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15 hours ago, geoff100 said:

Slight disagree as last glasgow man to fall came off first bend before the rut.

ht 11 fall was caused by riders entering the first bend together trying to avoid the concrete rut on the inside which was about 1.5/2 mtrs from the inside line and ran from just before mid corner to the exit hence why they ended up bursting the air bag right at the pit gate ,Glasgow did complain at ht8 after the  same thing happened at the start and wanted some work done on the corner they did grade what shale there was into the rut but by the time ht 11 it was beyond filling and was really exposed if the concrete was smooth i  don’t think it would have bothered riders much but the rut was about 40/50mm deep in some of it 

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5 hours ago, Turnip said:

Health & Safety........just a thought :rolleyes:

Before tracks are allowed to start each season the base of the track should be inspected by an appropriate licensed official. Just like a car having a mot.

And like a mot, any necessary work to be carried out before it is issued a certificate to show it is fit for purpose.

This will come at a cost but doesn't everything involved with health and safety e.g. air fences.

I don't know wot inspections are actually made with the track other than it's surface before a meeting starts.

Maybe they need to use Tatum's dirtometer and a scanner that archeologist's use! :D

With some tracks not having ‘ a base ‘ just how exactly do you inspect something that isn’t there ?

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2 hours ago, Discofever said:
2 hours ago, Discofever said:

And as your reply states that was 2021 and this is 2022 and unless you are the accountant of Newcastle speedway then I don’t see how you can comment on their finances. 

Well you should have plenty in the pot seeing as you didn’t spend much on your team this season. 
getting 100 tons of shale any paying a professional team to relay the track won’t be a issue then. 

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18 hours ago, Bagpuss said:

We are all grateful to texters (I've done it many times, it's not easy) but you can't have people making stuff up or texting what they think happened without being certain. If what was said about Cook was untrue I can't blame him for being annoyed. 

Cook is one of those riders who opposition fans hate, but home fans love. I’m not sure why he gets such abuse. 

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32 minutes ago, Fortythirtyeight said:

Money !

He was told the promoter could do a better job than him and save money at the same time hence the S/Star article by said promoter saying the track had been bad for years , Oh how that has come back to haunt him !

Did Dave Tatum not do the track last year ?.Probably not got anyone now that he has passed away.

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19 hours ago, Gaz said:

The rider didn’t crash because he was avoiding the rut, he hit the airbag near the pit gate which is nowhere near the concrete line.

Heat 10 was actually race of the season at brough as well with about 5 passes in the race.

 

They need to post that race on YouTube

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39 minutes ago, Shadders said:

Cook is one of those riders who opposition fans hate, but home fans love. I’m not sure why he gets such abuse. 

Still gets boo'd at Poole. Well Glasgow haven't visited yet but he did last season.

The reason he gets it at Poole is from his KL days where:

1. He putJosh G on the greyhound track (might have already mentioned that!)

2. Him and Rob Lambert apparently decided to create their own hole in Poole track, as if we needed any more! (One of them dug and one of them filmed it, can't remember which way round it was). 

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1 hour ago, Fortythirtyeight said:

With some tracks not having ‘ a base ‘ just how exactly do you inspect something that isn’t there ?

Funny enough the surgeon said that to my doctor when I went in for brain surgery!

:rofl:

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36 minutes ago, Fromafar said:

Did Dave Tatum not do the track last year ?.Probably not got anyone now that he has passed away.

Dave Tattum did not do the track last year.  The listed Track Curators for this season have already been mentioned earlier on in this thread.

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4 hours ago, HectorRacing said:

I cant find his comment now, has he deleted it?

He commented on another Social Media site but someone quoted it on here.

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