WookieboyDon Posted April 30 Report Share Posted April 30 (edited) Ducati have entered the FIM World Flat Track Championship with Ashton Boughen as their rider! Great gig for the lad. Hopefully the world will see the talent that is obviously there. Edited April 30 by WookieboyDon 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sotonian Posted April 30 Report Share Posted April 30 It's Flat Track not Long Track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin bass Posted April 30 Report Share Posted April 30 No disrespect to the lad but if he aint got over the mental block of throttling off soon as someone gets near him he won't fair no better in flat track racing either. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WookieboyDon Posted April 30 Author Report Share Posted April 30 (edited) 1 hour ago, Sotonian said: It's Flat Track not Long Track. My apologies. I will edit the post. That’s what happens when you write a post after reading an article about long track!! 🤣 Edited April 30 by WookieboyDon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitelinehugger Posted April 30 Report Share Posted April 30 15 minutes ago, kevin bass said: No disrespect to the lad but if he aint got over the mental block of throttling off soon as someone gets near him he won't fair no better in flat track racing either. Just what I thought.👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitelinehugger Posted April 30 Report Share Posted April 30 (edited) 2 minutes ago, WookieboyDon said: My apologies. I will edit the post Can you do anything with this post also.🤣 Edited April 30 by Whitelinehugger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technik Posted April 30 Report Share Posted April 30 20 minutes ago, kevin bass said: No disrespect to the lad but if he aint got over the mental block of throttling off soon as someone gets near him he won't fair no better in flat track racing either. Flat track is between speedway & moto X many of the riders have a moto X background & just freewheel into the turns with his experience with speedway he should be near the front for the most part it will only be the final rounds where he may find it a little tougher. The FIM Flat track event has got much closer & much faster over a few short years as the riders and their machines have adapted. I will stick my neck out now & say if Ashton & Ducati complete the full season he could be in the top 6 at the end. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chun Posted April 30 Report Share Posted April 30 Has he grown a pair in this short while I doubt it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortythirtyeight Posted April 30 Report Share Posted April 30 1 hour ago, kevin bass said: No disrespect to the lad but if he aint got over the mental block of throttling off soon as someone gets near him he won't fair no better in flat track racing either. You might want to think again as he is already upto speed as he finished 2nd in the Italian championship meeting and it was the very first meeting he’d competed in ! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Posted May 1 Report Share Posted May 1 (edited) On 4/30/2026 at 7:08 PM, Technik said: Flat track is between speedway & moto X many of the riders have a moto X background & just freewheel into the turns with his experience with speedway he should be near the front for the most part it will only be the final rounds where he may find it a little tougher. The FIM Flat track event has got much closer & much faster over a few short years as the riders and their machines have adapted. I will stick my neck out now & say if Ashton & Ducati complete the full season he could be in the top 6 at the end. Speedway riders generally go pretty well straight away but then have to adapt their style to consistently be at the front against good riders. Good riders use their brake both into and out of corners and the tyres make it very different to riding Speedway. Ashton will need to do very well indeed to be in the top 6 in this competition. There are some very good riders including Sammy Halbert a rider who is still competitive at the top level in the USA but doesn't get it all his own way in the FIM Championship. Ashton will be doing very well to be the 3rd best British rider behind Tim Neave and Jack Bell. Edited to say that I have since read that Gary Birtwhistle is also entered so Ashton will have a great season to be 4th best Brit. All these lads have a lot of experience and while you can be reasonably competitive coming from other motorcycle sport flat track needs specialist skills to be at the top. Edited Monday at 08:21 AM by Vince Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim G Posted May 1 Report Share Posted May 1 14 hours ago, WookieboyDon said: Ducati have entered the FIM World Flat Track Championship with Ashton Boughen as their rider! Great gig for the lad. Hopefully the world will see the talent that is obviously there. He’s riding for a team that’s run by the people who run the British speedway world team cup team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DEAN MACHINE Posted May 1 Report Share Posted May 1 16 hours ago, Fortythirtyeight said: You might want to think again as he is already upto speed as he finished 2nd in the Italian championship meeting and it was the very first meeting he’d competed in ! Nobody is doubting the lads talent and abilty, he was a natural on a speedway bike and could easily beat top riders but would shut off totally when in close contact with others, he has a mental block and unless he has sorted that it will happen in flat track 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONTWOMINUTES Posted May 1 Report Share Posted May 1 Good luck to the lad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortythirtyeight Posted May 1 Report Share Posted May 1 2 hours ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said: Nobody is doubting the lads talent and abilty, he was a natural on a speedway bike and could easily beat top riders but would shut off totally when in close contact with others, he has a mental block and unless he has sorted that it will happen in flat track If you knew the lad and had watched him from the start then you would know he didn’t always have that , infact the opposite was true, he was always bumping into others in the first corner. The lad has talent and can ride any bike but he lost the plot in speedway through many factors. Money was thrown at him and he was thrown in the deep end too early …..Too much too young ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DEAN MACHINE Posted May 1 Report Share Posted May 1 (edited) 22 minutes ago, Fortythirtyeight said: If you knew the lad and had watched him from the start then you would know he didn’t always have that , infact the opposite was true, he was always bumping into others in the first corner. The lad has talent and can ride any bike but he lost the plot in speedway through many factors. Money was thrown at him and he was thrown in the deep end too early …..Too much too young ! While that maybe true, he has it now and it doesn’t go away on its own, I’ve seen it a few times over the years to recognise it, I also said about him at the start of last season when I said joining a track like kings Lynn was maybe a mistake because it’s the type of track that will bite you if you’re not full committed, his issue caused the crash with Zack Cook at Poole where shut off going into first corner and Cook suprised by it went into back of him with nowhere to go, then went on to beat Richard Lawson hanging off the fence for 4 laps, that isn’t pressure or lack of talent that’s a mental block Edited May 1 by THE DEAN MACHINE 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therefused Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago Ashton won the meeting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim G Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 1 hour ago, therefused said: Ashton won the meeting Impressive, the lad has talent. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitelinehugger Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago 2 hours ago, therefused said: Ashton won the meeting What meeting where and when? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 valve Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago 47 minutes ago, Whitelinehugger said: What meeting where and when? Have a read of the first post etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortythirtyeight Posted 41 minutes ago Report Share Posted 41 minutes ago so Boughen wins the 1st round of the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP in only his fourth meeting on a flat track bike but DEAN MACHINE still reckons he has a mental block. If you watch his races you would see anything but a mental block . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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