Or a big gain for another club (worky) 🤔

Way back there was always a table near starting gate with a phone on it - a link to contact the referee. And on a regular basis, following something happening in a race, an upset rider (often plus promoter)would march angrily from the pits to use the phone to vent this anger. The crowds loved this and added to the call for a refs action - although a ref never changed his decision. But it made the crowd more involved in racing action. I presume though it was stopped because referees were given too much grief? So as you say nowadays everyone seems too nice, but it was fun while it lasted for sure.

1. V. Palovaara 7.35 2. J. Grahn 5.30 3. P. Castagna 7.05 4. K. Thomson 5.93 5. J. Sedgmen 7.34 6. L. Harrison 4.97 7. 2.00 Pointer = 39.94

That's a big loss to Scunny.

Impossible for me to know what riders earn what wage. But British based Championship Heat Leaders would surely be the target for Promoters who'd want to save money on Travel costs for EU based riders.

He's at three, Nicki Pederson at 1 getting ready for that first corner move then feet up for rest of the season