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Steve, I take it you mean Laydowns prove difficult...?

That's one of my points! How come people say there was a load more team riding back in the day, how they manage that without looking back to see where their riding partner was?

It's going to rain on Friday unfortunately, 90% rain, 10% wet snow, should have passed through by mid Saturday morning.. The charts are plumping for a drier, warmer spell 11c to 16c starting around Wed 9th/Thurs 10th March, which is also indicated to last through that weekend as well.... Unfortunately, there's a SSW taking place at the moment, it's effects not yet influencing the charts/models, so nothing is 100% certain at the minute.... (SSW) Sudden Stratospheric Warming)

If you get a chance, watch: "Once A Jolly Swagman"

That's a cheeky look back if ever I saw one!!!

So, were many riders excluded for the offence of looking behind...? And did it effect the art of team riding?

Really, as late as that?? Team riding needs 2 riders to know where each other are on track, how is that, sorry, how can that be achieved if you can't look back to check where your partner is and where the opposition is....! I have never knowingly seen a rider get excluded for this offence, I.E, I was only 6, maybe 7 when I was imtrodued to speedway..

Ok, so this subject has cropped up on a couple of threads recently.. Can anyone enlighten us on instances, details of such exclusions, why the rule existed, how it effected team riding and when the rule was taken out the much maligned and criticised rule book?

How did all this team riding actually happen in the old days......? According to another thread you could be and was excluded for looking behind you until the very, very early 1970's??

Bona-Fida attempt to race. Surely, if the ref feels a rider in any position in a race is not doing that, he should be excluded?

Wern't Booeys ashes buried deep enough to avoid displacement from foundations? Sure I heard this from somewhere....?

Or, cover it in sand, then pack it down with scaffolding planks!! Problem then is, you have to keep painting the penalty spot!!

I agree, go with what we have, Polish Speedway will go t**s up before too long, and they'll be back knocking on the Elite Leagues door with the begging bowls out.. Consolidate with what we have...

Leicester Lions will not prop up the league, I personally think they will scrape 5th, finishing positions could end up being decided on injuries, if current teams lose a number 1 to injury, especially mid season, where the hell are they going to get a like for like replacement from...?? Especially if this occurs mid season, with ist of the other top riders in the middle of the GP'S Polish League, SEC, and other leagues that are going to take precedence over the UK..

Ta very much, I have seen this used frequently, now this makes loads of topic comments make some sense!!

What does "IIRC" mean?

What was the thread called and which section....?

Blimey!!!! When was the last rider excluded for looking behind, and who was it and where? Also, how the hell did riders team ride? The rose tinted brigade never ever mention any of this??

Slick entering the corners, and maybe slick on the inside line in the corners, with a gradual increase in dirt as you move wider, to provide more grip, as you are then going a longer route round the corners, also grip evenly spread coming out the corners, so you provide lines like (Karlssons Corridor) at Wolverhampton. A reasonably sticky/grippy across the start line area, stretching around 5 to 6 metres away from the start line..

We were working on the track all day today, mostly drying shale out, cutting high spots off and in-filling dips and holes... Had some new shale delivered today, and Glyn was working it into the track after a lot of worn out surface material was removed.. Starting to resemble a speedway track again now.. Still lots of work to be done on the surface, a lot depends on the next 2-3 weeks weather we get, the 7-14 day forecast is a tad messy with a lot of computer models not in unison, could, and I mean could get a really heavy snowfall next weekend if one set of models becomes the dominant outcome.. But all models indicate a cold first half of March..

So, why no sawdust.....? Well, I seem to remember over hearing a conversation between a couple of bods I couldn't see, only hear in A pits area in the UK. What they were saying if I remember, was that sawdust changes the structure of shale and how it binds together (in the long term) May get you out of a pickle, but creates all sorts of track issues further down the line.....

Excluded for looking behind??? That's a bit harsh!!!

It's not that bad, but enlighten us, who should they go and get? Come on, who?