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I think the ref called heat 6 wrong, I think Newman won that. Thought Holder's move on Davis was a very hard but refs rarely exclude riders if they don't go down. Not sure what was going on with Holder and Compton. A nice way to finish a tough year I hope Rob and the promotion are back next year. It will be interesting to see what Rob wants from the AGM.

It depends what the document actually says, if it declares he is fit to race today or tomorrow.

If Theo has a sicknote and says hes not riding due to injury, what do you expect the Scunthorpe promotion to do....make him ride. When riders pick up a knock they often prioritise which clubs/meetings they ride in, it happens all the time in speedway.

My guess at next years line up... Tai Nicki Greg zagar N.K.I Holder doyle M.J.J magic Zmarzlik Harris pawlicki P.Kildemand A.Lindback j.hampel

I agree, they can't start in a deep rut but there is always room to start from a different part of the track.

The riders want the best possible start and so position the wheel at the back of the rut. I have never ridden a speedway bike, but I doubt its impossible to be right at the tapes.

I agree the start marshaIs often don't start the riders within the 75mm but I don't think riders roll back much, if the rule was 40mm I think they would have to start closer to the tapes. There is nothing to lose by changing the rule. No it wouldn't stop a perfectly anticipated start like Sarjeant's last night, but I think Sarjeant would hit the tapes far more often if he had to start closer to the tapes, this may cause him to adjust his starting behaviour.

Why not just make riders start closer to the tapes then those riders who are anticipating the start will be hitting the tapes far more often.

It might help if the BBC gave speedway its own section on the website instead of being lumped under motorsport, Shooting and Taekwondo get their own section.

how big is the track?

who can take Protasiewicz's rides?

How many meetings does he need to complete to get a new average, I thought it was 4 home and away.

Were Tungate's points expunged for his races after the incident?

An unknown Swede or Dane might be a good idea if they have time to get an average.

When driving your car the punishment for death by dangerous driving is likely to be far greater than dangerous driving. The point being, the consequences of a dangerous move has a bearing on the punishment. If Tungate managed to spray him with shale he gets off with no punishment, however his dangerous move went wrong and the punishment should be more severe than £200.

We have established Tungate lies.

The camera doesn't capture the Lunna Morris incident but my take on it was Morris stuck his leg out to cover the move of Lunna but he was already along side and ended up kicking him.

Can you please upload the video. I can't see how it would make a difference to the SCB enquiry.

I agree entirely.

Ipswitch website says, 'The referee agreed with us that it was an accident but Rohan was fined as a result.' What is Rohan been fined for? It was either an accident or it was done on purpose.

“The referee said he didn’t see it. The clerk of the course, who wasn’t our normal clerk of the course, also said he didn’t see it. http://scunthorpescorpions.co/?p=3833

Am I correct in saying Josh Auty was in the refs box from heat 11 onwards, if so its not good refereeing practise to have one of the team captains in the refs box.

Are the SCB likely to do anything? Ipswitch must be confident thats they end of the matter or they wouldn't of put Tungate in heat 15, if his points are deducted from his last 2 rides it will be a draw.

From my view Auty didn't knock Tungate off there was minimal contact if any at all. There is serious lack of consistency when it comes to refs punishments. The ref has acknowledge Tungate deliberately knocked Auty off after the race but has deemed a £200 pound fine adequate punishment.

I am not sure it was affecting crowds, I think afternoon meetings make it hard to get the water in the track and left us with very little home track advantage. The racing is generally better on a Friday but the crowds are generally better at the weekend. A compromise of early Sunday evening might work.