Rob B

Kerr is at reserve. Rowe on 5.21

It’s not stopped raining so far since about 9am this morning. But due to stop soon and if had been a usual 7.30 meeting we would have been fine.

Looks like for Birmingham the worst of the rain will have passed by 3.00pm, but could be a heavy shower around 5pm.

Can't see the lunchtime meeting being on (if it had been evening it would have been fine). Birmingham doesn't look too bad as long as track can take the earlier rain

BVTV was streaming live on Youtube last night for first 20 minutes build up before racing :

Dan Thompson guests for Kildemand. Belle Vue: Brady Kurtz, Norick Blodorn, Jaimon Lidsey, Zach Cook, Dan Bewley, Tate Zischke, Jake Mulford Oxford: Rohan Tungate, Erik Riss, Charles Wright, Dan Thompson, Maciej Janowski, Francis Gusts, Luke Killeen

I've just gone through the update site just to see if I forgotten anything nearly every heat is : exiting Bend 2 Lap 1. hit the front exiting Bend 2 Lap 1 up the inside off Bend 2 Lap 1 inside off Bend 2 Lap 1 coming together exiting Bend 2 Lap 1 round the Lions pair exiting Bend 2 Lap 1 and so on Majority heats could have written the scores down after bend 2 lap 1. But you says the racing was 'close' that's all the matters then, can ride as close as they want but impossible to pass unless rider in front makes mistake. But if that makes you happy. Another year of track changes promising better racing, another disappointment.

Don’t blame it on the Belle Vue riders. There were plenty of heats when Leicester riders were behind and they didn’t do anything from behind either apart from heat 15. Heat 15 was the only genuine race of night, with a good move from Fricke. The only other 2 changes of position in the other 14 heats are when riders went so far wide, Bewley (scraping the air fence he was that wide) and Blodorn I seem to remember, and were passed up inside.

Just had heat 11 and racing is awful. Only 2 ‘passes’ because the riders in front went far too wide and gifted it. More dirt on M1 then inside half of track, anyone who goes looking for bit of dirt on outside goes backwards.

Gather they use it for NHS staff if you get there too early they all parked there and start to leave.

Apparently soon, but been hearing about this since July last year so not sure what hold up is.

Lets wait and see, I've heard that previous years and then when I've gone its been poor.

In Leicester preview Stewart Dickson says track is different and riders need to learn new lines. What been done to track this time?

The King’s Lynn ‘bad luck’ continues, must be an unlucky team.

Not making anything up, Bewley passed Cook then was half a lap later Cook slowed. I was there saw it with my own eyes, made a 7 hour round trip supporting my team, will you be making a 7 hour round trip on Monday? You could also say no such thing as bad luck and could say it’s bad bike maintenance. If that hadn’t happened Harris wouldn’t have replaced Boughen, Belle Vue could have had tac sub. Probably still would have been small Kings Lynn win but who knows .