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He was, I saw it on BSN, pretty sure he was on the ground before the lamp fell

A pretty nasty night all told... Best wishes to everybody affected

Jesus Christ! Hope he's OK

I must say, fair play to Jacob Hook, now he doesn't literally start every sentence with yeah, no, for sure (which really grinds my gears) he's a very good and insightful Co-commentator

Wood clearly touched the tapes there

He literally launched his bike at Roynon!

WTF ref? Who is it?

I've seen Dayle Wood twice now on BSN and I don't really like what I see, he looks a danger to himself and others on the track

Middlo's let himself go!

Could Dayle Wood be any more Australian lol Throw another tinny on the barby mate

Yeah, no, for sure. OMG! Is there an option to turn the commentary off?

So this is why he's come back to Britain

Until recently he was, like I said I think he was commenting more on why some "other" riders won't go to Lynn Scott Nicholls at King's Lynn No. Points Total Thu Apr 13th 2023 King's Lynn v Wolverhampton (PRa) 5 1, 2, 1, 1 5 (Guest) Thu Apr 21st 2022 King's Lynn v Peterborough (PLCS) 2 1, 1, T, 0, 1' 3 +1 Mon May 30th 2022 King's Lynn v Peterborough (PRa) 2 0, 0, 1 1 Thu Sep 1st 2022 King's Lynn v Peterborough (PRb) 6 3, 1, 2, 2', 2, 2, 3 15 +1 Thu Jul 1st 2021 King's Lynn v Peterborough (PRa) 4 3, 3, 1', 2, 2 11 +1 Mon Jul 5th 2021 King's Lynn v Ipswich (PRb) 2 2', 3, 3, 1, 1^ 10 +1 (Guest) Thu Aug 12th 2021 King's Lynn v Peterborough (PRb) 4 2, 3, 3, 1', 1 10 +1 Thu Jul 25th 2019 King's Lynn v Peterborough (PRa) 3 T, 0, 0, 2 2 Mon Aug 19th 2019 King's Lynn v Peterborough (PRb) 5 3, 1, 1', 2', 3^, 2, 1 13 +2 Mon Jun 18th 2018 King's Lynn v Rye House (PRa) 5 1', 1, 3, 1, 1 7 +1 Wed May 24th 2017 King's Lynn v Rye House (PRa) 5 2, 1, 2, 1, 0 6 Wed Sep 13th 2017 King's Lynn v Rye House (PRb) 1 3, 1, 3, 3, 1 11 Thu Mar 31st 2016 King's Lynn v Belle Vue (ELa) 3 2', 3, 2, 3, 2 12 +1 Thu Jun 30th 2016 King's Lynn v Belle Vue (ELb) 3 0, 2, 2, 0 4 Wed Apr 8th 2015 King's Lynn v Belle Vue (ELa) 3 1, 2, 3, 3, 3 12 Wed Jul 22nd 2015 King's Lynn v Belle Vue (ELb) 5 1', 0, 2, 0 3 +1 Wed Sep 9th 2015 King's Lynn v Swindon (ELb) 4 3, 1, 3, 2, 1 10 (Guest) Wed Apr 16th 2014 King's Lynn v Belle Vue (ELa) 3 1', 2, 3, 1, 0 7 +1 Wed May 14th 2014 King's Lynn v Swindon (ELa) 5 0, 2', 2, 2', 0 6 +2 (Guest) Wed Jun 18th 2014 King's Lynn v Belle Vue (ELb) 3 2', 1, 0, 2 5 +1 Tue Sep 16th 2014 King's Lynn v Lakeside (ELb) 3 0, 2', 2, 2', 1' 7 +3 (Guest) Mon Sep 29th 2014 King's Lynn v Poole (ELPO) 3 0, 1', 3, 2 6 +1 (Guest) Wed Apr 10th 2013 King's Lynn v Coventry (ELa) 5 2, 2, 2', 0 6 +1 Wed Jun 12th 2013 King's Lynn v Wolverhampton (ELa) 5 2, 2, 2, 1 7 (Guest) Wed Aug 21st 2013 King's Lynn v Coventry (ELb) 5 2, 2^, 3, 1, 1 9 Mon Sep 17th 2012 King's Lynn v Coventry (ELb) 5 3, 2, 2, 1, 1' 9 +1 Wed Apr 6th 2011 King's Lynn v Swindon (ELa) 1 2, 3, 6^, 1, 1, 2 15 Wed Aug 3rd 2011 King's Lynn v Swindon (ELb) 1 0, 2, 2, 2, 3 9 Wed Sep 7th 2011 King's Lynn v Birmingham (ELa) 1 2, 3, 6^, 0, 1' 12 +1 (Guest)

