squall Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 With the new Silencers slowing down the bikes slightly I would have thought a lot of the records will stand for a while ? David Howe broke the Scunthorpe TR with the new silencer. Riders are getting up to speed with them and hitting the times they were hitting last year. The average speed proves that Sheffield is by far the fastest track in Britain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImpartialOne Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 David Howe broke the Scunthorpe TR with the new silencer. Riders are getting up to speed with them and hitting the times they were hitting last year. The average speed proves that Sheffield is by far the fastest track in Britain By 1 and a half mph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 I don't think the average speed necessarily proves anything anyway, as the track length is measured round the kerb and doesn't take into account how far round the racing line is. For example as quick as Sheffield is I can't imagine that Peterborough is any slower in real terms as its also a flat out track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 Clubs should really start recording them again with the new exhausts coming in this year, the current track records are doubtfully to be beaten again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImpartialOne Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 (edited) Clubs should really start recording them again with the new exhausts coming in this year, the current track records are doubtfully to be beaten again. Coventry for one, used to have 2 track records listed (before the track changed, circa 1985) with one for old tyres and one for (then) new tyres. A similar thing should be done for the silencers, although Scunthorpe's has already fallen. I didn't mean to write Scumthorpe, honest! Edited April 21, 2011 by ImpartialOne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Leslie Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 In the Belle Vue NL record by Jason Garrity on 23rd Mar '11 you've transposed the figures and put 63.2 instead of 62.3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovey Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 By 1 and a half mph. That's fast enough - it would make a massively huge difference in F1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImpartialOne Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 That's fast enough - it would make a massively huge difference in F1. It is also the difference between 1st and last in speedway, but however you look at it it is still only 1.5mph which is not a massive difference in speed, and in Formula 1 the percentage would be significantly less than it is in speedway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Leslie Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 as the track length is measured round the kerb No it isn't. It's measured on a racing line 1 metre out from the kerb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutz Posted April 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 In the Belle Vue NL record by Jason Garrity on 23rd Mar '11 you've transposed the figures and put 63.2 instead of 62.3 Really? Looking at the Belle Vue website, Jason recorded 63.2 in heat 4 which was the fastest that was recorded - However, some races don't have times against them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 No it isn't. It's measured on a racing line 1 metre out from the kerb. Fair enough, I stand corrected. Still doesn't make it the most scientific way of measuring speed though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Leslie Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 Really? Looking at the Belle Vue website, Jason recorded 63.2 in heat 4 which was the fastest that was recorded - I would say that 62.3 in heat 12 was faster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutz Posted April 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 I would say that 62.3 in heat 12 was faster Me too!!!! Was just looking at the programme on the Belle Vue website, and the heat time entries stop at around heat 8 so never saw the heat times after this. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulco Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 Updated, thanks! The new Ashfield track length is now 319 metres Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutz Posted April 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 (edited) The new Ashfield track length is now 319 metres Cheers Paulco, now updated... Only need Leicester's official track length if someone knows it... Edited April 21, 2011 by Nutz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squall Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 Only need Leicester's official track length if someone knows it... 320 metres seems to ring a bell. I'd look in my programme but my brothers nicked it for the cat to play with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrystalCastles Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 320 metres seems to ring a bell. I'd look in my programme but my brothers nicked it for the cat to play with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedway man Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 i remember coventry v wolves 2006, 3 track records in 1 night, heat 1, heat 7 and heat 15. 3 track records........amazing and even better track record in heat 15!! who did the track then? any1 know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney Rabbit Posted April 22, 2011 Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 Peterborough track record is 58.4. Krzysztof Kasprzak set it in heat 1 of the play-off semi, 2nd leg last year. (20/09/'10). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaptooth Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 eastbourne track record is 54.8 shared between Crump and Holder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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