IainB

... and the Leicester crowd goes wild 😴

He's elected to give his club match a miss in favour of a safety net qualification for the GP.

Bravo TNT... Welcome to Leicester, let's talk about the GP's at the end of the week!

Absolutely, I can't understand why every rider doesn't wear a neck brace unless they don't work, in which case why do a lot of riders wear them. Jason Doyle is wearing an inflatable vest this season, understandable... but Bomber now doesn't wear them. Personally I'd make both compulsory much like air fences.

It's strange that some protective kit is compulsory (Helmet, body armour) but others are optional (neck brace, inflatable vest).

Reports suggest injuries to his neck though, which I assume occurred when he hit the track. Who knows 🤷‍♂️

Tim Brennan?

Didn't look to bad did it... collarbone at worst you'd have said normally. Don't know if one of those neck brace things that some riders wear would have made a difference, I'm not sure what they're supposed to do if I'm honest.

That may have been the case but I was replying to the general point 👆 "Too many serious injuries in Poland"

Big money, desperate riders...

Who haven't we tried from Berwick yet? Danyon Hume?

I've seen the flash of a photographers camera send riders into the tapes a few times down the years. It may be worthwhile for riders to maybe look at the tapes in front of them at the start of crucial races instead of the mechanism at the sides, I think I've seen Leon Madsen do this on occasion in some GP's... especially when the tapes aren't going up evenly. Maybe one for the team managers to relay to a rider. SCB Regs say there must be a "Bowser", I suppose it depends on the definition of what a "Bowser" is. It sounds very much though that Birmingham's equipment is inadequate. 05.1.8 Track Preparation Equipment As detailed on the Homologation Certificate, must be available in working order. Vehicles must be fitted with rotating flashing hazard warning lights. The minimum equipment required is as follows: •2 Tractors •1 Grader •1 Harrow or Wheel •1 Blade •1 Water Bowser There must be a quantity of dry shale and/or sawdust and means of getting it onto the track.

Because he's received an education lol... They used to call the "ex public school boy" "The Scholar" at Bradford 👨‍🎓 I'd never noticed this before but now I do... so thanks for that 😂

What! Absolutely the correct decision 🙃 Why F1 aren't taking a lead out of Speedway's book I don't know, running their events behind closed doors!

Like Kurtz for Belle Vue at Birmingham? 🤔

As are most races... everywhere

Anybody that can put a bit of effort in and finish a race ticks the box at the moment.

I think it's time to allow a free practice before a meeting like they do in Poland for riders to get their "setups" right. Having half the meeting passed before riders have got their kit right because the track is "random" is not really on in 2025! From what I've seen this season the preparation of many tracks has left a lot to be desired. Most tracks don't really have the kit to get enough water into a track like they do on Poland, when you see their truck go round the whole track is ready to race after a couple of laps, cut to the UK and IF the water cart does make an appearance during a meeting, it's like watching an old man have a pish.

... even the op lost interest in their own topic 😂

Not surprising, even the Belle Vue owners were on the pa earlier in the season saying the GP's were on the 12th and 13th of June!!

Don't forget nobody wants to ride over here... until all of a sudden they do

And nobody's recommended the Leicester burgers 🍔

Julie Reading left earlier in the year

I've heard it suggested that they only got 14 days because MJJ wasn't withholding his services, his contract just expired. I also assume that's why MJJ hasn't been issued a 28 day ban. The SCB have been awfully quiet this year, probably still recovering from all their admin of last year.

"A change in the averages for June means Birmingham will operate Rider Replacement at No.1 for Michael Jepsen Jensen having had their initial 14 day facility extended to cover the absent Dane." BIRMINGHAM: Michael Jepsen Jensen R/R, Paco Castagna, Tobiasz Musielak, Keynan Rew, Matej Zagar, Jonas Jeppesen, Jason Edwards. BELLE VUE: Dan Bewley, Norick Blodorn, Jaimon Lidsey, Zach Cook, Brady Kurtz, Tate Zischke, Jake Mulford.