Worms eye view of the 3rd/4th bend
As this goes to press (Always wanted to say that.....!), the provisional date for the first Tigers meeting of the season has been pushed back to the 17th of April against Berwick Bandits. A huge disappointment for all involved. It's been a financial misery for the promotion & riders, and a time of increasing worry for supporters, wondering if the club will indeed have a track at all.
The track work, on the face of it, has been very impressive. A wider track and bends that are now banked up, especially the 3rd/4th bends, (which come scarily close to the bar), bode well for exciting racing. Sadly, the teething troubles have been more than mere niggles. The new perimiter wall looked like it needed finishing and the bar was out of bounds. There's no reason why these shouldn't be sorted by the Practice/Meet The Riders day on the 10th, but the real killer has been the track. A hole in the track on the back straight, and a distinctly 'squidgy' feel to the track surface on the 3rd/4th bend meant there would be no bikes out last Sunday*.
The photo shoots and video interviews went ahead in front of the pits, but the shiny new team Kevlars would be staying that way for the time-being.
Anyway, me & the missus will be up tomorrow for a few hours to lend a hand. Hopefully last Sunday has had the same penny dropping effect on a good few others and
some effective tidy up work can be done while the experts attend to the track problems.
* Apart from Theo's 4 year old son Ace, who put a smile on everyone's faces for a while as he took to the track on his wee bike.
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