Lefty Posted October 6, 2022 Report Share Posted October 6, 2022 11 minutes ago, mikebv said: You can still do that at Wolverhampton... Although "fun" isnt necessarily a word I would use.. Why.... Does it remind you of Kirky Lane?? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted October 6, 2022 Report Share Posted October 6, 2022 16 minutes ago, Lefty said: Why.... Does it remind you of Kirky Lane?? To be fair in the early to mid 90's both tracks served up some cracking racing.. With Aces v Wolves matches often amongst the highlights of the season at both tracks.. Then the bikes developed but the tracks didnt... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDY69 Posted October 6, 2022 Report Share Posted October 6, 2022 2 hours ago, mikebv said: To be fair in the early to mid 90's both tracks served up some cracking racing.. With Aces v Wolves matches often amongst the highlights of the season at both tracks.. Then the bikes developed but the tracks didnt... Think you left out 'unecessarily' out of "Then the bikes..... developed". The bikes are ruining the sport, as the cars have for F1. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted October 6, 2022 Report Share Posted October 6, 2022 (edited) 10 minutes ago, SPEEDY69 said: Think you left out 'unecessarily' out of "Then the bikes..... developed". The bikes are ruining the sport, as the cars have for F1. To be fair, the racing at places like the NSS, Peterboro', and at World Class level, is as least as good, and probably better, than what I used to watch in the 70's 80's and 90's.. Zmarzlik, Bewley, Laguta, Woffinden, Lambert, Janowski, Sayfutdinov, Lindgren, Doyle, Madsen, et al, all serve up some spectacular stuff which is more than on par with what I used to watch even in the halcyon days of the sport... The current machinery works fine if the track design matches in... Edited October 6, 2022 by mikebv 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted October 6, 2022 Report Share Posted October 6, 2022 2 minutes ago, mikebv said: To be fair, the racing at places like the NSS, Peterboro', and at World Class level, is as least as good, and probably better, than what I used to watch in the 70's 80's and 90's.. Agree 100%! When I watch vids on YouTube, it's amazing just how poor the racing was generally. As I've said before, I miss dirt on tracks, black leathers, monkey masks, gleaming chrome machinery etc (which all helped make it the spectacle it was), but the actual quality of racing today is often far superior. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted October 6, 2022 Report Share Posted October 6, 2022 5 minutes ago, chunky said: Agree 100%! When I watch vids on YouTube, it's amazing just how poor the racing was generally. As I've said before, I miss dirt on tracks, black leathers, monkey masks, gleaming chrome machinery etc (which all helped make it the spectacle it was), but the actual quality of racing today is often far superior. As we always say... The rose tinted specs were coloured in by the atmosphere of being in big partisan crowds, which meant the racing often became "great" when you won.. The reality was something very different on many occasions.. A shame those who run the sport havent got the capability required to deliver big partisan crowds today.... As the racing deserves more watching... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelvinht Posted October 7, 2022 Report Share Posted October 7, 2022 Agree, much better experience with the bigger crowds, always much better in the school hols as more kids and families in, rather than just us old f*rts. Beggars believe that we only had a couple(?) of matches in 6 week summer hols and now messing around trying to fit in League cup final and another league match 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flappy Posted October 7, 2022 Report Share Posted October 7, 2022 Would Huckenbeck be an option? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therefused Posted October 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2022 1 hour ago, Flappy said: Would Huckenbeck be an option? What average would he come in on? Would take him on a 5ish average. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bald Bloke Posted October 7, 2022 Report Share Posted October 7, 2022 6 minutes ago, therefused said: What average would he come in on? Would take him on a 5ish average. He finished 2017 on 5.53. Bargain if he retained that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therefused Posted October 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2022 Lambert 7.61 Iversen 7.59 Klindt 7.39 Pickering 6.14 Jakobsen 5.04 Huckenbeck 5.53 Thomas RS Same as Bald Blokes side pretty much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Call me wolfie Posted October 7, 2022 Report Share Posted October 7, 2022 7 hours ago, therefused said: Lambert 7.61 Iversen 7.59 Klindt 7.39 Pickering 6.14 Jakobsen 5.04 Huckenbeck 5.53 Thomas RS Same as Bald Blokes side pretty much I have a funny feeling Josh Pickering may be at Wolves next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaColette Posted October 7, 2022 Report Share Posted October 7, 2022 3 hours ago, Call me wolfie said: I have a funny feeling Josh Pickering may be at Wolves next year. Wishful thinking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTT Posted October 8, 2022 Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 15 hours ago, Call me wolfie said: I have a funny feeling Josh Pickering may be at Wolves next year. Can't ride the track based on his scores around Monmore. More money for him to be made around KL where he's normally good for lots of points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTT Posted October 8, 2022 Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 NKI to Panthers if Lambert returns to KL imo. KL 1-5 not far off this imo. 1. Robert Lambert 2. Fredrik Jakobsen 3. Richard Lawson 4. Josh Pickering 5. Nicolai Klindt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noaksey Posted October 8, 2022 Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 2 hours ago, TTT said: Can't ride the track based on his scores around Monmore. More money for him to be made around KL where he's normally good for lots of points. If you can ride Armadale which he clearly can then he can ride Monmore, a few pointers from Masters would help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Smith Posted October 8, 2022 Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 1 hour ago, noaksey said: If you can ride Armadale which he clearly can then he can ride Monmore, a few pointers from Masters would help Any rider taking tips from Masters has no future 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowboy cookie returns? Posted October 8, 2022 Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 Klint to Ipswich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted October 8, 2022 Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 50 minutes ago, cowboy cookie returns? said: Klint to Ipswich Can’t see it personally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bald Bloke Posted October 9, 2022 Report Share Posted October 9, 2022 19 hours ago, Daniel Smith said: Any rider taking tips from Masters has no future I think a rider that has averaged 9.21 this season at Monmore is more than qualified to give advice on how to get around there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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