SPEEDY69

Me too, but I still remember when, for one year only, they decided to nominate Harris for Cardiff rather than the BF winner/the rider who finished highest and wasn't a full time GP rider. I remember because I think that was decided after the British Final not before.

As it is no longer a qualification route to the world championships, then it is merely an 'open' event and therefore the BSPA can have whoever they like in it. Inevitably there would also need to be agreement reached on the money on offer to those competing.

I thin k it was doomed to go over curfew, not just for the fence problem but the full two minutes being used up by riders due to bike trouble or restarts due to tape touching etc. It did seem like one thing after another even after the restart - the gods weren't being kind. I do think refs can do more though to reduce delays. Two minutes on for each race once previous race riders have returned to the pits. None of this extra time mullarkey if you have two races in a row - I did three in a row once whilst being rushed to start the next after the previous one and I was nowhere near as fit as the riders these days. If there's a restart bring them straight up to tapes. The engines are fine for 16 laps as proved by the 16 lapper, clutches etc. can cope easily with two starts as some do a couple of practice start before the race proves. People don't like delays these days with naff all to do if you're standing there watching - change that side of it and then breaks could become more palatable.

It's 'unsatisfactory start' I believe which they use for first bend incidents.

That makes sense then, clearly he didn't know that!

He said it was a bang on the head so had to withdraw from meetings for 7 days and that finished yesterday. I'm confused as to why he's not riding tonight.

Crash at boro but he said on TV he was ready to come back and 7 day ban ran out yesterday so can't see why he's not riding

Yes, the seven day ban is not because you're suffering in particular, just that you hit your head.

I think you're better off sticking with Ostergaard. He is getting better as the season progresses and Sedgmen is a risk not worth taking.

So it's two stage I'll wager they run out of money for the leisure complex (which just seems to be gym/Spa, which are everywhere anyway) so only the houses will get built.

I think he was at reserve all year and didn't pull up any trees

I didn't.

Beating his opposite number so far but is not the points he'd be hoping for

Here here!

I didn't think Iversen had been doing that well this year? Not a Lynn fan though so I wouldn't really know.

I think some people still seem to forget that it's a commercial enterprise, i.e. to make money. The primary concern is not fairness or equal opportunity. Several riders have had many wildcards, even when they've failed to enter or get through the qualifying rounds they were in but they get picked in my view, for commercial reasons e.g. Vaculik. Lambert, Bewley, Thomsen, J Holder all failed to qualify for this year from the 2021 qualifiers. Others finished ahead of them in the challenge but did not get wildcards. This to me is unfair. I prefer to see riders who are having a banging season be given the opportunity to become world champion that year because their light may fade the following year and the opportunity has been missed. There's nothing more boring to me than seeing the same riders every time, it just gets tedious and is what many people dislike about doubling up/down in the UK. Tennis is great in that respect - Becker at Wimbledon, Radecanu at the US open and countless other examples where someone fresh comes in and defies the odds, generating a lot of media attention. I accept it's a different set up but the principle is that of the unknown.

Hopefully the ref will deal with rolling starts this time, that'll also affect Batch

That is tragic, thanks for sharing. It always frustrates me when we have a death and no-one seems willing to reveal the cause, it helps people understand and deal with it.

Always plenty at Foxhall

There is already a winner after 5 rides each. Maybe the odd run-off would be all that's needed but things move on. There's no point moaning about it as these are the rules for this year, embrace it. Two exciting races at the end, great stuff. Everyone knew a draw would see them get another chance.

I think it makes it a more exciting finish - a bit like the final of the British Final or GP

Museliak was pony when at Ipswich earlier this season so perhaps they want to give him more practice? Should've been Howarth and Ellis I think as we don't know Holder's form as he doesn't ride at Foxhall any more it seems

Perhaps Nigel Flatman could be tempted for a six-week contract?

A recurrence of a collarbone injury

I think helmet wearing depends upon the referee and the track as well. At Foxhall they come around on the stock car track without helmets, which is outside the speedway track so this cannot be H&S because the risk is the same, whether on or outside the actual racing surface. More likely 'one of those rules' which frustrates fans and makes no sense. Riding around for a lap of honour adds negligible wear and tear as the engine is only at very low revs. I also agree with the original poster about heading back to the tapes after a restart - KT mentions this a lot in commentary, there is no real need for them to stop. Some riders do a practice start before they pull up to the tapes the first time and another start with time in between again makes little difference. I think it's more to get set mentally or to go through the same routine as for the original start - very frustrating as a fan when you have delays like that.