Panthers v Tigers 29/08/22

[wealdstone]

Clearly a most unsatisfactory outcome. However I think due credit should be given tom Carl Johnson for going to the announcers box to explain as much as possible the position to the crowd.

[Come on the Skipper]

Hope the link works ok

[chrismorton]

1 minute ago, wealdstone said:

Clearly a most unsatisfactory outcome. However I think due credit should be given tom Carl Johnson for going to the announcers box to explain as much as possible the position to the crowd.

Makes a change...a comms from our lot is as rare as meeting being abandoned due to lack of tyres...I'm done with speedway this year...tinpot sport.

[racers and royals]

3 minutes ago, bigcatdiary said:

Teams get 9 tyres each at Peterborough (up till this year it was 14) because of the circuit shape and speed, 3 other tracks have the same allocation because they wear tyres more than the other U.K. tracks.

I was told they didn’t have enough tyres left to complete the meeting, most of the riders were wearing a tyre edge down per race.

Tyres are clearly not up to the job, we have had several instances of problems like this at Peterborough in recent years.

Is the 14 you quote in brackets 7 X 2 teams or 14 each ?

[BuxtonTiger]

Daft question, but did the second half take place? If not, why not?

[orion]

i think i come to the conclusion that speedway is being ruin by pricks 

[DazS]

1 minute ago, Come on the Skipper said:

Hope the link works ok

that is a problem.

[chrismorton]

5 minutes ago, bigcatdiary said:

Teams get 9 tyres each at Peterborough (up till this year it was 14) because of the circuit shape and speed, 3 other tracks have the same allocation because they wear tyres more than the other U.K. tracks.

I was told they didn’t have enough tyres left to complete the meeting, most of the riders were wearing a tyre edge down per race.

Tyres are clearly not up to the job, we have had several instances of problems like this at Peterborough in recent years.

Or track prep caused it..#scrimping

[SPEEDY69]

Nicholls had the win in ht 9 but his puncture on the 3rd bend made his exit from 4th slow and Tobi got by. He was fuming afterwards! The tyres are spinning for most of the lap at Peterborough and get too hot. Never had an issue with Mitas. 

[bigcatdiary]

4 minutes ago, racers and royals said:

Is the 14 you quote in brackets 7 X 2 teams or 14 each ?

14 per team, 2 to each rider.

That was reduced this year to 9 per team

[racers and royals]

3 minutes ago, bigcatdiary said:

14 per team, 2 to each rider.

That was reduced this year to 9 per team

In that case - has cost cutting caused this fiasco !!!

[Bald Bloke]

16 minutes ago, Come on the Skipper said:

Hope the link works ok

The other edge looks unused to me. If thats correct that edge has done 2 races max would be my guess.. Tyres are at fault.

Edited August 29, 2022 by Bald Bloke

[Normski]

39 minutes ago, Charlieboy said:

Carl Johnson announced there are NO TYRES available at the track   So what now wait for a delivery or ring a magician. ????

probably bought fewer tyres due to inflation

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[Bagpuss]

Sounds like a dodgy batch of tyres to me.

[IainB]

1 hour ago, Rob B said:

Is it a blue groove track then?

The track was a bit slick, nothing out of the ordinary though... i think it was more of a matter of the tyres not lasting even 1 race rather than them running out of them.

If you've ever seen them piled up around the back of the NSS you'll know the kind of quality they are...

Fortunately I didn't make the round trip from Leicester to Belle Vue for this one (I did!)

[Moranboys]

Never in all my years watching what used to be a great sport have I ever heard such nonsense in all my life.meeting abandoned due to lack of tyres just about sums up the state of the sport in this country.if I had been attending that debacle today then that would have been the last time ever I would have attended any meeting.The whole season has been a complete shambles what with guests,meetings delayed and various other anomalies,is there any wonder at all that people are drifting away from the sport,myself included.The sport here doesn't give a damn about it,s supporters and now the tables are being turned.sad,sad times indeed.

[Fortythirtyeight]

20 minutes ago, BuxtonTiger said:

Daft question, but did the second half take place? If not, why not?

Because the meeting was abandoned perhaps?

Once it is declared ‘closed’ by the official no further official racing can proceed.

[BuxtonTiger]

2 minutes ago, Fortythirtyeight said:

Because the meeting was abandoned perhaps?

Once it is declared ‘closed’ by the official no further official racing can proceed.

Thanks, my thoughts were would the tyre situation have affected the second half riders. But as you say declared closed means closed.

[topaz325]

If it’s a bad batch how many other duff tyres are out there ?

[Lord Skid]

So what was wrong with the tyres that the riders had on their spare bikes, surely they could have been used.