Somerset Case's Rebels V Workington Comets 18/6/13 P L K O Cup 2nd Leg

[Starman2006]

I was at the Somerset "v" Workington meeting and can't understand how the referee and team captains failed to realise the track was unfit for racing before the turnstiles were opened! Why let the meeting start only to deem the track unfit after the crash in heat 2 and the following remedial track work? Would the meeting have continued if heat 2 had been completed without incident or the TV cameras were present?

 

We hear the term "rider safety is parmount" said many times when meetings are called off but what I don't understand, or am I very naive, is why some of the televised meetings are allowed to continue on tracks with holes and ruts in them putting the riders safety at risk! Meetings recently shown from Poole, Cardiff and Birmingham spring to mind.

 

Track preparation is a black art and things can go wrong so I won't criticise the Somerset promotion for the poor track on tuesday which was obviously deemed fit for racing as the meeting was allowed to start! Instead I would just like to say that in my view they have consistantly produced some of the best racing I have seen over my 40 years or so of following speedway and should generally be congratulated for their efforts!

 

Terry Hunt.

South Devon.

 

Fair play to your post mate, and i hope this doesn't put you off attending Somerset again. Its one of those things, for some reason when Ez did his last main water it hasn't drained away as it normally does.

Ez is a very good track curator, and has the abillity to prepare a good track, but for whatever reason, things obviously didn't go to plan.

[Buttons]

I was at the Somerset "v" Workington meeting and can't understand how the referee and team captains failed to realise the track was unfit for racing before the turnstiles were opened! Why let the meeting start only to deem the track unfit after the crash in heat 2 and the following remedial track work? Would the meeting have continued if heat 2 had been completed without incident or the TV cameras were present?

 

We hear the term "rider safety is parmount" said many times when meetings are called off but what I don't understand, or am I very naive, is why some of the televised meetings are allowed to continue on tracks with holes and ruts in them putting the riders safety at risk! Meetings recently shown from Poole, Cardiff and Birmingham spring to mind.

 

Track preparation is a black art and things can go wrong so I won't criticise the Somerset promotion for the poor track on tuesday which was obviously deemed fit for racing as the meeting was allowed to start! Instead I would just like to say that in my view they have consistantly produced some of the best racing I have seen over my 40 years or so of following speedway and should generally be congratulated for their efforts!

 

Terry Hunt.

South Devon.

Something I wondered how the riders and ref didn't get together and call the track unfit before it even started, but there you go. After watching last nights Elite meeting Birmingham v Poole on TV that track was causing all sorts of problems too, but as usual a few on here cannot wait to get in on the action and have a go although many of them were not even at the meeting !, when will people realise these things do happen even though they shouldn't, and although unfortunate and expensive for visiting supporters, in my humble opinion after the Ref had call it off and the trackman had done a little more work on the track it was raceable.

[Willowman]

....in my humble opinion after the Ref had call it off and the trackman had done a little more work on the track it was raceable.

Hallelujah. Finally, the voice of reason. I think were are in the minority 'Buttons'.

[Discodaz]

Track prep keeping supporters informed the whole night a joke only good part was the bag of chips and the crack with some petobourgh supporters cost me £175