Garritty

[THE DEAN MACHINE]

8 minutes ago, Neila said:

You could also get the testers to randomly turn up at a meeting when suspected naughty boys are riding 😜

I’m not sure if the rules have changed but back when I raced they couldn’t do a test on a specific rider even if that rider has been reported or they suspect them, the tests have to be completely random, I would like to know now if some officials at the track are told a few hours in advance that a test is taking place for number 3or 6 or whatever as I do find it strange lately how some riders are arriving late or suddenly don’t appear at all 

Edited 1 hour ago by THE DEAN MACHINE

[Triple.H.]

8 minutes ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said:

I’m not sure if the rules have changed but back when I raced they couldn’t do a test on a specific rider even if that rider has been reported or they suspect them, the tests have to be completely random, I would like to know now if some officials at the track are told a few hours in advance that a test is taking place for number 3or 6 or whatever as I do find it strange lately how some riders are arriving late or suddenly don’t appear at all 

You easily nip that in the bud by the testers not turning up till an hour or less before the meeting is due to start. Any failures to turn up etc get tested at the next meeting they're due to ride/ spannerman in.

[Neila]

22 minutes ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said:

I’m not sure if the rules have changed but back when I raced they couldn’t do a test on a specific rider even if that rider has been reported or they suspect them, the tests have to be completely random, I would like to know now if some officials at the track are told a few hours in advance that a test is taking place for number 3or 6 or whatever as I do find it strange lately how some riders are arriving late or suddenly don’t appear at all 

Been happening for a few years when riders have allegedly broken down or disappeared from the stadium 😲. But do drug / fuel testers exist any more in speedway? 

[THE DEAN MACHINE]

39 minutes ago, Neila said:

Been happening for a few years when riders have allegedly broken down or disappeared from the stadium 😲. But do drug / fuel testers exist any more in speedway? 

Yes there regular drug tests and now at grasstrack but not so much fuel testing, it does still go on but you tend to find if suspicions are raised like fuel or filters or whatever then testing seems to ramp up for the month after, they could sort the fuel problem by using the polish system where the bikes are filled just before the race from the same drum, on the subject of cheating I purchased a famous silencer a couple of weeks back, it was Eddie Kennett’s famous drilled one from about 15 years ago, have to say not the best “modification” I’ve ever seen 

Edited 49 minutes ago by THE DEAN MACHINE

[THE DEAN MACHINE]

49 minutes ago, Triple.H. said:

You easily nip that in the bud by the testers not turning up till an hour or less before the meeting is due to start. Any failures to turn up etc get tested at the next meeting they're due to ride/ spannerman in.

I can’t remember now how it was, I think we were told before the meeting 2 numbers from each team were picked and you got tested before meeting or they would pick the winners of certain races and you got tested after the meeting, I certainly had both over the years 

Edited 51 minutes ago by THE DEAN MACHINE

[Neila]

9 minutes ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said:

Yes there regular drug tests and now at grasstrack but not so much fuel testing, it does still go on but you tend to find if suspicions are raised like fuel or filters or whatever then testing seems to ramp up for the month after, they could sort the fuel problem by using the polish system where the bikes are filled just before the race from the same drum, on the subject of cheating I purchased a famous silencer a couple of weeks back, it was Eddie Kennett’s famous drilled one from about 15 years ago, have to say not the best “modification” I’ve ever seen 

People from Eastbourne have history with exhaust cheating, as back in the mid 70's eagles were at worky, all the team travelling on a bus, was a heated meeting eagles were winning and it kicked off about an exhaust, it had been taken off the bike and thrown over the pit wall, the mechanic burnt his hand, think they got away with it, think Mike Sampson was the rider

[THE DEAN MACHINE]

16 minutes ago, Neila said:

People from Eastbourne have history with exhaust cheating, as back in the mid 70's eagles were at worky, all the team travelling on a bus, was a heated meeting eagles were winning and it kicked off about an exhaust, it had been taken off the bike and thrown over the pit wall, the mechanic burnt his hand, think they got away with it, think Mike Sampson was the rider

Towards the end of my career my mechanic worked for motad making silencers for the motorcycle industry, through getting done over by Norton they were on the brink of going out of business and decided to try make a speedway silencer to save the business, after we tossed about a few ideas about design they wanted a king silencer they could take apart to see what they were doing inside, I got hold of a silencer off a top elite league rider at the time and they cut it apart to find the baffles had been cut out, I don’t know how it was done but they weren’t there and there were no weld repairs on the chrome plating, we got another one to check it and that had baffles in,motad made an exact replica of a king and as much as we tried we couldn’t get the noise under the limit, motad opted for a different design and although they performed well especially on long track they couldn’t break the monopoly of king in speedway and they went out of business 6 months later,