Bandit59 Posted February 5, 2023 Report Share Posted February 5, 2023 Just watched the main meeting,the track was so small their "airfence" was a mixture of a concrete wall and a white line,no safety for the riders,was a bit of a shambles with no helmet colours. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topaz325 Posted February 5, 2023 Report Share Posted February 5, 2023 Some decent racing in the main event but would have helped with helmet colours and being a bit more professional and not as drawn out.I suppose thats the way of North American Speedway not as professional as in Europe. The young chap called Cairns looks a very good prospect for the future . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Wessex Wanderer Posted February 5, 2023 Report Share Posted February 5, 2023 Bit chaotic at times but enjoyable all the same. Strong reminder how useful helmet colours are. Never really thought much about that before. agree young Cairns looked very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andout Posted February 5, 2023 Report Share Posted February 5, 2023 Agree with lot said on here, the no helmet colours were a big problem. National Anthem was just about the worst I have ever heard, muted my way through that one. The fence BTW is NOT concrete, its plywood. This is normal for USA tracks and no air bags yet for this country and of course, no dirt deflectors. Commentator continually said "first USA v World" since 1988....totally untrue, they have one every year except for the COVID years....results are on the International Speedway website if anyone is interested. As others have said "Cairns" looks to be a great prospect for the future at only 13.....definitely one to keep an eye on. Glad I watched it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDY69 Posted February 6, 2023 Report Share Posted February 6, 2023 William Cairns has been riding in the UK for a number of years now. Great opportunity for him in the US. His elderly relative Dennis Cairns was still riding well into his later years - may still be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted March 12, 2023 Report Share Posted March 12, 2023 Just watched Ellis win this on what looked like a Gerhard engine... whatever happened to them, what was the problem with them and why doesn't anybody use them anymore? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bald Bloke Posted March 12, 2023 Report Share Posted March 12, 2023 On 3/12/2023 at 7:20 PM, iainb said: Just watched Ellis win this on what looked like a Gerhard engine... whatever happened to them, what was the problem with them and why doesn't anybody use them anymore? Expand I think in the main people will stick with what they know, unless other riders were flying on something new. Which didn't happen. From what i gathered, although the engine went a fair bit longer between " servicing" ( a rebuild in effect) their performance dropped off before the service interval was due, add to that they weren't cheap and harder to tune. Someone might pop along who has used one to give us first hand knowledge 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted March 12, 2023 Report Share Posted March 12, 2023 On 3/12/2023 at 7:36 PM, Bald Bloke said: I think in the main people will stick with what they know, unless other riders were flying on something new. Which didn't happen. From what i gathered, although the engine went a fair bit longer between " servicing" ( a rebuild in effect) their performance dropped off before the service interval was due, add to that they weren't cheap and harder to tune. Someone might pop along who has used one to give us first hand knowledge Expand Didn't Freddie win a GP on one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bald Bloke Posted March 12, 2023 Report Share Posted March 12, 2023 (edited) On 3/12/2023 at 7:49 PM, iainb said: Didn't Freddie win a GP on one? Expand I think he did, but even he didn’t use them long.I think he was Gerhard’s top test pilot at the time and probably had Gerhards full attention . Edited March 12, 2023 by Bald Bloke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OveFundinFan Posted March 13, 2023 Report Share Posted March 13, 2023 I remember Freddie doing well in the GPs where he used the Gerhard engine, and yes, Gerhard was with him in the pits on most occasions as I saw it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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