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Roger Jacobs last won the day on June 10 2024

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  1. Roger Jacobs
    I'm told that Lawson often turns up with dirty equipment (corresponding to when he's been at Poole the night before?). There's an interesting video on the Witches FaceBook page, showing the machinery in the pits last night, and this is a comment from his mechanic: "It's ok it's Richards bike they're like that on a normal day I'm used to it. Good night we even started with bike building."
  2. Roger Jacobs
    I think that a lot of riders are on guarantees, with bonuses for exceeding the agreed "standard".
  3. Roger Jacobs
    Thompson has declared himself fit to ride. R/R for Norris. https://www.leicesterspeedway.com/News/Details/8028
  4. Roger Jacobs
    Thompson has declared himself fit to ride. R/R for Norris. https://www.leicesterspeedway.com/News/Details/8028
  5. Roger Jacobs
    He wasn't withholding his services: SCB statement.
  6. Roger Jacobs
    I don't think there was ever a rule about promoting junior riders - it was more a case of if teams had two similar riders missing there could be a "gentleman's agreement" between the promoters to use juniors. Certainly if, for example, one team had a heat leader missing, but the other had a second string missing, it was highly unlikely that juniors would be used.
  7. Roger Jacobs
    But British Speedway still hasn't worked out how to encourage those watching the Semis and the Final to return for the standard league matches ...
  8. Roger Jacobs
    A short drawn-out season ...
  9. Roger Jacobs
    I’m iainb, and so’s my wife!
  10. Roger Jacobs
    Apparently Kenp was using an engine borrowed from Joe Thompson!? He said on BSN that the track had to be ridden hard and fast, if you held back you were more likely to struggle on the loose surface - which happened to him when he had to take avoiding action when entering the bend hard while chasing. The track was awful.
  11. Roger Jacobs
    Spot on. In the Prem, Harris' 2026 GSA from 10 matches is about a tenth higher than his starting GSA - whereas from 12 Championship matches his 2026 GSA is more than a point lower than his starting figure.
  12. Roger Jacobs
    Duplicate.
  13. Roger Jacobs
    I guess Simon Lambert turned them down …
  14. Roger Jacobs
    Don't forget the huge difference in prize money between finishing second from bottom or third from bottom! Arthur Fery is now guaranteed £900,000, irrespective of his result this afternoon. Indeed he was guaranteed £80,000 just for reaching the First round - I don't imagine the British Speedway Premiership Champions actually get anything except a medal ...
  15. Roger Jacobs
    On Witches Facebook responding to a taunt from a Witches fan about retiring at the back, Kemp said he lost his steel shoe in one race and had a puncture in another. I'm guessing his fall was tactical - certainly the sort of thing John Berry would have expected, e.g. if we can't get a 5-1, then keeping us 6 behind for a tactical is the next best ...
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