funny that. He told me he'd blown an engne at Berwick and that he had just the one bike in the pits on Sunday. Riders eh? Best check his interview on the DVD to see what he said!
Yup. Andre's silencer fell off on lap 2 and as a result his bike was illegal. Definite exclusion. Good job really. A Sheffield 4-2 in that race would have allowed Bjerre to take a tactical in the next race which he won!
Not really mind boggling
Neil was retained as promoter as part of the hand over and it also made sense to ensure that Sheffield's interests could be supported by a vote at the BSPA conference. (You must have attended 2 AGMs to be eligible for a vote) A club can only have three licensed promoters which is why Damien and Peter ( who wanted to be promoters) are named as such and I am not. The shareholding is equal.
This implies a premeditated plan and this was not the case. Having invested a significant amount of money to purchase the club from Neil, the consortium have reluctantly made the very difficult decision for business reasons . The club statement says all that is going to be said on the matter. As someone who has worked with David for several years inside and outside of Speedway I wish him well. He is too important to the BSPA for him not to pop up somewhere very soon.
Ricky Ashworth told me that the trick is tinted goggles with a strip of tape across the top. I suppose it's a bit like the old 70s sun visors. Maybe they should get some with Riders names on like the old Flyer Wyer ones. Incidentally when Kozza crashed last year he was wearing tinted goggles. Sheffield is not the only track it affects and part if the reason why it happens is the removal of a section of the stand on the fourth Bend where the new pits were created.
There's not a blanket problem with Aussies , it's just that if anyone let's their tier 2 visa expire when they're out of the country , they have to wait 12 months for another one. More about communication and misunderstanding between clubs and riders than the authorities