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Updated events list:= 6th May: Ipswich (Follows League Match) 44 Youth races!!! 17th May: Peterborough 16th June: Glasgow 22nd June: Belle Vue 23rd June: Swindon 14th July: Kings Lynn 22nd August: Poole

Interesting point raised by Jim Lawrence (SCB Chairman) at the NSSC last night. 8 years ago they trialled transponders at an Ice meeting where Jim was the referee. In one race a rider crossed the line doing a wheelie and his transponder was too high to trigger a response to/from the under-track wiring (Receivers)

Those are the dates I was given, but I have no idea as to the reason behind the Friday staging at Leicester.

Have Lambert as the U21 Rider with Bewley at No.2 to Woffinden.

I think the main complaint about riding at No.1 is the fact that tracks are generally watered during the grading process. As for your second point, I'm not sure what you mean, as all riders use their Personal number anyway.

The ACU 1000cc Sidecar Series starts at the Isle Of Wight on 1st June. Round 2 is scheduled for Somerset on 28th of June with Round 3 at Leicester on 19th July. The venue and date for the final round will be confirmed shortly. Leicester also stage an Open Championship Sidecar meeting this Saturday (13th April). 18 Championship races plus 5 Support races all for just a Tenner!

It also doesn't help when visiting Heat Leaders are un-competitive, for whatever reason, scoring just 7 points from 8 rides.

Specsavers?

4.58 for Somerset in 2018.

Have I missed something there? It looks like all 4 back for the re-run!!

The race format will be as listed above, but modified to reflect the current situation where the No.1 goes off gates 3 or 4 in heat 1. A couple of other gates have also been adjusted to give riders a ride off each gate. (Apart from the Reserves who may only get 3 rides in the meeting). The new Regulations are available on the SCB site (Downloads)

How was that cheating? No rules were broken? It was sour grapes from the promoter who got out-Forded!

I have just seen on the BBC F1 site that the driver with the Fastest Lap time during the race will receive an extra (Bonus Point), providing he finishes in the top 10. Could Speedway eventually follow suit with a fastest Race win BP? That could make the Qualifying/Practice times more crucial in choice of starting number.

The way I read it is that anyone under 19 can be absent for ANY reason....

The weather is looking pretty favourable too!

Martin Haarahiltunen replaced by Jimmy Tuinstra in Inzell. (See above) Shishegov still listed as riding.

Correct.

Slightly off topic, but relevant to Barry, I would like to thank him for his 'attendance' at last week's Nuneaton SSC talk in. Barry was due to appear in person but had a late change of plans with a business trip to Thailand (or Phillipines?), but still took part via a video link/facetime despite the fact that it was 3:00 am in Asia. He was on-line for quite a while and gave quite detailed responses to questions and didn't seem in a hurry to get some shuteye! Thanks Barry.

Probably with a pen?

I don't, who are they then?

It's quite simple really.....the Referee would start the timer with the tapes button and the transponder would stop the timing when it crosses the line.

It's first past the post, not who did the fastest time, although logically in most cases, that is the same person. Otherwise you could have a rider deliberately missing the gate by a few second to give himself a free run around at the back in a faster time than the rider who crosses the line first?

There is a Regulation that states a minimum time period (1 I/2 seconds?) between the Green Light and Tapes up. There is also a Regulation that the riders must remain still at the start. So if Referee sees a rider moving/rolling he has every right to delay the start until all 4 are stationary.

Heats 1-42 are technically just qualifiers for the Final. 2nd and 3rd placed teams (After 42 Heats) race off in Heat 43 to see who faces 1st placed team in Heat 44 for the Title. If Heat 43 is a draw (3-3) riders finishing 2nd and 3rd go through to the Final.

The new regulations are:- If the Grand Final heat 44 ends in a 3-3 then there will be a Run off with one rider from each nation nominated by the team manager to race off for the SoN world championship.