scampispeedway Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 (edited) When Newcastle was the team to beat away from home and were on a 1-5, I saw many times one of the home riders deliberately fall and stay down and not make any effort to clear the track and get the race rerun, hoping in some occasions that his partner gated and won the race. I always maintained that if this was a case of blatant cheating by the home team, the race should be awarded when the race was stopped and this would stop this trick but the Referee has to rerun the race unless it was the last lap. Edited August 2, 2021 by scampispeedway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Normski Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 3 minutes ago, scampispeedway said: When Newcastle was the team to beat away from home and were on a 1-5, I saw many times one of the home riders deliberately fall and stay down and not make any effort to clear the track and get the race rerun, hoping in some occasions that his partner gated and won the race. I always maintained that if this was a case of blatant cheating by the home team, the race should be awarded when the race was stopped and this would stop this trick but the Referee has to rerun the race unless it was the last lap. Think it was the 1st lap when Pjiper came to grief Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthegearbutnaeidea Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 That happens weekly though, just common sense really, can’t get annoyed at it, because it’s not something that a particular team or rider does, everyone does it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffdiamond Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 23 minutes ago, Normski said: Think it was the 1st lap when Pjiper came to grief Can't the referee award the race, even if the leader is entering his third lap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 32 minutes ago, allthegearbutnaeidea said: That happens weekly though, just common sense really, can’t get annoyed at it, because it’s not something that a particular team or rider does, everyone does it Agree ,at the week-end a couple of GP boys done lay it down and try a get a re-run.Even the GP refs get it wrong. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midget Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 James Wright looks so inconsistent an could well struggle at number 2. Roynon started the season well but one has to wonder just how many more bad knocks the lad can take. Hats off to him though, he must have balls of steel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevePark Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Midget said: James Wright looks so inconsistent an could well struggle at number 2. Roynon started the season well but one has to wonder just how many more bad knocks the lad can take. Hats off to him though, he must have balls of steel Who says he will be at #2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szkocjasid Posted August 5, 2021 Report Share Posted August 5, 2021 On 8/2/2021 at 9:35 PM, Midget said: James Wright looks so inconsistent an could well struggle at number 2. Roynon started the season well but one has to wonder just how many more bad knocks the lad can take. Hats off to him though, he must have balls of steel I disagree, riding at number 6 gives you rides against the opposition's 1-6, plus he's had many r/r rides covering number 2 races! I don't see a great downturn coming in his form! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szkocjasid Posted August 5, 2021 Report Share Posted August 5, 2021 (edited) On 8/2/2021 at 6:17 PM, scampispeedway said: When Newcastle was the team to beat away from home and were on a 1-5, I saw many times one of the home riders deliberately fall and stay down and not make any effort to clear the track and get the race rerun, hoping in some occasions that his partner gated and won the race. I always maintained that if this was a case of blatant cheating by the home team, the race should be awarded when the race was stopped and this would stop this trick but the Referee has to rerun the race unless it was the last lap. You also have to consider the crowd though, paying good money for some 1 lap races! They had a right a few years back, if you were losing a 5-1 & laid down for a re-run your partner started off 15m in the re-start! Edited August 5, 2021 by szkocjasid 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffdiamond Posted August 5, 2021 Report Share Posted August 5, 2021 5 hours ago, szkocjasid said: You also have to consider the crowd though, paying good money for some 1 lap races! They had a right a few years back, if you were losing a 5-1 & laid down for a re-run your partner started off 15m in the re-start! and that would probably have resulted in Kye not getting excluded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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