THE DEAN MACHINE

No what you mean is the sport doesn’t exist without the riders you want,There will always be riders, if the sport survives our next great rider might not even be born yet, riders come and go the only constant is the sport

TNT’s biggest problem is he struggles to think outside of foxhall heath

No rider is bigger than the sport

I’ve got a big enough gob, so I’m told 😂

There was a classic example this season of how things need to change and it answers a couple of points too Oxford run a team in the championship with no tv money from TNT and break even, they run a team in the premier with TNT money and owe £1000s, same track one team is sustainable one isn’t, the one with the lesser riders got marginally bettter support, dispelling the point about the star riders needed, the lessen is all there to see, will the bspl see it ? No they have superheats and points limits to discuss

They are planning 2 leagues but the rest is all speculation and if I’m honest I don’t think they know themselves

Couldn’t care less what Harris or king or any rider thinks he needs, this is about the future of speedway, its currently is broke, can’t pay its debts off and if it carry’s on the same path Harris and the rest will have to get a job in B&M or Asda let alone have to reduce their income,it’s a tough old world out there and it’s time the riders started to feel it

That doesn’t make sense, with one league Glasgow would ride Edinburgh less times than they would now

Nothing will come of the demolition of Perry barr, it will just be swept away just like the crooked house (not to be confused with ACU house) corruption pays in this world unfortunately

Having a long chat with a former promoter yesterday at the speedway show, something he said made me laugh but his point was valid, he was saying speedway had changed and not for the better and he said it used to be after a meeting around midnight he would get the stadium manager calling him saying can you come and get your star rider out of the bar I want to close up and go home, his point was when that stopped speedway changed lol

Exactly this but some folk just don’t see it, every opportunity, every bit counts and the bspl are the biggest naysayers when it comes to it

It was, it was auctioned off a couple of years back, I bid on a couple of bikes myself but didn’t win, if I remember rightly Martin Yates was reunited with his bike which the family brought from him when he retired

No there doesn’t have to be a top league, fans want variety, something different, the arrogance of the top 5 teams says there needs to be a top league and it could be argued that arrogance is the reason the sport is in such a mess that it finds itself in

Glass half full and all that, there is always a way if you really want something

Speedway has a lot of “if only’s” floating around at the moment and if only those “if onlys”would materialise things would look a little different

After a few chats over the last few days I really hope now that the premier league fails and all 5 teams and Peterborough if they run have no choice but to join the championship and as much as they will kick and scream maybe after a year of it they will think well actually it’s pretty good and a bit more sustainable than the premier league, it’s been mentioned before on here but a betting deal could be the premier’s saviour

But my point was this was at the home of jaguar and Aston Martin so you never know, I did have one guy come to my stand today saying he worked at the venue and was a historian and even brought 2 books off me saying they would help with his work, they were the history of Hackney speedway and speedway in London ? Yes it’s one man but unless your out there in the space they won’t come to you, I wouldn’t bank on any big company being asked, speedway is so cocooned in it’s own little world it doesn’t talk to anyone, a couple of the sellers will be at Lincoln auto jumble tomorrow, again getting speedway out there in the public space

I was only thinking today while it was waiting to open, it’s not only the British motor museum but it’s also home to jaguar and Aston Martin, what if they the management of those company’s were there today and popped over for a look and feel they could maybe help out speedway or even 1 of the teams ? You never know, the build it and they will come doesn’t work anymore, the mountain doesn’t come to you, you have to go to the mountain, I had some good chats today with some big folks within the sport, I put some ideas to them and they told me some ideas too, not saying mine or theirs are the right way but at least we are out there trying, like I say you never know but if you don’t try you can gaurentee you will get nothing

I believe Bradford is too expensive and from what the stock car people are saying the rugby people(who have a short memory )could be kicking them out and who knows what’s going on at Eastbourne, I personally think it’s a family dispute but whatever the reason they don’t want speedway back

Yes

There a few tracks which could be put back into life but the stadium owners just don’t want it, Newcastle included, my feeling from what I understand is it’s Peterborough or if that not possible then it’s a team from the championship and maybe mildenhall will take up that spot in the championship

Not sure, but a new ticket company had a trail run for one polish GP last season with it being the ticket company this year, but not seen anything since

They have a stand that’s all, the track has been dug up

Does Manchester have banger racing anymore ?

Maybe they could but without the others Chris Louis is as unsuccessful as the rest, we need to flourish as a sport not one or two, I was in Manchester at the weekend for a gig and in the town center there is a sports memorabilia shop and they had everything from football to F1, bet you can’t guess what they didn't have ?