used to go to Elfield Park when it was a training track, and also rode it in a league meeting (or cup, can't remember) for Exeter, and i could never understand the problem with noise at the time as it was at Bleak Hall and i always thought it suited the name, was in the middle of nowhere
in the 70s and 80s a lot of UK based riders would make a point of going over to Germany etc for Sunday longtrack and earning really good money from one meeting
that's how i thought it was but this year they've changed it, that's why GB HAD to win their qualifier to get through.
qualifiers for final are Poland, GB, winner of semi in Norway, and highest FIM seeded nation that fails to qualify
Be interesting to see how Kemp is tomorrow, a bit more than winded.
masters as expected looked good and got the fastest time of the season in heat 1, but I think backup was a bit too inconsistent.