DAVEK Posted August 6, 2022 Report Share Posted August 6, 2022 Is this on YouTube or Facebook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewmac Posted August 6, 2022 Report Share Posted August 6, 2022 VK link here for SEC: https://vk.com/video-53550004_456241224 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewmac Posted August 6, 2022 Report Share Posted August 6, 2022 Another VK link for SEC: https://vk.com/wall-53550004_54690 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted August 6, 2022 Report Share Posted August 6, 2022 Some good racing so far .. It can be great this track... Maybe putting a finish line in a further 25 yards down the straight would help the racing too given the last bend often sees riders in contention to pass.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted August 6, 2022 Report Share Posted August 6, 2022 13 minutes ago, mikebv said: Some good racing so far .. It can be great this track... Maybe putting a finish line in a further 25 yards down the straight would help the racing too given the last bend often sees riders in contention to pass.. No :lol: That extra long straight to the 1st bend is what makes this work… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DEAN MACHINE Posted August 6, 2022 Report Share Posted August 6, 2022 12 minutes ago, mikebv said: Some good racing so far .. It can be great this track... Maybe putting a finish line in a further 25 yards down the straight would help the racing too given the last bend often sees riders in contention to pass.. I like this track, it rides like a circle but you do get good racing here and proves you don’t need a track to be big to get good racing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted August 6, 2022 Report Share Posted August 6, 2022 Bye Bye Kai... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted August 6, 2022 Report Share Posted August 6, 2022 28 minutes ago, f-s-p said: No That extra long straight to the 1st bend is what makes this work… Keep the start line where it is. Have the finish line further down the straight.. Like Wimbledon used to do.. And Edinburgh still do (?).. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DEAN MACHINE Posted August 6, 2022 Report Share Posted August 6, 2022 2 minutes ago, mikebv said: Keep the start line where it is. Have the finish line further down the straight.. Like Wimbledon used to do.. And Edinburgh still do (?).. And Iwade 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted August 6, 2022 Report Share Posted August 6, 2022 33 minutes ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said: I like this track, it rides like a circle but you do get good racing here and proves you don’t need a track to be big to get good racing The more sideways riders go, the better and closer the racing.. And the less horsepower counts, and the more talent influences races.. Everyone who watches knows that, and you as riders too obviously.. Which still baffles me why somewhere like Leicester built an "oval"..! I loved watching handicap racing on 120m tracks in the USA, 8 rider races... No race was a foregone conclusion 3 and a half laps out.. Tiny tracks, wide bends, talent counts... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRMRacing Posted August 6, 2022 Report Share Posted August 6, 2022 Why no Robert Lambert in round 2 sec? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DEAN MACHINE Posted August 6, 2022 Report Share Posted August 6, 2022 1 minute ago, mikebv said: The more sideways riders go, the better and closer the racing.. And the less horsepower counts, and the more talent influences races.. Everyone who watches knows that, and you as riders too obviously.. Which still baffles me why somewhere like Leicester built an "oval"..! I loved watching handicap racing on 120m tracks in the USA, 8 rider races... No race was a foregone conclusion 3 and a half laps out.. Tiny tracks, wide bends, talent counts... Although it’s a bit better now Leicester was just awful to ride when it was made, it was one line into the corners at the end of a long straight which was disproportionate to the tightish bends , it just made for dreadful racing, which was baffling when they had a blank paper to start with 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted August 6, 2022 Report Share Posted August 6, 2022 (edited) 2 minutes ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said: Although it’s a bit better now Leicester was just awful to ride when it was made, it was one line into the corners at the end of a long straight which was disproportionate to the tightish bends , it just made for dreadful racing, which was baffling when they had a blank paper to start with Based on a cycle Speedway track shape wasnt it? Or Togliatti? Edited August 6, 2022 by mikebv 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted August 6, 2022 Report Share Posted August 6, 2022 1 minute ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said: Although it’s a bit better now Leicester was just awful to ride when it was made, it was one line into the corners at the end of a long straight which was disproportionate to the tightish bends , it just made for dreadful racing, which was baffling when they had a blank paper to start with Bit like the first Buxton. But who got max in their first meeting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DEAN MACHINE Posted August 6, 2022 Report Share Posted August 6, 2022 Just now, arnieg said: Bit like the first Buxton. But who got max in their first meeting? First 3 meetings 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted August 6, 2022 Report Share Posted August 6, 2022 Just now, arnieg said: Bit like the first Buxton. But who got max in their first meeting? Went to that... Half expected the riders to get off at the end of the straights and push their bikes round... The current track still has plenty of space on its "footprint" to become more wider and more circular... Just needs a few quid spent.... Form an orderly queue... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DEAN MACHINE Posted August 6, 2022 Report Share Posted August 6, 2022 2 minutes ago, mikebv said: Went to that... Half expected the riders to get off at the end of the straights and push their bikes round... The current track still has plenty of space on its "footprint" to become more wider and more circular... Just needs a few quid spent.... Form an orderly queue... Had a skid up there 2 weeks ago, such a waste, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DEAN MACHINE Posted August 6, 2022 Report Share Posted August 6, 2022 That Hartel is a bit wild, 1st to last in 1 lap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted August 6, 2022 Report Share Posted August 6, 2022 1 minute ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said: Had a skid up there 2 weeks ago, such a waste, The sort of place for me that could have held regular (monthly?) decent level racing on Saturday or Sunday afternoons... Individuals, made up teams (who just said like is usual?), Buxton v Cradley etc.. And should have been used by the BSP to provide plenty of laps to juniors during the week... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DEAN MACHINE Posted August 6, 2022 Report Share Posted August 6, 2022 Just now, mikebv said: The sort of place for me that could have held regular (monthly?) decent level racing on Saturday or Sunday afternoons... Individuals, made up teams (who just said like is usual?), Buxton v Cradley etc.. And should have been used by the BSP to provide plenty of laps to juniors during the week... I’ve been thinking about doing something up there, maybe upright meeting but the very little feelers I’ve put out didn’t fill me with hope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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