mikebv

My maths were a little out!!! The cost at the NSS was said to be circa £250k - £300k.. Hence two nights would seem to be a must to help cover that cost and, more importantly, make money... A 4,500 or so capacity would need a fair few quid entrance fee to make enough money to make all the work worthwhile..

I think Richard must come on here… Best of luck to him... Others have gone before with pretty much exactly the same observations and plans... Hopefully this fella gets the cut through needed...

The rights holders make their money by charging the tracks a hosting fee.. I saw the list once a few years ago and it did change from venue to venue, but all were six figures... Cardiff was ran by the series owners themselves as it was the biggest money earner at that time.. It also has been said that temporary seating works out roughly at £1k per seat, which therefore can be very expensive to install...

Putting his money where his mouth is... Makes perfect sense, given he runs Speedway at Ipswich and runs the GP series... Hopefully he gets the track to deliver several racing lines as the GP lads don't make too many mistakes when in front.... But plenty of tracks on the GP circuit deliver poor racing and people still watch.. I presume the NSS and June 12 are entwined currently, however one night, with no extra seating, could be a tough profit maker, and admission charges for 4,500 or so would have to be on the very high side... Plus many hotels in and around Manchester are already showing fully booked with Oasis being in town.. Maybe the NSS could negotiate a much reduced fee to run it?.. It could be possible if no one else wants to run one I would suggest... Does Glasgow hold over 4,000? If so, maybe they may want to join the GP circus?... At least if the GP doesn't get ran at the NSS then the Aces attendances should not be impacted like they have the last two years for those meetings leading up to it, and just after... A new GP venue is always something to gain some interest, so best of luck to the venture...

As is often said... The size of the crowd makes the atmosphere.... Which then ensures memories of the event are good ones... A very ordinary event can live long in the memory when you were part of something with great audience numbers and participation .. Baffling why so many promoters don't seem to understand that and make kids their target market, and let them in for free... Hopefully there will be a knock on early next season and crowds will see more yearly growth... Such a small town should have some kind of "civic event" if (when) they win the cup, that would bring some great publicity.

Motorways and Dual Carriageways?... You been to Ipswich from the North of the country? And it won't be 3 hours when you get stuck behind Farmer Palmer in his tractor on the "dual carriageway", or sat there stopped, for a herd of 100 cows to cross over the "dual carriageway" as their grazing field is on the opposite side to the milking barn.. I remember when Manchester got the GP's and all the negative comments about the lack of bars, restaurants and hotels when compared to Cardiff... I presume Ipswich must be very similar to Cardiff given I haven't read anything negative about it yet... Is the track in the city centre like Cardiff, or just 5 mine outside like the NSS is?.. Or will the "dual carriageways" be busy..?..

And Belle Vue... #aceslegend....

He certainly isn't like Woffy.. A rider who never swore when being interviewed, and dedicated his whole career to riding over here season in, season out, as he won his World Titles.. Oh! Wait a minute...

What's Instagram? I follow UK Speedway...

Love the lad, but, he didn't help himself this year ... Rode some daft outside lines when if riding the kerb, which he easily can do, wouldn't have got him passed.... Still, proper balls out rider though, so always great to watch..

Fair play, got the Kevlar's made too...😁

Robert Lambert. . Aces Legend ...😁😎

Get in there!!! Well done Robert!!!!!

Lambert wins and Kurtz second ..???

Are the clowns running it going to show the current positions?...

Eventually Kurtz rode an inside line!!!😁

Wouldn't Zmarzlik pee it without the sprints?..

He does seem to get a fair bit of luck... But he also makes it ...

Come on Belle Vue.... Brady has to get through...😁

To be fair, I once watched Joe Screen team ride Mark Loram to a World Title...😁

Woryna covering his mate ...

Come on Dan!! And Jason!!!

Brilliant from Brady, but, did he not do exactly the same thing last week though at Torun... And keep getting passed!!!! Ride the bloody inside!!!😁

"Shut up! I can't hear the time!"....😁

They need to sort the track out by a huge margin from where it currently is... Emil and Doyle could pass riders around there, but, no disrespect, they, in the main, passed riders not of GP level... I have seen Dan B try and pass both of them around Foxhall and get nowhere near given the, usual, one line available... I have also seen Brady, who doesn't like the track, beat both just by riding one line at speed... Ride fast down the short straight on a rocket ship, lock up sideways mid track, meaning not much room either side, put wheels in line, fire off down short straight, then rinse and repeat.. Chris Louis was inspired by what he saw at the NSS re the entry and exit widths, and circumference size of the bends, and he changed the track dimensions at Foxhall off the back of it.. But he couldn't go "all in", which hopefully Richard Coleman can and will do... What's under the circuit can be the biggest challenge and cost to move... Hopefully it will deliver great racing, providing several different lines, which can only be good for Ipswich and not just the GP's..