Mark

At Lodz North verses South 24th March. North team: Rafał Okoniewski (Orzeł Łódź) Hans Andersen (Orzeł Łódź) Krystian Pieszczek (Zdunek Wybrzeże Gdańsk) Timo Lahti (Lokomotiv Daugavpils) Adrian Gała (Car Gwarant Start Gniezno) Dawid Wawrzyniak (Orzeł Łódź) Karol Żupiński (Zdunek Wybrzeże Gdańsk) Coach: Lech Kędziora Team South: Kacper Woryna (ROW Rybnik) Troy Batchelor (ROW Rybnik) Peter Ljung (Grupa Azoty Unia Tarnów) Grzegorz Walasek (Arged Malesa TŻ Ostrovia) Tomasz Gapiński (Arged Malesa TŻ Ostrovia) Mateusz Cierniak (Grupa Azoty Unia Tarnów) Robert Chmiel (ROW Rybnik) Coach: Piotr Żyto

Dickie Head doesn't know what day it is.

Pairs at Gniezno. Is this a good track for racing. It could be a good early season meeting with the top riders from League 1

Phil Morris says he tries to make tracks with a known gate bias as even as possible. Is that by watering or ripping up the known bad gate ? Doesn't this render the process of each rider picking a start number a waste of time. That is assuming he does his job perfectly so all four gates are even. It then down to dropping the clutch first to lead.

Early TV matches for Nice League. Someone with a better translation can list the matches. https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/zuzel/805125/znamy-juz-mecze-telewizyjne-czterech-pierwszych-kolejek-w-nice-1-lidze-zuzlowej

Badly flawed view

where will the transponder be fitted to make sure everyone gets the same deal ? if the referee is using the transponder to determine who wins in a close finish it opens a can of worms if two bikes have a transponder fitted in a different position on each bike. For recording individual lap times it could be put anywhere on the bike. Assume the timing starts when the transponder goes over the start line by sending a signal to a fixed point and the same happens to finish the lap.

will have to be exactly same placement on every bike. maybe on the front wheel cover providing they are all standard length I foresee a big can of worms being opened.

You are right. I should have said stats on most tracks are worthless as a couple of trappers paradise tracks will have a large bias. But I still stand by the point that only recording who wins a race and from which gate is worthless in any race where over taking has been seen.

I asked for an advantage of timed practise. Riders wanting it is a preference but I can't work out what advantage it gives them. Reckon when they spend a few Friday's watching a tractor grade the track after each one minute time trial they'll soon get fed up. Agree with the use on race day fopr close finishers or jumping a start.

Practise in Formula One is vital. Fastest car gets an advantage on the grid. But you're saying speedway riders don't know the best gate in advance nor how the track will ride. So what's the point of the timed practice day if there is no advantage to be gained on race day.

Past stats are probably worthless. They give the winning gate but there is no record of who was leading after the first bend. That must be a better indictor of which gate was the best for starting. Many riders come from behind to win a race - but this doesn't make there gate the best option.

modesty always was your biggest strength

I can't see the starting position pick having too much effect on GP results at the majority of tracks. No one has provided any statistics to prove a certain starting number or numbers have an advantage. If a rider gets Gate 1 in his first ride but doesn't drop the clutch then he'll get beat.

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Paul Burbidge is the main writer ??

fat fingers = 12 EDIT - was adding the track reserve

thanks. 12 riders miss one practise with 3 riders available for the lot. decent spread. Can't see that being a catastrophic problem.

Can't see this having much effect on the racing We have all seen riders having 1st/2nd pick in the semi final and final get well beaten. Tracks rarely ride they same as they do in practise so I think this is a pile of croc. Having transponders is great for knowing who did the fastest lap and close finsihes are no longer left to the naked eye. Thats about it.

Only Leszno miss out on Friday while Lublin have two. I knew the fixtures from a link you posted before but not the 2019 team for every GP rider. With a fairly even spread of Friday fixtures (have Lublin a GP rider) maybe this is a problem maybe its not. Any Leszno rider, happy days if they want to practise. Unless the stats fans tell me different I'm not sure picking a 1-16 start position will have a huge effect. Its how quick they drop the clutch on the night. Riders always say the track rides different in practise. How often do we see 1st/2nd gate picks in the semi and final ed in disaster. They don't get it right even after racing 5 heats on the track.

See your point as it's not a level playing field. But a random draw didn't stop Tai winning pretty easily last year and I doubt they will , granted no injuries, in 2019. He had 3 x Number 1 draw's didn't he ? I don't have the 2019 team sheets so do you know what riders would be racing on the two Friday nights before a GP ? Is it evenly spread across the main riders ?

http://www.speedwaygp.com/speedway-qualifying this is better. it says Start Position not gate.

Badly written isn't it. But we know what it really means.

Be a arm wrestle now. Will the Polish move the two Friday night pre GP evenings to another date ?

Fastest rider in practise has first choice to pick a number between 1 to 16. Slowest rider gets the last available number. Simple.