Rob B

That’s if they were actual sold, some maybe just reserved for BSPL.

It is, final pre sale grandstand tickets were about 300 lower than average league meeting.

Very warm and sunny

Anyone got a printable race card?

Its only a good view if you are stood at the fence (which you would have been today) as soon as there is semi decent crowd and layer of people around the fence, anyone behind struggles to see.

You can always judge what size a crowd will be roughly at Belle Vue by the pre sales seats for grandstand. Tomorrow the pre-sales are terrible, lot worst then an average Belle Vue league meeting. Probably due to the poor lineup and mainly as people aren't going to travel on a Monday when they likely to be coming for the GP's in 4 weeks time. I live 5 minutes away and even questioning if I can be bothered.

It was 40.75 with Zischke on 4.57. Take 1.57 off means 39.18

I agree Zischke isn’t going to get replaced now on that average (unless the went for Gusts in future) but I think he is going to improve. Nos he getting regular meetings for Workington and riding in Poland each Tuesday. I do think he equipment is bit slow round NSS which is shown as gating his poor. Regarding Cairns, if that happens, yes he won’t have much experience but at Sheffield on Thursday his time winning heat 1 in the NL meeting was half a second faster then the winning time for heat 2 in Premiership meeting

Actually incorrect, team total is now 39.18 so 0.82 under the limit.

Doesn’t seem to be as Gusts is 3.00 also.

Tate Zischke average dropped from 4.57 to 3.00 from Monday.

I’d say the 201/203 bus from Hyde Road to Piccadilly, then Metrolink tram to Salford Quays. Or an Uber taxi.

Wasn’t that quick, 29 June Mountain was replaced last year

Meant to post earlier but you can watch the pre show for free on YouTube before purchasing

yes it’s very good quality, they have a studio with presenter, 2 people on commentary 4 cameras on the track and 3 cameras in pits

The same Vuolas who just been sacked by Birmingham for his low scores? Yep today will tell us who is going to win the play offs as its all decided in May.

Who they going to sign seeing as they couldn’t build a competitive team to start with and Sheffield couldn’t get a decent replacement either.

Kerr is at reserve. Rowe on 5.21

It’s not stopped raining so far since about 9am this morning. But due to stop soon and if had been a usual 7.30 meeting we would have been fine.

Looks like for Birmingham the worst of the rain will have passed by 3.00pm, but could be a heavy shower around 5pm.

Can't see the lunchtime meeting being on (if it had been evening it would have been fine). Birmingham doesn't look too bad as long as track can take the earlier rain

BVTV was streaming live on Youtube last night for first 20 minutes build up before racing :

Dan Thompson guests for Kildemand. Belle Vue: Brady Kurtz, Norick Blodorn, Jaimon Lidsey, Zach Cook, Dan Bewley, Tate Zischke, Jake Mulford Oxford: Rohan Tungate, Erik Riss, Charles Wright, Dan Thompson, Maciej Janowski, Francis Gusts, Luke Killeen

I've just gone through the update site just to see if I forgotten anything nearly every heat is : exiting Bend 2 Lap 1. hit the front exiting Bend 2 Lap 1 up the inside off Bend 2 Lap 1 inside off Bend 2 Lap 1 coming together exiting Bend 2 Lap 1 round the Lions pair exiting Bend 2 Lap 1 and so on Majority heats could have written the scores down after bend 2 lap 1. But you says the racing was 'close' that's all the matters then, can ride as close as they want but impossible to pass unless rider in front makes mistake. But if that makes you happy. Another year of track changes promising better racing, another disappointment.

Don’t blame it on the Belle Vue riders. There were plenty of heats when Leicester riders were behind and they didn’t do anything from behind either apart from heat 15. Heat 15 was the only genuine race of night, with a good move from Fricke. The only other 2 changes of position in the other 14 heats are when riders went so far wide, Bewley (scraping the air fence he was that wide) and Blodorn I seem to remember, and were passed up inside.