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The engine model is largely the reason meetings get called off if a track is anything but perfect. A stroke motor with light flywheels just compounds the difficulties the new silencers bring but riders were happy to bin the old long stroke motors years ago in favour of "ride with one hand behind your back" type motors. Surely in the search for safety they will be happy to do the reverse now

Correct, it is absolutely right that the semi final only has three riders in that scenario. The only fly in the ointment is that it can elevate a rider up a position in regards to gate pick but not a lot can be done about that

Failing a breath test at GP isn't illegal, technically or otherwise. It is against the rules of the sports governing body but it is not within the jurisdiction of the law. Its like saying the knife in your kitchen drawer is technically illegal because you could kill someone with it

You better tell UEFA then that the Champions League is just a gimmick. Or tell the football league that the play offs are just a farce They obviously didn't realise, no wonder no one goes to watch these events Oh hang on a minute

Sadly passed away earlier this year

To be honest though, as much as it is galling to admit, but I expect Darcy to be dealt with leniently. There is no question he is box office and for the GP to be without Emil and Darcy next season would be a bit of a disaster. If they want him in next year it means they can't ban him for the rest of this year, be a bit of a farce to do that then hand him a wild card. I suspect a monetary penalty and a token arrangement where he is subject to routine breath tests at each match he rides in. Before anyone jumps down my throat that isn't what I would suggest, I would throw the book at him, but it is second guessing what may happen

Yes I realize that. I was merely questioning the fact that the modern race suits, although universally referred to as such, are in no way Kevlars

How has the term "Kevlars" come to be used in Speedway. The suits are in the main cheap nylon with a bare minimum (if any) percentage of Kevlar in them.

It hasn't even been 4 days yet

As devastating as it must have been to hear it is in no way "mitigating circumstances" for failing a breath test. Middlo should have just kept his mouth shut. Going into print reaffirming the mitigation bit was always going to look silly when the real reason came out. It is just another case of Middlo having a mouth a few minutes ahead of his brain.

Would it be OK if everyone sent proofs of their posts to you prior to posting in order for you to deem it suitable or not.

Middlo already knew the supposed "bad news" that mitigated Darcy attempting to race whilst over the limit. He clearly feels that the news of a parents break up is mitigation. Like I said earlier Middlo is, and long has been, Darcy's worst enemy. The constant pandering to him has likely been a major factor in the way he is today.

No because the first pint (2.5 units) will start disappearing from your body within an hour and will be totally gone 2.5 hours later. By midnight a number of those 12 pints will already be clear of your system. It isn't a precise science, it depends a lot on the person but in that scenario I would personnally leave the car alone the next day altogether unless I had a speedway GP to ride in, in which case I would be on my way within an hour or two.

No it is because there is a difference between the simple mistake Lioness made and the talking total sh!t that you do

This is a serious bid for the forum idiot title. Starman is going to have to work hard to regain it after your posts on this thread

Correct

The body gets rid of alcohol at roughly 1 unit per hour. A pint is approx 2.5 units. It also takes an amount of time to enter your system. If you drink 5 pints between 8PM and midnight then it will be mid day before that alcohol has left your system.

It all depends. Had you tampered with the silencer on your car as well. I could forgive the driving while while drunk but a defective silencer, never

Are you for real. It is breaking the rules to have an excessive amount of alcohol in your body and intending to race with it. Do you really think we are talking about one or two beers here. To still be in his system at 1 or 2PM the next day Darcy will have consumed a good amount and quite likely late into the evening. Totally inappropriate for a sportsman anyway

I could go out and buy a silencer and sit in my garage doing whatever I like to it, I could drill the inside of it out, why I could pepper the whole thing full of holes if I like. Nothing illegal in that I could, if I liked, get totally drunk while doing it, down a case or two of beer and have a really nice time, nothing illegal there. Now the bit that seems to escaped your senile mind is the minute I attempt to do either of those things, to whatever small degree, whilst participating in a sport whose rules expressly forbid it I will be in bother. Of course Darcy could use the fact that "Ray Stadia would have done the same" as his defence but I can't see it getting him very far

Years ago myself and Moxey were probably the only two dissenting voices on here. More often than not we were met with the old "if you don't like it don't go" type speech. Of course now that trickle of lost fans has turned into a tidal wave, ironically a number of those now not attending and voicing dissatisfaction are the ones who took exception all those years ago. It is well and good looking for new fans, but if the current fare doesn't even appeal to those with an obvious affinity to the sport what chance it will appeal to newcomers. The establishment of speedway are largely to blame. Promoters have gone on believing they have a divine right to custom who should turn up no matter what, they completely lost sight of the notion of competing for the leisure dollar. A few lost fans did't matter, just up the admission cost a bit and all will be OK. As things got worse fans were (still are) convinced that none of it is the clubs fault. It is, after all, far easier to find excuses to do nothing than get off your arce and do something. You only need read some of Tsunamis posts to get an idea of all that's wrong with the sport. As for me, what would get me back? In truth probably nothing. I have moved on and my time is spent doing other things. For me I never cared if the promotion made, or lost a fortune. All I cared about was a value for money night out. For a long time speedway provided that. The result certainly never mattered, nor did league position (although I appreciate it does to many) Even the standard of racing isn't the be all and end all. A poor match racing wise can be masked if the whole show is well presented and slick. A match should be a steady 90 mins of entertainment, not 15 one minute bursts of action with 4 mins dead time between each.

That is exactly where I was 8 or so years ago. In all my many years of watching the Aces I can honestly say I never cared one jot about the result. I just wanted a good nights speedway that I felt was value for money. Even back in the day I saw many Aces wins that were dire and many losses that were fantastic nights. Sadly it got to the point that I was almost dreading Monday's coming round thinking i had to go to Belle Vue, like it was my duty to attend. Gradually as the realization dawned that I was no longer enjoying it I stopped attending. And that is all you want from any kind of afternoon/evening out. You want to enjoy it and for that enjoyment to be commensurate with the amount it cost you. While it is good that you still enjoy whats on offer it is obvious that for many it is simply not good enough anymore hence attendences falling through the floor

That certainly is the way he seems to be headed but at 22, with the right guidance, he could (assuming this doesn't spell the end of a glittering career) still turn his self around. Quite simply though he needs to get rid of those who seem to just want to blow smoke up his arse, like Middlo, and get someone in his camp who can help. He doesn't need apologists willing to make excuses for each misdemeanor, he needs someone not afraid to tell him what a fool he is and impose a proper routine on his life and career. A young guy with no brains, lots of money and fans purring over his every move is a recipe for where we are today unless his career gets the right guidance, sadly Darcy, to date, hasn't had it

Zero tolerance doesnt have to mean teetotal, although for a professional sportsman it is preferable. A glass or two if wine or beer late afternoon/ early evening the day before a match would show no trace by early afternoon the next day. Ward clearly had somewhat more and 22 or not deserves everything he gets

Orion is spot on. If we are considering fairness based on both teams using their riders the same amount of times for the same amount of points then both formats are unfair. If we are considering the possible effect the use of either can have on the result then the old tac sub is massively more unfair having the potential to skew a score by 8 points as against the 3 that the current system can Which system do i prefer, the old tac sub rule by a mile. It gave a dimension to team managing not there today. A modern team manager has little more to do than fill in acprogramme