Shale Searcher

It will be gone in an hour or less, then clear/sunny/17c/breezy rest of day....

I have just had to confirm my availability for the NLRC on Saturday, so weather permitting, it's being run at Leicester..

Tungate did it all night, and I am sure I have seen it when he's guested recently elsewhere.... I thought it was classed as "moving" at the start.... And it's impossible to spin the disc and not rotate the rear wheel, but you can do the opposite, have the disc static, and wheel/tyre rotate....

I don't think anything has changed...

Did you see it R & R?

So why do you think the ref did nothing about it last night......? Didn't see it? Saw it, chose to ignore it? Didn't know about the rule?

Watched this meeting last night, thought it was an excellent advert for the Elite League.... However, when riders are under starters orders (green light on) they have to sit still, but last night I noticed that particularly Rohan Tungate manages to have his rear wheel spinning before the tapes went up, surely this gives him a distinct advantage when the tapes do rise....? Should this be allowed? I have seen this practice before, but not to this extent and frequency... Thoughts please from the good people of the British Speedway Forum..

Congratulations to both teams, what a great race meeting that was...... Couldn't take my eyes of it the whole 15 heats, even Mrs Shale Searcher was screen locked!!! "Proper Speedway" "Speedway from the Gods" Speedway out of the top drawer" All applied tonight!!

I have heard, that when Chris Holder had his big operations, when the surgeons cut into him, his body had Poole running through it like seaside rock!!

Double R/R doesn't co-exist well with Sky, as riders have 2 on the trot, and it screws their tv timings!! I would imagine!!

Luckily it's coming from really high altitude cloud, and most is evaporating before it gets to ground level.. However, it's being discussed online as when the sun goes down, the hight you go, the colder it gets especially after sunset, the rain that's falling now could get distinctly heavier....

Are you getting a drop of light rain in Wolverhampton at the moment?? (Time 18:10)

Same here, looking forward to watching this on tv tonight...

According to the latest satellite images/high res rainfall, there's rain heading your way, the saving grace is it's coming from high altitude cloud, and most of it is evaporating before it gets to ground level, but, this may change as temps fall at higher altitudes as the suns heat diminishes, it's just being discussed online as it wasn't in the forecast for today......

Perhaps they ought to firstly, to give themselves a bit of breathing space, increase the age of compulsory retirement by 2-3 yrs, voluntary of course. Then they need to advertise for some trainees from the speedway fraternity.. you know, clerks of courses, time keepers, pit marshals, machine examiners, track staff first, then open it up to fans themselves if still in a quandary...

What's first prize these days? Remember from my Long Eaton days, I think the winners of Div 2 won a brand new JAWA!! What's the range of prizes now a cross the divisions....???

So was this a triple header? Never ever heard of one before... Or was it two PL fixtures and a National League fixture, or was it just a double header with sarcastic license??

Perhaps any of the other potential guests either are genuinely not available, or they want £xxxxx to get on a plane, get £xxxxx to get their bikes out the van, £xxxxx for their team, and £xxx per point!!!!! Chris Harris is UK based, and to be fair, has been riding with an injury the last 2-3 weeks, and always gives 120%

Exit EDR system, enter the new, improved, DER! EDR = Elite Draft Reserve.. DER = Draft Elite Reserve.... DER = same rules, different name!! Guest system abolished, in comes "IEL" Instant Elite Loanee, same rules as the old guests apply. Radical or what!!!!

Re: Jason Doyles 2 yr deal...... What happens if the powers that be decide that next year, GP riders are banned from the Elite League? Or does "Rosco" have inside info on next yrs Elite League format??

Maybe so, but it still opens the door for the "Ringer" getting into the reserve spot.... Just have one Brit, must be under 24 yrs old, and stays at reserve all season, that's the only way to avoid "Pedalbike" or "Klindt" similar happening..

Is the Larsen "money" owed to, anything to do with "Kevlarsgate" from 2011 (ish)??

What's up with Fricke again?

Trouble with having this must have brit at reserve, is, if he improves, he ends up in the main team, and a jonny foreigner ends up dropping to reserve, like "Klindt" at Leicester, and "Pedalbike" at Poole, and the improved British reserve gets battered in the 1-5, confidence disappears... bit like "Sargent" at Coventry... It's hard to find 8 young Brits of equal ability, that when ensconced at number 7, can stay at no 7 for the whole season, no matter his average....

Keep up, he doesn't want my weather forecasts....