Just thinking that this has moved from Nasty Darcy into Garden Question Time! On that point how other countries manage to have 4 riders ready to come on track immediately after race finish. While here, out may pop out 1 rider then gap etc., NO clock to note countdown...when does 2 mins start, when first rider or last rider on track ? Seems to me that too often 2 mins is stretched....
Plus the "buster" feeling around....does not help. Meanwhile thanks to "bidet" maybe the rest of the country is beginning to understand how we Speedway fans feel every season (will we be here..etc)
The odd "entertainments" that go on in Russia- esp. the Ice can be odd...sometimes folk songs..(old style) sometimes local (usually obviously amateur) Dance lots..I've noticed BMX bikes doing odd tricks (most of these at Togliatti) but the oddest (so far) can't remember where (a shale meeting?) was some (I assume local) bods flying their radio controlled planes around! All a bit odd.
Recently I "rediscovered" an old recording of a 70's World Final (Briggs Olsen etc). Big crowds, but dreadful boring racing!! Lucky if more than 1 overtake the whole night....yes, felt better at the time, atmosphere & crowd plus youth reason, not the actual racing.