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Nothing to disagree with here. Of course all those things matter. But my question was more specifically aimed at just what is allowed immediately behind an airfence. As DeanMachine has pointed out some tracks seem to be just putting the airfence infront of the girders/suspension wires of a Stock Car track. Surely that is not safe. Whatever the workmanship. But is it deemed OK by the authorities?

fans of other sports ... with apathetic disinterest? fans of speedway .... devastation?

Some of the vertical supports. like girders, that lurk behind some air fences look lethal. The lifting of an airfence by the first contact can leave these obstacles exposed for the secondary impact of one or more men. The constant back slapping everyone does about airfences has always made me a little uneasy whenever you see accident were the ATB as been massively dislodged, exposing these ugly looking posts. What are the rules now that deal with this. .

Yes, today it is. Yesterday and for the previous days, it wasn't. That is why people posted about the strangeness of it.

Get a room!

Yes, that's exactly what it makes you think. When TV companies move any of their programmes around the schedules and break continuity it is usually a bad sign. It usually signals to those involved that they won't be commissioning a new series when this run is finished. Just like tracks themselves. It is so difficult to build audience without the continuity of racenights.

I'm glad that Mr Rising added so much to the earlier article in the online Xtra mag as that was a liitle weak. This had much more meat, bite and thought. I thought this article was very good as a 'point of view'. It was never meant to be any sort of 'blueprint' for the future; more a call to arms. For those who will heed It may be stating the bleedin obvious in some areas but it just seems that is needed as some of those most intimately involved in the sport cannot see these things for themselves. Perhaps some of the more boneheaded ones will think about it a bit more just because they read it in the Star. Quite a few promoters, of my limited acquauintance, are perversely stung by comments in the Star; more than most other forms of criticism. Some of them are real big babies. Lets hope for something positive. It is our only hope. .

I ended up at BSPA.com. Bay State Psychological Associates. I asked about the remarkable news that Eddie Kennett had been picked for Team GB. They have offered help at their sanatorium.

Understood.

Again, thanks for the info. Had no idea those were the costs. But just like all the talk have been having on here regarding the way forward for Speedway. That investment is still the right course. To be left behind would be a tragedy. I'm sure you would think that SS is more go ahead like BSI than a dinosaur like the BSPA,

No, No, No. Right from being taken to Belle Vue Circus as a child. Clowns are as scary as hell to me. Never Funny.

Big improvement, no doubt. When I looked on my pc. But still terrible on my iPad. And wholeheartedly second a move to downloadable mag. Please.

Thanks for the clarification. So has anyone said why Eurosport don't make more use of the feed by coming straight back to it after the ads. We get Carter the Clown to assault us when we could be back with Kelv and Nige much earlier. .

The last couple of posts are probably spot on. It will all come down to what Tomasz and Greg want to do themselves. If they finish outside the top.8 of course they would get a wildcard if they wanted one. Can you imagine the bizarre situation of these two giants starting to go though the 2014 qualifying rounds because they still had the desire. And yet had been denied a Wildcard in favour of Chris Harris! No one at BSI or the FIM are that stupid. Are they?

Thanks for that extra info. I thought it would be likely that the commentary just continued. So why the hell do they employ Carter the Clown at all?

It is a strange thing about the world feed though isn't it. I understand that Kelv and Nige will need to take a pee at some point; and that the various ad breaks and extras that broadcasters may insert require that break. But when we return to the commentary pair it is never them saying 'welcome back' or anything. Instead we seem to meet them mid conversation, almost. As if the feed has been running already. The feed is not created by BSI, it is a production company employed by them and the facilities are different at each GP depending on who is the host broadcaster. I just wonder why the feed providers don't get (say) Steve Brandon to fill in with his own bit or provide a few more interviews (perhaps in pre recorded packages) for use by the feed-users. There are so many other people to talk to who could add insight - tuners, managers, officials etc - yet we only ever get repetitive rider interviews. Just mentioning Steve Brandon, I know only a little about the guy from his interviewing and that he is the floor manager but he does seem a very under-used resource by the TV people. He does have an encyclopedic knowledge of the GP stats and knows everybody and everyone. on the GP scene Why are we always trying to get a TV person who knows nothing when there is one on the spot who knows so much?

One of the most significant gains is that they have allowed the use of the word 'fab' in Speedway circles for the first time in decades. Not since Garry Middleton bought a new suit in Carnaby Street back in 1967 has the sport had anything as fab and groovy.

This is a new one. The coverage is too long! The GP programmes start 12 minutes before the first race to show the parade and it finishes immediately after he podium presentations. They cover the 3 hour event in a 3 hour programme The League matches are from 7.30 to 9.30. They cover a 2 hour meeting in a 2 hour programme. It is LIVE. I'm at a complete loss.

Keeping a pile of shale under a tarpaulin with the pile in a sort of pyramid shape is, of course, blindingly obvious. It was the way in which this was 'revealed' in Cardiff week that was so comical. Along with the much vaunted 'control' and 'monitoring'. That so surprisingly turned out to be not worth a row of beans. To have put so much belief in it was so quaint. .

Last three years we found it best to bide our time. Got better deals from top hotels in the last week than by booking so far in advance. Really good deal at The Hilton this year.

Why not? Is that not what ships are for? Then they would arrange it into a pyramid shape and keep it at their state-of-the-art, climate controlled facility in Wales between each years event. Surely that is foolproof.

I think someone has staggered into the wrong thread. The direction of the 'anti-BSI ranting section' is clearly signposted. As you well know.

Well that's my attempt at trying to garner a consensus up the spout. Your Earl Grey is my Lapsang Souchong.

It is a little bizarre how so many people are arguing so much about so little. The pictures and commentary are from the world feed. So totally the same from Sky or Eurosport. The only difference in content is that Eurosport have covered from Parade through to presentations which most people prefer. Eurosport have had the Carter Clown as voice over. He knows nothing and talks gibberish. Sky had Heuwen and The Muppets in the studio. He knew nothing and they talked gibberish. All we actually need is a chap who knows something and can speak in a fluent manner on Eurosport. And then we'd all be happy. I think.

Not missed. Just misunderstood. You did say mainly, that is true. But it seems that you really meant 'ONLY where it makes my point,' 'Disregard all other information and make no other inferences of your own. You must work by my rules.'