SpeedyOne Posted October 1, 2018 Report Share Posted October 1, 2018 4 hours ago, adz_mft said: I've no idea what meeting they were watching if they've said that.It took until heat 8 for a pass and that was bend 2 lap 1.Riders following each other around basically hoping for a mistake.Riders bouncing all over the place and being shot right across the bend.How they avoided each other at times I'll never know. Definitely the worst track I've seen this year and the worst meeting. Despite a lot of the top NL riders being missing, there was still a good quality field, but they were unable to show their skills on such a diabolical track which saw races finished with riders half a lap apart in nearly every race....(that's when 4 managed to finish). Quite a few fallers and a hell of a lot of races where the track just sent riders shooting across the bends and they then pulled up having been left so far behind. I was told there were big holes in the 1st and 3rd bend that had been covered up with just loose stones and that's what made it so dangerous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East End Fan Posted October 1, 2018 Report Share Posted October 1, 2018 Track certainly left a lot to be desired and the vast majority of riders struggled to keep control in the 1st half of the meeting. Later on as it got slicker, the riding and racing improved and the final match race between Morley and Bowtell was a classic until Alfie turned it over in the heavy grip on bend 2. Do not understand why track curators get it wrong so often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimmo Posted October 1, 2018 Report Share Posted October 1, 2018 2 hours ago, flagrag said: I cannot see how some people are saying that there was not much passing yesterday there was quite a bit I thought. The track was a little bit greasy for the first round of heats but that was due to the shower of rain before the start of the meeting. To say there was fallers in most races is wrong and the ones that did fall was due to the rider being out of control like Drew Kemp he was off gate 4 missed the gate and went too fast into the heavy dirt and couldn’t hold. The Leicester track does have to be ridden hard and attacked as if you try to go into the bends slow or narrow it does shoot you out mid track that showed with the likes of Bickley,Wooley and Woodhull they were shutting off into the bends so going straight where as likes of Wood,Clegg and Bowtell were keeping the gas on all the way round I counted three genuine passes all afternoon, ignoring the run-off. You're right with your comments about fallers. There were only three of those, and they came in Heat 1, 4 & 7 Once again ignoring the Run-off) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemini Posted October 1, 2018 Report Share Posted October 1, 2018 7 hours ago, adz_mft said: I've no idea what meeting they were watching if they've said that.It took until heat 8 for a pass and that was bend 2 lap 1.Riders following each other around basically hoping for a mistake.Riders bouncing all over the place and being shot right across the bend.How they avoided each other at times I'll never know. Glad I didn't bother going as I've never been interested in individual meetings and it's quite an effort for me to get there these days. Just hope the track is better next Sunday for the Bees v Eagles match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dog Posted October 5, 2018 Report Share Posted October 5, 2018 The track was watered heavily beforehand but was very bumpy and unpredictable, not giving the riders the best chance to shine. Shame, because the NL riders are far better than they showed. Credit to the riders for trying to race on a poor track tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adonis Posted October 11, 2018 Report Share Posted October 11, 2018 On 10/1/2018 at 9:39 AM, CottonOn said: Definitely the worst track I've seen this year and the worst meeting. Despite a lot of the top NL riders being missing, there was still a good quality field, but they were unable to show their skills on such a diabolical track which saw races finished with riders half a lap apart in nearly every race....(that's when 4 managed to finish). Quite a few fallers and a hell of a lot of races where the track just sent riders shooting across the bends and they then pulled up having been left so far behind. I was told there were big holes in the 1st and 3rd bend that had been covered up with just loose stones and that's what made it so dangerous. did you expect Sheldon davies to keep up and not finish half a lap behind ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halifaxtiger Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 Once again the usual suspects stick the boot into Laurence Rogers. In doing so, they show just how subjective and prejudiced their views are. As can clearly be seen from those - including me - that were there, this meeting was dreadful for one reason and one reason only - the state of the track. That was, by any standards, bloody awful - rutted, bumpy, greasy and patchy. Its why the riders spent more time battling with the surface than each other. That, of course, was entirely the responsibility of Leicester Speedway and completely out of Rogers' control. As a further point to those who choose to blame him for everything, he also wasn't responsible for the lousy weather, rider absences or the food (which looked positively revolting). While I would admit that the programme wasn't good, aside from that the organisation - at least as far as I could see - was pretty decent (unnecessary interval apart). Every heat and rider was sponsored, as was the meeting. It began on time and ended in reasonable time. All riders received a memento of the occasion and body colours (also sponsored) were auctioned for the SRBF. I'd never pretend to be unbiased where Laurence is concerned. But to blame him for how poor this meeting was is totally wrong. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedyOne Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 On 10/11/2018 at 8:38 AM, adonis said: did you expect Sheldon davies to keep up and not finish half a lap behind ? Didn't expect Sheldon Davies to score much, but yes, I expected him to keep up, which he did. Seems a promising young rider. 1 hour ago, Halifaxtiger said: Once again the usual suspects stick the boot into Laurence Rogers. In doing so, they show just how subjective and prejudiced their views are. As can clearly be seen from those - including me - that were there, this meeting was dreadful for one reason and one reason only - the state of the track. That was, by any standards, bloody awful - rutted, bumpy, greasy and patchy. Its why the riders spent more time battling with the surface than each other. That, of course, was entirely the responsibility of Leicester Speedway and completely out of Rogers' control. As a further point to those who choose to blame him for everything, he also wasn't responsible for the lousy weather, rider absences or the food (which looked positively revolting). While I would admit that the programme wasn't good, aside from that the organisation - at least as far as I could see - was pretty decent (unnecessary interval apart). Every heat and rider was sponsored, as was the meeting. It began on time and ended in reasonable time. All riders received a memento of the occasion and body colours (also sponsored) were auctioned for the SRBF. I'd never pretend to be unbiased where Laurence is concerned. But to blame him for how poor this meeting was is totally wrong. Agree entirely. Wouldn't fault Rodgers at all on this one. The organisation was good, the meeting seemed pretty well sponsored. I didn't even think the programme was too bad. The only thing wrong with the meeting was the diabolical track. As you say the riders spend more time battling the terrible track than battling with each other. Rodgers wasn't responsible for the track. in fact he looked quite embarrassed by it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adonis Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 2 hours ago, CottonOn said: Didn't expect Sheldon Davies to score much, but yes, I expected him to keep up, which he did. Seems a promising young rider. Agree entirely. Wouldn't fault Rodgers at all on this one. The organisation was good, the meeting seemed pretty well sponsored. I didn't even think the programme was too bad. The only thing wrong with the meeting was the diabolical track. As you say the riders spend more time battling the terrible track than battling with each other. Rodgers wasn't responsible for the track. in fact he looked quite embarrassed by it. and all the lads got at least £100 in sponsorship because every one of them was sponsored for at least that much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigred Posted October 13, 2018 Report Share Posted October 13, 2018 All riders got £10 a point they scored.the riders sponsor money goes to pay for there tyre and fuel and what’s left goes in someone’s back pocket.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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