THE DEAN MACHINE

I never found anything I was good at

I get what you did there 😂 I don’t have any of the answers but I have plenty of suggestions that I put to various people in the sport and gauge their reply and opinions and listen to their concerns about where we are going,sometimes I say things on here that were not even my idea or thought, the idea might have come from a rider or promoter and as I think as MikeBV says on here we can keep doing the same and expect a better outcome

Well that’s certainly true at the darts

Can you tell me where I said belle vue was a shambles ? All I’ve said was it shouldn’t be at BV, I don’t have a problem with BV I go to some league meetings there but the GP needs to something extra/new but the only embarrassment seems to be your inability to read a thread and respond accordingly, my experience of BSB is through work association so I see what it’s all about but I will be going at some point in the future because quite frankly it sounds like a blast even though I don’t watch any other sort of bike racing

I’ve done just about every job in the sport, raced, mechanic, engine builder, SRA representative, I’ve prepared tracks, I’ve promoted a meeting,I’ve been a shareholder at a track, I’ve even been the medical cover for a season, but most of all I’ve been a fan all my life and I am now a fully paid up member of the man cave where ex riders, mechanics and generally old men chat passionately about the sport while drinking ridiculous amounts of tea and making parts on the machinery there lol

Fortunately or unfortunately depending on your perspective people do listen to me,not enough imo but hey ho I have had some influence in the sport so not quite the bloke sat in the pub talking crap, ultimately I have the sport at heart and it’s not dictated to by my pockets

Oh bless you took offence I didn’t give it

Feels like it 😂

I’ve never been to BSB and I’ve only been to Weston beach race when travelling back from a meeting and stopped of at Weston, yes I have been to the darts a couple of times but I’m not a fan, I went with a mate and it was amazing even though it was a couple of blokes throwing a pointed stick at a target, just to clarify

I give up, of all the people despite your belle vue bias would understand the point I am making but I guess not

For god sake 🙄

I haven’t called anyone thick and I’m not entering a popularity contest, I’m showing you imo the wrong direction for the sport and in particular the GP , if you don’t like it then fine, couldn’t care less either way, I guessing your of a certain age and not really on the pulse of what ticks in today’s society, neither am I and quite frankly hate the things like influencers and the like but I understand the general public want to be entertained and feel like they getting the best for their pound and a one off meeting at belle vue isn’t going to attract anyone but the hard core speedway fan and no matter how good the racing is that will never change

They scaled back because of greed and complacency not because the were losing money ,Enjoy your speedway because sadly your short sightedness will be the end of speedway in the uk, good racing or not

I suggest all those who disagree with my points make a point of attending BSB weekends or the darts or even Weston beach race and see how they attract and entertain the masses which keep coming back year after year

Yes because the organisers scaled back massively the entertainment and moved the main focus away from town center, as I said in an earlier post if you had bothered to read Cardiff had run it’s corse and needed a change but belle vue wasn’t it unless the organisers made an effort and actually created a small village maybe on the fields opposite the track with stalls, beer tents, bands or whatever but made it an event not just a meeting

Certainly doesn’t help but ultimately not the reason

Can you explain why belle vue crowds have been poor this year cause as you say the racing is exceptional ?

And why did Cardiff attendance go up for first few yew years before dropping off ? I’ll give you a clue it’s nothing to do with the track or racing

Another short sighted post who can’t see the bigger picture and clearly doesn’t look past the speedway borders

If I’m wrong then any other motorsport is wrong, try looking past the end of you nose to see how other sports do their premier events and the crowds they attract, just for the record I am teetotal and have been for 30 years so the pub thing isn’t my thing

Yes sorry but either would do

And it’s that short sightedness that is why last night we only got around 5000 to our premier event no matter how good the racing is, every other sport realises it’s a festival not an event, even Grasstrack abroad gets the festival idea, motorcycle gets it, car racing gets its but not you

Wasn’t referring to riders or ex riders, I’m talking about speedways lifelong freeloaders

I would like to see the GP in the northwest somewhere, somewhere like Newcastle or in that area but it doesn’t really matter where it is as long as there is something for the travelling supporters to enjoy of which before or after the meeting last night there wasn’t, we all want great racing but the GP is a circus and when it comes to town it needs to be an event

A noteable thing last night, with discovery not given out freebie tickets like candy very few of speedways life freeloaders stayed at home rather than actually pay to watch speedway