adonis

very helpful .keep up the good work !!

I dont think thats loomer road . I'm guessing sun street

what has been holding speedway back about modernising , is good old fashioned greed in the form of gospeed , set up a free app such as has been mentioned ,and it wont take 5 seconds before gospeed appear with their threats of legal action , so to try and improve the raceday experience , you have to pay off people who are greedy and antiquated in their thoughts

i'm afraid it's too late to turn back the clocks now , modern metalurgy and machining capability would mean ,not much effort to make a 2 valve just a revvy and fast , and just as expensive in parts to keep servicing

JImmy mac is a machine examiner , making sure people are using round wheels and not square ,tatum ex rider gives his expertise as to how difficult square wheels can be on tight turns

I would imagine some of the clubs representatives will be self appointed , that being the case if those peoples ideas and plans are questioned or not wlecomed with open arms ,there will be throwing of toys out of prams ,and more than a little vitriol spat at whoever dare to challenge their superiority , upshot is ,what should be a positive thing will be be destroyed by egos

I have always thought it's all about the money , golf Boring , darts boring , snooker boring . all attract large interest , now its not because these things are exciting is it , it's because of the prize money .

decades ago it was different promoters who weren't listening , but at least back then you could have said all they are interested in is money , because there was money to be had , can't say that now so there attitude must be it's my money and I'm not being told what to do with it

all very well suggestion an independent comissioner ,but who is going to pay them ,? extra quid on the admission ?

How many of todays promoters were running the sport in the mid 80's ?

Makes no difference how many sppedway names are on there , if the whole organisiation treats the sport like something it trod in ...

as far as I'm aware titanium valves cannot be reground , once the stems have stretched that's the end of them ,single use at 3 times the cost , titanium conrods allow more revs becuase they are light once again 3 times the cost for minimal gain , titanium rockers lighter less mechanical weight more revs at 3 times the cost . so we have these peter johns titanium engines that weigh the same as a bag of crisps , that cost a fortune muted by a rev limiter , IMHO a dangerous expensive and uneccesary piece of equipment , forced on speedway by a govenring body ,that knows little or nothing about speedway and cares even less ,as long as it's sure it's bleeding every last penny out of it . rather like the E.U. is doing to the UK

or alternatively ,chop the one of the valve rockers off so that only one inlet and one exhaust works

I wenty to Oxfford loads of times . dont rememebr ever going in the "Complex " so it's definitlely not essential as long as theres access to the toilets

I wonder if a saturday might attract a few lakeside and even rye house supporters

with todays technology you can sit on the beach witha bag of chips and watch the GPs , on the other hand Kent is too far a stretch for many away supporters on a Monday ,

This percieved reduction in quality amounts to about half a dozen foreign riders ,who have chosen not to ride here anymore , there has been no orchestrated dumbing down as far as i can see , just spreading out the the top riders to try and keep a level playing field .

yep

sorry but I'll have to whoosh you on that because it went stright over your head . Ave another read

If you were to standadrise engines , the fans on the terraces would definitely notice a difference , just take a look at Moto2 ,standardised engines, and racing that far outstrips Moto GP or F1

Semi pro speedway at semi pro admission just would not work , Gospeed and the BSPA would still expect professional fees to run it ,and after they have had their pound of flesh ,there wouldn't be enough left to rent a stadium with , unfortunately no form of motorcycle sport gets funded by local councils sports council etc ,unlike other minority sports , so Leicester Riders can happily play basketball in front of one man and his dog , because they dont have any bills to pay , we are paying them thorugh taxation

American Dirt track track on the half mile or even mile tracks , is nothing like what you would see here , in the usa dirt track is one of the disciplines for the AMA championship so big names from all motorcylcle sports compete in amercian dirt track ..

at least when the whole lot ceases the bikes wont go to waste like speedway bikes will , dirt track is a niche style of customisation of motorcycles in a similar vein to Cafe racers

a mate of mine helped Peter Boast start short track uk , made all the number boards and visited various promoters , wound up in kings lynn hospital with broken ribs and a punctured lung after getting run over in the first meeting . never rode short track again ,

yep seen the 16 lapper ,and have seen flat track ,short track, oval track , dirt track,track track or whatever it's called this week , the only comparison between the 2 , both go anticlockwise round a speedway track , I saw a round of the European flat track championship in belgium once .even the locals who are not the biggest speedway fans didn't like it ,