Rob B

It’s all based on percentage of full capacity set by local council but based on factors like entrances/exits, toilets etc. ipswich allowed 2000 but their full capacity is 10,000 so that is 20% Belle Vue allowed 33% of capacity so that is normally 1000 out of 3000 but have managed to add some extra on 3rd bend which not normally used so been getting 1200 in. So Wolves are allowed a percentage, nobody seems to know the exact figure, it keeps changing from different people from 900 to 800 to 750. To me I think it’s lower then that more like 500 judging by what seen on Monday and how much CVS says they struggling.

It’s a rolling average of last 20 meetings. So his meetings this year replaced 1-2 meetings from 2019.

Don’t understand why he would have got new average on 8th June, surely should be 1st June and then 1st July.

If he signed before the 7th then he wouldn’t have been able to guest on the 7th.

It was changed to Wolves so didn’t have to show Peterborough 2 weeks on trot. Eurosport seem to be useless at keeping their teams who look after TV guides and adverts etc updated.

They not looked at latest averages then.

Cook will be on 7.82

David Rowe confirmed him and Ermolenko doing commentary but doesn’t know how it being shown. Why don’t they put it on Quest channel?

Before this deal was done, was there any testing done on them?

They had bought a water bowser from Belle Vue but as of last week still not arranged for it to be collected, don’t know if that happened last few days.

Do Ipswich council make you wear a mask walking down the High Street too?

Yes of course I would, I’m not a big track snob now. I posted in the Wolves thread that Monmore use to be one of my favourite tracks but in the last 5 years or so it’s gone downhill.

Yes it was mentioned once, not sure why David Rowe couldn’t give the Belle Vue score each time aswell.

The Wolves track is a good shape, and it use to be one of my favourites, when it was prepared well there use to be multiple lines inside and outside and some really good racing. But in the last 5 years or so it’s gone really downhill, racing has gone poor and the number of falls/crash’s have gone up. In the past riders could ride different lines to try and pass each other but now they fighting for the same bit of track, there must be on average 3-4 falls/crashes every meeting last few years.

There wasn’t 500 outside, there was plenty of shots of the crowd on TV and easy to count every person there with them spread out. And there definitely wouldn’t have been a further 400 inside!

Softer tyre means more grip and faster times (as Laguta found out in GP last year) but they are wearing faster and tearing so don’t think riders feel comfortable on them.

Yes last night each team was given 14 tyres.

No way was there 900 there, 400-500 max. Belle Vue have been allowed 1200 and the amount that were outside at Wolves last night was about half of just one side at NSS. Yes I know there were some inside too but not many. CVS wouldn’t be complaining so much if it was 900.

Yes but there is better and more polite ways to say it then he did.

If you are in the open air and socially distanced which currently should be with the capacity restrictions then no masks should be required!

It’s been like that in all 3 meetings so far, the odd good race here and there but no where near as good as the past. Track looked fine and the racing is usually better the slicker it gets, I do think a lot of it is down to the tyres, riders getting use to them and no comfortable with them.

Multiple issues reported with the new Anlas tyres over the weekend, tyres are softer and seem to tear easily. Tonight at Belle Vue riders were given multiple tyres instead of the the usual 1 and there was still 2 'punctures'. Hearing there is a big meeting tomorrow between riders and SCB about the tyres. Also they seem to be effecting racing too, not sure if it's because riders not feeling comfortable on them. Have they caused any of the multiple injuries as well?

Belle Vue have struggled in both home meetings so far. All depends on the Ipswich reserves, especially with them having the R/R rides.If Rowe rides like he has been doing and Kemp rides NSS like last year then will be close.

Ellis, Sedgman and reserves