IainB Posted October 24, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2021 (edited) 18 minutes ago, keepturningleft said: More amazing racing from the NSS but I think six man races are a huge mistake. Given the high speeds of the NSS, the potential for serious carnage is not acceptable, bearing in mind we saw two dreadful accidents just seven days previously. I thought the idea of six man races had been put to bed years ago and in fact wasn't it Mark Loram for one, who refused to take part in them. Also, it's nigh on impossible to keep track of who's who in a six man race. Ironically, one of the last meetings at Hyde Road, the Ivan Mauger farewell, used 6 man races at the instigation of Ivan himself I believe. It was deemed not succesful at the time. 4 riders is the tradition - please stop fixing things that aren't broken. Agree with the above poster about the music especially given the average age of the crowd. Ok we don't expect Yellow River by Christie but it can't be hard to find a compromise. Enough of the negatives, the NSS is a phenomenal race track and we are so lucky to have it! Funnily enough I was listening to a podcast yesterday with Lemo and he was of the opinion that some of the riders have gone soft and it's good that 6 rider races put them out of their comfort zone at times, he cited the Czech Golden helmet as an example of 6 rider races and they're ok on tracks that can handle 6 riders. Personally I think the accidents at the SoN were a result of the poor track prep on Day 1 of the event. For me I thought the 6 rider race was quite spectacular... as a one off only though. Edited October 24, 2021 by iainb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussellSprout Posted October 24, 2021 Report Share Posted October 24, 2021 Congratulations to Dan and the assembled cast for a thoroughly enjoyable meeting 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrizHeathen Posted October 24, 2021 Report Share Posted October 24, 2021 Heat 20 https://www.facebook.com/messenger_media/?thread_id=100000825907564&attachment_id=1672826829752491&message_id=mid.%24cAABa82KOV-KC4Bhipl8rtEbKjwD3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellevueace Posted October 24, 2021 Report Share Posted October 24, 2021 Really good meeting full of great racing, a good way to go into the winter, lets hope the right decisions are made for the benefit of the sport, we get a decent sized league and discovery do a good job in spreading the word. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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