Tsunami 10,219 Posted April 23, 2014 could be totally wrong here, hands up if so, but sure i saw some rider have a notebook of set ups at each track, and kept them to himself. cant think who it was off hand, never got that really, bit like riders not knowing the scores of a match First saw this with our Danes at Newcastle. The likes of Bjarne, KB, etc, all had largeish handsets which was a phone, but with a mini computer on the reverse side. They recorded all the setup details from every meeting, their scores and the conditions, and consulted the info before every meeting. The detail they had on everything was amazing. Grachan You are right in what you say about Ivan. In one of his books he tells you that he knew the temperament of every referee in domestic and overseas meetings, down to the average time they would take to release the tapes. In his notebook he recorded a 'P' as a code against a refs name to indicate a trait of the ref. It was all mind games with Ivan and the refs, and I know who won most battles. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lucifer sam 3,953 Posted April 23, 2014 First saw this with our Danes at Newcastle. The likes of Bjarne, KB, etc, all had largeish handsets which was a phone, but with a mini computer on the reverse side. They recorded all the setup details from every meeting, their scores and the conditions, and consulted the info before every meeting. The detail they had on everything was amazing. Grachan You are right in what you say about Ivan. In one of his books he tells you that he knew the temperament of every referee in domestic and overseas meetings, down to the average time they would take to release the tapes. In his notebook he recorded a 'P' as a code against a refs name to indicate a trait of the ref. It was all mind games with Ivan and the refs, and I know who won most battles. And in his book, Briggo told us what the P stood for. All the best Rob Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Team Man 32 Posted April 23, 2014 could be totally wrong here, hands up if so, but sure i saw some rider have a notebook of set ups at each track, and kept them to himself. cant think who it was off hand, never got that really, bit like riders not knowing the scores of a match What set up for a track for one rider doesn't always work for another so sharing setups is not always productive. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ColinMills 1,728 Posted April 23, 2014 What set up for a track for one rider doesn't always work for another so sharing setups is not always productive.yes, quite agree Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vince 9,458 Posted April 24, 2014 In the good old days it was the team captains responsibility to ensure that every one of his riders took advantage of the 3' depth of dirt to make at least 5 passes in every race. Any less and the captain had to make 7 passes in order to make the meeting more entertaining for the 50,000 crowd at a southern league meeting. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites