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Has anyone ever seen a speedway parade without any riders before?

 

I have never seen a parade go so flat as Saturday's. The parade is usually the loudest part of the evening, where you get to see all the riders. All we saw was a big car. I'm not going to wave my flag at an oversized yank mobile.

 

Did anyone else find this a bit strange & disapointing?

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I spoke to Colin Meredith about the Hummer and said exactly the same as you, it was a parade with no riders he agreed.

 

Although there is one forum member that wont agree she thought it was excellent :wink:

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I thought the Hummer was a complete and utter disaster.

 

At first i thought the top would peel off to reveal the riders once the beast had got onto the track, but no, it went around to a bemused and fairly silent crowd who thought it a crap idea.

 

If they had used the normal method of the riders being towed en masse behind a tractor etc, the roof would have come off the stadium with the noise.

 

Don't know who thought up the idea but it didn't work big time.

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Certainly from the vantage point of my armchair the limo just didn't appeal at all. There again, neither do tractors, pick-up trucks, delapidated lorries or any of the other thousand modus operandi by which riders are paraded around Britain's speedway tracks.

 

I say keep it simple. Riders should parade on their bikes - helmets off. The crowd, particularly the youngsters, want to SEE these guys.

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So - what ideas can we come up with then for next year, apart from the simple one from Ian, which is always a good idea.

 

I like the idea of pony and trap - especially if pony decides to do what ponies do on journeys. Would make the track more interesting for the racing to follow!!! :lol:

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So - what ideas can we come up with then for next year, apart from the simple one from Ian, which is always a good idea.

 

I like the idea of pony and trap - especially if pony decides to do what ponies do on journeys. Would make the track more interesting for the racing to follow!!!  :lol:

It would make it a bit slippery espescialy on the TURD bend.HA! HA HA! Edited by shaky
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Don't really see why it needs to be "Americanised"

 

Riders, no helmets, trikes was good.  This one fell flat big time and the problems it caused was hilarious.

 

 

i agree, the hummer even struggled getting out ouf the pits. the scene was set the tension had mounted the fans were expectant and the blinkin humer/limo took an age to come out of the pits, i didnt know wheter to laugh or feel ashamed

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