Tsunami

I remember it well. I did like the entrance to the track from the pits, as if like gladiators entering the arena.

The pits were behind them bends, so some fans would stand there to see the pits action as well.

Reported that both Lewis's, Kerr and Rose, have signed for Ippy. Mixed feelings about both. Rose did not knock on in 2015 as most thought he would, and it will be interesting to see if he recaptures the form that he showed late 2014 season. Kerr is being quoted as 'a bit of a risk', but I don't see that. I think he will be steady in his first meetings, and will get back to the upward slope he was on before his crash. I would have welcomed him back, and i don't think it is disrespectful to not return to Brough. He has to consider everything, and missing out on a large travel on a Sunday, to ride somewhere local on a Thursday, is a no brainer really. Best of luck to both of them. I think that's most people team sheets torn up now.

When I last had the chutzpah, they gave me the runs.

Put me down for Hokey Pokey.

Not really, but if the bond for that promotion is say £30K, and the assets value is £20k, then £10K is needed to complete the bond value. It would pay to have an asset to either save a loan fee, or create a loan income.

I would be for it, but not for the return of big stars we can't afford, but more for teams not having to borrow guests when DU's teams are riding on the same night.

Somebody has to own a rider. It makes sense to own a rider and save a loan fee, and also be in a position to get a loan fee if he is not in your team. Remember, apart from the reasons i have just stated, each club is required to own assets to a certain value, and if you don't, the difference between the actual value and the bond value has to be paid as a bond. Far better to have a rider of that value, and get loan fees if you are not using them.

Agree. I think it has already been said that he will be in the main team, and probably a very handy number 2 slot.

You get the fixture compiler to not arrange a meeting then.

So your opinion is that Scunny is a rubbish race track cos it's only 285 metres. End of your argument, and is your last comment really meant to be humour.

But not in this case. He is just a perennial moaner and smart erse.

And as some would say "Where did it all go wrong George". (parody on he George Best joke and Miss World)

Doesn't have to. Both Masters, some Ozzies and anti Nicki haters have been shown up with their incorrect assumptions, and Nicki can just walk away laughing at them.

Think he will be elsewhere next year, John.

Get over yourself. Once again you try to talk down a situation that you didn't know about, but as shown by Trees, it is there if you seriously want to know about it. Why not try harder, or come on here and ask a question seriously, instead of your usual denigrating approach. Smacks at being a bit of a smart erse. Look up the facts first.

And Steve Worrall.

All at the expense of losing some tracks. Stupid idea.

And there goes a good number of tracks down the swanny. Just to standardise tracks which would still be different from other countries tracks. Different is good, why not Sheffield and Plymouth in the league. Stupid idea.

Exactly, so why go on about forcing clubs to say two nights. Let the promotions run on the most convenient night for their track.

It is very easy to manage a business and make big money when the sport is popular. They didn't invest anything back into the sport though. Most of todays Promoters put their own money in, and subsidise the sport to keep it going, whether the fans deserve it is another matter.

Quite agree. Once again uK martin jumps in with both feet and misses the target.

Tracks are usually prepped all day and have a decent racing line from heat 1, despite what Stoke Potter says. After that the racing naturally throws the dirt toward the fence, the inside then becomes bald with no grip and. unfortunately, the dirt on the outside next to the fence becomes too deep and dangerous to ride in. As with the GP's, to overcome this it is necessary to bring the dirt back in to the inside to try to maintain the same grip all over the track. As others have said, track rakers used to help with this by raking the dirt away from the fence for the tractors to collect and distribute. A meeting with no grading would be dangerous and have boring racing. As least if the dirt is brought back to the inside, it gives different racing lines which should make for varied racing lines. The best track prep during a meeting that I have seen was at at Rye House in the early 00's. After every one/two races, two small tractors came out and did about two laps, both bringing the dirt back and also putting a very fine mist of water on, which gave the most consistent track possible throughout the meeting. That would not be possible these days with minimal interruption to the meeting, as the tractors would not now be allowed on the track till all the riders have cleared the track from the previous race. H & S.

Agree. The BLC was devised, and agreed by the PL teams, to give EL teams meetings when the GP's were on. Unfortunately that did not happen, and the extra point they asked for meant it all possible.

The concept of the BLC was to give the EL teams extra meetings, without using GP riders, when they would be riding in the GP's. After the 36 points were agree at the AGM, the EL came back and pleaded for it to be 37 points to be competitive, and low and behold, GP riders were reintroduced and meetings held on normal non GP nights.