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12 minutes ago, lewy said:

Yes Lawson will drop Poole if a better offer comes along for sure.

I very much doubt that , don't forget Poole are not the best payers, its the lure of success and extra meetings 

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Serious question, it’s a good team Plymouth are building but what work is taking place to ensure they will be able to take to track more often this season?
For example Is the drainage being improved? So that the track has a better chance of recovering from the elements, and allow out and out racers like Howarth to thrive. 

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19 minutes ago, marko said:

Serious question, it’s a good team Plymouth are building but what work is taking place to ensure they will be able to take to track more often this season?
For example Is the drainage being improved? So that the track has a better chance of recovering from the elements, and allow out and out racers like Howarth to thrive. 

We're putting a roof over the stadium.  Seriously what do you suggest when the natural water table is about 1ft below the track surface, hence the name of the area is marsh mills,their is a clue in the name. 

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In a perfect world yes it should have been, but the difficulty in finding land and getting planning approval for speedway is pretty difficult,also during the regular season Plymouth had no more rain offs than anyone else, i think the problem is more to do with the fixtures not being planned very well.

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26 minutes ago, marko said:

If that’s the case why wasn’t the track built higher? They must have know before the track was put in that susceptibility to unfavourable conditions was likely to be high and potentially very costly as a business model.

Ask Mike Bowden that question!

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1 hour ago, HGould said:

Why was Lakeside built next to the M25 and Dartford Tunnel on busiest Motorway in Europe? 

The irony of someone from Lakeside querying water issues. Deary me. 

Rumour is that Plymouth new Mascot is King Canute.. 

How is that ironic? Do you realise that despite the name, the track at Arena Essex was much higher than any water table in the area? But even so over the years the drainage was improved upon so that the venue wasn’t so vulnerable to rain offs which can cost clubs a lot of money.

on another point though, why are you always so defensive about Plymouth when your own team is Birmingham? A track which itself has come under scrutiny plenty of times over the years.

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10 minutes ago, marko said:

How is that ironic? Do you realise that despite the name, the track at Arena Essex was much higher than any water table in the area? But even so over the years the drainage was improved upon so that the venue wasn’t so vulnerable to rain offs which can cost clubs a lot of money.

on another point though, why are you always so defensive about Plymouth when your own team is Birmingham? A track which itself has come under scrutiny plenty of times over the years.

Why are you so critical of Plymouth  I doubt you have ever been to the track. 

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2 hours ago, marko said:

Serious question, it’s a good team Plymouth are building but what work is taking place to ensure they will be able to take to track more often this season?
For example Is the drainage being improved? So that the track has a better chance of recovering from the elements, and allow out and out racers like Howarth to thrive. 

Serious answer. No more rain offs than anyone else. Just a disproportionate amount of forum chatter when they happened.
Racers like Howarth,  Richie and Ben must have been happy  enough with it this year to have signed up for next.

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38 minutes ago, marko said:

How is that ironic? Do you realise that despite the name, the track at Arena Essex was much higher than any water table in the area? But even so over the years the drainage was improved upon so that the venue wasn’t so vulnerable to rain offs which can cost clubs a lot of money.

on another point though, why are you always so defensive about Plymouth when your own team is Birmingham? A track which itself has come under scrutiny plenty of times over the years.

I have relatives who live in Exmouth and my Auntie was based in Plymouth when in the Navy and I went there a lot. 

Next question? 

I went to Lakeside a few times. A bit of a rutted dusty roller coaster from what I remember. I was told though that's the way the Promoters liked it? 

So what's you obsession with Plymouth and their track? It's different and unique by UK standards but the view off the back straight Stand is as exciting as you'll get anywhere. 

Perry Barr was excellent in 2022 and delivered some good racing despite the very hot summer. 

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My criticism of Plymouth is purely down to the track, not the size, not the shape,  or the standard of racing, just its seemingly bad rep for having rain offs based on how much disruption it caused to the Championship last season which I grant wasn’t helped by the promoters arranging the season as they did.

Lakeside used to get far more criticism for being a poor track, not because of rain offs but because of its size and home advantage and your quite far away from the action, that’s the way it was though, track didn’t care, it didn’t have any feelings.

 

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