Workington v Oxford 09/08/25 6pm.

[soupy]

Enjoyable meeting and nice to see you could actually pass if you did not make the gate.Enjoyed the interview with Sam Masters and was telling people he was flying from Liverpool for Poland.Most of the comets had there moments and was a solid display.

[SteelShoe]

2 hours ago, geoff100 said:

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 .

Vinnie done well at Glasgow beating a much in form Leon Flint. Watched Fraser, Tate and Batch after the meeting.Antti is an enigma for sure, can be absolutely brilliant at times.

Edited yesterday at 10:10 AM by SteelShoe

[SteelShoe]

1 hour ago, Woke23 said:

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.

No idea. Must of had his reasons if correct.

[Woke23]

1 hour ago, SteelShoe said:

Vinnie done well at Glasgow beating a much in form Leon Flint. Watched Fraser, Tate and Batch after the meeting.Antti is an enigma for sure, can be absolutely brilliant at times.

Were they the 3 to go out and practice? I was just saying during the meeting that Batch could return to a top heat leader if only he got out and practiced more. Good on him. 

I know he's not everyone's cuppa tea but I like him and want him to do well this season

[bigdave]

12 hours ago, rocket007 said:

Has anyone got the heat times from tonight please.

You'll find heat times on the SCB scorecard web site: 2025 SCORECARDS / Downloads - Speedway Control Bureau

 

[gjcone44]

enjoyed the day out, some good races, did watch from quit a few different areas , 1st bend and start straight, you did get covered in dust, ended up on third bend , near the food and beer, weather was excellent, and got a good view of red arrows. nice place yo visit. perfect for a family too visit, 

[gjcone44]

also did notice they had the room to make the track a bit longer, then make the bends just a bit tighter., its not far off a circle, as it is.

[Neila]

Worky 302 meters belle Vue 347 meters, but worky 1 meter wider, 

Edited 21 hours ago by Neila

[gjcone44]

surly not length wise. looks like hardy any straight.

[Marksman]

Took this photo of the Red Arrows yesterday

[A.N.Other]

42 minutes ago, Marksman said:

Took this photo of the Red Arrows yesterday

WOW !!  Fantastic Photo of those wonderful red planes !!  Brilliant !

[Woke23]

13 hours ago, gjcone44 said:

surly not length wise. looks like hardy any straight.

Best track in England. 

[Ajr]

15 hours ago, Marksman said:

Took this photo of the Red Arrows yesterday

brilliant pic, should send that to Andrew Bain and Speedway Star

[wtf]

On 8/10/2025 at 10:31 AM, Woke23 said:

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.

He did. What actually happened was: tried his 2nd engine at Glasgow which had been good previously, but after first heat it wasn't good, so swapped to 2nd bike with his usual Workington engine. After his 3rd ride that engine blew up immediately after the race snapping its camchain. Back onto first bike for heat 13 with some big changes and managed to get a win whilst feeling slow. For Workington, now only had one bike so borrowed an engine from Jacob Hook ( as his workshop is in Workington) that was "strong" so that he had 2 bikes (the alternative was a 20 hr round trip to home to collect a spare engine, but only had 19 hrs before the next meeting). Tried Hooky's engine in the first 2 heats but struggled to get out of the starts with it ( heavier flywheels than normal may have been the difference? but jumped back onto the underperforming engine again for the last 2 rides and made some radical changes again and managed to win heat 13 again with a massive cutback off the first turn and a defensive ride. Was out after the meeting on that same underperforming engine trying some other radical changes to see if they helped it to perform better. So a frustrating weekend some high points, some low points and no doubt a big bill to come too.

Hope that explains what happened

Edited 2 hours ago by wtf

[Woke23]

55 minutes ago, wtf said:

He did. What actually happened was: tried his 2nd engine at Glasgow which had been good previously, but after first heat it wasn't good, so swapped to 2nd bike with his usual Workington engine. After his 3rd ride that engine blew up immediately after the race snapping its camchain. Back onto first bike for heat 13 with some big changes and managed to get a win whilst feeling slow. For Workington, now only had one bike so borrowed an engine from Jacob Hook ( as his workshop is in Workington) that was "strong" so that he had 2 bikes (the alternative was a 20 hr round trip to home to collect a spare engine, but only had 19 hrs before the next meeting). Tried Hooky's engine in the first 2 heats but struggled to get out of the starts with it ( heavier flywheels than normal may have been the difference? but jumped back onto the underperforming engine again for the last 2 rides and made some radical changes again and managed to win heat 13 again with a massive cutback off the first turn and a defensive ride. Was out after the meeting on that same underperforming engine trying some other radical changes to see if they helped it to perform better. So a frustrating weekend so high points, some low points and no doubt a big bill to come too.

Hope that explains what happened

Ahh that makes more sense. Hopefully he gets it all sorted before next weekend. Busy weekend coming and we need him on top form. It's good to see him out practicing trying to sort it though.