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Poole v Ipswich 8th August 2019. Prem.


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29 minutes ago, lisa-colette said:

They always have been esp at Lakeside when they hold the rope out so riders couldn't take a sneaky look at the gates or turn 1 from the other side. Cook was in the wrong I'm afraid, the ref seemed to think so anyway if he put his red lights on. And what's this a few years ago when he nearly ran over the track doctor??! 

Yes I’ve seen some tracks do do this. Ipswich used to as well? Hopefully this incident will ensure NO track will have a marshal on track when bikes are on. 

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5 minutes ago, stevebrum said:

Yes I’ve seen some tracks do do this. Ipswich used to as well? Hopefully this incident will ensure NO track will have a marshal on track when bikes are on. 

But how many years have they done this, and never been a problem before. Tell Cook he has to stay in pits whilst presentation is on, where he was going anyway, so sure he'll agree! 

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2 minutes ago, lisa-colette said:

But how many years have they done this, and never been a problem before. Tell Cook he has to stay in pits whilst presentation is on, where he was going anyway, so sure he'll agree! 

Doesn’t matter how long something has been done, if a flaw has been identified it needs actioning. 

It’s generally only when an incident happens that changes are made. No Marshal should be on any track when bikes are. It’s common sense.

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10 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said:

RR for Heeps on this occasion helps Ipswich at Poole where Heeps normally struggles. It means Kennett, KP and King can take his rides!

We should still get the points but it will be much closer. 

King is very up and down at Poole, like Lawson! 

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Didn't you only entertain us meeting before last?  Great variety in this top league..

 

Heeps has scored 3 twice at wr this season, so anything more would make us seem stronger.  On a different note, KP has been pants since going to reserve, as expected, but ya never know, he does have the ability to jump out the start and be a roadblock, providing its not his first race 

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So on Thursday at Poole (weather permitting) the parade will consist of 12 stationary bikes being lined up on the track - Ippo infront of the startline and Poole behind the startline.  Riders will stand behind their bikes on the centre green with their mechanics/helpers and be introduced and announced individually starting with the Ippo Number 7.

There will be a track marshall - sometimes the deputy Clerk of the Course - displaying a red flag on the track between the start and the first bend to stop riders riding away too early.  Yes thats on the track not on the centre green, just like it happens at many other tracks who have the parade in similar style.

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5 minutes ago, Skidder1 said:

So on Thursday at Poole (weather permitting) the parade will consist of 12 stationary bikes being lined up on the track - Ippo infront of the startline and Poole behind the startline.  Riders will stand behind their bikes on the centre green with their mechanics/helpers and be introduced and announced individually starting with the Ippo Number 7.

There will be a track marshall - sometimes the deputy Clerk of the Course - displaying a red flag on the track between the start and the first bend to stop riders riding away too early.  Yes thats on the track not on the centre green, just like it happens at many other tracks who have the parade in similar style.

The way it should be at every track so unsavoury incidents like the stupid one at Eastbourne don’t occur.

KISS - keep it simple stupid. ;)

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1 hour ago, Baldyman said:

Ipswich still do

As far as I recall, the marshall stands on the centre green holding the rope across the track.  When the red lights go on, this gives an instruction to any rider that they must come to a controlled stop, not carry on around another corner.

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42 minutes ago, Baldyman said:

Think they stand on the track for the practice starts after parade,,, or at least they used to

Yes and with a red flag ready. He ushers them to a certain point diwn the straight

Its to prevent practice starts being undertaken on the bend and potentially causing dangerous ruts there

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5 hours ago, stevebrum said:

NO marshal should ever be on track when bikes are. Simple.

 

I'l give you that.

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