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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2008 22:20:11 GMT
Re: Andreas - have received following info from my contacts at Lakeside; "I've had another call from Jon (Cook) . He has now spoken to a member of AJ's pit crew at the stadium via Chris Louis' mobile. The initial problem appears to have been to AJ's lower back. The good news is that the initial x-rays show no break but severe bruising. At this stage we have no idea how long AJ is likely to be out of action but he is not expected to ride in the next few days." Aye , he's bound to be very sore for a few days . But thank goodness there isn't any serious injury . |
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Post by Genghis on May 24, 2008 22:32:09 GMT
Re: Andreas - have received following info from my contacts at Lakeside; "I've had another call from Jon (Cook) . He has now spoken to a member of AJ's pit crew at the stadium via Chris Louis' mobile. The initial problem appears to have been to AJ's lower back. The good news is that the initial x-rays show no break but severe bruising. At this stage we have no idea how long AJ is likely to be out of action but he is not expected to ride in the next few days." Thank god it's not more serious. It looked horrific. |
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2008 8:58:48 GMT
Yes it did, thanks for the info Bryn....Get well soon AJ I wonder how all the others are ....  |
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2008 10:45:33 GMT
I wonder how all the others are .... It seems Puk has come off worst with reports suggesting he'll be out for a month. Does anyone think he'd have a valid claim for loss of earnings against those responsible for track preparation?  |
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2008 11:00:14 GMT
I wonder how all the others are .... It seems Puk has come off worst with reports suggesting he'll be out for a month. Does anyone think he'd have a valid claim for loss of earnings against those responsible for track preparation? Absolutely . If i was given an unsafe environment in which to do my job , and i injured myself because of it , i would be fully entitled to claim for loss of earnings . I hate temporary tracks , but that one last night was truly shocking and i was really beginning to fear the worst at one point . |
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2008 11:13:52 GMT
Really didn't enjoy watching it at all - the track looked atrocious and I think it is only by pure luck that there were no life-threatening injuries sustained - hope the riders get together and raise this with all who were responsible (not recommended they do it individually as we all know what happened to Hans two years ago...)
Tatum & Pearson (aka Dumber & Dumberer) - think somebody needs to write the rules in very simple one-syllable words with pictures to help so they have something to refer to for the next GP...
Best wishes for a speedy recovery to all riders who did sustain knocks!
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2008 22:03:20 GMT
Whoa, talk about you guys being up in arms  Was I the only one who actually thought this GP was very entertaining? Ofcourse the track didn't hold up as it should have done, no question about that. Perhaps it made things a bit of a lottery. But that was the case in Krsko aswell, it was a lottery, although a very dull one. |
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2008 22:40:39 GMT
Whoa, talk about you guys being up in arms Was I the only one who actually thought this GP was very entertaining? Ofcourse the track didn't hold up as it should have done, no question about that. Perhaps it made things a bit of a lottery. But that was the case in Krsko aswell, it was a lottery, although a very dull one. The difference between the Slovenian lottery and the Swedish one was incompetence though erik...............the elements buggered up what was becoming possibly the best GP ever in Krsco.................but it was the incompetence of the organisers that buggered Ullevi...................it doesn't bear thinking about what may have happened in Gothenburg with a fraction of the precipitation that Krsco encountered. |
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2008 23:00:24 GMT
Whoa, talk about you guys being up in arms Was I the only one who actually thought this GP was very entertaining? Ofcourse the track didn't hold up as it should have done, no question about that. Perhaps it made things a bit of a lottery. But that was the case in Krsko aswell, it was a lottery, although a very dull one. The difference between the Slovenian lottery and the Swedish one was incompetence though erik...............the elements buggered up what was becoming possibly the best GP ever in Krsco.................but it was the incompetence of the organisers that buggered Ullevi...................it doesn't bear thinking about what may have happened in Gothenburg with a fraction of the precipitation that Krsco encountered. That may be, but the "buggering up" of Ullevi at least made things interesting, whereas in Krsko it was dull as dishwater. Even though I fully agree it was a bad job done with the track. Actually the lack of water on the track prior to the meeting is probably what caused it to break up. Anyway, even though it was a crash fest a good number of the incidents had nothing to do with the ruts. |
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2008 23:12:07 GMT
The difference between the Slovenian lottery and the Swedish one was incompetence though erik...............the elements buggered up what was becoming possibly the best GP ever in Krsco.................but it was the incompetence of the organizers that buggered Ullevi...................it doesn't bear thinking about what may have happened in Gothenburg with a fraction of the precipitation that Krsco encountered. That may be, but the "buggering up" of Ullevi at least made things interesting, whereas in Krsko it was dull as dishwater. Even though I fully agree it was a bad job done with the track. Actually the lack of water on the track prior to the meeting is probably what caused it to break up. Anyway, even though it was a crash fest a good number of the incidents had nothing to do with the ruts. I accept that some of the incidents weren't track related, but there were at least three serious crashes for which only the track can be blamed, and that's inexcusable at that level. |
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2008 10:44:44 GMT
That may be, but the "buggering up" of Ullevi at least made things interesting, whereas in Krsko it was dull as dishwater. Even though I fully agree it was a bad job done with the track. Actually the lack of water on the track prior to the meeting is probably what caused it to break up. Anyway, even though it was a crash fest a good number of the incidents had nothing to do with the ruts. I accept that some of the incidents weren't track related, but there were at least three serious crashes for which only the track can be blamed, and that's inexcusable at that level. Perhaps you are right, I don't know if its inexcusable or not. It's not good, that's for sure. But I still maintain it was a good and exciting GP nevertheless Let's hope Parken and Cardiff get it right in the coming rounds. |
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2008 21:35:30 GMT
Let's hope Parken and Cardiff get it right in the coming rounds. I'd certainly agree with those sentiments. |
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Post by admin on May 29, 2008 22:06:02 GMT
Parken was okay last season, but Cardiff has always been an abortion as far as the track is concerned. The only thing that stops Cardiff being like Ullevi is that Cardiff is about half as big and not so fast.
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2008 12:57:31 GMT
It's the price we pay at the moment for moving the GP's into big stadiums - and I'm willing to pay that price. Because these meetings are something else.
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