Lord Skid

Bachelor wormed his way out by feining injury. Holder on the other hand made a stand, knowing he would get a 28 day ban, he too could have been taken ill, or aggravated a 'knee' injury.

Could always let Horton have a go!!

Shame people won't listen to someone who actually knows the nitty gritty about running a Club, he is 100% correct, some people would much rather 'think' they know what is best, get over it, the 'sport' is finished as we know it.

Full credit to CH for making a stand, a Rider is just a piece of meat to a Promoter, injure it, and just replace it. The junior riders in the Team have no voice, so it's up to Riders like Chris to make a stand. Seem to remember his terrible injuries were caused by a dodgy air fence, which Riders were led to believe we're safe, but had a terrible design fault.

Wrong thread.

He's doing a job nobody else wants, would you really want to deal with the other Promoters on a daily basis, who only want to con, lie, cheat or steal, and that's on a good day.

Nothing will happen, the Cartel will close ranks, will have been sorted out already, just got to produce a few nicely worded quotes to appease the mushrooms, sorry, I meant paying public.

Would you buy an engine off this man? Dodgy Keith v Matt Fraud,you couldn't make it up.

Any chance of a mid season update on the GTR? Are the Riders using them making more profit? Are the Promoters saving money, by paying the GTR riders less? Have the BSPA sold their engines yet? Has anyone apart from Fast Freddie had any success with the GTR?

Riders are like Sheep, anyone remember the front wheel spoiler, Wiggy had one, within a week they were everywhere.

The Topinka, Brhel days always seemed pretty good.

KL had arguably the best Racing surface in the country, a few years ago, so what's changed? Just the person doing the track, enough said.

BMR and changes seem to bite them in the rear end, they changed from VW to Subaru in the BTCC, what a disaster that has been, Barker for Kennett is even worse, there's more to that than is common knowledge, one is a 100% Team man, immaculate machinery, great Team around him, and good at helping other Riders, and the other is ?

The IOW need Riders experienced on big tracks, who are used to Racing fast, watched Dugard having a practice, he was hugging the white line, like he was glued to it, that's definitely not the quickest way round that track, thought someone would have pointed that out to him.

Let's make it compulsory for work permit Riders to wear flip flops, that'll soon free up some places for British lads.

Only difference with Bunyan is that he has lived in NZ for fifteen years, has full NZ residency,and is also 10 times NZ Champion.No doubt Rory fulfilled all the criteria to compete in the British Final, and good luck to him, he didn't make or break the Rules. Unfortunately it shows how the Sport has disintegrated over the last few years, we don't even have enough Riders to fill the Team places available. Doesn't seem that long ago when you struggled to get into Brandon for the British Final.

Think you will find 'Mechanics' will be wearing appropriate clothing, grease monkeys, lackeys,and hangers on, will be wearing flip flops etc.

OK, so Fast Freddie isn't a "works" or developement rider, just a Customer, he could even be on a PJR/GTR, or whoever else he wants to breath life into his engines. Taking FF out of the equation, who else is making a living riding a Standard GTR.

They can prepare a great Racing surface, only trouble is, half the Riders wouldn't be able to ride it, some can't manage to stay on when it's slick.

You are checked before the meeting, just change carbs for your first 3 races, then back to your legal carb for the end of meeting. Always easier to cheat at Home, as you can always get the 'nod' from the machine examiner. Four new edges per Meeting was always a favourite, punctures after a second ride was pure coincidence. Always watch which Riders change bikes towards the end of a Meeting, with the first bike being put in the van.

So, a Pole has been suspended, after being caught cheating with a big Carby, who was it who said all Blixt's were the same, so gullible, cheating goes on all the time, just got to be smart enough, not to get caught.

I give up, Bottas is using the same as Lulu bel, he's his Team mate, Massa has the Customer Merc engine. Same scenario as Fast Freddie on the Works GTR, and the Punters who buy one, thinking it's the same as the Works model. Just wait until another top Rider blows them all away on a PJR/GTR, and it will happen, as it has all through history, we've got PJR/GM, KARGER, SWR,ASHTEC etc,etc. Only problem is, it will only do 25 races between services, and cost a fortune, back to square one.

Some people actually believe you can buy one, and it will be just like Fast Freddies, it just ain't going to happen. Very clever marketing, which obviously works with the gullible few. Have you seen Massa in the Mercedes, getting close to Hamilton in the Mercedes? Both using Merc engines, but a million miles apart in performance.

Will probably take a while to match the Polish carbs up to the GTR.