Eagles v Brummies 30th JUNE NL

[flipper11]

5 minutes ago, Richard Weston said:

In their own way, both those are "trick tracks" too, especially at NL level (accepting EoES is Championship). The Colts have huge home advantage because of their home track

Like against Birmingham last week.

 

[Bagpuss]

40 minutes ago, Richard Weston said:

In their own way, both those are "trick tracks" too, especially at NL level (accepting EoES is Championship). The Colts have huge home advantage because of their home track

I guess you could say that any circuit can be a trick track if the home riders are far more familiar with it than the visitors....Eastbourne will have been massively advantageous when they first dropped down as very few away riders knew too much about it. Same with Lakeside last year and as you say Belle Vue too. I guess anything out if the ordinary ie particularly big and fast or particularly small and tight would offer that extra bit if 'trickiness' too. I remember at Lynn 10-15 years ago in the second division we used to batter teams more often than not because of the surface more than anything, away riders would come with no idea how to turn the bike in fairly grippy conditions whereas riders like Topinka, Parker, Madsen, Brundle, Doolan, Allen, Oliver etc had done thousands of laps there and it was like a second nature.

I'd say that hone track advantage can be magnified at NL level as many of the riders are so inexperienced.

[25yearfan]

Mildenhalls small but rides like a big track cause you don't have turn the bike so hard.

 

As an East Anglian I prefer watching speedway at Mildenhall than both Ipswich and King's Lynn!

 

Eastbourne is a trick track cause you have to turn your bike hard and can't drift to wide cause you son run out of room. This gives a big advantage in the NL with inexperienced riders who find turning hard while trying to go fast often difficult!

[Moleman27]

Not true at all, proved by Jake Knight last few seasons and many of riders prove it. Its all about throttling into the corner and throwing the bike in at same time. But have never seen anyone do it as good as Tom Brennan does in corners 1 & 2

[Bagpuss]

Used to go to Mildenhall regularly during their most recent PL stint, saw some fantastic racing during those few seasons. Have only been once or twice since as NL speedway has never really been my cup of tea but it's a fantastic little setting for some Sunday afternoon speedway.