Mafiarule Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 3 hours ago, Matt Ford Fan said: Meeting should never have started. Morris fell off on his own because the track is s**t. Vaculik then has a suspected broken leg and then surprise surprise meeting off because the track is unsafe. Track was unsafe before Heat 1 and that is the end of the story so why don't you crawl back into your hole. This could be a early contender for most idiotic posting on forum 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney the robin Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 3 hours ago, Steve0 said: Except Vaculik isn't Polish Steve quoted me early on that he knew his speedway i said he was limited he wins his quiz Bingo night out everyear at Poole so he must be right .!!, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish McRaker Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 It isn't necessarily about whether or not it's raining at the time of the match. What you have here is ground (all over the country) that has absorbed abnormal quantities of water with little respite and low chances of evaporation. So water will keep coming to the surface especially when the air temperature drops. Secondly, just because riders decide they want to go ahead, doesn't mean they are making the right decision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney the robin Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, Steve Shovlar said: Really not a time to nit pick, is it. Then know your stuff that would help, oops you win the Poole quiz everyear god that is sad. Edited April 12, 2018 by Sidney the robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney the robin Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 1 hour ago, OldRacer said: If everyone coming off was inevitable when racing at full speed, then you've rather proved that the track wasn't fit for racing. Nobody that i spoke to before the meeting breathed a word of the track being unsafe to ride the mist and air is so deceiving.The track by 7.30 did look raceable but heat 1 they went off hell for leather and they paid the price a recipe for disaster.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDY69 Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 If they really did go at full speed into bend 3 then they obviously didn't think the track too bad. Experience helps sometimes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bump Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 Some interesting comments from Danny King about tonight’s events on the Lions website. Certainly makes the Polish way of testing the track conditions beforehand seem possibly the right way to go. Accidents in speedway sadly will always happen, some testing to minimise risks when conditions look iffy makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bald Bloke Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 1 minute ago, Mr Bump said: Some interesting comments from Danny King about tonight’s events on the Lions website. Certainly makes the Polish way of testing the track conditions beforehand seem possibly the right way to go. Accidents in speedway sadly will always happen, some testing to minimise risks when conditions look iffy makes sense. Not seen the comments. But if the conditions are a concern, surely the thing to do was for both the skippers to do 4 laps each Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted April 13, 2018 Report Share Posted April 13, 2018 When supporters moan about riders being soft or weak for not riding. Tonight says "shut Up" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted April 13, 2018 Report Share Posted April 13, 2018 From Leicester website: There was then a unanimous decision between riders of both sides and the referee to abandon the meeting. Skipper Danny King said: “We thought the biggest problem beforehand would be the visibility. The track didn’t seem too wet when we walked it, and I don’t think anyone complained about it. “Obviously underneath it was a lot wetter but from walking on it, it seemed dry enough to race on. But it was damper than we thought, and it caught the riders out because as soon as they got to peak speed and tried to turn, none of them could. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted April 13, 2018 Report Share Posted April 13, 2018 8 hours ago, Matt Ford Fan said: Read the thread. Hans Andersen said it should never have started. Therefore he thought the track wasn't fit to ride. Read Danny King's comments. Nobody, including Hans Andersen, complained about the track beforehand. Hindsight is a wonderful thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dump that clutch Posted April 13, 2018 Report Share Posted April 13, 2018 MFF ... what a plank. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecoombdog Posted April 13, 2018 Report Share Posted April 13, 2018 11 minutes ago, dump that clutch said: MFF ... what a plank. Hes the biggest joke on here. Changed teams once and never attends a live meeting. As biased as Shovlar and Starman are at least they go and support the team. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted April 13, 2018 Report Share Posted April 13, 2018 8 minutes ago, thecoombdog said: Hes the biggest joke on here. Changed teams once and never attends a live meeting. As biased as Shovlar and Starman are at least they go and support the team. I might be biased but please don’t tar me with the same brush as mff. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g13webb Posted April 13, 2018 Report Share Posted April 13, 2018 Hindsight is a wonderful thing, Had Morris not come off, probably, just probably, the meeting may have continued and the track could have improved. But the meeting was delayed after the accident and the deterriating of the weather, this created the gamble to get to Ht10, so I can understand the decision to cancel the meeting. Just hope those who were injured are not too bad and back riding quickly.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midland Red Posted April 13, 2018 Report Share Posted April 13, 2018 Regarding the suggestion that riders should be allowed to "test ride" the track before the meeting - on many occasions in televised meetings one hears the comment "the track will come to the riders later in the meeting" Therefore, wouldn't everyone - riders, mechanics and spectators - benefit from there being a practice session immediately prior to every meeting? The bikes would be correctly set up, track conditions and (to the visiting riders) size and shape would be experienced, and the track itself would "come to the riders" earlier in the meeting - all this would improve the spectators' experience 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecoombdog Posted April 13, 2018 Report Share Posted April 13, 2018 59 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said: I might be biased but please don’t tar me with the same brush as mff. I would never do that. Apologies if it seemed that way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrizHeathen Posted April 13, 2018 Report Share Posted April 13, 2018 Conditions last night were very deceiving. Everyone was talking about the possibility of fog worsening during the evening but there was a lot of moisture in the air, my jacket was soaked as if it had been pouring with rain, and obviously the track surface was effected accordingly. Leicester had experienced similar conditions at Rye House the previous evening, where visibility was a huge issue. As for the first race carnage, it looked like two separate incidents to me, more a case of everyone hitting the same piece of track a little too fast for the unexpected conditions. A brief practice 15 minutes before start time in such situations gets a big YES from me... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcatdiary Posted April 13, 2018 Report Share Posted April 13, 2018 Confirmed broken ankle for VACULIK is what I am hearing, sounds like a Bjerre sized hole to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ndbendbeerhut Posted April 13, 2018 Report Share Posted April 13, 2018 Why can there be practice laps at 7pm for both teams... 5 mins each. That then leaves 15 mins of track time so sort any issues, not that there will be any most weeks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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