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Motorcycle Federation of Russia (their ACU)

Yes - basically capitalism in operation, about the least woke thing you could imagine

Well it only lasted 3 minutes 😛

It's pure capitalism which is the very antithesis of woke.

Holta's switch was voluntary. Holta hadn't been banned from FIM events prior to his switch And as far as I know Norway had not invaded Sweden.

So one off round wildcards for Emil and Artem then 😆

I think it's called 'the reverse Shovlar'

What about Douglas or Tungate? Is there any reason they shouldn't enter? [A serious question given Fricke's wildcard]

It's considered a win if Oxford manage to track two riders in a race.

Except for the appalling lack of raking on the back straight terraces.

In the interests of space the Day 2 B, C, D Finals are all in the same column. Some years the top 4 go into the A finals along with winner of B final (like day 1). What I find oddest is that heat points only determine which final you go into on day 1, but count towards overall totals on day 2.

Here are the 2023 results:- US Open National Championship Action Park East, 2 September & Champion, 3 September Day 1 heats Day 1 Finals Day 2 heats Cum Day 2 Finals Fin Overall 1 2 3 4 Pts D C B A D1 1 2 3 4 Pts Pts F1 F2 F3 F4 Pts Pts 1 Bradley Wilson-Dean 3 3 3 3 12 4 16 2 3 2 3 10 26 10 10 1 7 28 54 2 Chris Kerr 2 2 3 3 10 3 15 2 3 3 2 10 25 1 5 5 10 21 46 3 Casey Donholt 1 2 1 3 7 3 1 13 3 3 1 2 9 22 3 3 10 5 21 43 4 Broc Nicol 3 3 3 2 11 0 12 3 3 3 3 12 24 7 7 3 1 18 42 5 Dillon Ruml 2 3 2 3 10 2 14 1 2 3 2 8 22 5 1 7 3 16 38 6 Slater Lightcap 2 2 0 2 6 1 10 1 2 2 3 8 18 3 11 29 7 Adam Mittl 2 3 3 2 10 2 11 3 1 2 1 7 18 2 10 28 8 Brian Hollenbeck 0 2 1 1 4 3 8 3 0 2 2 7 15 1 9 24 9 Spencer Portararo 3 1 2 2 8 0 9 0 2 0 3 5 14 r 6 20 10 Mike Cortese 1 0 2 1 4 1 6 1 0 0 1 2 8 3 8 16 11 Levi Harris 0 1 1 1 3 2 7 0 1 0 1 2 9 2 7 16 12 Caleb Stewart 3 0 2 0 5 0 5 0 1 3 1 5 10 fx 5 15 13 Lenny McBride 1 1 0 r 2 3 4 0 2 1 0 3 7 3 4 11 14 Redmond Bohannon 1 r 1 0 2 2 3 2 1 1 0 4 7 2 3 10 15 Jerry Harman 2 0 – 0 2 2 1 2 4 16 Dave Pieper 0 1 0 1 2 ns 2 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 4 17 Mikey Buman 0 fn – – 0 ns 1 1 1 Dave Oakden 1 1 1 1 Logan McGrane 0 `0 0 1 – –

Ron's words: "with the drizzle possibly getting worse and making track conditions tricky Will Cairns & Luke Killeen were level round the first bend but Will got slightly ahead of Luke and then out of nowhere Jody Scott went steaming past both of them on the back straight and led into the old pits bend Will looked to move over to the dirt line just as Luke decided to do the same and unfortunately clipped Will’s back wheel and young Will crashed heavily into the fence whilst Luke seemed to be hanging off the back of his machine almost like a rag doll before hitting the air fence whilst his machine kept going for another 20-30 yards into the 3rd turn and demolishing several air panels, it looked horrendous and you could hear the shrieks and screams of the fans not believing what they had witnessed. Will Cairns was down on the track for a long time and then the ambulance appeared and eventually he was carried on a stretcher and placed into the back of the ambulance to then head off to the JR Hospital. The fence was repaired and Jody did win the the rerun in a time of 71 seconds, a good 10 seconds slower than the average so something had to be sorted with the worsening conditions." I think that's a fair description.

Rain. Fastest time 61 secs. Time for ht 16 rerun over 71 secs, think that gives you a clue.

One day I'll explain the scoring system for the EAST COAST US OPEN. But right now I don't have an hour to spare.

Funny that, your last girlfriend said you reminded her of her coffee - instant and forgettable.

I'm sorry to hear that. There did seem to be an excess of pantomime booing last night and a couple of very childish facebook posts in the days preceeding the meeting that did not reflect well on the many Oxford fans who still can't believe (even after 3 seasons) they have their team back and are just looking forward to that last heat decider at Wimborne Road.

I'd like to say a few words in defence of Peter Schroeck and ht 12 . . . . . . . . . . but, honestly I can't think of any.

Four: Jack Holder, Kurtz, Fricke and Doyle. - so yes it may be a consideration.

Nope only an amateur like you. Any professional would make plans for a foreseeable contingency. And as late as ht 14 it was still possible we wouldn't get a result today.

Scunny reserves +4.55 Oxford's +5.11. [But Oxford lose out because of the drop off in Atkins form]

Didn't think we had much bad luck last night. We just weren't that good and got beaten by the better team.

No it didn't that's why it only lasted 2 years.

Even football by financial play regulations does this. At the start of the new season all teams do NOT have equal opportunites - some have bigger crowds, better sponsorship, more accommodating landlords, better track access etc. It is NEVER a level playing field. And if you'd rather clubs go out of business because they can't compete - just remember they rarely come back.

Those clubs are often bottom for systemic reasons that apply year after year. If having first pick of rising stars gives (say) Birmingham or King's Lynn a little extra incentive to stay in a league where they can't compete financially and their aspirations are generally limited to avoiding the wooden spoon then I'm all for it.