Barrycuda

Both old 13 and present 15 heat format had/have well balanced rider pairings. ie heat leader + second string from both teams with rest of the heats made up with heat leader + reserve and second string + reserve. Even heats 12&13 1 4 v 3 5 and 3 5 v 1 4 old format seemed well balanced. Regarding fix gate postions with present format. Heats 1-4 three out of four either 1&3 or 2&4 looks bad and even worse heats 5-10 five out six either 1&3 or 2&4. I know that every rider gets each gate position once and that each team gets either seven 1&3 or 2&4 gate postions per 14 heats. As this influenced passed meeting scores or would alternating 1&3/2&4 have been a better way to go. At least I've had a go at trying to do a meeting format and got two 6 7 v 6 7 heats in. Would be interested if anyone bar the ones I have read on this thread could come up with any sort of ideas.

These are the possible rider heat pairing combinations keeping heat leaders and reserves apart. Heat Leader And Second String Pairings 1 3 v 1 3 1 2 v 2 3 2 3 v 1 4 3 4 v 1 2 4 5 v 4 5 1 3 v 1 4 1 5 v 2 5 3 4 v 3 5 1 4 v 2 4 1 3 v 1 5 1 2 v 2 5 2 3 v 2 3 3 4 v 1 4 1 3 v 2 4 1 3 v 2 3 1 5 v 3 4 3 5 v 1 2 2 3 v 2 4 1 3 v 3 5 1 2 v 3 4 2 3 v 2 5 3 4 v 2 3 1 5 v 2 4 1 3 v 2 5 1 5 v 4 5 3 5 v 1 4 2 4 v 1 2 1 5 v 1 3 1 2 v 4 5 2 3 v 3 4 3 4 v 2 5 2 4 v 1 3 1 3 v 3 4 2 3 v 1 3 3 5 v 2 3 2 4 v 1 4 1 5 v 1 5 1 4 v 1 2 2 3 v 4 5 3 4 v 3 4 2 4 v 1 5 1 3 v 4 5 2 3 v 1 5 3 5 v 2 5 2 4 v 2 3 1 5 v 3 5 1 4 v 1 4 2 5 v 1 2 3 4 v 4 5 2 4 v 3 5 1 4 v 1 3 2 3 v 3 5 3 5 v 3 4 2 4 v 2 5 3 5 v 1 3 1 4 v 2 3 2 5 v 1 4 4 5 v 1 2 3 5 v 2 4 1 4 v 1 5 2 5 v 1 3 3 5 v 4 5 2 4 v 3 4 3 5 v 1 5 1 4 v 2 5 2 5 v 2 3 4 5 v 1 4 1 2 v 1 3 1 4 v 3 5 2 5 v 1 5 4 5 v 1 3 2 4 v 4 5 3 5 v 3 5 1 4 v 3 4 2 5 v 2 5 4 5 v 2 3 1 2 v 1 5 1 5 v 1 2 2 5 v 3 5 4 5 v 1 5 2 5 v 2 4 1 2 v 1 2 1 4 v 4 5 2 5 v 3 4 4 5 v 2 5 1 2 v 3 5 1 5 v 1 4 3 4 v 1 3 4 5 v 3 5 3 4 v 2 4 1 2 v 1 4 2 3 v 1 2 2 5 v 4 5 4 5 v 3 4 1 3 v 1 2 1 5 v 2 3 3 4 v 1 5 1 2 v 2 4 4 5 v 2 4 Second Strings And Reserves Pairings 2 4 v 2 4 2 6 v 4 6 2 7 v 4 6 4 6 v 4 6 4 7 v 4 6 2 4 v 4 6 4 6 v 2 4 2 6 v 6 7 6 7 v 2 6 6 7 v 6 7 2 6 v 4 7 2 7 v 4 7 4 6 v 4 7 4 7 v 4 7 2 4 v 4 7 4 7 v 2 4 2 7 v 6 7 6 7 v 2 7 2 6 v 2 6 2 7 v 2 6 4 6 v 2 6 4 7 v 2 6 2 4 v 2 6 2 6 v 2 4 2 4 v 6 7 4 6 v 6 7 6 7 v 4 6 2 6 v 2 7 2 7 v 2 7 4 6 v 2 7 4 7 v 2 7 2 4 v 2 7 2 7 v 2 4 6 7 v 2 4 4 7 v 6 7 6 7 v 4 7 Sorting a heat format for the Elite League maybe a case of round pegs square holes which the bspa never thought about

Yes meeting heat format made up (Not set in stone) Swedish League riders average based on heat points average rather than meeting points average Like most people following speedway have not got the answer to everything. Just a few thoughts for the rest of you to think and talk about One other thought regarding meeting heat formats. How about 3 times 5 heat sets with point for each set won + 2points for highest total match score over the 15 heats (Each set starting from zero scores)

Ht1 1 2 1 2 Ht2 6 7 6 7 Ht3 4 5 4 5 Ht4 1 3 1 3 Ht5 6 7 6 7 Ht6 3 5 3 5 Ht7 2 7 2 7 Ht8 3 4 5 6 Ht9 5 6 3 4 Ht10 1 2 5 6 Ht11 4 7 4 7 Ht12 5 6 1 2 Ht13 1 2 3 4 Ht14 3 4 1 2 Ht15 N N N N Remove Tactical Ride Rule With Following Points Score System (To stop leading team from sitting on a 8 point lead and to stop losing team from dropping heat points to gain tactical ride) LEAGUE SCORING SYSTEM Home loss by any amount of points = 0 (No Change) Home draw = 1 (No Change) Home win by between 1 and 6 points = 2 (Home win by between 1 and 10 points = 2) Home win by 7 points or more = 3 (Home win by 11 points or more = 3) Away loss by 7 points or more = 0 (Away loss by 11 points or more = 0) Away loss by 6 points or less = 1 (Away loss by 10 points or less = 1) Away draw = 2 (No Change) Away win by between 1 and 6 points = 3 (Away win by between 1 and 10 points = 3) Away win by 7 points or more = 4 (Away win by 11 points or more = 4) Change Race Points To Following 4points Win 2points Second 1point Third 0point Fourth non finish etc Riders Paid As Following (Not Per Point) X £ Per Start + X £ Per Win X £ Per Start + X £ Per Second X £ Per Start + X £ Per Third X £ Per Start

What happens to teams that have big track advantages and well over the top of the points limit for the following seasons team building with 75-15 scores