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How cold was it trackside??

If you continue to roll and roll a damp track, any moisture deep down in the track underbelly is drawn to the surface, making the task of trying to roll out ruts even harder, eventually the track would start to dry, but in the micro climate of an indoor arena like that, maybe not......

Always negative you.... Should be a belter!!!

Showers actually......

As far as I know, these seated areas covered over are covered to stop people trying to sit there, it's an area deemed to risky for spectators, and so they just cover the area over with shading mesh or similar...

I think a lot of the accidents we are seeing nowadays are higher speed incidents, the bikes are ridden in straight lines a lot more than in years gone by, less time is spent on full lock in corners now it seems so riders are hitting things or being hit at much higher impact speeds..

Perhaps the "Windows" required to put tracks in these stadia is the real issue.....? I think the track needs laying and then at least a full week of time needed to bed it in, test it, re bed where required, test again before the meeting is due.... The timeframes are currently not long enough....

And now Steady, how many more.....? How many are now out due to injury, injuries that won't heal overnight. Broken bones etc.. it's got to be double figures now in the top 2 leagues..

Some need a lot of loving and a, some don't...

It wasn't a fishing trip, just wanted other people's opinions on the subject.. I personally don't agree with doubling down, if that is its correct phrase... Doubling up, an up and coming youngster, to good for fast track, dipping his toe into the Elite League I think is good for British Speedway. But not so good the other way round, and the new rule capping it to two seasons is the right way to go especially the double-downers.

Scary stuff, has the yolk gone with the forks and bars, or stayed with the diamond? A well unusual off..... Bad welding possibly??

Yup! A totally ridiculous statement, Blimey, some people's imagination, next you'll be saying Sayfudinov is being lined up as a replacement for Bjarne!!

Weatherwatcher, where do you sit/stand when you spectate at Leicester......?

Should he have set his heights a tad higher and got more rides in Europe, rather than doubling down?

I was wondering myself, if in fact these new silencers are giving the engines a better airflow... So the spent gasses aren't getting backed up in the silencers, and killing the engine in the deeper dirt up the banking......? So when a rider goes up there, instead of the dirt killing the motor, the motor is providing usable revs instead of stopping the motor in its prime........ Scotty Nicholls was using the banking on turn one and two with good effect, with the old silencers, he'd have been left out to dry there!!

You know exactly what I meant, it was a sarcastic question, no ifs or buts, it was sarcastic..

I don't know, but a bit cruel to say that before having ALL the facts...

A living testament to his life force, a great and brave son of Speedway...

Yes it did (score flatter) I thought there was a fair amount of passing too, not because of rider mistakes, but riders actually using the banking, putting there bikes in the right place, and attacking the track.... A good advert for Speedway..

Anyway.... I think that it was a cracking meeting, Scott Nicholls was a real man on a mission, he certainly has sussed the track out, I throughly enjoyed it..

Agree, but "newbies" normally get brought to there first meetings by a more experienced Speedway Supporters and would usually explain the "quirks" of the sport.... and therefore do not need this sort of info being spoon-fed by an announcer or presenter.

Well, it is gonna rain, it will start around 4am, light at first, becoming heavy for a time before disappearing around 09:30-10:30 Will actually aid track prep..... no problem Robert72

Ok, 4,guests, for mostly injured riders..... What else could be done? And please don't say "squad system" would have covered this, because what and how do you pay the non riding squad members? Oh, of course, they ride elsewhere!!! Guests are a required evil in Speedway..

The "Dave Lanning" of the cricket world...

Nah, that would mean 15-20 minutes break whilst the sun sets behind old John!!!!!