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Nicki Pedersen Injured.
waiheke1 replied to foamfence's topic in Speedway Grand Prix and Speedway World Cup
Nasty crash, reminiscent of both the gundersen and ward crashes in the way he hit the ground. With a bsck injury should the track staff have rolled him from front to bsck the way they did? Hope he recovers well, the last few meetings have shown him back to his best, looks like his bikes have been sorted as looking a lot quicker. Look fwd to seeing him back in GPS next year. -
Why alternate? They aren't going to ditch the Swc being annual. The pairs could be run over three consecutive days, if you have semis, or just one Saturday if you seed the nations to a final. Or a Friday Saturday if you have only ten teams you could run both semis as one meeting.
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Exactly right. That's why speedway is the only sport to have play offs...
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Ate you one of the rob/Roberts that rode with middlo for poole in the 80s?
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Agree with that last part. But would be much better that it was an authorised, official world chsmpionship.
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I would have thought so, as per my query to him above. But his post, to which I responded, didn't seem to indicate they were going to try to find out.
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Tbf I liked the old tac sub rule. I guess because it's what I grew up with. And the aces won the 83 premiership with a 2nd leg, heat 13, 5-1 with my all time favourite rider Larry Ross coming in as tac sub to (in conjunction with PC) win through meeting for the Aces. But what speedway really needs to do is run meetings in 90 minutes, provide decent entertainment between heats, market itself, a well planned fixture list, produce a simple and transparent set of rules, and that would be a solid starting point. The racing is as good as it ever was (imho) but that in itself is not enough these days.
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That was what I suggested the speedway star should be doing, if you recall my previous post...
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Not disputing that. It would be good to understand the reasoning though, especially in the new Chapman era of transparency.
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Wildcards 2017.....
waiheke1 replied to Panthers89's topic in Speedway Grand Prix and Speedway World Cup
Yes bit that would still mean not in gp til 2018. much better to seed him into the series IMHO. -
Surely the team building limit will only increase to 42.5 if edr come in on their 2016 average? If assessed at 4 (which makes no sense to standardise them when they have real averages) then surely the limit stays at 40.5? Yes and no. Many edr have spent quite a chunk of time in the top 5. If you are adjusting reserve averages, you should do the same for 2nd strings. Which tbh is what I would do. 75% and 50% multipliers for points scored in 2nd string and reserve respectively. And build to something like a 35 point limit.
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So does that mean the Star won't be investigating this ludicrous decision? Surely this move, which could materially affect the outcome of the play offs, is worthy of at least getting a statement explaining the decision. Fans want to know. Does anyone have any straw going spare, I think I've found a use for it!
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Right. And what do you do these days? Retired on your huge career earnings? Furniture business? Always good hearing what the stars of yesteryear get up to once their racing days are over.
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Lakeside Vs Belle Vue, 21/9/16...
waiheke1 replied to Ace no.5's topic in SGB Premiership Speedway League
Tbh having a rider who is no good at home can be a good thing. So long as he can ride close to his average you rely on team mates to win the home meetings. Then you have a rider who should score well away from home, but whose average doesn't get inflated by big home scores.Downside is, it's not great for the rider! -
Belle Vue V Poole Elb 12/09/16 Sky Meeting
waiheke1 replied to Steve Shovlar's topic in SGB Premiership Speedway League
Or write it in words of more than one syllable... -
Wildcards 2017.....
waiheke1 replied to Panthers89's topic in Speedway Grand Prix and Speedway World Cup
Yep. Much rather see Kenny bjerre in the series next year than Emil... -
Surely the BSPA can only stop riders currently racing in the UK from taking part? Accordingly, powerless to stop tai riding?