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Wroclaw GP round 9 Saturday 30th August


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Why so much water put on track at intervals.Just creates a race line about 6” from the fence most of the time.If the rider gets into the 3rd turn without being dive bombed it’s just get on to the outside line.Certainly make passing at a premium.Bartosz is the exception.!!

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8 minutes ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said:

He always looked faster because nobody does or has ever raced a speedway bike like zmarzlik, there are quite a few riders lighter than zmarzlik, zmarzlik is by quite a distance better than any rider in history, that’s not to say he isn’t beatable and it’s not just in GPs either, the guys will to win in any event anywhere is untouchable

He was certainly the best rider on show last night.

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3 hours ago, Fromafar said:

Why so much water put on track at intervals.

To stop the crowd getting covered in dust, unlike in this country, they seem to not want their punters to go home 50 shades darker 🧒🏿 than when they arrived 🧒🏼

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2 hours ago, IainB said:

To stop the crowd getting covered in dust, unlike in this country, they seem to not want their punters to go home 50 shades darker 🧒🏿 than when they arrived 🧒🏼

I said so much.If you watch Polish Matches they water the track every 3-4 heats but it is not a skating rink the next race.!!

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4 minutes ago, Fromafar said:

I said so much.If you watch Polish Matches they water the track every 3-4 heats but it is not a skating rink the next race.!!

It was a bit excessive wasn't it 🚜💦

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I went on Saturday and from where I was (3rd bend) it never looked overly wet.  See a lot on social media and on here about it, but to my eye it looked ok?

Love Wroclaw for the weekend, love the track and the atmosphere was fantastic. 👍

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at least this GP must be up for a reward, most boring GP this season....absolute borefest....however there is still one to go Vojens, now this could quite easily take the award.

 On a serious note, does no one in power of the GP's look back in the debrief and think yep we fekked that up?

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9 hours ago, Fromafar said:

I said so much.If you watch Polish Matches they water the track every 3-4 heats but it is not a skating rink the next race.!!

I’d tend to disagree, many Polish matches are dry and they don’t water the track half as much as GPs. I’ve watched multiple matches live in Poland this season and they are always dusty.

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The shale seems to be very powdery so when wet it will be very slick - even slicker than normal which is saying something.  Chris called it right, on these types of track the speed of the bike is the biggest factor in race wins because everyone rides them full throttle - now that might sound obvious but it's not always been that way.  Looking at older races from yesteryear the tracks generally were much bumpier and the outside was for the bravest only as most riders would get into difficulty with the heavy shale.  It's got too fast for its own good and the engine builders/tuners haven't helped.  Nowadays if someone falls off because they 'took off' when hitting the grip near the fence, the solution, instead of riders avoiding that, is to slicken the track and make it easier to ride so it continues to be slicker and slicker.   

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