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According to the Met Office,the 2nd wettest winter on record......

The only London football club with an equivalent attendance is Leyton Orient I think.Or are you comparing Belle Vues 6,000 with 40 or 50,000????

I'd have thought the opposite was true,at least on the Isle of Wight

We have April showers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_showers_(weather) But to be honest I haven't really experienced this for years now.The weather has changed quite a bit since I was a kid.I doubt NASA are predicting 'normal' April weather though........ Not really much of a headline....NASA predict normal weather for April!!!!

No.Really hit the ice speedway season on the continent,that did Think they only managed 1 meeting in CZ,1 in Austria,none in Switzerland or Poland for example......

Well it hasn't been a great start to the season and that is without the NASA weather and the clash of big sporting events,which are still to come......

Sounds like there is a connection between turnips and King's Lynn speedway there

Henny Kroeze I thought ran the only Indian wall of death show in Europe.Maybe that has changed,but just hear this...... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVppHdMKJb0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPSqEnJbcvM

Guess it is a flimsy connection.The Wall of death sprang from the US wooden board tracks and some of the board track riders also rode dirt tracks.Basically you go back early enough and motorcycle racing share an original beginning and diversified and changed into different sports

I think the enquiry will find that it is in fact the EU to blame.If we weren't in the EU this wouldn't have happened

Trouble is with this scenario is why have the B.V management issued a statement saying the track isn't up to standards and why was work being done to get it up to standards this morning????? In their words Gordon said: There was a problem with the sub base of the track around the third and fourth bends which was recently completed. there were contractors workmen and machines out there first thing on Monday working to correct the problems."

I don't really see it quite the same as the warsaw situation,because now the Belle Vue management have themselves come out and said the track wasn't up to standards.The riders are off the hook.In Warsaw I don't think anyone other than the riders said the track wasn't suitable???

Seems crazy.If contractors do work then they have to have it inspected and accepted.Surely this procedure should have been done well before the meeting was due to take place?They had a practice on the track and the two riders said it was good,the BV management went ahead with the meeting.When it all goes t#ts up they start blaming others instead of looking hard in the mirror.They must have 1 or 2 track experts who could see it wasn't up to scratch or what was the point of travelling around Europe looking at tracks etc......

Speedway all over.Always someone elses fault.......

Was that a b-side of a Smiths single? Or maybe half man half biscuit?

Oh for the days of Harry Cripps and Derek Hales.....

Surely the thing to do then in this situation was for the management to get together with Harris and all those other riders who thought the meeting could go ahead and put on some demo heats and still give the fans entry to the restaged meeting or even the SWC.Everyone wins apart from those riders who didn't want to compete,who would be outed......

My understanding of the rules(flimsy,i know) are that a rider must race at all times.Just riding around could and sometimes does get him excluded.In fact I remember at an indoor meeting on what was a dangerous track where a number of riders were injured that 1 or maybe 2 riders did get excluded for what the ref thought was "not racing".......

Harris is just 1 rider with 1 opinion.What did the other 15 think?

For a small donation to Belle Vue you can get your own personalised nail.......

Another nail in the coffin and all that.........I guess at least no-one was on the first and second bends or there would be even more p'd off punters

They might be meaningless to you,me and most of the world,but what you have to remember is that they are run by one of his(main? I don't know the finances of ll his deals)sponsors.Frank Mauer runs the track and sponsors Emil as well.probably part of the deal is that Emil rides in some of his meetings.There must also be a reason why some of the top riders also turn out in them even if they are meaningless.The track is also open often for practice and riders like Nicki travel over jut for that purpose.I'd imagine it isn't easy to attract a top field for a meaningless meeting without some incentive

I did meet Ove at one SWC final in Vojens,so he does go

Bumped into Jesper yesterday and Conkers yesterday and we also met up in Groningen today.But now I am home,so we missed each other. Good meeting yesterday thoroughly enjoyed it.The highlight was Lars falling on his arse trying to get off the track.....no,i am being mean.The racing was pretty good,but I was frozen by the end

I'll be in Assen about 17:00 friday.Got Ians number,so I will phone him when I am there