Ipswich Vs Plymouth Thursday April 10th 7.30pm

[adz_mft]

Strange TM by the devils, Simota or Katajisto should have been TR in 9, Heeps and Risager were struggling. Strange that Reade was in too. Then Katajisto should have replaced Newman in heat 12 to give him his 7th ride. Ipswich always seemd in control of the meeting. Thanks to Wells for being a great replacement for Worrall. Barker was Barker, hasn't learnt that the outside line doesn't work in heat 1, and you shouldn't turn left down the straight. Manzares did well to take avoiding action in heat 15, certainly picked on the wrong Witch there....... Also had a bit of a "go" with Wells in 13.

 

We said the same about the team managers decisions.Very poor IMO and cost Plymouth some points.Swapping the reserves about every race was a weird 1 aswell.

I thought it was a pretty decent meeting.Racing was always close.

The crowd was pretty poor.Considering it is half term aswell I'd have expected it to be bigger.Plymouth have had some decent results lately so it was always going to be half decent.

Heeps is a bit of a concern.Certainly isn't anywhere close to the rider he was last year.Is he fully fit?

Not giving Katajisto 7 rides was terrible aswell

[dontforgetthefueltapsbruv]

That was what I call a proper speedway meeting!

 

Devils were very competitive and but for strange manager decisions on the TR and Res switch may well have snuck a point.

 

Good all round contributions from the Witches. Top notch commitment fron Wells beyond that you can expected from a guest - refused to be bullied by Barker and gave it back double to repass.

 

Very impressed with the other KK and Jensen. Benko did poorly as expected and thankfully Ritchie wasnt wiped out by his kamikazi move in heat 8.

 

Both Cam and Rohan did their partner no favours in their pursuit to beat good friend Jensen which cost points and perhaps evened up the tactical loses from the Devils.

 

If every week was like that then Id be happy.

[2ndbendbeerhut]

The crowd was pretty poor.Considering it is half term aswell I'd have expected it to be bigger.

 

Maybe half term but as no discounts for kids so no incentive to go? Money will be spent for daytime activities so why bother with the speedway?

[TheScotsman]

Strange TM by the devils, Simota or Katajisto should have been TR in 9, Heeps and Risager were struggling. Strange that Reade was in too. Then Katajisto should have replaced Newman in heat 12 to give him his 7th ride. Ipswich always seemd in control of the meeting. Thanks to Wells for being a great replacement for Worrall. Barker was Barker, hasn't learnt that the outside line doesn't work in heat 1, and you shouldn't turn left down the straight. Manzares did well to take avoiding action in heat 15, certainly picked on the wrong Witch there....... Also had a bit of a "go" with Wells in 13.

Barker did indeed turn left on Manzares coming out of bend 2 but I believe Manzares had tried to stick Barker into the fence at the same place the previous lap.

[2ndbendbeerhut]

Barker did indeed turn left on Manzares coming out of bend 2 but I believe Manzares had tried to stick Barker into the fence at the same place the previous lap.

Not from where i was (2nd bend high up in stand) he didn't....? Anyone else see this?

[TheScotsman]

Barker was absolute mince.

Rasmus was really good - a great entertainer - enjoyed his wheelies on the way to the tapes each race.

Kalle was good but to be honest I expected him to pick up a couple more than the 14 he collected.

The other Devils were disappointing, with Benkon & Reade not really at the races.

 

Wells was an excellent, committed guest.

Manzares looks a very good signing. Probably should have come in on a 7!! Don't know the Monarchs Yank will get to his standard.

Risager & Heeps must be a big disappointment.

Tungate looked good and made a good job of wiping out the tapes.

Ellis would be fantastic if he stayed on the bike.

Hawkins scored well - I wonder if he will make it to armadale this year?!!

 

Just a thought - I am surprised at how much of turns 1 & 3 is not protected by the air fence. It looks a bit short.

Are there regulations about how much needs to be protected?

Not from where i was (2nd bend high up in stand) he didn't....? Anyone else see this?

I was 2nd bend half way up the stand.

[dontforgetthefueltapsbruv]

After Benkos effort tonight I think we may be due another air fence challenge as it is now looking a bit short and may well be few replacements left.

[spanner47]

Highlight of the night was seeing the excellent young Gino looking for his partner as he entered the bend, don't see that very often these days.

Always nice to ride a side where the opposition No 1 rides like he's never seen the track before, has he got a brain?

As for the crowd, while it was still daylight I envisaged all those sitting in the new seats and put them on the terraces where they used to be, it looked about the same as what you'd expect for an April Evening.

[Baldyman]

It's a hard one to judge the crowd since new stand. All I can say about it is, is that get there the same time every week and can normally tell if it's a good crowd or not by where I end up parking. So if last night's parking is anything to go by, the crowd wasn't that great, unless people have suddenly started walking or car sharing. As for the meeting, it was okay, the racing in some races was pretty close unless the outside blast was tried. At the moment it seems to be who can hug the curb the closest has best chance of winning. Morten wasn't great, cam seems to be getting worse at the moment, big worry for me at the moment, rohan was okay, but still nothing like testimonial. Gino again was brilliant. We know the team manager or promotion very rarely make changes to be proactive, but maybe just maybe swapping gino and Cameron around for a couple of meetings may help cam.

[CardinalSin]

Good start to the season from Gino, better than I was expecting to be honest.

 

Got to agree the crowd looked a bit concerning, especially when reading various other threads where supporters are boasting of very good early attendances.