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Correct. The meeting is on you tube for anyone who hasn't seen it and the racing in the last few heats was as good as anywhere with no hint of any problem with the racing surface. Too much was allowed to be made of the tapes malfunction as well, yes it is unprofessional for this to have happened but when it did there was no need for a near 1 hour delay. 5 mins or so to attempt to resolve and then go off the green light as per the rules, its no big deal.

And they should be big enough to make that decision without being influenced by whinging riders and have the gravitas for that decision to be respected. Not sure Phil Morris falls into that category yet. Certainly a baptism of fire for Phil, he must be wondering what the hell he has got himself into

No, not in the slightest

Correct. Advantage appears to have been taken of an inexperienced race director. The 2 mins should have been put on and any riders not ready to race dealt with accordingly. Maybe Phil Morris hasn't properly managed the transition from rider to race director. Just watched a few heats again and I reiterate that there was nothing wrong with that track, in fact as one offs go it was pretty darm good. Hopefully severe action will be taken against the riders and Ole Olsen should be exonerated. Under no circumstances should any prize money be paid in relation to this GP

No one doubts they got it wrong, but nowhere near wrong enough to even consider abandoning the meeting. As for starting using a light on light off method, well formula 1, moto GP etc seem to manage without it being a mega problem. It really shouldn't have been a big deal, you come under orders and go when tapes go or when light goes out in this case, just get on with it. The damage Saturday has done will come home to roost in due course. For my part I was undecided as to whether to do Cardiff this year and I now think Sat has decided for me. I don't want to take the chance of a rider revolt and the meeting being abandoned so I don't think I will bother.

The apology should come from the 16 (or however many didnt want to ride) riders. They have shafted BSI, Ole Olsen and themselves. That track was in no way too dangerous to carry on. If rider safety has moved on to this level then abandon the whole sport. Motorbike racing is dangerous and last night would have constituted no more danger than many other matches. The ref and Phil Morris should take some blame, allowing a rider meeting in the middle of a gp ffs, just put the two minutes on, anyone not going out to race should have been thrown out of the series

Bit risky, if they weren't clean he could have ended up with pure sh!t coming out of his mouth Oh, maybe thats what happened

You have to separate loyalty to the Elite League from loyalty to team gb. The domestic leagues are merely a job, whereas representing your country is entirlely different

Fair enough taking his place in the GP if he is injured. The acid test will be if he then rides in Poland on Sunday and "aggravates" the injury and cant take his place at Wolves. Under no circumstances should a facility be allowed in that scenario

Ask TWK. He knows who trap 1 is. His omission prompted Crumbs. Doesn't look good.

You have a good evening too Sidney, and God bless us, everyone

Oh well never mind, some other time. I was all up for that as well.

I hope its not too disappointing to see your hero laid out cold on the swindon terraces on Thursday.

Jesus, you soon reneged on the pint. Don't worry if you last more than a minute I will get you a pint. Whats your tipple Sidney, I have you down as half of shandy with a babycham chaser type of guy

If speedway was still of interest to the readership then the media would have stayed interested, Sunday People or no Sunday People. Yes maybe it was a nice scapegoat but there was a lot more to speedways fall from the media than Bruce Penhall paying Jiri Stancl not to beat him in LA !!!!!!!!!!

To be honest I am not sure that Fred Harrisons expose really did untold damage. In truth it just coincided with the dramatic downturn in the sports fortunes. By 1984 the recession was in full swing and speedway crowds were already dwindling. It was the same Fred Harrison who went on to play a big part in getting the moors murderers to admit the 2 unsolved killings and help recover one of the bodies off the Moors

The day of the moisture coming out of the track at heat 10. Tony Steele lost any credibility with his behaviour that day. To be honest though Jason Attwood should have been more assertive after the earlier fall. Along with the ref they should have said call it off now (heat 9) or we run to the end, unless there is more rain of course, which there wasn't. A blind man could see what was going on there. If speedway had any credibility left then it lost some more that day

You can hardly blame them. Matches rained off at the drop off a hat or simply dragged through to heat 10. Pretty dire entertainment on show in near deserted stadium and hardly any viewers anyway. Speedway has squandered a glorious opportunity to re invent a sell the sport to a wider audience and is now in exactly the position it deserves to be in

If 50% are morons who know nothing, what does that make the other 72%

Lets see who is chuckling after we meet at Swindon!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Threaten" !! I don't do threats son, just promises. Sleep with one eye open from now on, there is no hiding place Just joking before you get all Dirty Harry on me

You are a legend Sidney.

cum and say that two my face big guy, u think u are so hard, i have climbed over harder than u two get into fights. one punch from the problem solver and you wudnt no wot day it was. I saw collins ride, did u. forget averages was collins better than craig cook, u talk out of your arse, cant even debate, starman made you look silly.

Oh Oh, looks like someone else gonna get their head kicked in. Rambo is on the warpath again

If you imagine the part of the frame that the fork goes through with the other two tubes welded to it, just like on a bicycle, well that weld seems to have failed and the forks have detached, with that part of the diamond still with them