Rob B Posted April 29 Report Share Posted April 29 British speedway release today says it’s 310m. Thought it was suppose to be lot bigger 396m? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob B Posted April 29 Report Share Posted April 29 British speedway release today says it’s 310m. Thought it was suppose to be lot bigger 396m? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted April 29 Report Share Posted April 29 The 396m was apparently the barrier 310m is the kerb (or 1m from the kerb which I believe is the official way to measure) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Jacobs Posted April 29 Report Share Posted April 29 3 hours ago, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said: The 396m was apparently the barrier 310m is the kerb (or 1m from the kerb which I believe is the official way to measure) Indeed - I even went on GoogleMaps and did a rough measure of the inside line, which was about 300m, so 310m must be it. No idea why Brafield is given as 396m ... the tarmac track at Foxhall is listed as 385m, which must be the inside line. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Jacobs Posted April 30 Report Share Posted April 30 Feature on BBC Look East (available until 18:55 BST on Friday, 1st May) - starts at 17 minutes 55 seconds ... https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002vrh1/look-east-evening-news-30042026 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HGould Posted May 1 Report Share Posted May 1 An excellent Crowd for the first night and if the novelty value ensures 50% come back on a meeting by meeting basis they should wipe their noses. The track will need time to bed in fully. It reminded me a bit of Dudley Wood , a bit smaller but similar shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preston Comet Posted May 1 Report Share Posted May 1 Time to bed in?? Its been a shale track for years 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJA Posted May 1 Report Share Posted May 1 13 hours ago, Roger Jacobs said: Feature on BBC Look East (available until 18:55 BST on Friday, 1st May) - starts at 17 minutes 55 seconds ... https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002vrh1/look-east-evening-news-30042026 Thanks for posting Roger. The studio presentation looked very corporate and reflected well on the new club. Fingers crossed that the promotion are doing enough to engage with locals so that they are not reliant on the general speedway fans attending but develop new local speedway fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HGould Posted May 1 Report Share Posted May 1 2 hours ago, Preston Comet said: Time to bed in?? Its been a shale track for years It's been a shale track for Cars Very very different prparation for Bikes. It is not the clay surface at KIngs Lynn as an example. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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paulnolan Posted May 5 Report Share Posted May 5 The shine has quickly worn off with 5 matches in 15 days and 5 defeats. Sure, there's been no Iversen but it's already apparent that this side is understrength and needs attention. Zagar and Lidsey are doing about what you'd expect, the reserves are fine, but Klindt and Batchelor are seriously underperforming. The problem is, with the club being funded by its rivals, what's their impetus to improve their side? 14 defeats would suit them all fine. But with over 3,000 at the opening night, they'd be killing a golden goose. At £25 a go, I'll skip Thursday's match with King's Lynn and see if anything changes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko Posted May 5 Report Share Posted May 5 I think as far as other promoters are concerned I suspect their opinion towards the Foxes will be, Do good, but don’t do too good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted May 5 Report Share Posted May 5 (edited) 17 minutes ago, marko said: I think as far as other promoters are concerned I suspect their opinion towards the Foxes will be, Do good, but don’t do too good. As Mark Lemon said... "We need the sixth team for credibility"... If any of the Monty Python team has said it, we would be quoting it for the next fifty years!!!! Edited May 5 by mikebv 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Sidney Posted May 5 Report Share Posted May 5 1 hour ago, paulnolan said: The shine has quickly worn off with 5 matches in 15 days and 5 defeats. Sure, there's been no Iversen but it's already apparent that this side is understrength and needs attention. Zagar and Lidsey are doing about what you'd expect, the reserves are fine, but Klindt and Batchelor are seriously underperforming. The problem is, with the club being funded by its rivals, what's their impetus to improve their side? 14 defeats would suit them all fine. But with over 3,000 at the opening night, they'd be killing a golden goose. At £25 a go, I'll skip Thursday's match with King's Lynn and see if anything changes. Don't give up on them after 1 home meeting. They will need all the support they can get, to remain viable. Given the lateness with which the team was put together it was always going to be a challenge this year. Klindt acknowledged at Belle Vue yesterday that his performances have not yet been up to scratch. The question is who would be available to come in to improve the team now, and I suspect the answer is that there are very few options Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldPitGate Posted May 5 Report Share Posted May 5 6 minutes ago, Sir Sidney said: