tellboy Posted April 16, 2018 Report Share Posted April 16, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, Star Lady said: I may have missed it but the PRs etc keep refering to "hot laps". Can anyone explain please? I'm assuming it means Lynn riders doing laps of the track but Can't see either the opposition or Buster going for that I thought the hot laps was something to do with the gym bikes which are put out at the top of the steps near the pits on turn 1. Unfortunately Haza the first race still starts at 19:45. Edited April 16, 2018 by tellboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haza Posted April 16, 2018 Report Share Posted April 16, 2018 43 minutes ago, tellboy said: I thought the hot laps was something to do with the gym bikes which are put out at the top of the steps near the pits on turn 1. Unfortunately Haza the first race still starts at 19:45. Sadly yes first race 7-45 it’s a shame as this would definitely help families and those who start work early the next morning- as for hot laps would be nice to hear an official explanation as to what they are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haza Posted April 16, 2018 Report Share Posted April 16, 2018 Seems hot laps - 3 laps flying start against the clock - home riders ONLY - can see that going down well with visiting team manager Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star Lady Posted April 16, 2018 Report Share Posted April 16, 2018 Have read Robin Brundle's reply to you on Twitter Haza and it sounds a good idea in principle but like you I can see protests from the visitors, despite the SCB approval. Hopefully the riders will participate fully and not come up with excuses as the season progresses. It will provide added entertainment so it's definitely a step in the right direction. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haza Posted April 16, 2018 Report Share Posted April 16, 2018 23 minutes ago, Star Lady said: Have read Robin Brundle's reply to you on Twitter Haza and it sounds a good idea in principle but like you I can see protests from the visitors, despite the SCB approval. Hopefully the riders will participate fully and not come up with excuses as the season progresses. It will provide added entertainment so it's definitely a step in the right direction. In principle it’s a great idea I’m not knocking in the slightest has to be open to visiting riders though as it totally unfair advantage to the home side and as I said earlier can see certain riders in the Stars side wanting payment or opting out . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrss Posted April 16, 2018 Report Share Posted April 16, 2018 Are these hot laps taking place before the meeting or are they going to used as practice for riders after the meeting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haza Posted April 16, 2018 Report Share Posted April 16, 2018 (edited) 5 minutes ago, mrss said: Are these hot laps taking place before the meeting or are they going to used as practice for riders after the meeting? Before the meeting from 7pm -after the meeting there would be no problem with apart from they’d be doing hot laps to an empty stadium. Edited April 16, 2018 by Haza Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star Lady Posted April 16, 2018 Report Share Posted April 16, 2018 In the PR timetable they were before the meeting. I think about 7 o'clock 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haza Posted April 16, 2018 Report Share Posted April 16, 2018 We shall see on Wednesday but I can see Mark Lemon the Aces team manager protesting and quite rightly. Unless it’s open to the visiting team hot laps won’t last very long . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semion Posted April 16, 2018 Report Share Posted April 16, 2018 Seems a great idea. Can see the track going slick rather quickly though I think it should be open not only to home riders, but to the away riders as well, all except when Poole are visiting... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star Lady Posted April 16, 2018 Report Share Posted April 16, 2018 5 minutes ago, Haza said: We shall see on Wednesday but I can see Mark Lemon the Aces team manager protesting and quite rightly. Unless it’s open to the visiting team hot laps won’t last very long . That would be a shame as it's added entertainment. I like you can see protests coming. Maybe 2 riders from each team doing hot laps would be fairer and far better than losing what in essence is a good idea. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tellboy Posted April 16, 2018 Report Share Posted April 16, 2018 1 hour ago, Haza said: Seems hot laps - 3 laps flying start against the clock - home riders ONLY - can see that going down well with visiting team manager That's better than i thought then.I like that idea.If it's been given the go ahead then the visiting team manager can't really say too much.All the visiting team managers can do,is do the same to Lynn when they are at their tracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tellboy Posted April 16, 2018 Report Share Posted April 16, 2018 7 minutes ago, Star Lady said: That would be a shame as it's added entertainment. I like you can see protests coming. Maybe 2 riders from each team doing hot laps would be fairer and far better than losing what in essence is a good idea. Don't think it's that much different to when Poole practiced before a meeting,just because it was done a few hours earlier does that make it any fairer?I don't know,but at least it looks like we are striving to go in the right direction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g13webb Posted April 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2018 All speedway in this country suffers from the VFM tag that it has always being labelled with. Having additional laps, or better still, a couple of planned practice races would be a big hit with all clubs. Anything extra would be an added bonus to the standard 15 heats format... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haza Posted April 16, 2018 Report Share Posted April 16, 2018 1 hour ago, g13webb said: All speedway in this country suffers from the VFM tag that it has always being labelled with. Having additional laps, or better still, a couple of planned practice races would be a big hit with all clubs. Anything extra would be an added bonus to the standard 15 heats format... As I said great idea in principle hot laps but has to be open for both teams if not totally unfair on the away side but would definitely add the VFM if all 14 riders are involved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Call me wolfie Posted April 16, 2018 Report Share Posted April 16, 2018 If all 14 riders do it surely it would take too long, when is going to be done, before, during or after the meeting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star Lady Posted April 16, 2018 Report Share Posted April 16, 2018 Before the meeting, which is why I suggested 2 riders from each team. That of course is if the opposition protests. If they don't there won't be a problem. Regarding Poole tellboy, their riders practised in the afternoons allowing quite a lot of track work to be done between times. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Smith Posted April 16, 2018 Report Share Posted April 16, 2018 4 hours ago, Haza said: Before the meeting from 7pm -after the meeting there would be no problem with apart from they’d be doing hot laps to an empty stadium. The place will be just as empty at 7pm surely? Also can see this being scrapped from the home promotion when (and it is when) they have a rider bang into fence from over trying. Imagine if it's Lambert or Iversen, the team then forced into R/R and we then get into the realm of more farce meetings. Personally, for the benefit of the team these things would be better as an after meeting event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g13webb Posted April 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2018 (edited) Remembering when Rory had a testimonial , there was a fastest lap competition for the top riders. If something like that could be initiated, it would add additional interest to the proceeding.. at very little expense It could be run over the whole season with a reward for the quickest.... NB Wed match vs BV : after Mondays performance against Poole, BV will be confident coming here. This will not be easy and could go either way. Both our top guns need to be firing big scores for us to stand a chance. Its been a long wait since last August to go to a meeting. Cant Wait..... Edited April 17, 2018 by g13webb NB added... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 Looks like it's going to be 17 degrees for tapes up tomorrow evening, must be a record temperature for the first match of the season at Lynn I think this will be 46-44 either way, and hoping for some better racing and an earlier finish for the benefit of everybody. Big opportunity for the club to make a good first impression of 2018. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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