Gambo
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Transponders bring little to domestic Speedway at the moment. I would have thought that they would have put more emphasis on rev limiters which could save engine wear and therefore maintenance costs.
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1 hour ago, Technik said:
The rule always used to be "At the tapes ready to race at the expiry of the 2 minute allowance" but this was never enforced & gardening time was allowed & as the meeting went on 2 minutes gets closer to 5 minutes as we reach the big races.
The clock has been about for a good while & is used to great effect in the FIM events as well as Polish Swedish & Danish leagues but as our TV meetings have shown it gets turned off if it nears 15 seconds whilst the riders continue to dig their start area & the time is extended.
If it is used correctly all races will start within 2 minutes & the regular offenders will soon fall into line as they have in other leagues.
I beg to differ. The old rule was that a rider had to be on track and making his way towards the tapes.
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1 hour ago, AceBelle said:
heat 15 doesn't count towards average
Oh yes it does!
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6 minutes ago, chunky said:
Really sad. A very underrated rider, and I'm sure that a lot of modern fans don't know that he was a World Finalist.
A very likeable character who partnered Ron Mountford in a Garage in Bloxwich. If my memory serves me right I recall that he had a troublesome shoulder injury that hampered his progress.
Didn't he dislocate it one time in a fall at Coventry and put it back in place by running into a wall? (Or something like that?)
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41 minutes ago, Ray Stadia said:
Because the stadium owners and it has been speedway promoters in the past, like Sandhu, looking to 'cash in their chips'! Promoter stadium owners, pretending they have speedway's best interest, when the only interest they have, is in themselves! Another example, the Pugh's, Cradley Heath!
I thought the situation was that Sandhu had been 'forced' to sell as a Bank had called in a loan/mortgage on the site?
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1 hour ago, Cerro said:
Free stream - http://kergel.ucoz.lv/index/live_stream_2/0-12
My AVG Spotted an 'infection'!
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2 hours ago, enotian said:
Something to rattle the purists but with Poland likely to dominate any world cup in the future and the unsavoury jingoism of international competition would the speedway world cup be better made up of twelve teams representing each of the star signs (or calendar months if you don't subscribe to that type of gubbins).
Might bring the sport some notoriety and even up the competition (unless all the best speedway riders were born at the same time of year?)
After all everyone in the entire world has a star sign so you could naturally migrate to support your own team even if none of its riders were from the same country as you. Afterall if you believe in star signs then you probably have more in common with someone of the same sign that you do with someone from the same country
With nationality becoming increasingly more fluid anyway would you support a twelve team star sign world cup? Who'd you support and who'd be in the team?
I think that all that talk of Star Sign defining how people think, live, act etc. is just a load of baloney. But then again, that is typical of us Capricorns.
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Bad news for those of us who usually book the University rooms. They are no longer offering the rooms.
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3 hours ago, speedwayfan8 said:
Wow big risk taken there by Stewart with Boughen.
Having seen the progress Ashton has made through 2023, I would personally not be disappointed to see him as a RS.
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2 hours ago, eric i said:
I didn't see any new rules from the AGM to prevent riders of Tarasenko's ability entering the Championship on a 5 point average.
I believe the 2024 Rule Book will include conversion rates for assessed PL to CL averages, and all foreign Leagues averages too.
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(17) Rugby Borough Council - YouTube
Rugby Council Planning Inquiry schedules. 27th & 28th November. 10:00am.
I believe that Monday's meeting is more to do with the NHS element and Tuesday is for 'Summing Up' from both sides.
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1 hour ago, LagutaRacingFan said:
Ipswich will be my 2nd team in the league now.
Phew! Was dreading him re-aligning with Leicester!
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Just now, GS550 said:
I said the more professional business-like promoters voiced that this holiday jolly to Tenerife is totally unnecessary.
Obviously they were in the minority and the amateur majority voted for it. Its Mickey Mouse run by amateurs that haven't a clue how to conduct themselves.
So how did the more professional business-like promoters allow themselves to be outnumbered by the MM amateurs?
