Technik

There is a rule that a rider can be disqualified for not making a bonefide effort to race. But if a rider is tailed off in 4th & is still on the track & has not stopped moving forward my opinion is until he has been lapped he can continue & claim any points he may qualify for. The Referee will not know why he is traveling so slowly, it might be a mechanical issue or even personal injury. Nobody likes to see a rider give up & just roll around the track but we all stand up to clap the efforts of any rider that pushes their bike for half a lap for a single point. From what I can make of it a rider that makes no effort & comes last has already been punished with no points money & the fans disapproval so why the need to disqualify him as well

In the first meeting the outside gates were the best in the early races. I only judge from gate to first turn. What happens after that & who scores what points are from racing.

Great meeting. I think advantage Redcar, without Gilkes at reserve for the home team it could have been a very different score.

As I understand it there was some dispute over stonemans rides & with all the changes & rechanges with the reserves I can see that some confussion could happen. But he did take his 3 rides as required so eventually it got sorted & apologies were made over the tannoy. But all in all a good event some close racing I'm sure the track will bed in & the dust will go away. well done to Poole I had a slightly bigger margin I think Ruml & newmans scores were a step in the right direction If Heeps can make the same improvment I believe the Cheetahs can do well this season

I would guess that the promotion at Oxford will wish to hold out for a few weeks as they expect the maximum capacity to increase from its existing 2000. The first two events at Cowley have sold out (Long may that continue) & as the work there gets closer to its finish I think the capacity can near double

The first meeting done & dust free (mostly). Some good racing with places swapping on a regular basis. It would not be fair to find fault after all concerned put in a sterling effort. this was the first night & a lot was going on with all sorts of presentations the biggest of course the return of Hans Nielsen to Cowley. I think next week will be run swifter & hopefully in front of another big crowd. Get your tickets early it could sell out again with the current champions on track

Jamie & his crew have done a superb job to bring the Cheetahs back to track. On Wednesday night the result is of no importance. British Speedway is the winner May the sun shine & the racing be fine.

The evidence is clear I'm not a good one! I look at the Oxford side & believe it has been put together at short notice with some riders that other clubs didn't want to use. I hope I'm wrong but I still feel they are not as strong as their points show.

I'd be willing to bet Berwick top 60. I think Oxford are carrying to much baggage.

The problem is how do you decide what a good crowd is? many posters within this forum I imagine remember crowds upwards of 10K back in the "Good old day's" but now there is so much to factor in. Fewer top stars in British racing, lower standard racing, Cheaper & more frequent flights, the need to accomodate visiting riders & of course the modern human. I attended a Promotion/Fans get together & someone asked why dont you get a couple of riders with their bikes to attend schools in the area. A good idea in principle & a very good idea in 1975 but as I mentioned above "The modern human" we need to get the youth away from their hand held devices for a 90 minute period. They will come to watch but when a meeting is strung out & 15 races take from 19:30 until 22:00 they get bored & never return but the worst is to come when they put on their social media account how slow & boring speedway was & they will never go again. In short run a slick show start on time pre-meeting presentation 19:15 first race 19:30 at the tapes run to the finish 21:00 (without intervals) victory parade (15 Minutes) second half races until 22:00. If this was sustained maybe we could hold the attention of the youth & the word SPEED in our sport of SPEEDWAY might just mean something again.

I don't like the new site at all. All I want is the information & to be able to find it easily. The old site gave me that. This is not an improvement.

Give the guy a chance. It's his first time & there will be a lot of pressure on this meeting for all involved with the stream.

I don't think he would be allowed to double up as he is a permit rider on an assessed average. I believe it would be against his work permit regulations & not the BSPL rules for a change. I guess you could argue that Basso is in the same position average wise but he is in the second year of his permit & he's riding for teams that wear red.

Jason Edwards (Mildenhall) 8.84 Luke Crag (Berwick) 6.41 Nathan Ablitt (Belle Vue) 6.29 Sam McGurk (Belle Vue) 5.25 George Rothery ( Armadale) 4.92 Ben Trigger (Plymouth) 3.57 Luke Killeen (Oxford) 3.00 Total 38.28 I had a team ready at 35.00 so with a little bit of juggling I managed to find a few more points. Lets hope all the boys stay injury free this year.

I agree the BSPA rule has been increased to 40.00 However we are not racing to their rules in this project. On the first post it states as Usual we are running to a 35.00 limit. & as yet Islander has not sent us an update. I have built a team to the 35.00 limit & don't want to be at a disadvantage so I would like the rule's for this season to be released prior to submitting my lineup. If we are to move to a higher limit so be it. Islander has already said he would organise the game & I am waiting for him to do so.

I have a Question. Post 1 page 1 states that teams are limited to 35.00. So far all teams listed are over 39.00 & I suppose looking at a 40.00 limit. have we changed the rules of this fun game?

I don't think Plymouth would be allowed a facility for Edward Kennett as he has not ridden for the club & withdrew prior to any official team declaration being made

Good man. I'll be looking forward to the rules & then finding out what all the new averages are.

He has worked with Robins for many years when his racing commitments have allowed but now he has a family & like all of us over the last few years has had to look at his life & reevaluate what is most important. if he has been offered a future proof position within the company then he would be foolish not to accept.

I understand what is being stated above & I agree it is a 40 year old idea. But I must point out that when we were 40 years younger it would be the thing that I wanted to collect each week. I think some of us need to take into consideration that we are the same age as old people. Many things have changed over the years, Who buys photos of riders today when you can have a selfie on your own phone, Match programmes are down because you can print a racesheet off of a website & all the news is on the internet. The one issue I have with the whole idea is each release will be a sheet of stickers so at all times everyone will have the same stickers. There will be no doubles so there will be no swaps with your mates. Which is the best bit of collecting the stickers.

It's funny how things change. Not so many years ago riders were only busy if they rode in more than 25 meetings a month all over Europe & back then there was no Easyjet, Ryanair or any other budget airline it had to be from & to a major airport on national airlines & that was if it were a topline star lesser riders would travel by road. I can remember a Czech rider racing at Oxford on Friday night then driving home for a weekend meeting & back for Reading on Monday.

You have a team with strength in depth but no real fire power in the top two. your team works hard to establish a lead you conceed a 5 - 1 in 13 & then again in 15 the result .... A draw. But wait now lets have a super heat or as we fans like to call it Ht 13 & 15 all over again. Why give the fans yet another negative to talk about after a fantastic meeting. Lets bring back Tac-Subs to give those clubs that don't have a Jason Doyle/ Freddie Lindgren to return an 11.00+ average make the points difference 8 & use unlimited T/S after Ht 4, retain the 3 ride minimum so reserves can only miss one race

My research shows that both riders represented the Russian federation (MFR) in last seasons FIM events & were on the SGP site as MFR again for this season. This would indicate that they are Russian & hold a Russian approved FIM licence & therefore would require permission from MFR to race in another countries territory & as the FIM currently doe's not recognise the MFR who would the PZM apply to. As was established earlier this week by Roy Humphrey (ACU President) when he announced that all Russians would be barred from any activity in all disciplines of motorcycle sport on ACU territory it may not be the individuals fault the this invasion is happening but it is not ours either.

I think its fair to say that what ever he said Vladimir Vladmirovich Putin didn't like it.

I wonder if the Russian riders scores & positions will be removed or weather the FIM will allow them to take any medal they might win. I remember in the World Speedway final of 1990 when Per Jonsson won with Shawn Moran second & Todd Wiltshire third Moran was removed from second for (I believe) a drug related offence but Wiltshire was not advanced from third so officially there was no silver medalist