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No 2 year waiting list?

Should be... good job he didn't pick up a ban

Just been listening to the British Speedway podcast and they said it's on Discovery+

https://speedwayupdates.proboards.com/thread/22608/sgp2-r1-malilla-14-2024

I know, maybe they should, they might be missing a trick

Dayle Wood seems to have come on a bundle since last year. I don't know what he's like at Armadale but he seemed so much more in control and safer than last season. The automated starting system didn't seem to be in use tonight with the ref telegraphing his over elaborate button presses to anybody who cared to look at him.

They were still projecting a $0.5m loss on it!!! (Whether that was for the benefit of TV though I don't know)

Thankfully that livened up somewhat after a tremendously dull start. The top 2 points scorers made some bizarre gate choices in the semis, all part of the learning process though I suppose

Is Kelvin stroking one off? Wtf!?!

Heat 10 an absolute commentary and camera angle shambles!

A lot of people call him Lindsey... even Lemo, so annoying

Can somebody drop WBD a line and tell them how to spell Marshal

Yoda is he, surely you mean

You are Bandits

Yes, but whose forecast? Look at the forecast for today, heavy showers across the country, Redcar are riding tonight, they could cop a heavy shower at anytime. Should they be allowed to cancel? Some clubs would and have in the past. I got stung at Scunny on Good Friday by an isolated shower that hit the stadium minutes before start time, sometimes you're just going to get unlucky and we as travelling fans have to accept that. But I do think more could be done by the authorities to streamline the decision making in such circumstances instead of us fans having to 2nd guess the promotions all of the time. In hindsight Leicester got it absolutely spot on yesterday and when a band of rain is crossing the country it's a much easier decision to make.

The difference is if you call off on a forecast and it doesn't rain, you just look a bit silly, if you don't postpone on a forecast and what happens like what happened at Oxford last night, not only do you look at bit silly but you've also really really p155ed a load of fans off! There really does need to be some sanction on clubs who can't finish their matches off once started. In F1 for example a track is declared wet or dry and different rules kick in once that decision is made, you could do something similar whereby the SCB declares a day wet or dry based on the weather forecast, if a day is declared wet, then a club can still run but if they don't complete their match they are sanctioned (points deduction or match forfeit). FWIW, I thought Leicester made the right decision yesterday based on the forecast... but I also thought Oxford did an excellent job in getting the meeting on... until it rained of course! But if you are intending to run in those potential conditions you really need the track equipment and make-up to ensure you finish. I'm feeling your pain! Ouch!

Jason Garrity?

I was watching a bit of Welcome to Wrexham last night and they put a 2,500 seat temporary stand in at a cost of $1m, so if the SoN stand is costing anywhere near that amount then it may go some way to explaining the extortionate ticket prices!

In that case... I think you need to go to charm school

Only ever in response to being abused. I defy you to find me starting to be offensive or rude... you just won't find it. If you're going to be rude or obnoxious you're going to get some back. I'm going to ask you again, why were you so rude in your reply to my post? What is wrong with you?

Yes, thanks for the explanation, it sounds like BSN were under playing it a bit then, they kept saying it was just drizzle.

They had world and international class riders in them though, not Dan Thompson, Boughen and Jenkins etc. Sometimes you just can't beat the weather. It was still dusty during heat 1 after the watering. Until there is some kind of plan (if that word want being used enough at the moment!) To refer to when weather isn't great this kind of thing will keep happening. Track covers, proper grading equipment, wet weather setups for the bikes etc.

Sayfutdinov looked far from comfortable also and if riders of that calibre are struggling, as disappointing as it is, the correct decision was probably made.

Obviously I'm not there but considering they were watering the track before the start it didn't take for much rain to get this one called off. There didn't appear to be any torrential downpour