? Maybe that way he will develop into a decent rider rather than just burning out too soon. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Shovlar 10,439 Posted April 6, 2022 Wasn’t there another rider hailed as the second Darcy Ward who rode for Sheffield a few seasons ago? Turned out to be a duffer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lisa-colette 6,022 Posted April 6, 2022 8 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said: Wasn’t there another rider hailed as the second Darcy Ward who rode for Sheffield a few seasons ago? Turned out to be a duffer. It was also said about Brady Kurtz when first in the Poole team and seemed to affect him. Tbh there is only one Darcy Ward, hard to copy or replicate. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Shovlar 10,439 Posted April 6, 2022 Kurtz has stagnated in the last two seasons. Hope he can kick on this year and get his career back on track. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flagrag 704 Posted April 6, 2022 23 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said: Wasn’t there another rider hailed as the second Darcy Ward who rode for Sheffield a few seasons ago? Turned out to be a duffer. Arthur Sissis was the rider that Sheffield had and like Darcy he is a natural on a motorcycle and could have been very good at Speedway if he had been more focused. Both him and his family knew he was good but he always has road racing as well as Speedway and at one point was tipped to be a Moto GP rider but is now racing in the Aussie Superbike series. His Speedway equipment was never that good quality and having Sheffield as a home track shows his lack of speed and then he was a bit unlucky picking up few injuries 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Justgotmecpc 1,059 Posted April 6, 2022 1 hour ago, Steve Shovlar said: Wasn’t there another rider hailed as the second Darcy Ward who rode for Sheffield a few seasons ago? Turned out to be a duffer. Could never call any rider to put there leg over 1 of them powerful machines a duffer 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OGT 612 Posted April 7, 2022 7 hours ago, flagrag said: Arthur Sissis was the rider that Sheffield had and like Darcy he is a natural on a motorcycle and could have been very good at Speedway if he had been more focused. Both him and his family knew he was good but he always has road racing as well as Speedway and at one point was tipped to be a Moto GP rider but is now racing in the Aussie Superbike series. His Speedway equipment was never that good quality and having Sheffield as a home track shows his lack of speed and then he was a bit unlucky picking up few injuries He admitted he made a mistake returning to speedway. It was a knee jerk reaction to his Moto3 dreams being shattered by Mahindra. He's certainly no duffer having podiumed in his first season in the class. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gerbat1875 78 Posted April 7, 2022 10 hours ago, uk_martin said: Any more references to the second coming of Darcy Ward are vastly premature. So how about we leave the kid alone to develop at his own pace and not put him under any more pressure? Maybe that way he will develop into a decent rider rather than just burning out too soon. Darcy Ward was an exception, he was doing things that others could only dream about 16 years old, the injury that finished him robbed speedway of the greatest talent ever seen on a bike, I am pretty sure Ward would have had at least 4 world titles by now, trust me no one will ever compare to Darcy Ward, he was one special talent 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GiveusaB 1,133 Posted April 7, 2022 11 hours ago, uk_martin said: Average race time then about 65 seconds? £18 for 10 races = £1.80 per race. Divided by 65 = 2.77 pence per second of track "action". Alternatively, for the 4 overtakes that were not attributable to bike failures, that's £4.50 per overtake. Bargain! So, who's eating their words now? Who'd want to be a weather forecaster? Yep, it certainly was a night like no other...no getting away from that. It's almost a good thing that the crowd was "unspectacular" as at least if someone does come for their first time in weeks to come, they have a chance of picking up a better impression of the sport than tonight would have given, and may come again. When are you going to say something positive about your club? People are working hard and putting their own money in to keeping our club going and all you do is shoot em down with your constant negativity. I don't wish to offend you, but if you're going to keep slating the Brummies, its best not to say anything at all...its just damaging! Your definition of 'supporter' seems totally different to most others...... ? 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
noaksey 345 Posted April 7, 2022 What was the crowd like? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Villain 94 Posted April 7, 2022 14 hours ago, uk_martin said: Average race time then about 65 seconds? £18 for 10 races = £1.80 per race. Divided by 65 = 2.77 pence per second of track "action". Alternatively, for the 4 overtakes that were not attributable to bike failures, that's £4.50 per overtake. Bargain! So, who's eating their words now? Who'd want to be a weather forecaster? Yep, it certainly was a night like no other...no getting away from that. It's almost a good thing that the crowd was "unspectacular" as at least if someone does come for their first time in weeks to come, they have a chance of picking up a better impression of the sport than tonight would have given, and may come again. Time taken using thought process to decide to compose this drivel = 5 seconds, Actual time taken to work out the figures = 3 hours Time taken by me to read this tripe = approx 30 seconds of my life - wasted. Thanks for your effort. Up the Brummies!! 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Villain 94 Posted April 7, 2022 2 hours ago, GiveusaB said: When are you going to say something positive about your club? People are working hard and putting their own money in to keeping our club going and all you do is shoot em down with your constant negativity. I don't wish to offend you, but if you're going to keep slating the Brummies, its best not to say anything at all...its just damaging! Your definition of 'supporter' seems totally different to most others...... ? Why not? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trackrat 440 Posted April 7, 2022 4 hours ago, noaksey said: What was the crowd like? Very sparse. Cold & wet, fixture already lost. Was good to see some racing though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites