Not sure if you saw this on big screen Thursday night so thought I'd share on here.  Absolute legends and Doyley 😜

Just got back through the door, did you watch the meeting…from bens own mouth Harris has been fined by the referee, I’m a massive fan of bomber but he was well out of order on this one

The Facennas need to get rid of CALAMITY BROWN, He has no idea WTF he is doing,but they wont as he is a YES MAN. Bring in someone who knows whats required for next season, namely RITCHIE HAWKINS.  

Didn’t realise this. Gross mismanagement in that case.

Back in the day riders turned up with bikes strapped to the boot of the car and poor Terry Stone regularly turned up at Rayleigh with dirty bikes  seemingly having some sentimental value for the dirt of Bradford, Canterbury, Eastbourne etc. Eventually he took on board the point and eventually turned out for each meeting with spotless bikes, you could eat your dinner off the mudguards. Those were the days because as you said they rode in addition to the main job and it could earn them good additional money. For anyone old enough, after a meeting at Rayleigh the riders all met up at the Blinking Owl Cafe on the A127 and many a supporter joined them. It was a better time for the image of the sport and while the racing may not be as fast and furious as today, it was competitive and young riders were given chances that only today’s youngsters can dream about. Some made it others battled through but you got to see an aspiring young newcomer take on a heat leader and my abiding memory is Rayleigh versus Boston and Ivan Miller a grass track rider beating Arthur Price a heat leader for Boston. Compared to today’s homogenised offering the sport in those days offered opportunity and a chance for success on a level playing field with bikes that were basically the same and anyone old enough will remember riders winning a race on the ‘track spare’. It just would not happen today and more is the pity.

Thank you for confirming the rules 👍