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  2. Posted

    No disrespect but other than Brennan and bickley what other kids do you see that are going to take on the likes of pawlicki brothers when they were 16 or the Brady Kurtz etc from around the world British youth has 2/3 riders that will go past NL reserve level and that's it

    Until they've all sat on a 500cc no one can predict then to be world beaters. It's just amazing that Poland Denmark Sweden and Australia are producing these riders at such a young age. Do Australia have a league dedicated to just Australians to race like our NL? They have to come over to the pl on a 5 which is obviously harder than the NL

    Didn't you just contradict your own point there??

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  3. Posted · Edited by alkadera

    These comebacks are a bit primary school Starman!

    That's doing a disservice to primary school kids. They are way more cutting than starman's clown and takes one to know one efforts.

     

    I don't post very often but read every day but just recently starman has excelled himself in misreading, misinterpreting and missing the point. Pure class!

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    There are quite a few youth riders to look out for in the future alongside Harry and the Thompsons. To name a few - Jolyon West, Leon Flint, Jordan Palin, Jason Edwards, James Hitchen, Sam Stead, Kean Dicken.

     

    Watched these guys at every youth round as my son races in it. He managed to lead one of the Thompsons for a lap! A lot of hard work and practise needed to get near their level.

     

    Also, brilliant to see Chris Harris taking the Thompsons and Kyle Roberts under his wing in his new race team. A fantastic opportunity and hopefully might inspire some other riders to get involved in the youth programme

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  8. Posted

    I think the point is that he made no attempt to clear the track but was up & smiling as soon as the race was stopped. "That's one for you mate", Holder was out of the GP's if the race had continued. No chance Holder would have beaten PK on the night with the way he was riding.

    It's all a bit conspiracy theory for me. He hit the fence pretty hard with the bike going away from him. I think he was probably more concerned with making sure he was Ok.

     

    Holder probably wouldn't have beaten kildemand, I'll agree on that but I don't think woffinden was particularly thinking that at the time.

     

    This could be pretty academic depending on when the red lights went on. I can't remember tbh.

  10. Posted

    I am glad you said that, I know Tai hurt himself which is why I am giving him the benefit of the doubt and I assume and hope he was not playing games, but the way he went down at the time my immediate thought was he is doing his mate Holder a big favour there.

    If tai was going to help holder would he really have fallen like that risking injury and machine? It was clear that he picked up unexpected drive entering the corner which sent him wider and deeper than he wanted. Surely an engine 'failure' or a simple slide off would have been easier and less risky rather than a high speed off a few feet from the fence?

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  11. Posted · Edited by alkadera

    Ever thought just maybe that Garrity could be slightly better than Newman

    About 0.1 difference in their EL averages (7.1 to 7.2) but in the PL conversion Poole gain nearly a point on Coventry. Newman - 4.1 garrity 5.0 (ish for both!)

  12. Posted

    Well yes I would say that it is the referee's job to stop him.

    Look whatever happens happens whether it's nothing or BV being crowned champions and everything inbetween. Whichever way one side is going to be treated harshly due to the referee and SCBs incompetence.

    But by going to the tapes he surely indicates he's ready to race. Isnt it the riders responsibility to be appropriately equipped at this point?

     

    Really don't know what the answer is tbh just trying to give an alternative I guess!

     

    The rest of your statement I'm in total agreement with!

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    No the best case scenario and what should have happened is that the referee spots Kyle wasn't ready to race at 2 minutes and excluded him. The race then rerun with all 4 back and Kyle off 15m. Somebody not wearing goggles is easier to spot that other issues with the bike especially as he held up the start for 60 seconds trying to fix them!

     

    I never thought of referring to wacky races silly me. I think the relevant word when it comes to cheating is intent. Did kyle intend to cheat when he made the decision to proceed with the race without the goggles? Obviously open to debate but for me he made a snap decision based on the circumstances, and it was definitely not something planned.

    Once he had thrown the goggles away and rolled up to the tapes it was his intent to race without the appropriate equipment. It's not the refs job at that point to stop him is it? It was Newman's choice to do so and therefore once the race started he should have been excluded. That he wasn't is the bone of contention...

  18. Posted

    Parrys International Wolves have received information this morning that Piotr Pawlicki is unable to race this evening owing to illness.

     

    While we find this disappointing- less than 24 hours after he scored a 15 point maximum in the World Under 21 Championship-and the second successive meeting he has been absent after a 100% commitment record previously it would be unwise to make any further comment until we have spoken at length with his Polish manager Krystian Plech who had arranged to travel with Piotr this morning and will still be attending tonight.

     

    With the unavailability of any suitable guest Wolves will operate the rider replacement rule to cover his absence with all team members eligible to take a ride

     

    This was just posted on wolves website. Much as I love to watch piotr this is a disgrace. If he can't be arsed then time to say goodbye.

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    [e name=Halifaxtiger" post="2420405" timestamp="1395709506]

     

    Despite the score line, a very entertaining meeting on a superb track with some excellent presentation thrown in.

     

    A good night spoilt only by some a*seh*le breaking into my car.

     

    Someone tried to get into our car too. Thank god for toughened glass But it made for an expensive night.

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    Isnt that how most of the passes in speedway are made - by forcing riders to commit errors.

     

    Wouldn't say most, some definitely. Most passes are made by choosing a different line to the rider in front to generate more speed or gain a better track position by which to make a pass. From what I saw, finding different lines at leicester may prove trickier, leaving pressure to force mistakes as giving the better chance of passing.

     

  25. Posted

    As I said earlier, my first visit last night so totally impartial in the track debate. For me, last night there was a lot of close racing and there were 3-4 passes coming off the 4th bend but are there any other lines for riders to pass on or at least use? It seemed very much a one line in and out - miss the line and get passed or lose ground. Bjerre's pass on Toft was the result of great pressure leading to Toft going too wide - couldn't quite believe 'the best race ever' tag because if I heard that as a first timer I may not be attending again.

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