Practice planned for wed, it has been mentioned that this is not open to the public, which is a blow as I was planning to watch the new riders practice and see how the whole team take to the shorter but wider track.
I thought the idea is that all four riders can be voted for, so those who win the vote go into 14, therefore two cannot be held back, or have I got this stupid idea wrong.
Now that rider number 4 plus one of the reserves that used to ride in heat 14 could miss out on their 4th ride as it may not always be the case that number 4 will get into the picks and unless the reserve is having a great meeting is likely to not get picked either. Presumably the number 4 knows he might only get 3 rides and others could get 5, plus one of the reserves is likely to only get 3 rides .
Put your best 4 riders out, whatever you lose in 14 you make up for in 15, the two heats could go as the majority last year when scores were often reversed in two heats.
They are looking to save time and money by not having to repair or replace the airfence during the meeting, so they are putting the airfence behind the block wall