mikebv

He seems to get beaten quite a lot by opposition second strings and reserves when riding for the Aces.. Maybe its because these riders are of a higher standard than second strings and reserves in the 2nd Div? The heat leaders are pretty much the same in both leagues, but the next level down are better maybe? Thus he runs a few wins or seconds giving him confidence in the 2nd Div, whereby (usually from what I have seen), seldom wins his first race in Div 1, and more than should probably happen, doesnt even get second.. Him, his brother and Wright do seem to often be on the wrong end of a lot of heat losses in Div 1 due to their poor win ratio, and to compound it, dont always get the second place to reduce the impact, and actually run too many lasts... Hence the Aces invariably lose the meetings they do in the "engine room" of the team..

He could "guest" for Scott too..

When those two were there you had some of the best racing I have witnessed anywhere at the Wolves v Aces clashes.. Joe Screen, Bobby Ott, Shawn Moran, Kelly Moran and Jason Lyones etc were great to watch around Monmore with the outside being the main overtaking line followed.. Sadly now it's pretty much square off the corner to make a long straight, and power up the inside coming out of the turns..

Sadly the bikes now dont deliver the racing levels they used to on the tight circuits.. Too grippy and they bite too much and spit riders off.. Too slick and passing is practically impossible without rider mistakes.. Tonight was one of the better meetings I have watched at Wolves over the past few years... Not more than 6/10 though if honest..

And the inner rim of his front wheel...

Wolves playing "We are the Champions"... Have the rules changed? It is UK Speedway so since the meeting started it is quite possible..

The others are not good enough.. Bewley tonight again gets circa 30% of their points on his own.. Maybe Kurtz at a push could ride with him... A one man team...

Aces engine room poor (as always)... Team Manager tactically poor (as always)... Nothing changes at Belle Vue does it?

Which you would think is the general idea of the camera... Eurosport have a different idea...

That's because his eyesight doesnt see that far behind him...

It was a great meeting today at the NSS... I didn't go but Nigel said so.. Said there were some great races, all "out of the top drawer"... Pity they chose this as the TV meeting then.. On a track that generally doesnt deliver great racing.. Though to be fair tonight, it hasn't been as poor as usual.. But that isnt really a measure to be impressed by is it?

Can Chase The Ace ride a bike? Maybe he could swap jobs with one or two of the team?...

I presume the "helmet cam" is on his chest....

He used him as a brake...

A very poor 4 laps from him in total.. Gifted a point by his young reserve team mates riding, and then promptly lost it... Great to see Douglas up and seemingly ok...

Didnt Bewley win heat one?

Gate 3 has been poor hasnt it? Not been following the detail but it has seemed it.. So why put a tac sub off it?

I read his engine isnt quick enough for the NSS... Or Monmore too it would appear.. Every season BV have a poor engine room which costs them... Amazing how wrong they get it EVERY single year..

Great on board action there... Of a front wheel....

Looks like Dan v Wolves again...

Why have the Aces not gone with RR and keep Etheridge at reserve?

Very unlucky Jye there... No one could have predicted that he needed to ride the inside for four laps...

Kelvin Tatum "Pundit"....

You can actually imagine that some Promoters will see Newcastle going as an opportunity to sign a few more riders... And then also have a few "spares" for injury cover or poor performance... All to win competitions that they undermine to a point of being virtually meaningless by the very operating model that they produce... I would suggest that the only success in Speedway is by working together, deliver every team that starts a season ends it too, and comes back to the tapes next year...

They haven't noticed the demise of a good many over the past two decades it would appear.. And if they have, it hasn't prompted them to look at making the radical, fundamental changes the sport needs.. The best they could come up with this year is packing a load of Div 1 heat leaders into the 2nd Div.... Whilst allowing a huge imbalance of that resource from team to team... A marvellous plan... A master stroke.... Best wishes to Rob Grant and Newcastle Speedway, dealt an appalling hand by others, it would appear, so no failure attached to their collective efforts I would suggest..