Just like over here. Football in Poland is by far and away the No 1 sport...
It isn't Poland's fault that speedway, in the UK, isnt anywhere near the top 10 followed sports...
That fault lies squarely with those who have ran the sport for the past twenty five years or so..
This sport had literally hundreds of thousands watching it in the UK in the 70's...
Then it made some fundamentally very poor decisions...
Decisions which haven't ever been changed over the past twenty years or so...
It certainly isn't Poland's fault that the sport in the UK is now a Mickey Mouse entity...
Of course they are ..
The sport, in the UK, has no credibility, integrity, or authenticity....
It just exists so 30 year old, and plus, riders can keep riding...
You win any league in the UK, and, who cares? Hardly anyone...
Especially as to win it, the team probably borrowed a rider from one of their competitors...
A joke sport in the UK...
But a major sport in Poland...
The UK, once, "ruled the roost"...
And, in the past 25 years, have had tens of millions of pounds given to it....
Poland have, quite rightly, looked at how this country ran its version of the sport, and, quite correctly, said "We won't do that"..
Hence, we are where we are...
Magic is back!!!
Big season for him..
Interesting they gave him heat four to protect the junior...
And not have a GP star to protect him like they often did last year...
Given its exactly the same sport I do feel comparisons are fair...
They are really good at running their version of it....
We are really poor at running our version of it...
The racing in the UK isn't what holds it back...
It's the operating model, business plan, and leadership of the sport that renders it almost irrelevant...
Slick track for the early season changeable weather and Wroclaw, no doubt, had their riders practicing on the starts for a fair few days...
With the set ups prepared for the slick surface...
Be good to see Wroclaws top three miss the gate...