False dawn

I've got mixed feeling about this one. I've always said that I'd have Scotty back in a heartbeat, but also love Kyle's terrier, never give up style of racing. I guess any late change in the team can't be good (unless your name is Robert Lambert - sorry, couldn't resist that one).

Something similar has happened to me. I think it might have something to do with AdBlock. I paused it and refreshed the screen and hey presto.

They'd have withdrawn because it's Autumn now.

To be completely correct (given thet there is another meeting schedule there next Friday) this meeting should be titled: The Last But One Farewell to Armadale (unless we sneak another year here) Scottish Open Championship @ Edinburgh But everyone would have to buy new programme boards to fit the programme if they printed that as the title. Edit: Just spotted this post. Things start to make sense

Awful news, especially one so young. Our love goes out to Phil and his family at this most difficult time.

These are the times as announced. There were a lot of raised eyebrows as to their accuracy several times during the meeting but here they are.... 1 61.02 Joe Thompson 2 59.46 Ben Morley 3 59.52 Jordan Jenkins 4 61.75 Max Clegg 5 61.79 Joe Thompson 6 62.33 Ben Morley 7 60.26 Jordan Jenkins 8 61.27 Lee Complin 9 63.61 Jason Edwards 10 63.56 Lee Complin 11 61.71 Jack Kingston 12 60.48 Max Clegg 13 60.54 Jack Kingston 14 59.38 Jordan Jenkins 15 59.06 Jason Edwards 16 60.21 Ben Morley 17 61.19 Tom Woolley 18 59.89 Jason Edwards 19 59.70 Max Clegg 20 awarded Jordan Jenkins RO 59.74 Max Clegg

Sorry to say, but he was very hard on one occasion and downright dangerous on another. Jack Smith was justified in being very upset in their clash although it appeared that Lee was the most vocal after the race which confused us slightly. Oh well, no one was hurt, so that's alright. Well no it isn't. Fencing a chasing rider who has a run on you can lead to the worst kind of accident.

Ah but. The word on the street is that the Poles are going to relax their rules next year. So the likes of Nick and Dan the Man could well be riding here as well as in Poland. For sure, Saturday could be a problem.

I assume he'll be substituted due his broken ankle?

Well we'll start with Saturday and go from there.

Are YOU sure we'd have you back?

Knowing some the folks involved in the Save Coventry Speedway campaign as I do, I know they are working hard on the best way to prepare for the planning meeting (whenever that might be). Perhaps we should wait before we blitz the planning committee with emails. I'm sure they'll advise us if that's what's needed.

The planning meeting scheduled for this Wednesday has been postponed due to the Queen passing. No new date has yet been announced. The piece by Oliver Holt (@OllieHolt22) in The Mail on Sunday:

I think that's why he confounds and annoys a lot of fans.

A most succinct answer,

Are you trying to embarass me further? If you don't know what I'm talking about, just ignore that comment. Others will have a laugh. The serious answer to your question is that is if the SEC champion qualifies some other way, the FIM nominate another wildcard. The 2nd place does not automatically get the GP place.

He would join a rather elite club if he does: working back in time... Artem Laguta 2021 Bartosz Zmarlik 2021 Jason Doyle 2016 Niki Pedersen 2006-07 Jason Crump 2006 If Dan does win tonight we can look forward to Malilla to see if he can match the record holder, Tony Rikardsson, who notched up a magnificent 4 in a row in 2005. Tony actually posted 5 out 6 that year and 6 out of 9. Come on Dan, I'm going to Torun - 5 in a row and the World crown. I love to be able to say "I was there" for that.

I do think that the exact nature of the offence and the determination of the punishment are of legitimate public interest. Edit: On reflection, there could be medical reasons as to why some of the details are confidential. An individual's medical condition and prescribed medication are not for public consumption.

Yep. In official speak, a licence is suspended because at the end of the specified period, it is reinstated. However, there may also be an appeals process which Ben may or may not take advantage of. But given that if successful he would probably only get his licence back for the close season, it hardly seems likely. He may wish to clear his name, but there would probably be extra costs involved.

Given the severity of the ban (or not, actually) I guess the story about too many or the wrong type of pain killers was accepted. Only a guess mind, but seems to fit the facts.

I admit to being an out and out nerd when it comes to speedway stats. But this whole subject of averages is like a black art.

Who's dragging what out? Ben can't ride till March, then he gets his licence back. End of.

I'm no expert, but it seems clear that riders wish to run their rear tyres at as low a pressure as possible. 6 psi has been mentioned and this, to me, seems an extremely low value. If the rules don't prescribe a minimum pressue and a low pressure gives you more grip (which makes intuative sense) who's to say some riders aren't sneaking down to even lower pressures? For sure, the slow mos reveal significant distortion of tyres including the sidewalls. Spin a tyre at high speed, whilst cornering with little air in it and you would appear to be asking for trouble. Do that on shale that is sharp edged in nature (not to mention nuts and bolts from previous stock car meetings - not relevant to Peterborough I know, but is with some other tracks) and you might just get the odd catastrophic failure. We did have a "one edge per meeting" rule a few years ago, did we not? That went out of the window (with the current tyres) when a tyre run on the same edge for all of one meeting was found to be unusable when turned. Now we're talking about two tyres per meeting (albeit only at one track thus far). That's a four fold increase in usage; four edges per meeting. And that's from a tyre that's reported to be more expensive than previous makes. I'm happy for anyone to refute any of this.

I can make my own mind up as to what is fair. I participate on this forum, but the members don't tell me what to think. I'm happy to debate issues and can be pursuaded by rational argument. But to suggest that a few loud voices form my opinon for me is insulting. Indeed, such "loud voices" are more likely to make me firmly fixed in my own opinions. To convince you further, I frequently attend speedway meetings and talk to many fans, home and away. I also regularly attend supporters club meeting and there engage not only with fellow fans but honoured guests, such as riders (former and current), promoters and other influential leaders in our sport. Please be careful when you say I "have no way of knowing if it’s a popular rule or not".

Or, dare I say, a second half?