Odds On Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago it would appear a bad night for the Foxes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago Shambles and not the first time at this track, easy to blame stock cars but Lynn has both, Coventry had both, others tracks have had elements of both where even with a tarmac track the cars still end up rutting up the speedway track. And let’s not forget it’s not stock cars sharing with speedway, it’s speedway sharing with stock cars, I turned in BSN close to half seven, was going to to give it a couple of races because at least with bomber involved you will have at least one rider who will prove whether the track has anything to it but all I saw was them blading off a ton of dirt leaving a shiny surface, no way were they ever going to race on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDY69 Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago I went to many a track and thought, this looks bad but we had to get on with it and mostly it wasn't at bad as feared. The look of a track is different to how it may feel when it's ridden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Jacobs Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago Amazing to hear that they staged a junior meeting in the afternoon! Apparently the surface was tyre-packed afterwards. Interview with Klindt on BSN, he said it's a known problem, but after doing a track walk he felt it was much worse, possibly because of all the rain this week. From the view on BSN, blading the shale seemed pointless, because they were just back to the shiny clay - it would have taken an age to try to relay the surface. As it is, the riders never got changed, so weren't remotely interested in riding. I'm told that turnstiles weren't closed until the formal announcement at about 19:25 ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago Another reason for any TV deal to just do a highlights package using the club streams... Too many times meetings don't happen due to weather predictions, riders not liking the track or just simply rain offs.. The sport needs to build a reputation for professionalism, and "live Speedway" going out often doesn't always paint that picture... Time to edit the best highlights, and interviews covering rider commitments and lifestyles, can start to build that reputation.. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelvinht Posted 26 minutes ago Report Share Posted 26 minutes ago Glad Ipswich knocked us out of the play-offs - we were going as we still had hope of a play off spot, glad I settled for TV and saved myself the 2 hours plus journey each way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcatdiary Posted 23 minutes ago Report Share Posted 23 minutes ago Oh dear. I went to the very first opening match and it was known they had practiced in the afternoon, the match afterwards in front of a crowd that must have been at least 3 thousand was effectively ruined, the racing was gate and go with little if any overtaking other that first bend and mistakes. Its clear from reading this thread today that a junior meeting took place in the afternoon proves that the idiots in charge are just not learning from earlier mistakes, using sub standard track material or don’t have the expertise to lay a track that provides proper racing, clearly the rain didn’t help but weather forecasts exist these days and should be taken into account. I haven't been to Northampton since but we are looking to attending the Woffinden Testimonial in October, it will be interesting to see if anything has changed, from what I have read this year I fear not much, we will see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcatdiary Posted 22 minutes ago Report Share Posted 22 minutes ago 1 hour ago, mikebv said: Another reason for any TV deal to just do a highlights package using the club streams... Too many times meetings don't happen due to weather predictions, riders not liking the track or just simply rain offs.. The sport needs to build a reputation for professionalism, and "live Speedway" going out often doesn't always paint that picture... Time to edit the best highlights, and interviews covering rider commitments and lifestyles, can start to build that reputation.. Interesting that the Danish Grand Prix went ahead despite the rain (20 heats) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted 20 minutes ago Report Share Posted 20 minutes ago Maybe not running again after several days of Stox will be the answer going forward?.. Obviously a huge learning curve this season, but one I am sure they will learn from and improve on.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted 17 minutes ago Report Share Posted 17 minutes ago 1 minute ago, bigcatdiary said: Interesting that the Danish Grand Prix went ahead despite the rain (20 heats) Play Offs will do the same over here... It's the "run of the mill" meetings, that can easily get rearranged, and often then become Guestfests, that get called off the "easiest"... Those are the nights "live TV" would do the sport no favours... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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