bigcatdiary Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 That'll be Rye House It depends what you define as a speedway track! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadders Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 It depends what you define as a speedway track! What's your definition? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandits4eva Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 It depends what you define as a speedway track! Youve got a lot to learn this year now your team is in the PL... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcatdiary Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 Youve got a lot to learn this year now your team is in the PL... Like what for example Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandits4eva Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 Like what for example Firstly, you didn't answer Shadders question... Which I didn't think you would... Secondly, you will see tracks this year that offer a lot less than what Rye does.. I've seen some fantastic passes there, made even better be because of how technical a track it may seem.. Peterborough has duff meetings too.. In fact everywhere does... So, I put it back to you.. Definition of a speedway track? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcatdiary Posted January 2, 2014 Report Share Posted January 2, 2014 (edited) Firstly, you didn't answer Shadders question... Which I didn't think you would... Secondly, you will see tracks this year that offer a lot less than what Rye does.. I've seen some fantastic passes there, made even better be because of how technical a track it may seem.. Peterborough has duff meetings too.. In fact everywhere does... So, I put it back to you.. Definition of a speedway track? A track which encourages racing and is both big enough and wide enough for riders to use many different lines and allows overtaking on any part of it for 4 laps and not just the start and first corner. Being somewhat older than you I have a lot of experience of second tier speedway (30 years plus) and have attended Rye House on numerous occasions. Edited January 2, 2014 by bigcatdiary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavan Posted January 2, 2014 Report Share Posted January 2, 2014 A track which encourages racing and is both big enough and wide enough for riders to use many different lines and allows overtaking on any part of it for 4 laps and not just the start and first corner.Being somewhat older than you I have a lot of experience of second tier speedway (30 years plus) and have attended Rye House onnumerous occasions.definition of a good speedway track is simple....must have dirt. Just because a track is fast like Peterborough doesn't mean it's good racing. Two evenly matched sides makes a good meeting. Ive seen some shockers at Peterborough as well as Lakeside and Eastbourne. Watch PK and Darcy at Lakeside and over the years Loram and Dugard at Lakeside and Eastbourne. Just because tracks are fast the racing looks better but many times I've seen the Panthers gate and go and it's boring. 2 even teams on a track with dirt will lead to good racing irrelevant of track size 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcatdiary Posted January 2, 2014 Report Share Posted January 2, 2014 definition of a good speedway track is simple....must have dirt. Just because a track is fast like Peterborough doesn't mean it's good racing. Two evenly matched sides makes a good meeting. Ive seen some shockers at Peterborough as well as Lakeside and Eastbourne. Watch PK and Darcy at Lakeside and over the years Loram and Dugard at Lakeside and Eastbourne. Just because tracks are fast the racing looks better but many times I've seen the Panthers gate and go and it's boring. 2 even teams on a track with dirt will lead to good racing irrelevant of track size I don't disagree with the dirt post, you must spend a lot of your time at Peterborough as it's one of the few places that still use it. Don't think I have seen anything other than shockers at Lakeside and Eastbourne, probably the only good thing about dropping down to the PL this year. Gate and go is boring no argument from me on that one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben91 Posted January 2, 2014 Report Share Posted January 2, 2014 A track which encourages racing and is both big enough and wide enough for riders to use many different lines and allows overtaking on any part of it for 4 laps and not just the start and first corner. Being somewhat older than you I have a lot of experience of second tier speedway (30 years plus) and have attended Rye House on numerous occasions. Obviously none of them in recent years then, the Rye House track has nearly always offered decent racing during my time as a fan, riders going fast doesn't mean that the racing is good. You'll be pleasantly surprised when the Panthers visit us I'm sure as your line up has a few riders in it that may actually attack a small track. The age/time you've been attending speedway meaning you are better placed to comment on it argument really agitates me and far too many people use it here. All of the above is totally relevant to Ipswich of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcatdiary Posted January 2, 2014 Report Share Posted January 2, 2014 Obviously none of them in recent years then, the Rye House track has nearly always offered decent racing during my time as a fan, riders going fast doesn't mean that the racing is good. You'll be pleasantly surprised when the Panthers visit us I'm sure as your line up has a few riders in it that may actually attack a small track. The age/time you've been attending speedway meaning you are better placed to comment on it argument really agitates me and far too many people use it here. All of the above is totally relevant to Ipswich of course. The last time was for a Panthers challenge match at the start of 2012, it was exactly how I remembered it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scunny1 Posted January 2, 2014 Report Share Posted January 2, 2014 bigcatdiary, on 02 Jan 2014 - 08:46 AM, said: A track which encourages racing and is both big enough and wide enough for riders to use many different lines and allows overtaking on any part of it for 4 laps and not just the start and first corner. Being somewhat older than you I have a lot of experience of second tier speedway (30 years plus) and have attended Rye House on numerous occasions. You are going to be so spoilt at the EWR racing against the Scorpions-big wide open spaces and racing lines a plenty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 Mentioned on the visas thread that Rohan is perhaps one of those affected. Anyone know anymore detail? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ndbendbeerhut Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 (edited) Fear not, the witches have Leigh Lanham waiting in the wings if Tungate has messed up! 😊 Edited January 5, 2014 by 2ndbendbeerhut 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badge Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 Looks like Rohan will be back over here in February, according to his tweets anyway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 Looks like Rohan will be back over here in February, according to his tweets anyway.Hopefully that means any visa issues are/will be sorted for him (and all others) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted January 11, 2014 Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 Any visa issues are certainly not putting Rohan off at Gillman today!!!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted January 11, 2014 Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 Any visa issues are certainly not putting Rohan off at Gillman today!!!! Good to see indeed! I understand Rohans visa doesnt run out untill March hence the need to be here in Feb to sort it out 4 weeks ahead as per the requirements. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinMills Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 this forum like foxhall..soo quiet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny the spud Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 Well there's not a lot of news coming from the club ..... err, i've just bought a van ....... hardly earth shattering eh ? when some training starts i'll stick some photos on here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badge Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 taken from twitter: Mike Bacon Some BIG @ipswichspeedway news in Thursdays @EADT24 and @ipswichstar24 #speedway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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