Purposely didn’t buy the stream as we knew the racing would be garbage
Cant blame the Poole fans for going though as I go to Ipswich when I can but wouldn’t expect a neutral fan to buy a meeting from Foxhall
Trouble is Poole fans are just in their own bubble …can’t criticise the track can they
Poole only want to win we have seen that over the years and they will do it any cost …. The fans are notoriously fickle as proved in the early 90’s when they couldn’t get anyone through the gates
As for riders these days they wag the tail they are happy for slick tracks with no passing set the bike up to gate and game over
Riders back in the day were far more skilled than the current crop you had natural motorcyclists who could ride anywhere not just the big fast tracks
Joe Screen….Mark Loram and latterly Darcy Ward…. These guys could ride anywhere … the only one close to them is Bewley
I always remember seeing an interview with Todd Wiltshire a few years ago saying the best rides he had seen were Mark Loram Darcy Ward and Andrew Silver at Arena Essex and the skill involved….and then seeing Loram race the boards at Exeter
Poole used to be good …. Find the race between Havvy Loram Hancock and Hamill on you tube or the World Cup at Poole
The fact is Poole is run as a business now and it wasn’t back then … to keep the Poole fans coming they have to win which means making the track crap to suit the likes of gaters like Lawson and Kerr
Poole look after their riders no question but it would do Cooper the world of good to have a better home track