The interview I heard with Scott he said that some riders don't fancy it as it's very grippy and you have to be very brave... and he's not riding in the Britsh Final at Belle Vue, widely regarded as the best track in this country and one of the best in the world, citing part of the reason that he doesn't "get on" with the track... like you say it's horses for courses I suppose. Sheffield, Peterborough, King's Lynn, Scunthorpe and Ipswich have very similar heavy clay based surfaces. Riders have always "not fancied" tracks through the years, Exeter being a prime example. Like @Ben91 said Adam Roynon's accident could have happened anywhere and by all accounts wasn't down to track conditions. To be fair Roynon's record around Lynn ain't that bad Rider's Performance at Track Adam Roynon at King's Lynn No. Points Total Wed Jul 22nd 2015 King's Lynn v Belle Vue (ELb) 6 3, 2', 1, X 6 +1 (Guest) Wed May 16th 2012 King's Lynn v Dudley (NL) 1 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 15 Wed Jul 4th 2012 King's Lynn v Coventry (ELa) 6 3, 2, 0, 3, 2, X, 2 12 Wed Oct 24th 2012 Mildenhall v Dudley (NLPO) 1 3, 3, 2, 6^, 2, X 16 Wed May 26th 2010 King's Lynn v Stoke (PL) 4 1', 2', 2, 0, 6^, 0 11 +2 Tue Aug 10th 2010 King's Lynn v Redcar (PL) 2 0, 1, 3, 2' 6 +1 Wed Aug 18th 2010 King's Lynn v Somerset (PL) 2 0, 1, 2, 0 3 Wed Sep 1st 2010 King's Lynn v Edinburgh (PL) 6 X, 0, 1, 2, 1' 4 +1 Wed Sep 8th 2010 King's Lynn v Birmingham (PL) 6 2', 0, 3, 3 8 +1 Fri Sep 17th 2010 King's Lynn v Glasgow (PL) 6 3, 1', 3, 2', 3 12 +2 Fri Sep 24th 2010 King's Lynn v Newport (PL) (Aban) 6 3 3 Wed Oct 6th 2010 King's Lynn v Rye House (YS) 6 2, 1, 1', 1, 1' 6 +2 Wed Oct 13th 2010 King's Lynn v Newport (PL) 6 R, 1, 0, 0 1 Wed Oct 20th 2010 King's Lynn v Newcastle (PL) 6 3, 2', 1, 1', 1 8 +2

Totally agree... you should post what you feel, don't be upset if people don't agree with you though. I only cited this in context to the title of the thread. Attending a meeting in person or watching it on TV can be two completely different experiences. There was some good stuff last night... it wasn't maybe "exciting" but just watching Sayfutdinov and Doyle was Speedway purist pleasure

Your posts from the KL v Ippo thread last night: "Not much danger of any overtaking tonight. Exactly what’s happened to the showground" "three meetings I’ve tried this this at Kings Lynn, all been processional crap. Two common denominators, the track surface and the owner." It wasn't a classic I'll agree but there was a sprinkling of good racing. I'll agree with the hold ups at Lynn last night though, 15 races crammed into 2 hours and 5 minutes. I was also at the Peterborough match on Monday night and there was some decent Speedway racing and it was all done by 21:06

Last night I posted a few times on the KL v Ippo thread, somebody posted that the racing was crap and there wouldn't be any overtaking, every time there was an over take I commented on it... absolutely nobody else did, all anybody wanted to comment on was how crap the racing was and Buster this, Buster that

There's also people that just don't see the positive posts, I've been accused many times of being negative... but if I see a good match or race I also say so, some people choose not to see that though and just focus on the negative

If you're not prepared to have your opinions challenged then Forums are not for you... agree there's no need to be rude or nasty though.

That's the thing Guy Martin had a go at on one of his TV shows a few years ago... reminds me a bit of Cribby going round shale tracks on his ice bike

To be fair Roynon seems to be a bit of a lone voice amongst the riders, generally when interviewed they're pretty complimentary about the track... but then they tend to like to trap and clear off into the distance, maybe different when you're always at the back (or a fan watching it)

It used to be a cracking race track and I would happily travel over from Leicester as a neutral to watch some great Speedway. For whatever reason (mainly cost I would suspect) the shale was changed some years ago and now although it can still be pretty good on occasion it's a shadow of the race track it used to be.

Don't worry, BSN are at Poole next week and I'm sure Roynon (and Shovlar) will be gushing about the track... while we're all falling asleep

Ritchie Hawkins said he was "buzzing" earlier after Ippo's win at Leicester... he'll be doing cart wheels tonight!

What about Peterborough though?