mikebv

Glasgow riders will have ridden many times since their last home meeting.... So it's not likely they will disadvantaged in any way...

Just watching the meeting replay on Eurosport.. Just jumped 5 races. . Utter crap aren't they? .

Just never let the SGP track prep team anywhere near it..

Where was you?

You have to hope they do get asked It would be great to see them at the NSS... Put a thousand on the gate minimum I would say... Watching Woffy, Lambert and Bewley racing for the No1 GB rider position would be great to see..

Well I am 55 today and was "under average" I would have said... Racing wasnt quite always "out of the top drawer" but still very good.. Bewley's pass of King, Howarth's ride round the boards, and Cookie diving across turn 4 in the Final were truly spectacular moments.. Speaking with several in the crowd quite a few mentioned "having to pay twice" was something they resented, but obviously went anyway, so maybe there were also a few who decided not to "pay again" and stayed away? I didnt attend the first one so it didnt impact me but I must admit I may have baulked at paying again.. Scotty seemed to be having words with Godfrey after his last ride, the one he stopped in, and didnt seem too pleased, was there another tyre issue? All in all, another cracking Speedway meeting at the NSS, great to see Dan triumph as clearly head and shoulders above everyone else in the 20 heats of qualifying, and also great to see young Tom get second as it shows real progression for the lad, and definitely one for the future.. And a word for a favourite of mine (Cookie), brilliant to see him back to something like his best...

At Plymouth or Wolves....

Maybe if Fricke qualifies they may keep Vaculik to spread the nations who compete in it around? Discovery want it to become 'global' dont they? So will want as many nations in it as they can you would think..

Beerz....

I do get the feeling he is trying to convince himself as much as everyone else by how he is talking... Where a few years ago he lined up at the tapes against the opposition and you could easily see him winning, or at worst running a second, you now look at him lining up and think "he won't win this and could easily be last"... Hopefully wrong, but a big ask to even get top 3 I would suggest given how far behind those riders he now is..

Fricke seen as a bit of an easy touch I reckon... Seems to get beaten up very easily, and often...

Who does the track prep at these venues? A great race track with garbage racing... (Once again)... When one rider dominates like is happening the least the events need is some decent racing... Is it the home track curators who prepare the tracks or "SGP" ones? If the latter.. Keep them away from the NSS if it gets a GP...

Really? Changing a ridiculous rule that every team in all leagues may need to take advantage of at any given moment? I would suggest unlikely... Turkeys don't vote for Xmas....

Sounds like some away fans attending created some atmosphere.... What a novel situation.... It seems no "rude words" were used, however, even if there was... It generates a bit of rivalry which so many Speedway meetings clearly lack and ultimately suffer from... A shame that every meeting doesn't have at least a coach load of away fans in attendance.. Would give the meeting some meaning...

I seem to remember at Peterborough they stopped the 6 lap Ht15's that used to take place when Sky covered it.. Specifically for the issue that the tyres were wearing too much at that track.. Ten years at least or so ago that we had 6 lap Ht15's on TV matches wasnt it? So not a "new issue" I would suggest...

But you don't need a crystal ball to see where we ALWAYS end up... ie cramming in meetings to complete a season... It will be the same next year, the same the year after that, and the year after that etc etc... Split the season into four sectors from April to November... 1. The "Cup" thingy. - 3 Home meetings per team and a another one for the two finalists. All done by the end of April... 2. The Premiership. - May to the first week of September. Meaning you run the play offs in the better weather and you take the most advantage of the kids being off school. 3. The Pairs - 2nd Week of September to October. Done in three weeks to keep fans interested. 4. All the rest - October. The League Riders Championships, The National Individual Finals, Any Testimonials, Any Individual Comps. That way you would keep interest in the Comps and also get some momentum fan wise through the year. Currently with all comps ending at the same time any succesful tracks cannot build on that success as their season often ends on the night of that success.... It also can mean fans forking out for five or six meetings within a one month salary window (regardless of following a succesful team), on colder evenings where they closely most monitor the weather forecasts, and even "light drizzle" will then keep them away... Sheffield are doing a "three match special" for £50 which highlights they recognise the issue so fair play to them... But not needed really if they all had a structure to their season...

Maybe not starting the flagship competition until June didnt help? And they havent finished the other one yet have they? The one that meant the flagship competion started so late... Not to mention the pairs havent been completed yet either... Maybe given it is only 6 meetings they should have done the pairs during October and tried to fit them in Mon/Thu for 3 weeks..? Would have kept interest too, unlike now where it has dragged on... And meant the league took priority as well as was finished by the end of September...

I would think around 30,000 or so in total still follow the sport given Cardiff usually gets around 40,000 with some who attend the event as partners of followers as "a one off" and overseas visitors.. I would say more than double who attend each week still follow the sport closely, and if the promoters had vision then they would create the infrastructure to get them back attending regularly again.. Much easier to get them to return than get newbies to become regulars I would suggest ..

My lad wants to take up Speedway so I have just bought four bikes, ready to race, off Bartosz Zmarzlik... And all the same kevlars, boots, gloves and helmets that he wears... So. Watch out Bartosz, now he is on an equal footing you have a rival for your title... It is utter madness the way riders spend fortunes to try and match what other riders have, as all that happens is that everyone ends up with the same thing until the next thing comes along.. The result? No improvement in the racing... Just loads more costs inherited... Meaning loads more salary needed.. Meaning loads more admission money required.. And the net result? The riders all still remain in the "natural" position they would have held anyway as they have all spent loads of money getting the same thing... The crowds drop as the the price of entry goes up to a level they feel is not justifiable in paying... And the promoters scratch their heads trying to work out why they are losing money... A Dragons Den pitch as a business plan it certainly is not...

He would certainly keep the dust down in summer...

To be fair... I do think that some promoters would agree... Just a shame not enough of them..

I presume that, in the interests of Speedway, October will be extended?

Not quite right Dean... It's an EIGHT team play off from a SIX team league...

At least it wasnt some gadgy off the local fairground waltzers.....

Indeed... To know there might be a Speedway forum means you firstly have to know that there is a sport called Speedway...