Daniel Smith

Correct, Speedway in the UK is dead. It's getting to the point of just being an amateur sport.

Explain?? Any new fan wouldn't know anything about 'value for money', who rider's are, rapid decline of standards etc etc. What Speedway is doing wrong is not making knowledgeable ex-fans hungry to return. Surely as a 'collective' there could be a decent marketing campaign for the whole of British Speedway. For relatively little money, adverts & pop-ups on Youtube would be a start.

Disgraceful comment. Spurs Son nearly lost his life with a flick on the cheek 2 weeks ago

Crowd restrictions will be in place until at earliest 2022. Most events that sell online only have admin charges. Sounds like an unreasonable moan for moaning sake to me

10 home 10 away plus play-offs, that's it.

Correct Trees, people on the inside hated his aggressive nature to implement change quickly. Look at the state the sport here is in now?? British Speedway won't find anyone like him again

Correct, but the old men, no foresight brigade got in the way.

There was a mini-resurgence for the sport when Sky Sports came on board. Unfortunately, every promoter wasted the income on rider's instead of future proofing. As I've said before, the National Speedway Stadium had come 20 years to late. Had any club had the foresight back then, I'm convinced other's would have followed. The financial waste has been astronomical. There is a chance again now to try & do something about it. The pandemic has created a reset. It's critical the sport finds someone from outside to help with the rebuild, there are currently no promoter's with the mindset to do it through fear of damaging their immediate pockets.

You're talking like they'll be 50,000 at speedway meetings. Yes, anything that has spectators will be expected to require a Covid Passport. Getting people through the turnstiles should be no slower than previous though. Even before you still had the old prats that had nothing prepared to enter until they reached the box office, then fumbled around for 10 minutes finding cash.

No secrecy from me. If?? The people running British Speedway have consistently failed the sport for 20+ years. The fans are not the problem here, footfall through the turnstiles is all the proof needed. There's been no "I told you so" from any of us that no longer go. We want this sport to be the best (which it can be) but the promoter's have zero ambition to do so. Their way to keep the money coming in is simply, as the crowd numbers fall, admission prices go up to make up the shortfall. British Speedway's business model is run in an absolutely appalling way.

I've always thought that from 65 two driving safety assessments should be enforced every 2 years. One in the day, one at night.

Wrong. The age group dates are an estimation of where the vaccination will be complete for age groups. Some areas across England are ahead of others & are vaccinating under 40's now.

And? What gives Lawson the right to a spot? Why wasn't he given a spot by anyone else? Sheffield are the team that dropped him, why not question them, he's never been good at King’s Lynn? Just because King's Lynn were the last to declare their 7 you're saying Lawson must be given it, why??

That's King's Lynn's fault how?? The other 5 teams should be ashamed too then

I don't disagree. It's just unusual that a set of commentators follow the sport around regardless of network

I seriously think that those negotiating TV rights must have it written in that Tatum & Pearson have to be commentators.

What?? Buy a team with no stadium

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No

That's why I find it clubs have committed themselves to rider's with Polish contracts. It would have been just as easy to start the season with non Polish contracted rider's & then make changes as & when if the situation allows.

Wasn't the other issue that the tracks had more shale than today & rider's couldn't stop the engines spinning to hard & couldn't never get the setups right between tracks?? Whereas today, this idea may now have substance with a better pull at the low end on today's super slick circuits??

Then the gypo's

Which management?? Buster regardless is going to be a villain Peterborough, I get that. The Speedway management have said the decision was made by the owners, the owners say it was the Speedway. Someone is lying, but that's where Buster does have issues, communication is dreadful, even when he's right.

That's the thing. Many know I can't stand the way Buster does thing's, he's the reason I no longer go to Speedway, but, I genuinely believe Buster wouldn't have done this without the pressure being put on by the EoES owners. I know someone had a response from the owners saying it wasn't them, but do you really believe that?? Buster has made absolutely massive strides at King's Lynn to include ALL disabilities. Viewing areas, access around the whole stadium, improved parking etc etc. I'm not having it that he's gone to Peterborough and though "let's make thing's difficult for the disabled." Buster is very very pro-inclusion, absolutely no way he would have made this choice without EoES input. Yes, he's a stubborn man but absolutely no way would he be happy himself with this situation. At the end of the day, he rents, the landlords own rules is that disabled parking is around the perimeter. Just because something has been done for 20yrs doesn't automatically give it a right to remain. Having been to the EoES on TruckFests, antique fares, the disabled find ways of getting around. My question will always be 'If you don't have options to be able to get from the car park to the main stand at Peterborough, obviously you live a reclusive life which you don't have to do. Just for the record, I'm also disabled

Just had a look at patent law, haven't gone into great detail but, it does say you cannot patent a product that isn't significantly different from anything else. So that would suggest that Speedway engines cannot be due to the simplicity & similarity of it's mechanical workings. GM, JAWA, Godden, JGM, Gerharx etc all legally have a free reign on each others equipment to make modifications and/or copies.