Well... after the very best of Speedway last night, tonight is after the Lord Mayor's show.
There's been a slide off in every heat so far but at least it's getting done!
Track is VERY wet... riders stood around on the first bend
Riders now walking the track with, I assume, the ref
No, not the ref... just the Scunny riders
Stopped near me around 20 mins ago... some big puddles around. Under normal circumstances I suspect this would have been off... they're probably down pets r us buying up bags of sawdust right now
Looking at the met office rainfall radar and there's a big dollop of rain heading the way of Leicester, forecast is back to 90% chance of heavy rain between 6 and 7pm
This is part of the whole problem though, Scunny don't care about Leicester's crowds so send a team without Ellis, Leicester don't care about Kent crowds, so send a team without the Thompson twins, earlier in the season Eastbourne don't care about Leicester's crowds so send a team without Kennett and don't send 2 riders out in heat 15... etc. etc
And so it goes on... and the crowds drop etc. etc.
Not just a major international meeting but a world final! Although there have been occasions in the past that clubs have run against world championship events, they have usually been hundreds of miles away and you could probably count them on one hand.
I assume the BSPL have no involvement in the SoN so are happy to sanction the event at Leicester?
If Leicester, and other clubs, hadn't fannyed about calling meetings off for no reason earlier in the season we just wouldn't be in this situation.
Makes no odds to me really, I'll be at Belle Vue watching some world class speedway, you'll be watching a load of 3rd rate crap at Leicester.
Leicester, a Saturday night Track... unless the Football is on the TV, or the weather forecast looks a bit dodgy, or there's no ambulance... or it's a Tuesday