stevebrum Posted January 26, 2021 Report Share Posted January 26, 2021 On 1/22/2021 at 12:15 PM, mac101 said: no age limit on it There has to be , otherwise Paul Hurry could be considered a rising star. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluPanther Posted January 26, 2021 Report Share Posted January 26, 2021 5 hours ago, stevebrum said: There has to be , otherwise Paul Hurry could be considered a rising star. I agree, but John Louis was in his late twenties before he even sat on a bike, so you have to be a tad flexible sometimes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted January 26, 2021 Report Share Posted January 26, 2021 In the last scheme to encourage young riders (Fast Track Elite Draft) one of the participants was a 35 year old in his 20th season of racing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWC Posted January 26, 2021 Report Share Posted January 26, 2021 I’m guessing the rising star place is there to allow teams to cut costs. There can be little to suggest they will beat anybody other than the other no.7 or when another rider has a misfortune. Lets also hope that if we get racing on we are not going to see teams chop and change injuries permitting of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon1983 Posted January 26, 2021 Report Share Posted January 26, 2021 I think some of these future stars are more than capable of beating the odd second string in a watered down league Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sings4Speedway Posted January 26, 2021 Report Share Posted January 26, 2021 3 hours ago, GWC said: I’m guessing the rising star place is there to allow teams to cut costs. There can be little to suggest they will beat anybody other than the other no.7 or when another rider has a misfortune. Lets also hope that if we get racing on we are not going to see teams chop and change injuries permitting of course. There's been a power shift, the good rising stars can now name their price so will probably cost more now than they would have before the system was put in place. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebrum Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 On 1/26/2021 at 9:14 AM, Blupanther said: I agree, but John Louis was in his late twenties before he even sat on a bike, so you have to be a tad flexible sometimes. Of course yes flexibility is paramount. I think the whole ‘rising star’ ethos is false advertising. We have plenty of suitable ‘youngsters’ (U21 or little experience) that should be able to satisfy all teams. I have a sneaking suspicion that some clubs would try include someone like Hurry at number 7 but I hope I’m wrong. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screm Posted February 7, 2021 Report Share Posted February 7, 2021 Team announcement coming for the 2021 team at 7am in the morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racin Jason 72 Posted February 8, 2021 Report Share Posted February 8, 2021 Thorsell released Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner85 Posted February 8, 2021 Report Share Posted February 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Racin Jason 72 said: Thorsell released Was it the dreaded new Polish rule ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panthers99 Posted February 8, 2021 Report Share Posted February 8, 2021 38 minutes ago, Gunner85 said: Was it the dreaded new Polish rule ? Nope, not based in the UK which came into the equation. They had to release a rider anyway due to the new young rising star rule. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tellboy Posted February 8, 2021 Report Share Posted February 8, 2021 Team to beat so far.Decent top 3 and i assume it's Becker and Douglas at 2nd strings,Nicol at reserve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screm Posted February 8, 2021 Report Share Posted February 8, 2021 https://www.speedwaygp.com/news/article/8802/travel-concerns-see-thorssell-leave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie456 Posted February 8, 2021 Report Share Posted February 8, 2021 1 hour ago, tellboy said: Team to beat so far.Decent top 3 and i assume it's Becker and Douglas at 2nd strings,Nicol at reserve. Yes looks a well balanced team to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSL84 Posted February 8, 2021 Report Share Posted February 8, 2021 5 minutes ago, Wolfie456 said: Yes looks a well balanced team to me. It could be the team to beat if they could get Tom brennan as the young star at No 7 ? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie456 Posted February 8, 2021 Report Share Posted February 8, 2021 5 minutes ago, Trackerman48 said: It could be the team to beat if they could get Tom brennan as the young star at No 7 ? Thats the one I was thinking off too as rode at monmore for Cradley if I remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSL84 Posted February 8, 2021 Report Share Posted February 8, 2021 Just now, Wolfie456 said: Thats the one I was thinking off too as rode at monmore for Cradley if I remember. Yes true and if I remember rode very well also a very similar track to eastbourne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazzac Posted February 8, 2021 Report Share Posted February 8, 2021 7 minutes ago, Trackerman48 said: Yes true and if I remember rode very well also a very similar track to eastbourne Don't try saying that to Tai , loved the Wolves track, hated it at Arlington, remember a half time interview and in his usual family friendly way on the mike said "I fu****g hate the place" and that was before he had his hand injury there. Anyway Tom would be great for you at No7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie456 Posted February 8, 2021 Report Share Posted February 8, 2021 11 minutes ago, GAH said: so what's the difference with nicol/becker/masters who are riding in polish lower leagues who will have to travel back from poland every weekend to ride at wolves on a monday night and on a thursday if they ride here for a wolves match fly straight back out again to ride in poland again and so it continues all season !! so why Thorsell can't do this also ?? doesn't matter that they live here they are still all travelling from abroad !! He has to travel to Poland on a Saturday UK on a Monday back to Sweden on a Tuesday then maybe UK again on the Thursday then Poland again.Even you must see this is going to be difficult in these times plus there's not as many flights as previously.As for the others as far as we know they may have ditched Poland for this year preferring to ride in 2 leagues here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSL84 Posted February 8, 2021 Report Share Posted February 8, 2021 48 minutes ago, GAH said: so what's the difference with nicol/becker/masters who are riding in polish lower leagues who will have to travel back from poland every weekend to ride at wolves on a monday night and on a thursday if they ride here for a wolves match fly straight back out again to ride in poland again and so it continues all season !! so why Thorsell can't do this also ?? doesn't matter that they live here they are still all travelling from abroad !! Think you may find it's more to do with available flights into Sweden and cost on a Tuesday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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