Northampton 2026

[M.D]

Just now, IainB said:

" a lengthy spell"

Very much so, can be season ending or even worse, hopefully not poor lad.

[ArthurRudge]

Is there still nothing on the riders for the coming season?

[M.D]

Just now, ArthurRudge said:

Is there still nothing on the riders for the coming season?

I would imagine they are waiting for all rider contracts to be signed before they announce, that would be my guess. 

[IainB]

15 minutes ago, M.D said:

Very much so, can be season ending or even worse, hopefully not poor lad.

I've not seen it but just from reading the description on updates it sounded like a nothing fall... and he was stuck under the air fence. Another case of a rider ending up under the air fence, why is this still happening some 20 years after their introduction 🤷‍♂️

[Bagpuss]

Wright didn't want Prem AFAIK, Iversen very much on Northampton's radar and that may still be the case despite his fall. Smektala also in the frame as well as others already mentioned on the thread.

[TB1]

On 3/20/2026 at 12:44 PM, Happy Hunter said:

Everybody seems to have forgotten that for several years Milton Keynes, which is only 20 miles from Northampton, had a team. Thats a lot nearer than  Coventry, Peterborough and Wolverhampton!

From what I remember of Elfield Park and going there was that although the viewing areas around the track were elevated, the track itself was pants!

[Happy Hunter]

3 hours ago, IainB said:

I've not seen it but just from reading the description on updates it sounded like a nothing fall... and he was stuck under the air fence. Another case of a rider ending up under the air fence, why is this still happening some 20 years after their introduction 🤷‍♂️

Does anyone know if any research has been done comparing injuries before and after the introduction of air fences? For example how many injuries have been caused by a rider bouncing off an air bag into the path of another rider.

[M.D]

1 hour ago, Happy Hunter said:

Does anyone know if any research has been done comparing injuries before and after the introduction of air fences? For example how many injuries have been caused by a rider bouncing off an air bag into the path of another rider.

Most air fence injuries are caused by the bike going in before the rider and lifting the fence off the floor and then the rider going under it.

[IainB]

1 hour ago, Happy Hunter said:

Does anyone know if any research has been done comparing injuries before and after the introduction of air fences? For example how many injuries have been caused by a rider bouncing off an air bag into the path of another rider.

 

4 minutes ago, M.D said:

Most air fence injuries are caused by the bike going in before the rider and lifting the fence off the floor and then the rider going under it.

I thought there was going to be an investigation, in Poland, after DJ Woffy's crash last year... don't know if anything ever came of it?

[M.D]

16 minutes ago, IainB said:

 

I thought there was going to be an investigation, in Poland, after DJ Woffy's crash last year... don't know if anything ever came of it?

No idea

[Marky_Mark]

Charles wasn’t in the Northampton line up but as others have said Iversen was definitely in the plans so they’ll need to find a replacement now, Lidsey and Klindt have signed contracts as far as I know.