PHILIPRISING Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 RIDERS in the SGP this year will be able to choose their own number to go on their race-jackets... something many of them and particularly Greg Hancock have been campaigning for. Hancock will wear 45, Iversen has chosen 88. But Tai Woffinden has resisted 108 and decided that he will stick with the number he would have had anyway. Good choice, what better than 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 Emil has chosen 89 (year he was born) for the SEC so will probably go with that number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DutchGrasstrack Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 Nicki with 5 Matej probably with 55 I guess Smoli with 84 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theflyingkiwi Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 I am not a fan of this, prefer 1-15, what happens with wildcards will they get to pick their own number? Just seems a little silly to me. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 Nicki with 5 Matej probably with 55 I guess Smoli with 84 I think Nicki may go with 666 to play on his reputation! wink. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandorum Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 I think Nicki may go with 666 to play on his reputation! wink. He would probably be better of with 616 as that is the actual number of the beast and 666 simply an error in translation that is still used by Iron Maiden. A Moscow bus route was changed from 666 as the passengers were nervous travelling on such a bus. The new number was 616. You could not make this up Can't understand the sense in this to allow riders thier favourite numbers. What next let them choose the colour of thier helmet cover like jockeys? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillipsr Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 Biggest problem for me will be rider recognition for the people who are new or dont go often. The given numbers made it wasy to tell who was who unless you watch regularly could become very confusing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Central Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 (edited) RIDERS in the SGP this year will be able to choose their own number to go on their race-jackets... something many of them and particularly Greg Hancock have been campaigning for. Some people campaign against miscarriages of justice.Others to save endangered species. Or raise awareness of impending environmental catastrophe. Speedway riders 'campaign' for the 'right' to have their favourite number on their bib. Nelson Mandela's legacy of fighting for true freedom in the world is in safe hands. . Edited January 10, 2014 by Grand Central 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenryW Posted January 11, 2014 Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 Can't understand the sense in this to allow riders thier favourite numbers. What next let them choose the colour of thier helmet cover like jockeys? I'm not sure whether you are being sarcastic or serious...There is certainly a lot of sense in allowing riders to select their own number. Biggest problem for me will be rider recognition for the people who are new or dont go often. The given numbers made it wasy to tell who was who unless you watch regularly could become very confusing Really? Surely it makes no difference if you are new, all the numbers are new. As someone who doesn't attend regularly it is surely far better... Consider Tomasz Gollob...Since 1999 he has been number 3, 2, 7, 3, 7, 6, 6, 7, 8, 4, 3, 2, 1, 5 and 4. Then consider Valentino Rossi. Since 1996 he has been number 46. Or maybe Jeff Gordon. Since 1993 he has been number 24. Which one of those do you think is more confusing for an occasional fan? 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil The Ace Posted January 11, 2014 Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 It's about time this happened. Even F1 drivers are picking there own numbers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted January 11, 2014 Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 Yes,big step forward.Hope the next thing on the riders list of things to do is improve the racing/track prep 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike.Butler Posted January 11, 2014 Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 if two riders want the same number will there be a run-off? or a game of bingo perhaps.. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattK Posted January 11, 2014 Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 I think it's a great idea. Hopefully the Elite League will also carry the numbers across and allow riders to use them in league meetings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandorum Posted January 11, 2014 Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 (edited) I'm not sure whether you are being sarcastic or serious...There is certainly a lot of sense in allowing riders to select their own number. Well it surely does not take much brain matter to figure out which one. But on a serious note where exactly is this lot of sense in letting riders choose thier own number.? Obviously the highly confusing numbering system the GP currently uses needs looking at. I mean the utterly insane method of numbering riders in sequencial order from 1 to however number of riders are in a meeting based on some kind of merit system must cause tremendous confusion. It must be Hell for people to try and figure out who the four blokes in a race are over the minute of the race with confusing numbers between 1 and 16 so obviously allowing riders to choose any number that takes thier fancy will resolve that situation and make it far easier to recognise riders in races. It looks like the lunatics really have taken over the SGP asylum. Edited January 11, 2014 by pandorum 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panthers89 Posted January 11, 2014 Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 Numbers are done PURELY for selling merchandise surely? As they do it all the time in motogp etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Science Posted January 11, 2014 Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 He would probably be better of with 616 as that is the actual number of the beast and 666 simply an error in translation that is still used by Iron Maiden. A Moscow bus route was changed from 666 as the passengers were nervous travelling on such a bus. The new number was 616. You could not make this up Can't understand the sense in this to allow riders thier favourite numbers. What next let them choose the colour of thier helmet cover like jockeys? Why not allow the riders names to be replaced on their bibs by their nicknames in different colours and fonts,imagine Noddy leading Woffy followed by the Grin leading KK. Seriously, not really a fan of this idea,can see some riders swopping and changing their numbers year on year,cant see Tai having #1 next year if he fails to retain the title.Speedway is different to Moto GP and Formula 1 as riders are identified by their race jacket and helmet colour not just a number on the front of their machine.Also the race format is different with speedway riders only spending a minute a time on track and then dissapearing rather than the continuous 45 minutes in Moto GP or 2 hours in Formula 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southern1 Posted January 11, 2014 Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 if tai fails to retain championship this year he will probably have 108 in 2015. im sure i read that if vettel will carry #1 in f1 as champion and has registered as #5 for any year he is not champion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted January 11, 2014 Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 (edited) Let's hope no speedway rider chooses #5 or any other famous number or the occasional viewer might wonder why Vettel is riding speedway.Will all get very confusing if a number synonymous with some Road Racer or MotoX rider is used by a speedway rider Honestly,this just seems to be typical speedway changing things rather than speedway progressing Can't see it making one iota of difference to the entertainment and doubt it will bring one fan into the sport......Nice work guys Edited January 11, 2014 by iris123 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theflyingkiwi Posted January 11, 2014 Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 I am still struggling to see the point of this, does any rider really make so much on merchandising that his number that he is associated with needs to be that of his number in the GP? Surely this is all made redundant by the fact that he does not get to choose what number he rides under for his club. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lastword Posted January 11, 2014 Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 Does seem to be a bit of fuss about nothing. But don't all US riders carry a number from when they first start riding? I have several autographed photos of the Morans that they always signed with their numbers as well as their names. Explains Greg's wish for the change anyway! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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