Don't give up on them after 1 home meeting. They will need all the support they can get, to remain viable. Given the lateness with which the team was put together it was always going to be a challenge this year. Klindt acknowledged at Belle Vue yesterday that his performances have not yet been up to scratch. The question is who would be available to come in to improve the team now, and I suspect the answer is that there are very few options Spot on where do you go for options, in the perfect world they need someone like Anders Thompson or Lindgren but most likely it would be a toss up between Kerr/Sedgeman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnudsenFan Posted May 5 Report Share Posted May 5 On 5/3/2026 at 8:36 AM, Bavarian said: Charlotte is excellent at presenting, I think she'll go far 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted May 5 Author Report Share Posted May 5 26 minutes ago, Sir Sidney said: Don't give up on them after 1 home meeting. They will need all the support they can get, to remain viable. Given the lateness with which the team was put together it was always going to be a challenge this year. Klindt acknowledged at Belle Vue yesterday that his performances have not yet been up to scratch. The question is who would be available to come in to improve the team now, and I suspect the answer is that there are very few options Klindt is not a number 5, not in a million years... Charles Wright is unattached, when he's fit to return, he's not the answer though, Luke Becker? One of the ex-gp riders? Wozniak, Michelsen, Vaculik, Janowski, Huckenbeck... Tungate, Nilsson, Thorsell, DJ Woffy... all the usual suspects. None of them are going to set the world alight but are more likely than not going to score more that the 2 or 3 points that Klindt is currently offering. Klindt did this a couple of years back when he got binned off by Oxford, or was it Lynn, or did he go from Oxford to Lynn, can't remember, but I remember him saying at the time he can't set his bikes up during the colder early months... which I commented at the time was not great to hear from somebody with so much experience... but here we are again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted May 5 Report Share Posted May 5 1 minute ago, IainB said: Klindt is not a number 5, not in a million years... Charles Wright is unattached, when he's fit to return, he's not the answer though, Luke Becker? One of the ex-gp riders? Wozniak, Michelsen, Vaculik, Janowski, Huckenbeck... Tungate, Nilsson, Thorsell, DJ Woffy... all the usual suspects. None of them are going to set the world alight but are more likely than not going to score more that the 2 or 3 points that Klindt is currently offering. Klindt did this a couple of years back when he got binned off by Oxford, or was it Lynn, or did he go from Oxford to Lynn, can't remember, but I remember him saying at the time he can't set his bikes up during the colder early months... which I commented at the time was not great to hear from somebody with so much experience... but here we are again. Maybe there is a case for new teams getting a few extra points towards team building? Maybe 5%..? Given they initially don't have home track knowledge it would even up the playing field somewhat . And, hopefully, provide some home victories early doors into the tenure... And it's not like UK Speedway isn't adverse to a bit of contrived rules and regs.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted May 5 Author Report Share Posted May 5 3 minutes ago, mikebv said: Maybe there is a case for new teams getting a few extra points towards team building? Maybe 5%..? Given they initially don't have home track knowledge it would even up the playing field somewhat . And, hopefully, provide some home victories early doors into the tenure... And it's not like UK Speedway isn't adverse to a bit of contrived rules and regs.. I think before bringing in more contrived rules... they should look at the current rules, instead of clobbering Northamptoningham with a no facility facility (absurd) for a rider that has not yet ridden they should allow a full facility especially if it can be proven the rider has actually signed a contract to ride... and if the sport is going to rely so so heavily on the guest system make sure that there are a pool of guests that are contractually obliged to guest. instead we have a system where it's totally up to the rider whether he chooses to accept the booking or not and even if he does he can change his mind at a moments notice... anyway that's getting on to a whole different subject! With Northamptoningham having around £75k on their hip after opening night they should have a bit of cash to splash... but as @paulnolan has already said the natives are restless, it's essential for any noobs to have a winning team, at least at home as they'll be lost before they come to love the subtleties of the sport after a few home losses. At the moment this is a carbon copy of Birmingham... but with crowds, but I fear they'll soon drop off and they'll be reliant on floaters, such as myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InTheDeepStuff Posted May 5 Report Share Posted May 5 With Zagar damaging his ankle yesterday he’s going g to be out for quite a few weeks, so maybe we might see a new face (or old returning face) in the Foxes line up in the coming meetings as can’t continue with R/R (when NKI is back) as team not strong enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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