BTFC LION

It's been very difficult on track these past few weeks, wind and sun are our biggest nightmare. The problem is , riders do not want a lot of dirt going into the bends, that makes it so they can go in hard and fast with a degree of safety. That in its self causes us a problem with watering, as you need material to hold water, also the first few races most riders are on the inside line so it gets a battering. The tractors spin the dirt back down, not to hide anything, but to try and protect the base of the track and also bring the dirt back down so there is not a big build up mid to outside. We are not the only track having problems at the moment, I have spoken to a number of track curators it's a similar story. Hope that explains a few things?

I don't know who's asset he is, will ask the question.

Connor is riding for scunthorpe at Glasgow today.

Your not wrong, looks like I have come home with a fake tan.

I am sorry for the dust, we had been watering from this morning, but due to the strong wind it was drying as fast as we could get it on the track, we pretty much ran out of water, if you noticed I was even trying to get water out of 2 of the drains between meetings. Apologies!!

The call was definitely right!! I've been to the track today, could not even walk on it without it clumping up on my boots, not a chance of getting a tractor on it today, I have taken around 20 thousand ltrs of water from the drains and track tonight.

We still have it, we use it before meetings manly, to be honest it's most effective when there is a good amount of dirt on the track, but the grader is best at moving the dirt back down to the inside, it may get more use as the weather improves which allows more dirt to be added, which in turn allows better watering, as it stays in longer,

I only pointed out who it could be, as it looked like you were unaware,?

I am not there, but I would guess the centre green presenter is also the owner, promoter, track curator,

You want to try it, my head spins for ages after, joking apart, it really does help protect the iner part of the track,

Really pleased people enjoyed the meeting tonight, I was a bit busy so going to have to buy it and watch it another day.

Good all sorted then, I will be there from 8am, you clearly know who I am as you quoted Facebook earlier in posts, let me know when you are there and we can talk, bare in mind if its during the meeting it will be busy.

I agree with you, all are volunteers who do it for the love of the sport, we all want it to be the best it can be, all the time, sometimes it goes wrong, but it is not for the want of trying,

What part of I don't do threats do you not understand? I want to find out who you are so like in the past someone had a go behind a name on a keyboard, when we met we had a great discussion on what was happening, going on, after about an hour of talking he understood alot more about that subject. Ha, we are now actually quite good friends. So an open invite, if you wish to discuss it properly then please meet me.

No threats, I don't do threats. Report to who ever you like. Tried to give out facts for information, so people know what's going on, but all people seemed to want to do is attack those who give up lots of time for the sport. You wonder why track creators quit and walk away, keep going, won't have any left, there isn't many now.

I will shove it where the sun don't shine when made enquiries as to who you are.

So I spent 18 months working and learning from Graham, he has great knowledge and experience, when he left I called him and asked him to stay, so yes he did have help. Look at those Facebook posts again I don't think you will find I responded to them, clearly you want someone else to do it other then me, that's fine , bring them along they can have my keys, don't know why I bother!!! Go find someone else to put 25 to hours a week in for nothing, I'm done. Keyboard warriors win.

Like I said only complaint I was told about was to much dirt going in. If Scott said what he did I won't argue!! But that was not relayed to me. We called in Andy Meredith, because he is 1 of the scb track advisors. We did it because we were not happy with the bumps, we tried to get rid of them but it didn't work, we spoke to Andy on the phone, he advised us to try something before the redcar meeting, we did what he said but that did not solve the problem, so Andy came in at our request. Part of what Andy has done has worked, but sadly the weather played a big part in last nights track,

Not offended, just get so fed up with everyone having a go when they have no idea what goes into all the prep. Myself and Stewart are both licensed track curators, I do alot of the work in the week, with help from Sam, as Stewart is the manager and he talks to the riders constantly he has the last say on what we do to the track. Last night Andy Meredith was in control of the track as we had requested he came in to do the blade work. In a normal week it is normally me who does all the grading during the meeting, sometimes Sam or Hugh will grade as I have to do any watering. The tall guy in the cap as you describe him is unwell at the moment, so I am sure when he is feeling up to it he will be back. I did offer to go on the tractor but Stewart wanted to do it.

I can only go on what the riders say, if they don't like it then it is up to us to try and change it,

He was actually pointing out a patch of clay. Which Stewart was trying to grade away.

The only complaint I was told about from the riders was there was to much dirt ging into the bends which made it hard for them to turn.

Not blaming Andy Meredith for anything, he worked hard over 3 days, but it just didn't work for him. You are quick to say I know nothing, and calling for a new track man to be installed. I know people will now guess who I am, to be honest I don't really care. If anyone wants to take my place then you are welcome. It will involve work at the track on average 2 or 3 hours every evening after doing my day job, then on a Saturday from 8am to approximately 9.30pm. Oh and then on a Sunday from 7.30 to 3.30 or 4pm if we have a practice day, also be available if a rider wants a couple of hours practice to test new equipment. Oh, it's all voluntary. Any takers?

Yes Andy Meredith was there last night, he prepared the track .

Not possible, as bladed Wednesday, track nearly sorted, the it absolutely smashed it down with rain, so the work had to stop, inside of the track was under water, Thursday spend hours drying the whole track out before moving the material around, after doing all of that the track was packed in as hard as possible, more work on it Friday with a view to getting it all done early Saturday morning. Loads of rain Friday night, more puddles to get rid of, more time to dry it out again,was so wet that could not even put a tractor on the track until after midday.