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10 minutes ago, GS550 said:
You haven't got it so I'll repeat. There... is.... NOTHING... left... to... discuss!!!!!!!
What part of "there is nothing left to discuss" are you not getting?
They discussed everything at the p-re-meeting. This is only a jolly. They've no intention of discussing anything meaningful.
The more professional business-like promoters voiced that this holiday jolly to Tenerife is totally unnecessary.
In any case, if there are problems to sort out then it should be done in a business-like manner. Not on a holiday jolly to Tenerife. It's Mickey Mouse run by amateurs that haven't a clue how to conduct themselves.
If they want a holiday then fine but do so with their wife or family privately same as everyone else.
Make your mind up!
Are they Mickey Mouse amateurs, or 'more professional business-like promoters'?
Would be interesting to see which promoters YOU put into each group!
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9 minutes ago, Neila said:
The 1k is for one promoter some teams have joint promotion so both go (2 x 1k) to make sure correct decisions are made correctly.
A run to rugby £125 in petrol for Scottish promotions, 2 nights in Premier Inn £175 job done at less than a third of price to going to tenerife!!
And why shouldn't they go to Tenerife?
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So blinkered, some posters!
Are promoters not allowed to have a working holiday, or even a holiday then?
If they have made a 'profit' from their Speedway business, how do they plow even a penny back into facilities at a stadium where the majority are merely tenants?
If the costs are, as someone suggested around £1000, to attend, what difference would that mean, adding £1000 to a track's overall budget for the year? That £1000 (and more) can be wiped out in quick time by a rain off.
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47 minutes ago, False dawn said:
My fear is that Oxford will announce they are running the play off meeting on the same day. Given that 6 of the Cubs team are named in the U19 line up, this might cause a bit of a problem.
Not to mention the fact that I want to support the Cubs and I've got my readmission ticket for the U19 meeting.
Now to be re-staged Saturday 21st @Cowley. 7:45pm.
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23 minutes ago, arnieg said:
Dan was riding at Leicester last night. So unless that exhausting parade lap did for him...
At the time of the line-up being compiled, Dan was unsure whether he would be fit for racing.
He did a couple of 'test' laps at Leicester last night, as did Lee Complin, who fell. The meeting was cancelled without a race being started.
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2 minutes ago, Trackrat said:
Trackprat rules! I do what I want.
Are you going to report yourself to the mods for name calling?
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If a deal doesn't happen, Chapman surely just gets the tangible assets value (air fence, lights tractors) if they can be sold on. So no need to be greedy?
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2 hours ago, Skidder1 said:
Is that to replace Complin?
No. Smith replaces Dan Thompson (injured).
Jacob Hook replaces Joe Thompson (Glasgow v Poole).
Jody Scott replaces Lee Complin. (Glasgow v Poole)
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1 hour ago, Steve Shovlar said:It was an entertaining meeting tonight. I was watching as a complete neutral and didn’t care who won it to be honest. I like Holder and King, on opposite sides, plus wanted young Thompson to come through unscathed for. More important couple of meetings next week for him. But I had no preference. That was until quite a few Ipswich fans got very bitter on here after the meeting.
It’s always better to congratulate the victors and bow out gracefully, even if you feel injustice and disappointment. If you are raging, turn off the forum and go to bed.
Or go to Rome.
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10 minutes ago, Toady said:
That is what goatly was doing all last week !
He did not prove anything. Merely elicited an opinion. There were no figures (from either side) to prove or disprove viability.
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1 hour ago, old bob at herne bay said:
Gambo,
Brandon Estates clearly have absolutely no credibility in this matter so far , but they still own the site. They do not have to sell the site even if they lose the current planning appeal.
If the speedway /stock car business plan can be demonstrated to not be viable - that surely allows Brandon Estates to argue that retaining the stadium for sports/leisure use will provide no benefit to the local community.
Surely it should be up to BE to PROVE that Speedway/Stox is not viable.
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Workington 2024
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But if they go up to the PL it is only 2.71.