P T Preece Posted March 23, 2013 Report Share Posted March 23, 2013 Enjoyed that one, a couple of strange decisons from the Ref who wasnt named at all, a lot of movement from the gate and liked the blokes doing the comments. Made a change from the the usual lot, at least they got they words right unlike Ermolenko. Is it going back to the usual pair when it comes back to europe?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted March 23, 2013 Report Share Posted March 23, 2013 Wasn't Ackroyd the ref? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george.m Posted March 23, 2013 Report Share Posted March 23, 2013 Funny that, i'll swear Greg Hancock said exactly the same in his interview! Â Â Â Ha Ha, your a Laugh a minute pal... Â Comedy is all about timing .... .... and going by your advice to the professionals at the Speedway Star you're the expert on timing. Â BTW Only a Glaswegian saying "pal" has the true desired effect .... pal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starman2006 Posted March 23, 2013 Report Share Posted March 23, 2013 Comedy is all about timing .... .... and going by your advice to the professionals at the Speedway Star you're the expert on timing. Â Â Â Spot on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted March 23, 2013 Report Share Posted March 23, 2013 IF only it was that easy. It just isn't. It takes time for the moisture to do its job but with the heat of the sun here water evaporates very quickly. People do try their best but it isn't an exact science. Â Â Sometimes one wonders if it is thought of as a science at all,let alone an exact one.The discrepancies between gates are often so wide that one wonders if it is just an amateur bodge job!! Doubt anyone other than those statistic extremist fringe amonst us expect each gate to end up with the same(if that is possible) amount of wins,but surely a similar amount isn't asking for too much after all these years of track prep? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trees Posted March 23, 2013 Report Share Posted March 23, 2013 The track must always have the same problem unless they don't water it at all? I'm surprised Bill Buckley built it that way . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george.m Posted March 23, 2013 Report Share Posted March 23, 2013 Spot on... Â Sorry, george.m is too busy to attend to you at present. But when you're heading up News International he'll be happy to deal with you then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stratton Posted March 23, 2013 Report Share Posted March 23, 2013 Ward is not a poor gater ! Are you sure! Compared to Hancock,Gollob,and Pedersen could not gate for toffee great racer though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chopper Posted March 23, 2013 Report Share Posted March 23, 2013 Because if Mr Charisma is so shouty and annoying you end up turning your TV over and miss the Speedway, your enjoyment is spoiled. At the last last nights shouty guy seemed to have some personality, and some how made it work. Johno is always good, he seems to spot things other ex riders dont. Did the coverage over there have the live cross overs to Lee Adams and Crumpy. I found them very interesting and imformative . Chopper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obrien48 Posted March 23, 2013 Report Share Posted March 23, 2013 Not the best GP I have watched but pleased to actually see Speedway after a long winter. Â I also thought the commentary was fine and it's nice to hear different voices and opinions. Â Nice to see you using my graphic internetman - at least someone likes it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted March 23, 2013 Report Share Posted March 23, 2013 All meetings except when Poole are racing. Their meetings will be on the Adult Channel , where all the t!ts can be seen. I take it you are a subscriber then?!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted March 23, 2013 Report Share Posted March 23, 2013 Comedy is all about timing .... .... and going by your advice to the professionals at the Speedway Star you're the expert on timing. Â BTW Only a Glaswegian saying "pal" has the true desired effect .... pal. Â See yew jummy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slickmick Posted March 23, 2013 Report Share Posted March 23, 2013 Is this the first time ever that the Speedway Star has not published a programme for a GP. Has things changed now the GP's will be on Eurosport. and they do not have the rights? Seeing as Speedway star have for the last couple of years printed a blank sheet which you would have to write in the riding order on the day or night before. wouldn't it easier to print out one of many excellent scorecards produced by various people on the forum, with all the riding order already listed,you can even choose which format you prefer to use.You can only print them out after the riding order has been drawn on the evening prior to the meeting. alternately print a copy from the Star and write in the riding order yourself. Have they done away with the double points in final? g8 first gp from Eurosport & if sky do dump the Elite League, I can't think of a better place for it. I scored it in as usual with double points and thought it must be Eurosports cock-up for which I was going to forgive them as I thought they had done a good job covering the GP otherwise. Your question remains however "have they dropped double points rule" this year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILIPRISING Posted March 23, 2013 Report Share Posted March 23, 2013 YES, no double points in the final this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCOTLAND1314 Posted March 23, 2013 Report Share Posted March 23, 2013 YES, no double points in the final this year.  Someone may want to tell Eurosport :-)  http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/speedway-hampel-wins-gp-opener-auckland-073036191.html  A little glitch on the website Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrhbig Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 Enjoyed that one, a couple of strange decisons from the Ref who wasnt named at all, a lot of movement from the gate and liked the blokes doing the comments. Made a change from the the usual lot, at least they got they words right unlike Ermolenko. Is it going back to the usual pair when it comes back to europe?. Was not too bad , but who was the rider PETERSON ,that annoyingly kept being mentioned. I also thought that most of the entertainment came from the two "W's" Woffinden and Ward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g13webb Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 With everything considered, I thought it was a thoroughly enjoyable meeting. The track had it's faults, the start positions were well bias, but I thought for the first round of the SGP, it was well worth watching.. The commentary was class, making the meeting even more exciting then it was perceived. Brilliant, Can't wait for next round. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 Funny that, i'll swear Greg Hancock said exactly the same in his interview! Â Â well how about that, as I was at the track and haven't seen or heard any interviews yet, what's your point? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 Someone may want to tell Eurosport :-)  http://uk.eurosport....-073036191.html  A little glitch on the website In their defence it seems the problem/mistake came from the official source.A number of people/sites on facebook had the wrong result yesterday including one of the best Swedish speedway sites.When the mistake was pointed out they said it was a screenshot from the official source and they were standing by it......until they saw the original source had corrected the mistake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini Jack Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 Was not too bad , but who was the rider PETERSON ,that annoyingly kept being mentioned. Â It was Nicki he was referring to. He's not the first Aussie to use that pronouncement of his surname. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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