It wasn't the first time imo, I seen Mr Barker doing it in one of his earlier races. I thought the standard of refereeing was questionable today. The heat when Tate, Nicholls and Batchelor got to the first corner together Nicholls was in the middle and looked to be getting the elbows out, Tate went down just as they were turning the corner, the ref didn't put the red lights on.  Tom Spencer then went into the airfence on turn two the ref then put the lights on. He subsequently decreed an unsatisfactory start and excluded both riders. For me a fair decision would have been all 4 back . Tate went down purely as a result of first bend bunching so to exclude both riders I thought was definitely unfair on Tate.

so Boughen wins the 1st round of the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP in only his fourth meeting on a flat track bike but DEAN MACHINE still reckons he has a mental block. If you watch his races you would see anything but a mental block .

Fair play think we need to abandon the rookie manager experiment. Hopefully we can do your lot a favour tomorrow.

Re watering, I know what you are saying about 6pm starts and of course its valid but only to a degree . I have seen many dusty meetings that have started as late as 7-30pm at tracks such as Oxford , Poole and Redcar to name 3 that come to mind so it would be unwise to suggest that a later start will be the end of dust.  If we fail to get enough moisture into the base, it won't be. You quote last week, however there were a couple of variables that made last week different to this regardless of earlier start time today. 1. We had substantial rainfall friday evening that got into the base and 2. The track was visibly wetter at the 6pm start time than it was today suggesting we either put more water on and or were helped by the existing track moisture level when we started watering. Even though the track was on the wet side to start with last week, after 4 heats it was perfect. This contributed to a very good racing surface with little or need for subsequent further watering because the moisture went deep into the base. Compare that to today where we had dust in heat 1 . Personally I consider dust avoidable because some tracks manage it .  When it has been dry in the days leading up to a meeting then ideally you need to know 1. The optimum pre meeting time to start watering and 2. The ball park figure for the volume of water required over this time period in order to get water into the base. Weather variables such as temperature and wind speed  play a part in drying the upper layers but the moisture level in the upper layers can be easier controlled during watering breaks, while moisture should also be drawn upwards from the base via capillary action. Having baseline figures for the above should make for more consistent moisture levels at meeting start times. The plus side of this should be a more enjoyable experience for customers, in terms of dust suppression and conduciveness of the track in producing better . Maybe this a bit too much of a scientific approach to something that appears relatively simple but it always strikes me as surprising at how many clubs don't seem to mind covering the fans in dust while 'treating' them to a quality of racing that could be better.

Sorry, HAUSL has to go, 1 decent ride a match is not good enough.We need another rider to come in on a 5 point average,if we wait until after the Workington match,HAUSL average will plummett to about 3,and we wont we able to make a change, and he'll be there the rest of the season unless HE raps it in himself. Looks to me as if he is not interested, body language feels like he doesnt want to be here doesnt get into any conversations with team mates.Dont think anything CAMI BROWN would say would inspire him to better things.Mind you anything BROWN says wouldnt motivate anyone.

Have a read of the first post etc.