Blue Groove

Saw a photo of the track before the meeting, looked like the Somme so I didn't bother wasting my money.

Second turn incident, surely an exclusion for one of the Poole riders?

I usually stand at bend 1 but didn't fancy being cooked yesterday so also stood in the shade at bend 3, probably a few others had the same idea by the looks of it. I was expecting a better attendance but I daresay a few people with or without families would have already have decided to take advantage of the rare warm weather and took day trips to the coast, lakes etc or were just sitting out with drinks in their garden. Let's see if this winning result against Poole encourages a few more next time.

Ok, eating humble pie today. From what I witnessed yesterday, Poole are now a bang-average team and no longer the bogey team that everybody used to fear. The loss of Tom Brennan and Ben Cook obviously being the big leveller, Lawson carried the bulk of the work yesterday with not much back up. A good, solid, all-round performance from what I would have thought would have been a ring-rusty Comets, good to see Tate Zische getting back to where he was last season, also Frazer Bowes has improved noticeably from earlier on in the season.

35-55

Still no explanation what for though

As others have said, interest has unfortunately dropped off this season as there's been lack of continuity due to a combination of rain offs and not enough teams in the league to sustain weekly fixtures, don't think Saturday afternoons and cost have much to do with it as plenty people seem to be able to put time and money aside to go to football/rugby, there's definitely a lack of reporting in local papers and TV compared to when the speedway was at Derwent Park, and maybe the location has something to do with it being 'out of the way'?

Rain starting just before Plymouth meeting will definitely have put a few off

Forecast now not good for Saturday p.m., severe thunderstorms possible..........

Beyond a joke with the drone now

FFS Get rid of the drone!

Wonder wheel isn't being used, they're only using the tractor to tyre pack

I fancy he will be soon, and would suggest his days at Belle Vue are numbered.

Same crap every year, but this was another level, an embarrassment to speedway.

So TNT have favoured showing adverts over the gate picks and we have to work it out ourselves

No reason whatsoever for any rider apart from Kubera to leave the track and return to the pits there

Let's be honest, it was crap. Every race largely decided by end of first lap, if it wasn't for the Freddie/Brady incident and Jason's crash there'd be nothing of note to discuss.

Yes, that area is always shaded by the trees in the afternoon, made worse by the cold easterly wind yesterday. Should've walked round to the start/finish straight like I did, no wind and in the sun on that side, a lot of people must've done the same because the back straight seats were half empty later on in the meeting.

Yes, for someone who's had access to the track to practice for the last couple of weeks I was expecting better. Then again, it's different riding round a track on your own compared to battling for the places with three other bikes.

Couldn't really knock his commitment last season, save for when his partner was expecting, he delivered in most meetings from what I saw. Still an excellent rider at Championship level when he's in the right place.

I'll be subscribing to TNT for 1 month to get Prague GP, 2 x Manchester GP, and Gorzow GP plus whatever bonus league matches they show over that period. Not too bad for the £30.99. Then cancelling 😁

Shape of the track for me, reminds me a bit of the football pitch type tracks of Berwick and the old Derwent Park at Workington, long narrow straights and tight radius corners have riders queuing up to enter the corners

Becker so far riding like it's the first time he's seen the track

Yep it's worrying, been thinking the same myself the past few weeks, I know a few people that used to go to Derwent Park but have never attended a meeting at Northside, how do we get them back?

Glad I just got in and watched it back, skipped through it in 15 mins flat, garbage track produced garbage racing.