IainB

BSI/IMG

You mean something like this? http://www.birmingham-speedway.com/news.php?extend.3330

It was a very strange reaction from Andersen wasn't it, one moment he was doing wheelies then he looked suicidal then he was smiling spraying the champagne then he looked suicidal again... I think a lot of it was an act on how he thought he should have been seen to react We mustn't forget these are children, i found some of it quite uncomfortable viewing especially the crash between Pedersen and Miller, do we really need to see these kids in tears with TV cameras thrust into their faces? It's borderline child exploitation... just show me the racing

https://twitter.com/SpeedwayGP/status/1679924350860836878?t=4dKvDkWNCERoQn4xSAP1kw&s=19

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It wasn't on the captions at the end of SGP3... but then Tatum said please try and catch up with SGP4 on Saturday morning! Not quite sure how he expects us to do that? How long have WBD got the Speedway contract for? The sooner they're out of our sport the better!

The more I see of the 250cc engines the more i think 500cc engines are not the future for Speedway. Quite why WBD decided to hold this on a Friday afternoon I'm not quite sure? Also a shame they couldn't be arsed to change the captions as I wasn't quite sure if there was going to be 2 semis and a final like the captions said or 20 heats as the commentators said, also wasn't sure if it was a one off meeting as the caption said it was SGP3 Round 1. Is SGP4 being shown tomorrow?

Never mind all that... does anybody know what @chrismorton was doing last night? I've checked Speedway updates and it's not mentioned anywhere

It's funny isn't it that a rider has to provide a medical certificate when missing a match through illness/injury but, as far as I know, don't have to produce one when returning from injury

Totally agree what you're saying... but there's a comparison to be drawn there with riders riding injured, the most recent example being Erik Riss riding with blurred vision and "brain fog". There's the mandatory concussion rule but riders have ridden down the years with broken legs and collar bones etc. which must impair their ability on a bike

I know... but why no facility allowed but as soon as the rider is officially suspended there is, the paying punter gets short changed... again!

I'm pretty sure visually impaired athletes also have to abide by a banned substance list, probably provided in Braille... but I take your point

Didn't Michael Lee have to pay an outstanding fine when he wanted to return to Poole back in the late 80's or early 90's?

Full marks to the Ipswich promotion in carrying out the remedial work to the track to get the meeting restarted again, and it looked as though the racing actually improved after the work for those riders that wanted to mix it. Listening to Adam Roynon on the BSN stream it's easy to see how some riders can talk themselves out of wanting to continue, he was doing this even from the commentary box and then when the racing restarted Keynan Rew immediately raced his way past Brady Kurtz. I hope the Sheffield promotion were watching last night on what to do after a rain shower and not just pull the plug and go home!

They mentioned during commentary during one of the GP's this season that they're used in the GP's don't know about elsewhere though

Rider replacement

Hands up if anybody is interested whether @chrismorton is going or not

This just highlights another rule that needs changing/updating... Birmingham should have been allowed a facility last night

Try Carl Johnson's... he only lives 100 yards from the stadium and will defintely be in, you may have to clean the bogs yourself though if you use them... bring your own marigolds

Failed/missed drugs test... or referee error, take your pick

Pablo Escobar

Because they can see a clock ticking down on the centre?

Most of them could phone in their changes... I think the value of a team manager these days lies more in the role of rider coach/mentor/motivator

Doesn't mean to say he didn't aggravate the injury... we'll find out in the fulness of time just what's give on... hopefully

He was injured the weekend before last in Poland, missed the Leicester match on the Thursday... feasible he's been taking prohibited pain killers or the like I suppose if the drug test thing is true