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Kent are very short on heat leaders at the moment with Heeps still struggling with a shoulder injury,,and Starke while consistant is not winning races as a heat leader should..this with rider replacement for the retired Bacon and Hurry unable to score points,,all this plus ,replacement riders very thin on the ground suggests that unfortunatly the Kings .are going to find things very difficult unless things change,,.. and the sooner the better in my opinion.............

No word on Hurry so i presume he is riding... Hopefully Heeps is back for this one,,,,and probably RR for retired Bacon ...still a tough one for kent ...Weather looks dodgy in the south ,not sure what it is like up north,,just hope it is still on.......with the shortage of available riders at this level i think there is going to be a lot of guests and RR every where this season........

Shame after last weeks racing i was just starting to enjoy speedway again,but it has to be the right decision financially,,,Hopefully now they have time to sort out the vacant team position and come back stronger in a few weeks time.......

yes the PA is very bad and always has been ,,it was so bad on tuesday we could not hear it at all on the back straight..it appears it is badly set up and needs a professional sound man to do it..But will they bother the problem has been there for years /???

For Plymouth Danny King a , top replacement for Crump..Likewise Steve Worral for Heeps and top scored for Kent ..An exciting close encounter ,that could have gone either way at half time.. Scott Nichols consistent as normal as was Paul Starke,,like to see him win more races though to confirm him as a heat leader ,,Reserve Ben Morley showed real aggression to earn his 11 paid 13 points ,, 3 wins in that total ,,which earned him the rider of the night award ..Young Dan Gilks would have won another race if Hurry had not fallen at the back,,,,Dan then missed the gate in the re;run ,,Hurry showed dashes of pace but is falling too often on his own..i think there is a problem there,,,Cameron Heeps could be back next week and that will give us an idea of how strong the team is really going to be at home,,,,If the racing is as good as yesterday you will not want to miss it next week,,,i cant wait !...........

Having had a practice last tuesday i would expect an all round improvement from Kent ...Scott excepted of course he was superb without a practise..

No home practise for Kent meant no home advantage at all...Glasgow in the main were sharper from the gate..Nichols excepted,who was the stand out rider all night ..Hopefully after this run out the Kings can show what they are capable of next week against the not so powerfull Plymouth side....How ever we may yet find that the side falls a bit short on heat leaders,,remains to be seen when Heeps returns from injury..at this stage we can but hope that is not the case...

R/R would have been beneficial at Eastbourne and we need all our riders to get as many laps as possible after the council refused to allow the team any practice and that leaves us with no home advantage against a very strong Glasgow side..so lets just hope for a good competative meeting..and hope our team can get dialled in quickly tonight...

Even Nicholls and Stark took a race to get used to the track which had plenty of dirt on the bends ,,but was well prepared,,Unfortunately the rest of the Kent side could not perform on it...The meeting was poor for good racing and once again Speedway does its self no favours with more long delays The Eagles look very strong all round at home with young Brennan and Lawson outstanding......Enjoyed the sunshine ,,even if the meeting was very dissopointing for the Kent fans in attendance.....

A good all round showing from Kent.Bacon and Gilks impressive..Cant wait to see what all the team can do individually at home next week

Is Paul Hurry going to be allowed to ride on tuesday or is he subject to the 7 day rule,......,Its early days yet and that was not run in the best conditions,with riders missing last night, but does anyone else think this Kent side may struggle away from home. //Or are Glasgow a just a very strong side at home..........

What has happened to this forum I don't understand ,,where are the clubs and what used to be on here?.....?

What a load of rubbish on this thread!

The straights are narrow this combined with the adverse cambers on the bend exits are causing lots of avoidable crashes....Both need sorting with the addition of more shale..Obviously the higher standard riders will be able to cope better with the problem.if nothing is done....which looks the case..?

Bo Peterson,,Hackney ,,Lakeside..Bo was a big man but could turn a bike on a sixpence,,a real nice guy too.....

I said ,,,whith prices like this,,,which was refering to Kent ,no one else,,just to clarify Tocha..

With prices like this speedway is pricing all but the most avid fans ,,and the well off,,right out of the sport...another nail in the coffin of this once great sport of speedway......?

Mildenhall have brilliant crowds considering they are stuck way out in the countryside and the track can be a bit rough sometimes

Young decent Brits should have been used not Aussies,,,Shamefull the way British speedway is being run these days....

Remember Ledwith beating Dugard around Eastbourne on Josh Larson,s bike,,,Dugard was so annoyed he fenced Ledwith after the race on the slow down bend

False dawn the stadium it self is excellent ,,comfortable with plenty of seating under cover and a great view of the whole track..the problems I have mentioned do cause the odd crash,but the racing is fast and can be good,, and they have solved the problem of the curfew in the main,by having the parade before the meeting start time,,Hope this helps....

As Rebel 1 has said narrow straits are the problem creating tight entries and exits on the bends,,plus the cambers on the exits are bad..in my opinion.....

At this level its all about improvers,,and by how much ,,,and which team has the most big improvers and this can be difficult.to predict at the start of a season

John,s knowledge of.the rule book is renowned and considering what a baffaling balls up that can be ,,it needs a remarkable brain,to work out on a season by season basis what it is.....?.......

I think Plymouth look initially stronger on paper but IOW do have several possible improvers in thier side...So we will have to wait and see how everything pans out over the season..wishing all the riders a good safe year of racing....