Little Nicki Posted April 15, 2016 Report Share Posted April 15, 2016 I think your find kelvin has ridden the track plus his fast experience on track makes him qualified to make comments. The poor crowds at Leicester now speaks volumes to what they once had but with refusing to make track changes the crowd gave up on the sport in Leicester after 28 years of waiting. Have you rode the track ? Tatum has ridden the track 'fast' has he? Must be ok then. Your opinion. We are all free to have one. I haven't ridden at Beaumont Park, but my son has and I did ride at Blackbird Road in the 70's. Have you ridden there? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert72 Posted April 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2016 Tatum has ridden the track 'fast' has he? Must be ok then. Your opinion. We are all free to have one. I haven't ridden at Beaumont Park, but my son has and I did ride at Blackbird Road in the 70's. Have you ridden there? So I hear that Tatum is still fast on a bike so I guess he rode quick around there. Did your son ride round BP fast ? Heard many good reports about blackbird road but before my time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Nicki Posted April 15, 2016 Report Share Posted April 15, 2016 (edited) So I hear that Tatum is still fast on a bike so I guess he rode quick around there. Did your son ride round BP fast ? Heard many good reports about blackbird road but before my time. You guess Tatum did? I would've thought you would know, seemingly to be an expert, in the know and all that. He was fast when I saw he do a few laps at Arena Essex recently. Thank you for asking, but my son has not ridden that fast around BP yet, but did quite well on other training days, particularly at the EWR which suited his riding style better than some of the other tracks. Sidewinders was good for him and his favourite. Blackbird Road was a good venue and track, but the mesh fencing caught out a few and prompted the end of the careers of a few peers of the time. Having experienced the passion for speedway in the local community there and being a fan of the sport, I was disappointed when the venue closed and pleased when the new venue opened. By the way, I was asking whether you had ridden at the current Leicester track rather than at Blackbird Road. Edited April 15, 2016 by Multumesc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert72 Posted April 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2016 You guess Tatum did? I would've thought you would know, seemingly to be an expert, in the know and all that. He was fast when I saw he do a few laps at Arena Essex recently. Thank you for asking, but my son has not ridden that fast around BP yet, but did quite well on other training days, particularly at the EWR which suited his riding style better than some of the other tracks. Sidewinders was good for him and his favourite. Blackbird Road was a good venue and track, but the mesh fencing caught out a few and prompted the end of the careers of a few peers of the time. Having experienced the passion for speedway in the local community there and being a fan of the sport, I was disappointed when the venue closed and pleased when the new venue opened. By the way, I was asking whether you had ridden at the current Leicester track rather than at Blackbird Road. I wish your son well in a tough sport. Yes I have rode BP but you don't need to be an expert to know its shape is wrong to produce top quality racing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Nicki Posted April 15, 2016 Report Share Posted April 15, 2016 I wish your son well in a tough sport. Yes I have rode BP but you don't need to be an expert to know its shape is wrong to produce top quality racing. Thank you, very kind. I am backing my old mate Tails will improve it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Science Posted April 15, 2016 Report Share Posted April 15, 2016 Passing and close racing on Wednesday. Case closed. Shame most of the TV audience didn't see it after turning over after the processional first 9 heats 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebrum Posted April 15, 2016 Report Share Posted April 15, 2016 Shame most of the TV audience didn't see it after turning over after the processional first 9 heats More fool them then. You can't say a meeting is dull watching just a handful of heats. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinny Posted April 16, 2016 Report Share Posted April 16, 2016 Theyll be banning people from attending full stop soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shale Searcher Posted April 16, 2016 Report Share Posted April 16, 2016 Racing at most, if not all tracks is processional in the early heats, that is always brought up on Sky transmissions!! Not until a dirt line has been built up on the last third of the track do you get any passing, other than sporadic overtakes from other riders mistakes.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beckettlion Posted April 17, 2016 Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 Racing at most, if not all tracks is processional in the early heats, that is always brought up on Sky transmissions!! Not until a dirt line has been built up on the last third of the track do you get any passing, other than sporadic overtakes from other riders mistakes.. Same at most tracks, Leicester just has the reputation for it and then everyone jumps on the bandwagon... It's not rocket science that if you gate, you're more likely to win. It's easier to finish in 1st place if you're there early! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert72 Posted April 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2016 More fool them then. You can't say a meeting is dull watching just a handful of heats. Maybe you should share your special glasses so everyone can see a fantastic meeting at Leicester which you seem to constantly see and others don't Sky match was a bore from heat 1 to heat 15 and the last heat was a farce as they clearly wanted Doyle to win it. Will sky return to Leicester or was that it for the season ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A ORLOV Posted April 18, 2016 Report Share Posted April 18, 2016 Maybe you should share your special glasses so everyone can see a fantastic meeting at Leicester which you seem to constantly see and others don't Sky match was a bore from heat 1 to heat 15 and the last heat was a farce as they clearly wanted Doyle to win it. Will sky return to Leicester or was that it for the season ? I would not bother watching a meeting on sky from Leicester, unless it was Swindon. I could not see sky returning there until the track is either changed or meetings been shown to be better than they are at the moment, 15 heats of processional boring racing, no thanks . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Skid Posted April 18, 2016 Report Share Posted April 18, 2016 Whoever designed Leicester's track did Speedway a favour, as a perfect model on how you can cock it up from day one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heathen chemistry Posted April 18, 2016 Report Share Posted April 18, 2016 Whoever designed Leicester's track did Speedway a favour, as a perfect model on how you can cock it up from day one. probably designed for home advantage , but its backfired.... no way near wide enough for the long straights 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Skid Posted April 18, 2016 Report Share Posted April 18, 2016 Oh, forgot the National Stadium is trying hard to be joint cock up. Makes you laugh when Somerset had a proven success, waiting to be copied, OK, they've cocked up the preparation, compared to how it used to be, but the basis us still there for the best racing track in the Country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebrum Posted April 18, 2016 Report Share Posted April 18, 2016 Maybe you should share your special glasses so everyone can see a fantastic meeting at Leicester which you seem to constantly see and others don't Sky match was a bore from heat 1 to heat 15 and the last heat was a farce as they clearly wanted Doyle to win it. Will sky return to Leicester or was that it for the season ? Maybe if some watched the racing from heats 1 -15 will have seen some good heats, racing and passing. The only farce is you're post. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert72 Posted April 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2016 Maybe if some watched the racing from heats 1 -15 will have seen some good heats, racing and passing. The only farce is you're post. Did you watch it on tv or at the track ? The meeting was dire to watch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebrum Posted April 18, 2016 Report Share Posted April 18, 2016 Did you watch it on tv or at the track ? The meeting was dire to watch As I'm a wolves fan I watched the match at home on SKY. Some great passing excellent battles. So no not dire, my eyes didn't deceive me in the slightest. Plus it's irrelevant where I watched it from. I watched the 15 heats. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert72 Posted April 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 As I'm a wolves fan I watched the match at home on SKY. Some great passing excellent battles. So no not dire, my eyes didn't deceive me in the slightest. Plus it's irrelevant where I watched it from. I watched the 15 heats. You must of been seeing things others didn't or your easily pleased. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebrum Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 You must of been seeing things others didn't or your easily pleased. I know what I saw. And please don't expect me to take seriously any post that said they didn't bother watching because the racing is supposed to be poor or those that said they turned off halfway thru. Those opinions are completely irrelevant. Feel free to tell me there was no passing or close racing because you will be lying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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