Workington v Oxford 09/08/25 6pm.

[gjcone44]

 looking forward to it thanks for all the info.

[scaramanga]

58 minutes ago, SteelShoe said:

Pretty stiff breeze this morning from the south west although it is due lessen into the evening. The back straight is more sheltered with the wind from this direction as there are pine trees surrounding . Any dust will affect starting gate side,any early evening sunshine will mainly be on this side also as well as bends 1&2. 

I was reading that there will be a fly by along the coast by the Red Arrows who will be on their way from Blackpool to Edinburgh Tattoo around 6-30pm which will be better seen from starting gate side. Don't blame me if they don't materialise though 🤣, hope its a great meeting .

Not many  tracks arrange red arrows fly by 

[Neila]

1 hour ago, scaramanga said:

Not many  tracks arrange red arrows fly by 

Even the pilots can't manage that 😁

[SteelShoe]

3 hours ago, gjcone44 said:

 looking forward to it thanks for all the info.

If you like proper sausage rolls or steak pies, small cabin between back straight stand and Peter Hall hospitality.

[Woke23]

Very good meeting today. Batchelor disappointing but I suppose he came through when it mattered. Tate just can't seem to get going at the moment. He's a shadow of his former self.

However, I do think the track has been somewhat disappointing of late. There is good racing at times but not a lot of passing.

 

[Blue Groove]

1 hour ago, Woke23 said:

Very good meeting today. Batchelor disappointing but I suppose he came through when it mattered. Tate just can't seem to get going at the moment. He's a shadow of his former self.

However, I do think the track has been somewhat disappointing of late. There is good racing at times but not a lot of passing.

 

Definitely hasn't been as much dirt on this season compared to last, presumably at the request of the riders, and what there is is quite dry on days like today despite the watering which makes good gating paramount. 

[Blue Groove]

9 hours ago, scaramanga said:

Not many  tracks arrange red arrows fly by 

Nice to see, presumably the club must've requested a quick detour for a mini-flypast as the smoke was switched on for the short time over the stadium.

[Noelinho]

1 hour ago, Woke23 said:

Very good meeting today. Batchelor disappointing but I suppose he came through when it mattered. Tate just can't seem to get going at the moment. He's a shadow of his former self.

However, I do think the track has been somewhat disappointing of late. There is good racing at times but not a lot of passing.

 

He looked very good last night at Ashfield.

[Neila]

1 minute ago, Blue Groove said:

Nice to see, presumably the club must've requested a quick detour for a mini-flypast as the smoke was switched on for the short time over the stadium.

The red arrows route has been known for a couple of days, probably as they flew over Workington as well as the stadium the smoke was put on for all to see, but it was good to see directly over the stadium 

[Arthur54]

9 hours ago, Neila said:

Even the pilots can't manage that 😁

We were the pilots 😂

[szkocjasid]

Tate seems to be going better away than at home, Vuolas the opposite.

One match fans will comment Annti needs to do better, the next night it'll be Tate needs to do better.

[rocket007]

Has anyone got the heat times from tonight please.

[SteveLyric2]

17 hours ago, Neila said:

Even the pilots can't manage that 😁

Pirates see them all the time as they use Bournemouth Airport as their base for southern air shows.😇

[SteelShoe]

11 hours ago, Woke23 said:

Very good meeting today. Batchelor disappointing but I suppose he came through when it mattered. Tate just can't seem to get going at the moment. He's a shadow of his former self.

However, I do think the track has been somewhat disappointing of late. There is good racing at times but not a lot of passing.

 

Apparently Batch blew an engine before heat 15 at Glasgow friday night. I heard his second engine wasn't as strong so he was using an engine borrowed from Hooky against the Cheetahs. He seemed to find a better setup for heat 13 after which I half expected to see him with Antti in 15. Jye was deserving of 15 though after a strong performance.

[geoff100]

Vinnie showed alot better than his 2 points got him  now if only anttti was like that away! A few of the boys went out to practice after the meeting ,next weekend will be a tough test .

[MB723]

44 minutes ago, SteelShoe said:

Apparently Batch blew an engine before heat 15 at Glasgow friday night. I heard his second engine wasn't as strong so he was using an engine borrowed from Hooky against the Cheetahs. He seemed to find a better setup for heat 13 after which I half expected to see him with Antti in 15. Jye was deserving of 15 though after a strong performance.

How many riders have borrowed Hooky's engine this season, is it like the R/R tyre that gets passed around the team?

[Gambo]

8 hours ago, rocket007 said:

Has anyone got the heat times from tonight please.

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[rocket007]

Thank you

[Woke23]

10 hours ago, szkocjasid said:

Tate seems to be going better away than at home, Vuolas the opposite.

One match fans will comment Annti needs to do better, the next night it'll be Tate needs to do better.

And both can be true. I had a look at the scores in the back of the program yesterday and tates scores have been poor. Vuolas has put some brilliant scores together at home and the odd away but still struggles on some tracks. I sense the Oxford meeting will be a shocker for vuolas.

[Woke23]

2 hours ago, SteelShoe said:

Apparently Batch blew an engine before heat 15 at Glasgow friday night. I heard his second engine wasn't as strong so he was using an engine borrowed from Hooky against the Cheetahs. He seemed to find a better setup for heat 13 after which I half expected to see him with Antti in 15. Jye was deserving of 15 though after a strong performance.

Yeh i also heard this. Confusing though because the program yesterday stated he wasn't happy with his first bike a couple meetings ago and switched to his second. Why didn't he use his second instead of borrowing one.