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Tape infringement
Daniel Smith replied to Mark's topic in Speedway Grand Prix and Speedway World Cup
Or we could just have the radical idea of you're only exclude if you touch the tapes?!? Speedway doesn't & has no real need for transponder technology. With regards to Madsen, he just has exceptional gating ability. What needs to be worked on is the slack in the tapes. Noticed many times that riders were accused of jumping when in fact the outside of the tapes are released. Theres a split second where the centre of the tapes are still in a stationery position & if you're on gate 2 or 3 & make a perfect start it looks far worse than on gate 1 & 4. -
How Many Of Us Are Losing Interest.?
Daniel Smith replied to Sidney the robin's topic in Speedway News and Discussions
It's incredible when you think that possibly the 2 most boring sports in the public eye are the ones that give you the biggest buzz throughout the whole game / meeting. England's T20 & Speedway offer so much. Unfortunately for speedway, especially up & down the UK finding those thrilling race meetings are very few & far between. Would be lucky if it's 1 in 5 meetings of any significant quality I'd say. How that could be improved on though really is the impossible question except for turning every track into Belle Vue, which also is impossible. -
How Many Of Us Are Losing Interest.?
Daniel Smith replied to Sidney the robin's topic in Speedway News and Discussions
Why's it weird, many of us are still big fans hence why we still appear on this forum but only watch "big time" Speedway, Exstraliga, Elitserien, SGP, SEC, World Cups etc. We've just lost interest in the dross served in the UK. Only watch (quite often briefly as the meetings are so bad) UK Speedway on BT. -
How Many Of Us Are Losing Interest.?
Daniel Smith replied to Sidney the robin's topic in Speedway News and Discussions
After barely missing a Stars home meeting & a few away for 20+ years I haven't missed it at all. Been living just outside Wolverhampton for the past 3 years & only been once when Lynn were there, 3 years ago. I'm happy with just watching BT's Speedway coverage, a few Exstraliga & Elitserien meetings that's it. British Speedway is dead to me -
Rest of the GP series
Daniel Smith replied to james1234's topic in Speedway Grand Prix and Speedway World Cup
That is exactly my point. The moaning regarding Lindgren is ridiculous. The rider's know the rules & if they're willing to put it all on the line in the qualifying heats & flop under pressure that's not Lindgren's fault. I'd love Woffy to win it again but I can't see it but I wouldn't mind Lindgren doing it. He knows how to be consistent. -
Rest of the GP series
Daniel Smith replied to james1234's topic in Speedway Grand Prix and Speedway World Cup
For the record, does anyone think Mark Loram wasn't a deserving World Champion? -
I understand what Bellamy was saying though last night. Under the old system there was no pressure on the final for the highest scoring riders. I wasn't a fan before last night of the scoring. After though I didn't mind and actually added a bit more enjoyment. Zmarzlik, Madsen & Emil getting knocked out was good viewing & Freddie scraping through on 7 & bagging 16 points was great. It's about dealing with pressure and the 3 of them didn't.
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Time to send a GB/England touring team abroad?
Daniel Smith replied to Bavarian's topic in Speedway News and Discussions
No foreign teams in the Exstraliga, you sure about that or just opinion? -
Time to send a GB/England touring team abroad?
Daniel Smith replied to Bavarian's topic in Speedway News and Discussions
Think this & next season are well out the window for obvious reasons -
gp challenge 2020
Daniel Smith replied to spiegal's topic in Speedway Grand Prix and Speedway World Cup
Love Adam Ellis to do it. Woffinden, Lambert, Ellis in the GP's for 2021 would be something us British fans should want. -
GP Top 5 name the riders
Daniel Smith replied to Mark's topic in Speedway Grand Prix and Speedway World Cup
I think Zmarzlik is one of the reasons they've changed the scoring system, simply because he's so fast & wins most of his heats. Hate the new scoring system but what it does do is see which riders handle being under pressure the best in the semi & final. -
GP Top 5 name the riders
Daniel Smith replied to Mark's topic in Speedway Grand Prix and Speedway World Cup
In this order for me: 1. Sayfutdinov 2. Zmarzlik 3. Woffinden 4. Madsen 5. Lindgren -
Lambert v Jack Holder v other top young riders
Daniel Smith replied to Steve Shovlar's topic in Speedway News and Discussions
I know age has no bearing in general but between these two it does. Holder has been around the Polish league longer + having his brother beside him, plus Monster backing all at Torun so should be more experienced & ahead of Lambert. -
Lambert v Jack Holder v other top young riders
Daniel Smith replied to Steve Shovlar's topic in Speedway News and Discussions
I think it's difficult to assess between J.Holder & Lambert in the Exstraliga. Jack has a consistent position in the team whereas Lambert being No8 gets dumped into all the tougher heats because Rybnik are so so bad as a team. Next season should be a good comparison as I can't see Lambert & Holder not getting in an Exstraliga team's 7. For the record, Jack is 2 years older at 24 so should actually be a bit further on than he is in his career. -
Exactly right. It's theory hence why first lap times are not recorded in F1. The only times recorded in F1 on the first lap is the gap differences between cars. Even the sector times are not officially recorded on the first lap. Anyway. The argument is the accurate recording of fastest in Speedway. With transponders, it's an inaccurate way to record track records. No more accurate than a guy with a stop watch.
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Are you asking how 4th could possibly record a faster time than 1st? Simply put, if you gate a second behind the others & finish half a second behind 1st but finish 4th your transponder will record a faster 4 laps than the rider who finishes 1st. It also depends on where on the bike the responder is. Transponders activate buy passing a beam or cable that runs the width of the track so the start timing of the tapes going up is irrelevant. Hence, in speedway transponders can be more inaccurate than a guy with a stop watch. As another example, in formula one, they don't officially record the 1st lap time as it always records the guys at the back as being fastest as they get a better run up to the start finish line.
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Rest of the GP series
Daniel Smith replied to james1234's topic in Speedway Grand Prix and Speedway World Cup
I see, so we've gone back to someone scraping the semi-final on 7 points being able to win 20, oh dear. With that scoring system we may as well fix bigger fuel tanks, chuck all 16 riders on track & run 50 laps. That's the only good option for that system. I just think now we won't have rider's going all out for it in every heat. They now know score 8 points and you can win it. One thing it now comes down to is gating in the last heat decider, but, a plus point is Zmarzlik's in danger as he was all about winning every heat with shear speed. That's no longer important. -
Rest of the GP series
Daniel Smith replied to james1234's topic in Speedway Grand Prix and Speedway World Cup
What's the new scoring system? -
Polish Extraleague 2020
Daniel Smith replied to racers and royals's topic in International World of Speedway
I'd say bar Holder's crash + what happened to Darcy & divorce he'd easily been a 2x World Champ. If buts & maybe's though. Just have to deal with the hand you're dealt with & for Holder, he hasn't dealt with it at all well. I'd say though, Holder hasn't been anywhere near his peak any longer than Doyle. Doyle will come back again imo, Holder won't. -
Not really as it depends on the system used. Most transponders works from when it passes a certain point, i.e. the start finish. Depending on how you've gated the rider finishing 4th could break the track record.