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No, both bikes examined in the pits were GM's

Hmmmm, how did you manage to do that? Or did you have to produce a new user? Hmmmm, how did you manage to do that? Or did you have to produce a new user?

We should be ok weatherwise, I still stand by my forecast from Thursday, the stormy stuff won't reach us until late on Saturday evening, May get a rogue shower early doors, somewhere between 3pm-5pm, track can easily handle that, especially with these high temperatures....

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Mr Dudek I presume.......?

Yep, where? By letter? Landline phones? Pub? After meeting in the track bar? I think most people didn't argue except on race nights, fans were very much home team living.. Cov fan to cov fan, Poole fan to Poole fan, you never had fans from different teams chatting/arguing except on race nights, most fans lived in the team's area...

There's taking a step back to go forward 2 steps, but this is not one of them.........!!!

Yes there is seating in the main grandstands, they are temporary ones, seat around 500 total, and covered, beer in glasses, and 360 viewing and you are up close, you can get very, very close! No dog track, no cars, best viewing around....

Right, weather time.... Saturday is awkward, but from what I can extrapolate from the models is as follows.. A plume of very warm and wet air is pumped north into Britain on Saturday, when this reacts with a forming low pressure over the west of the country, this area will become very, very unstable and begin breaking down, at the moment, it looks like the west, west Midlands will develop strong thunderstorms, which will move north and east up the country during Saturday evening and night.... The east Midlands should miss most of this untill late in the night, and early into Sunday morning. It will be very warm Saturday, peaking at around 27/28c by 4pm the evening will remain dry over Leicester until the storms break late evening..

Surely someone would have mentioned the ht 12 debacle to the ref on the phone when complaining about the double exclusion? "Come on ref, if you've excluded Sargeant (breaking the imaginary tapes at 15m) then that would have meant you had stopped the race at that point? So Garrity, or any other rider could not be then excluded as you'd stopped the race? Or, were you using the same discretion as when a rider anticipates the tapes, but does not gain an advantage, so letting the race continue? And you would of excluded Sargeant at the conclusion of that race. But because of the Garrity incident, you excluded Garrity, and then announced Sargeants exclusion, which would of been announced at that races conclusion.........?? Is this possibly the case?

If Sergeant moved (which he didn't) the start was unsatisfactory, and Garrity could not possibly be excluded.. if Sergeant didn't move, then the Garrity exclusion was correct, but Sergeant should then have been in the rerun...!!!! End of!

Firstly, I'm not a Coventry or Kings Lynn fan....... Heat 12 James Sargeant did not move before the tapes went up from his 15m handicap, so exclude Garrity for his move on the first corner, rerun with all 3, Garrity exc, Sargeant still off 15m... End of. You absolutely cannot exclude someone for a false start when the race has started, and after you've excluded a rider for a first bend incident! Absolute shocking decision..!!

Could be some light rain around tomorrow evening, from around 5/6pm onwards, however, it will only be light, and of a showery nature.. could get none at all, yet 10 miles down the road could get a shower or two......

The rain will get to kings Lynn around 8pm, by then it will have virtually died out as it hits the scandi high, so very light rain, and only falling as showers now.... Should be ok..

1970's/1980's The first meeting was usually the last week in March, the season would then close during the last week in October, usually with a friendly or individual meeting, followed by some donkey races or mini bikes for the riders, then the mechanics would have a race or two, then farewells from the riders and finally a firework display.... That's how it used to roll......

You don't really believe that, do you?

That's why I changed tack!! So we wouldn't get bogged down on bike settings.....!!

Rain due to stop around 6pm, then clear..........

So what about track surfaces, shape, material etc (not fencing yet) just track make-up...........

What's the injury to Kev Doolan?

I think the rain band that is sweeping east across the UK at the moment will fragment further as it moves east and gets influenced by the High pressure over Europe.. Looks to me like Manchester will avoid the heaviest of the rain, and will be no more than light rain by 4pm and gone by 5/5.30pm. Not all is lost on this one...... The Aces to get this one on.....

Lengthen or shorten the bike as well as sprocket size (chain length)

The squad riders in Poland, Denmark, Sweden can easily get rides in these countries, if they don't get a ride in Poland,they are probably going to get rides in the other 2 countries that week... Those that don't, sign and get a ride or 2 in the UK (because they are good enough) Many many of the riders in the UK are nowhere near good enough to ride abroard! Can you imagine Rob Branford, Simon Lambert or Ben Barker or the other riders at those levels trying to get rides abroard? They are just not good enough... I'm sorry, but squads will not work in the UK, especially not at a level near enough to the Elite League or even Premier League, it really would kill speedway off in the UK, probably for ever as a pro, or semi pro sport.... Something needs to be done, but, after years and years of trying the weakening, dillution, restrictive team building, and constant cost cutting route, perhaps its time to try another way?

Me neither!!