Youhave2minutes Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 10 hours ago, SPEEDY69 said: And that's why it's crumbling as a sport. Riders have too much power. Too right they do and stick together like s*it to a blanket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 Premiership CEO spotted overseeing track operations at Ipswich last night... 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youhave2minutes Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 2 minutes ago, IainB said: Premiership CEO spotted overseeing track operations at Ipswich last night... Decent crowd turned up then😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TapesRup Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 14 minutes ago, Youhave2minutes said: Decent crowd turned up then😂 I was there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phannan Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 23 minutes ago, Youhave2minutes said: Decent crowd turned up then😂 That one in the dress looks bang tidy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralMelchett Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 10 minutes ago, TapesRup said: I was there was you the rabbit or the Leprechaun? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 4 minutes ago, Phannan said: That one in the dress looks bang tidy Unfortunately she's about as real as the Premiership CEO 🤔😂 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iamnotanumber Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 Not even Ipswich Speedway! Some people have too much time on their hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 2 hours ago, IainB said: Premiership CEO spotted overseeing track operations at Ipswich last night... The Board of Directors.... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chun Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 most of the more senior riders dont want to risk getting injured. they should have at least sent a couple of riders out to do a few laps to test the track. it was a bad look 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Jacobs Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 2 hours ago, Iamnotanumber said: Not even Ipswich Speedway! Some people have too much time on their hands. Some people don't appreciate a bit of fun 🙄 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 3 hours ago, IainB said: Premiership CEO spotted overseeing track operations at Ipswich last night... Surprised you couldn't find a photo of Leicester track from a few years ago!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 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 May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 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 May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 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 May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 (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 May 15 by IainB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDY69 Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 (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 May 15 by SPEEDY69 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 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 May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 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 May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 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...
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