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I agree, they can't start in a deep rut but there is always room to start from a different part of the track.

The riders want the best possible start and so position the wheel at the back of the rut. I have never ridden a speedway bike, but I doubt its impossible to be right at the tapes.

I agree the start marshaIs often don't start the riders within the 75mm but I don't think riders roll back much, if the rule was 40mm I think they would have to start closer to the tapes. There is nothing to lose by changing the rule. No it wouldn't stop a perfectly anticipated start like Sarjeant's last night, but I think Sarjeant would hit the tapes far more often if he had to start closer to the tapes, this may cause him to adjust his starting behaviour.

Why not just make riders start closer to the tapes then those riders who are anticipating the start will be hitting the tapes far more often.

It might help if the BBC gave speedway its own section on the website instead of being lumped under motorsport, Shooting and Taekwondo get their own section.

how big is the track?

who can take Protasiewicz's rides?

How many meetings does he need to complete to get a new average, I thought it was 4 home and away.

Were Tungate's points expunged for his races after the incident?

An unknown Swede or Dane might be a good idea if they have time to get an average.

When driving your car the punishment for death by dangerous driving is likely to be far greater than dangerous driving. The point being, the consequences of a dangerous move has a bearing on the punishment. If Tungate managed to spray him with shale he gets off with no punishment, however his dangerous move went wrong and the punishment should be more severe than £200.

We have established Tungate lies.

The camera doesn't capture the Lunna Morris incident but my take on it was Morris stuck his leg out to cover the move of Lunna but he was already along side and ended up kicking him.

Can you please upload the video. I can't see how it would make a difference to the SCB enquiry.

I agree entirely.

Ipswitch website says, 'The referee agreed with us that it was an accident but Rohan was fined as a result.' What is Rohan been fined for? It was either an accident or it was done on purpose.

“The referee said he didn’t see it. The clerk of the course, who wasn’t our normal clerk of the course, also said he didn’t see it. http://scunthorpescorpions.co/?p=3833

Am I correct in saying Josh Auty was in the refs box from heat 11 onwards, if so its not good refereeing practise to have one of the team captains in the refs box.

Are the SCB likely to do anything? Ipswitch must be confident thats they end of the matter or they wouldn't of put Tungate in heat 15, if his points are deducted from his last 2 rides it will be a draw.

From my view Auty didn't knock Tungate off there was minimal contact if any at all. There is serious lack of consistency when it comes to refs punishments. The ref has acknowledge Tungate deliberately knocked Auty off after the race but has deemed a £200 pound fine adequate punishment.

I am not sure it was affecting crowds, I think afternoon meetings make it hard to get the water in the track and left us with very little home track advantage. The racing is generally better on a Friday but the crowds are generally better at the weekend. A compromise of early Sunday evening might work.

I think the racing gets better because the dirt line moves a bit wider giving the riders a few more options. The outside line NKI took in the final would never of worked earlier on in the meeting. I am not sure its a good idea to drag so to much dirt back to inside at every grading.

Seems there have been a lot of injuries this year, some will say there are always lots of injuries in speedway and its not getting worse. If people could post a list of injuries sustained by their team and I will compile a list of injuries to riders who ride in the British league, that way in future we will have something to compare it to. Scunthorpe Josh Auty: Broken hand (missed 10) Ryan Douglas: Fractured vertebrae (missed 6) Coventry Bees Stuart Robson: Concussion, Arm & Leg injuries (missed 6) James Sarjeant: Shoulder injury, badly bruised ribs, arm injury (missed 6) Hans Andersen: Broke his finger Jason Garrity: Knee injury Coventry Strom Luke Crang: Shoulder blade injury (still out injured) Connor Dwyer: knee injury (still out injured) Berwick Bandits Ben Barker: Back injuries (out for season) Claus Vissing: knee ligaments (still out) Hynek Stichaur: Broken ankle (still out) Matic Voldrih: Broken leg (out for season)

I am not sure how long it takes to prepare a track for premier league racing but could amateur meetings and open trainings take place earlier in the day. It might be more efficient to have everything on one day with track staff and medical cover.

With afternoon meetings always quite well supported at Scunny why not switch the race day back to Sunday but run a bit latter at say 6pm that way track prep would be better and it might be better for those who travel along way and for kids that can't stay up late.