21st century heathen Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 Never going to happen!<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Your right. That's the only one we know will be on. Unless it cuts up and they refuse to ride of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subedei Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 Anyway, one thing young Crump did get wrong was the percentage of the field who were GP riders. Crump stated a few times that 75% of the field were GP riders when, in fact, the true figure was 43.75%, or 7 out of 16. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 I think the riders were a bit too keen too call it a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21st century heathen Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 How many are or have been? That might be a little higher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12bore Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 no steve im just rapidly losing interest, never been interested in the GPs anyway but now unfortunately im losing interest in the whole lot. 12bore, how much time and money did you spend getting to Poole today then ?Don't tell me your turning into a drama queen as well now...we don't need anymore ! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Turner Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 Put it down to post-championship blues, 12bore...seems quite common at Brandon, strangely enough Anyway, one thing young Crump did get wrong was the percentage of the field who were GP riders. Crump stated a few times that 75% of the field were GP riders when, in fact, the true figure was 43.75%, or 7 out of 16. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> In return, every single rider in the field has been in a GP, so you could say he wrongly under-estimated really Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabbit Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 (edited) It's days like today when I really question why I bother with this sport. I feel sorry and angry on behalf of so many people right at this moment. Firstly the fans who travelled, paid their moeny and patiently sat around waiting..ultimately for nothing. I feel for those people who worked hard to try and get the track back to a condition that pleased the riders only to have their integrity and qualifications ripped to shreds by people on here with no more idea on track preparation than you or I other than what they think it should be. And I feel for M&M having to try and sort out a restaging of the event. When I got to the stadium at 3pm, it was dry and the track looked fine. After Friday's meeting I was dead keen to see today's racing and thought it would be a cracker. Then around 3.30 - 3.45 when everything was done, the drizzle started. We could see it was making the track wetter by the minute during the parade but the satellite picture didn't show up anything and thought it would be over soon. When the call over the radio came that the refereee was being called to the pits I had a bad feeling then. The track staff, despite their vilification on here, did nothing more than I've seen them do countless times and in most instances it works out. One thing was different today. Those riders had no intention of giving it a go. The cheer that went up when heat 7 was announnced was heard even where I was sat. When the call came over the radio 5 mins later that it was off I couldn't believe it. Having watched the TV coverage when I got home, it took the 4 guys in heat 7 a lot of soul searching to decide against it didn't it? That's being sarcastic by the way! I know for a fact that the track staff were not impressed - why did not one rider even attempt four laps to try the track. They just didn't want to know. All I can say is whilst rider safety is of prime importance, it's the fans who are being taken for a ride. What these guys should remember is that whilst they continue to pee the paying fans off, it will affect them in the long run. Without fans turning up, the sport will continue to die, and despite Rob B's post, it is dying. There were more people at the Poole v Eastie match than there today. That should never be - this is a showcase event for God's sake. The only reason that was called off today was not because of the track staff, the ref or anyone connected with Poole...it was down to the riders. It is now of course, bone dry - the rain stopped within 15 minutes of the decision and nothing has fallen since. Rant over. Am I p'd off - you bet I am! Edited April 16, 2006 by rabbit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 Spot on Rabs. Think it's the first time i've seen you get off that fence though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazaar3 Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 I know there a lot of disgruntled fans out there and Im one of them, but putting safety first is sense prevailing and especially if the two most skilled riders Mark Loram and Jason Crump say the track is unrideable, with there experience they would know more then what any fan could say. The two main protagonists were actually Adams and Crump, and I knew Leigh would complain as hes never one to have loved the wet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sian01 Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 Rabbit and the day you put your life on the line on a speedway bike you will know what it takes. The meeting was a disgrace yet agian from the poole promotion should not have gone ahead. It is time to take it back to its real home in manchester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehone Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 There were more people at the Poole v Eastie match than there today. That should never be - this is a showcase event for God's sake.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> common denominator here is both are south coast clubs and both bring their fans. i think on the whole the speedway supporters are treating this meeting with the exact attitude the riders do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabbit Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 WTF? Explain to me how that is a disgrace by the Poole promotion? You can have the damn meeting back up there! then we'll see what your comments are when the same thing happens at your track. In fact...i'm not even going to bother to make any futrther comment to such a dumbass post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subedei Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 Rabbit and the day you put your life on the line on a speedway bike you will know what it takes. The meeting was a disgrace yet agian from the poole promotion should not have gone ahead. It is time to take it back to its real home in manchester <{POST_SNAPBACK}> No, it's time to scrap the ELRC altogether - it means little to the public and less to the riders, most of whom had planes to catch for Poland tomorrow. The facts of life in modern speedway - Britain no longer has a monopoly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob B Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 That should never be - this is a showcase event for God's sake. No its not anymore, the ELRC (BLRC) stopped being a showcase event in the early nineties when it stopped being held at Belle Vue and the GP series started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21st century heathen Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 And clearly no bias in the post by Sian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 We've had no rain in the Midlands today, why not hold it here? Central for every one really. I know you can't predict the rain that far in advance but it would be less of a journey for people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 i think rabbits post on here is spot on . the riders keep on saying about our safety and no one will argue with that . but sometimes you got to question if there not running behind this more and more it seems all there doing is protecting the big money elsewhere . it seems now the slightest sight of wet and its were no riding they dont seem to give a toss about us paying there wages . rider afety more like look after the money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star Lady Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 Told you the meeting should have been held at Lynn Huggy would have done a better track in the conditions than this. Cue Shovvy defending the Poole track man. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Can't believe I'm gonna agree with VV but here goes. The Sky team were moaning about the lack of equipment at British clubs to cope with damp conditions, they should get themselves down to King's Lynn there's more equipment there than on most motorway roadworks and they know how to use it in wet conditions. Lynn fans have seen tracks relaid several times when just about every other British club would have packed up and gone home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sian01 Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 No this meeting does need to be raced each year but at a track which is netural and a time when we can get all the top riders in it. So how about around the middle of the season and at a premier league track. (sheffield/stoke) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subedei Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 No this meeting does need to be raced each year but at a track which is netural and a time when we can get all the top riders in it. So how about around the middle of the season and at a premier league track. (sheffield/stoke) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Riding it at wherever you want in the middle of the season isn't going to make the riders interested in it, especially when they've got Polish and Swedish fixtures piling up. And, anyway, you just said you wanted it back at Belle Vue, but now you want it at Sheffield? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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