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The racing was great as most of us anticipated, with the NSS living up to its status as Britain's no 1 racing track (personally I prefer Redcar and I know Worky has its advocates too) It appears there were issues yesterday, but these were logistical in nature, and can be solved relatively easily with some competent organisational input. [Something our sport is not overly blessed with] What is more difficult to resolve is making the GP series a more meaningful competition. We now have 20 heats of what are essentially exhibition races, followed by the three that matter.

Whether or not you beat your team mate is largely irrelevant. The logical way to do it is: 2 pts for a win or a paid win 1 pt for second behind opponent 1 for third behind team mate or third in a 4-2 0 pts for last or third in a 1-5.

Who was the highest scorer in the two day SoN back in 2021?

Of course CMAs include bonus points and they have going back 50 plus years. Bonus points are not meaningless as you can't get one without beating an opponent, therefore in some respects and in some contexts can be regarded as a better measure than GSAs of a rider's worth to his team.

Manipulation implies seeking an unfair advantage. Given we are dealing with young riders not ready to be full time rising stars [who at best will pick up a couple of points from the opposing RS] this strikes me as King's Lynn trying to navigate muddled regulations in a situation they didn't ask for.

Got that out of his system tonight with zero for Vojens (Gusts got 7 riding for the same team)

But at least Belle Vue is rattlesnake free

Are we supposed to be jealous of or feel sorry for you? I'm not sure 😝

Widely recognised (and backed up by a Which consumer report) as one of the least accurate forecasters.

Go on tell us about the ads. They can't be as cretinous as the ones Discovery+ ran [Lynx pube deodorant!!! 🤮]

One could argue that Tim Sugar single handedly won Racers the KO Cup in 1990 (Belle Vue fans will know what I mean), so team managers can make a difference. My bugbear is ex-riders who have never read or struggle to understand the rulebook. Appoint them as a coach by all means, but (as with Wayne Rooney in football) they should be nowhere near the manager position.

Looking at the stats I'd say Sheffield's problem is two riders with absolutely massive (Exeter sized) home/away differentials. 4.8 (Pickering) and 4.7 Rowe Unless that can be sorted the Tigers are never going to do much away.

But with the 5% uplift there are better guest options at home [notably Zac Cook]

Piraterna have the begging bowl out, threatening to withdraw from Elitserien if they don't raise £120k by the end of the month.

As the last 20 matches count surely he should have started on 5 May.

Bournemouth FC?

Indeed

The Australian places were allocated on clearl criteria published prior to Australian Championship. Top 2 in Aussie Champ (Kurtz and J Holder) + Oceanic Champ (Tungate) C Holder [3rd in Aussie Champ] replaced injured Brady Kurtz in a late change

My preferred source currently shows heavy rain on Friday night. Obviously some cause for concern. However I'm not going to pretend I have a greater insight than anyone else.

'Who's Grant Henderson, he must be very important as the camera keeps focusing on him' says my husband!

Would be a good time to suggest that Sam Masters try and pick up as many bonus points as possible [I'd be tempted to move him to 3 or 4 and put Dougy at 5]

On my preferred forecaster it's the other way round https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-2643123/United Kingdom/England/Manchester/Manchester Either way there is clearly a genuine threat of rain. We also know that Belle Vue drains well and that Phil Morris will pull out all the stops to make it happen (cf last year's SON2)

Sounds to me like you only want about four riders in the GP. After all Kubera, Vaculik, Thomsen and Lebedevs have hardly disgraced themselves.

Seven days, so 13th

So wildcards: Nagel or Pedersen + Zischke or McDiarmid + Dan or Joe Although I wouldn't put it past the FIM to put Kaulins in.