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Comment on SPEEDWAY GP - LESNO - 10 MAY by admin

admin — Thu, 15 May 2008 10:40:36 +0000

I must say that i do fully agree to what you are saying. It was an arguement that I had with my family as it happened and again when we rewatched it on Sunday

I feel Crump was in the right but as we all know the referees decision is final

Comment on New Features Coming Soon by admin

admin — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:36:36 +0000

Sorry Its Taking So Much Time To Get Our New Feature Online. should be about 1 week till its online

Comment on Sad news received in Berwick by Liscarkat

Liscarkat — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:14:17 +0000

I met Roy in 1970. A really nice, very funny guy. Good rider, too.

Comment on Crash Course In English by Liscarkat

Liscarkat — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:11:18 +0000

I believe there’s really something to this story. I knew a speedway rider in the early 1970s (who shall remain unnamed). This rider was talented on the track, but of decidedly mundane intellect. After suffering a terrible skull fracture in a non-speedway-related accident and nearly dying, he recovered fully and seemed to have gained at least 20 I.Q. points.

Comment on Air Fences - My Views - by Liscarkat

Liscarkat — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:03:17 +0000

It would be interesting to investigate fatalities and crippling injuries throughout the history of speedway and see just how many were the result of hitting a conventional safety fence. Many of the deaths and paralysing injuries I have read about seem to have been caused by riders hitting lamp standards or posts with their heads, or having been hit by following riders.

On the other hand, from watching the Grand Prix and World Cup on television I have formed the impression that the presence of the air fence gives many riders a sense of safety they may not have with a conventional fence. The result is they throw out all caution because they don’t fear the fence. There seem to be many more fence collisions during air fence-equipped meetings than there were historically. Many of these collisions result in the rider and his machine being bounced back onto the track where they become projectiles launched toward other riders.