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I have used www.stadiumcarparks.co.uk for the last three years. A bit expensive at £15+vat but you pre book a space and it is 10mins walk from the stadium Have had no problems getting out after the Gp Richard

The presentation was a great improvment on last year - well done. However the sound system was poor. i was on the second level by the fourth bend and the sound was horribly distorted.

Yes you are right. The traps were used with the tapes, the rider could only see the tapes in front of him and was not distracted by what the rider in the next gate was doing. Presumably it would have been a disadvantage for the riders in gates 2 and 3 as they couldn't see the starting gate, just the tapes in front of them.

There is a picture of the starting gate experiment in Johnnie Hoskins Speedway Walkabout. It has a typical Hoskins caption. "One problem that speedway has still to solve is the goings-on at the starting gate. I tried using stalls at Canterbury but my fellow promoters threw the idea out. They were wrong." They were definately tried in a few meetings and I think they were only for the second half trophies.

Brilliant web site - thanks Images 79 and 80 are Barry Crowson I think you are right that image 46 is Dave Percy - very unusual face mask, I think it was bright yellow!