IainB Posted Friday at 11:50 AM Report Share Posted Friday at 11:50 AM 3 minutes ago, foreverblue said: Surprised you couldn't find a photo of Leicester track from a few years ago!! Harsh! 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko Posted Friday at 11:52 AM Report Share Posted Friday at 11:52 AM They should have held an impromptu practice session, any second half riders invited to, would have soon scrubbed the top surface off without having to race flat out under pressure. But as others have said, A blade is a part of the equipment that a club has to prove they have in order to to get a track licence. The main issue as I see it is that you have some riders who are just too afraid to ride on anything less than perfect because they fear if they get hurt here, their Polish club will throw the book at them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Jacobs Posted Friday at 12:14 PM Report Share Posted Friday at 12:14 PM Paul Hurry (from Ipswich website): “We had let the crowd in, and we tried to the end to get the meeting on. They tried to scrape the material off, but it was too wet. As soon as (track curator) Bob (Ellis) put the blade down, the sludge came out either side. There was no hope of getting it off the track.” So there was a blade ... ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted Friday at 12:20 PM Report Share Posted Friday at 12:20 PM (edited) 16 minutes ago, Roger Jacobs said: Paul Hurry (from Ipswich website): “We had let the crowd in, and we tried to the end to get the meeting on. They tried to scrape the material off, but it was too wet. As soon as (track curator) Bob (Ellis) put the blade down, the sludge came out either side. There was no hope of getting it off the track.” So there was a blade ... ? Either the ref got it wrong, wouldn't be the first time a ref got something wrong, or Hurry is referring to the leading edge of the grader that was being used to do whatever it was they were trying to do? 🤷♂️ Edited Friday at 12:31 PM by IainB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDY69 Posted Friday at 01:08 PM Report Share Posted Friday at 01:08 PM (edited) The lumps that came off the bladed grader were solid and staff had to break them up, it didn't look sludgy to me as there wasn't much material at all. I'd have ridden it! Edited Friday at 01:09 PM by SPEEDY69 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted Friday at 01:29 PM Report Share Posted Friday at 01:29 PM 1 hour ago, marko said: They should have held an impromptu practice session, any second half riders invited to, would have soon scrubbed the top surface off without having to race flat out under pressure. But as others have said, A blade is a part of the equipment that a club has to prove they have in order to to get a track licence. The main issue as I see it is that you have some riders who are just too afraid to ride on anything less than perfect because they fear if they get hurt here, their Polish club will throw the book at them. And it would be a massive five, or even six, figure sum for some of the riders who ride over here... Can't blame them really for not taking any risks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted Friday at 01:49 PM Report Share Posted Friday at 01:49 PM 15 minutes ago, mikebv said: And it would be a massive five, or even six, figure sum for some of the riders who ride over here... Can't blame them really for not taking any risks... I’m afraid I would not entertain them in Uk in that case. They are helping to send the sport into obscurity with their attitude. Speedway is hardly a no risk sport.Wait till this situation arises at Northampton and see how the newcomers to the sport react. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko Posted Friday at 02:20 PM Report Share Posted Friday at 02:20 PM 1 hour ago, IainB said: Either the ref got it wrong, wouldn't be the first time a ref got something wrong, or Hurry is referring to the leading edge of the grader that was being used to do whatever it was they were trying to do? 🤷♂️ You could see there was a bit of a top surface but not a lot at all, had the day been dry I bet you that track would have produced a blue groove very quickly. There wasn’t much to blade off and you would still have the issue of the base being wet and that being hard would have been slippery, same as you don’t water a track which has blue grooved. Yes that late shower did sod it up but for them to say that before the shower the track was nothing more than just OK, does wind me up a bit, how could it have been better than just ok? Dry as a bone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aries Posted Friday at 04:44 PM Report Share Posted Friday at 04:44 PM 21 hours ago, IainB said: He's with @PhilTheAce... who's been strangely quiet recently, hope he's okay 👍🏻 I second this. Hope you’re ok Phil. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TapesRup Posted Friday at 04:47 PM Report Share Posted Friday at 04:47 PM 2 minutes ago, Aries said: I second this. Hope you’re ok Phil. I’m sure he’s on holiday 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TB1 Posted Friday at 10:00 PM Report Share Posted Friday at 10:00 PM 9 hours ago, IainB said: Either the ref got it wrong, wouldn't be the first time a ref got something wrong, or Hurry is referring to the leading edge of the grader that was being used to do whatever it was they were trying to do? 🤷♂️ Just listened to Paul Hurry and Danny King on BBC Suffolk. No mention of any blades. From what I saw on bend 3 I agree with the picture, it looking like the leading edge of the grader was doing the scraping. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TB1 Posted Saturday at 09:43 AM Report Share Posted Saturday at 09:43 AM 11 hours ago, TB1 said: Just listened to Paul Hurry and Danny King on BBC Suffolk. No mention of any blades. From what I saw on bend 3 I agree with the picture, it looking like the leading edge of the grader was doing the scraping. And I'm pretty sure Iain from your commentary position(s) you would have spotted it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted Saturday at 10:36 AM Report Share Posted Saturday at 10:36 AM 20 hours ago, Fromafar said: I’m afraid I would not entertain them in Uk in that case. They are helping to send the sport into obscurity with their attitude. Speedway is hardly a no risk sport.Wait till this situation arises at Northampton and see how the newcomers to the sport react. When Sky pulled out, and the "real money" stopped, they should have gone their own way... Become a "BSB" to Poland's "WSB/MotoGp"... Up and coming UK, European and Commonwealth riders, riding alongside established riders who have either reached their level, or come back from the higher standard, with an organic movement up to the higher standard as and when riders reached it... With a strong youth development plan in place to ensure as riders move on, they get replaced.. Instead, as a long term development plan for UK Speedway we had... .. ??????? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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