squall Posted May 8, 2011 Report Share Posted May 8, 2011 So who is the fastest man in British speedway? Ricky Ashworth. Sheffield track record has the highest average speed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin king Posted May 8, 2011 Report Share Posted May 8, 2011 Ricky Ashworth. Sheffield track record has the highest average speed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutz Posted May 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2011 Updated with Ben Barkers track record at Plymouth this evening... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky from Sheffield Posted May 17, 2011 Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 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. Regardless of the Percentage, that 1.5 miles per hour would mean that the next fastest man after Ricky Ashworth would have finished 40.4 metres behind him, which is extremely significant in a Speedway race!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 Leicester's fell again last Saturday Ben Barker ht 1 62.12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutz Posted June 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 Many thanks ArnieG... Updated... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippy Posted June 12, 2011 Report Share Posted June 12, 2011 Ricky Ashworth. Sheffield track record has the highest average speed was mark loram not the fastest man with his track record at the now shut down exeter track Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutz Posted June 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 was mark loram not the fastest man with his track record at the now shut down exeter track If the County Ground was still open, then Mark Loram would've been the quickest man in British Speedway (if his 1996 track record still stood!)... He clocked 64.3 round the 396m track, giving him an average speed of 55.11mph (88.68kph)... And with a steel safety fence, that took ba!!s! However, as Exeter are sadly no longer with us, Ricky Ashworth holds that accolade so far... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 Only just found this posting: so excuse me for being a latecomer: I too have done quite a bit of work on Track records...being an ex-Crewe Fan (THE fastest UK track) it's a subject close to my heart. In 1974 Dave Morton did 52.46mph around Crewe's 436yd bowl. Which, if times at Crewe improves at the same rate as Sheffield has, then this equates to 58.31mph today!! some going. I did my calcs a few months ago (so I'm a bit out of date) but one of the things I find most interesting is how tracks of the same length produce different times...hence speeds. So for instance, Belle Vue, Scunny, newport & Ipswich are all 285m long and speeds range from 45.6mph (Scunny -old TR) to 44.16 for Newport. So I tried to find a way of working out which is the fastest track per metre....and to cut a long story short...I calculate it's....Mildenhall!! 46.7mph on only a 260m track (even faster now!!) well, I find it interesting...lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutz Posted July 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 Updated after Jan Graversen ever so nearly broke the 60s barrier at Beaumont Leys on Saturday in Heat1... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTM Posted July 31, 2011 Report Share Posted July 31, 2011 (edited) Nutz I Wouldn,t take to much notice of the Leics record as the figures coming from the Referee,s box have been very erratic in the last 3 meetigs since the appointment of a new time keeper. For instance on Sat night there was a discrepancy of 1 race being almost 5 seconds slower than the rest of the meeting which is probably almost certainly wrong (considering all the other races had been won in a range of 62 .75 to 64.89 )the race in question was timed at 69.28 Don,t know why this is happening on a fairly regular basis but it should need tightening up.. Edited July 31, 2011 by FTM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squall Posted July 31, 2011 Report Share Posted July 31, 2011 (edited) IOW - Simon Lambert - 66.6 Scunny PL - David Howe - 50.50 Edited July 31, 2011 by squall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted July 31, 2011 Report Share Posted July 31, 2011 IOW - Simon Lambert - 66.6 Scunny PL - David Howe - 50.50 David Howe 55.50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brummie Kev Posted July 31, 2011 Report Share Posted July 31, 2011 How are track records getting broken with these New Silencers, its amazing some people said a track record would never be broken with these. What do they know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squall Posted July 31, 2011 Report Share Posted July 31, 2011 David Howe 55.50 That's what I meant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImpartialOne Posted July 31, 2011 Report Share Posted July 31, 2011 How are track records getting broken with these New Silencers, its amazing some people said a track record would never be broken with these. What do they know! It depends who the time keeper is and if they can use a stop watch properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squall Posted July 31, 2011 Report Share Posted July 31, 2011 It depends who the time keeper is and if they can use a stop watch properly. 78.0 at Sheffield on Thursday was a bit iffy. Was nowhere near the other 14 heats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImpartialOne Posted July 31, 2011 Report Share Posted July 31, 2011 78.0 at Sheffield on Thursday was a bit iffy. Was nowhere near the other 14 heats Yes I heard about that. But Jan Gravesen is not the Leicester track record holder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted July 31, 2011 Report Share Posted July 31, 2011 Yes I heard about that. But Jan Gravesen is not the Leicester track record holder. Who is??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImpartialOne Posted July 31, 2011 Report Share Posted July 31, 2011 (edited) Who is??? Whoever held it before Gravesen's false time, although I believe even that one is dubious, so the one before that. Only in speedway! Edited July 31, 2011 by ImpartialOne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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