Rob B

No bad view anywhere as the terracing is well stepped and close to the track, depends if you want to stand or sit, although facilities are better in grandstand if you bothered about that. Yes you can pay by card. Official car parks are £3 but there is plenty of free parking about too

They not been practising regularly, there was only couple of practise sessions before the first meeting to make sure track was ok and not all riders were at them so they had very limited track time. With a 12.00 start time and a warm sunny day I suspect the track will be dry and dusty so anything they learnt from Swindon meeting will be useless.

Robert Branford guests for Josh Bates

Would guess they will book Lindgren for Kasprzak which will strengthen them

It was no where near this bad, yet few of these riders refused to ride it.

Not alphabetical otherwise Ellis and Kurtz wouldn't be last 2. But Poole never put them in riding order. On Belle Vue website Belle Vue team is in riding order but looks like Poole team just been copied.

That is first bend terrace, holds 1000. Good view from there : http://tinyurl.com/hhngryu http://tinyurl.com/hud8dsm

West terracing tickets will be directed round to the south side and will work there.

They not opening first bend tonight, just home straight grandstand and back straight terracing. There was lot of rain during the night but this morning was sunny and breezy but since 12.00 we been having some heavy rain and practice been cancelled I been told. Looks like rain showers should have passed by 4.00pm, if that's correct we should be fine.

Correct, Steve has always had the higher average even though he started at reserve as he was part of the draft. Once we ride one more home meeting they will swap round.

No we have 4 to be rearranged yet.

Martin Dugard was there, why couldn't he do it? Good meeting but easier win for the Colts then I expected. Some great races involving Williamson/Shuttleworth and knight.

Technically it wasn't opening night, opening night had 6000 there, last night was an off night Wednesday night and after all the problems recently you can understand some people being dubious and not turning up until sure track problems are sorted (which they are). As was mentioned before meeting the track is being kept slick and hard to start off with so it beds down, it was only completely dug up and reload couple of weeks ago. No problems with it last night so they will start to build up the dirt now. The centre green man isn't new, he did last season too.

Yep about 6000, 1842 grandstand, 3000 backstraight, 900 1st bend and few hundred on 3rd/4th bend if required. Extra 3000 seats going on 3rd/4th bend for World Cup.

The grandstand holds 1842 and was no where near full, I suspect you were sat in blocks C or D. http://tinyurl.com/j6tauu7 Back straight holds 3000, I would say you're right about assessment of quarter full so that would be 750.

About 1500-2000 I'd say. Heatleaders let us down badly tonight, Zagar and Nicholls were poor, Cook started off well then went rapidly downhill too. Steve Worrall was very inconsistent. Doyle probably would have scored twice the amount then Harris did. First 5 heats were processional but then racing got better as some dirt generated. Track still very slick as it beds in, needs more dirt on the outside as that is a very long way round, will get better. Not that many, grandstand was half full so that was 900 and would say about 600-800 or so on back straight and about 100 on first bend.

Clean Cut Sports do Belle Vue TV, suspect there will be a race on SpeedwayGB website in next few days.

There was light rain over night but that finished about 10.00am, been no rain since and no more expected. I think they will have to be watering it this afternoon as quite warm. I expect the track to still be quite hard and slick as they wanting it to bed in properly first before putting too much dirt on.

Cook, R Worrall, S Worall, Jacobs

Over 800 seats booked in advance. Last night there was 1650 seats available, currently now there is 1040 seats available. They did say last week if grandstand does sell out they would open East stand (first bend), so nobody is going to be turned away.

His whole face looked weird like he had Botox or something like that.

Suzi Perry will be involved at Cardiff and World Cup at Belle Vue.

Look 2 posts up

Tomorrow is OFF

They being made by the same company that makes covers for Wimbledon.