mikebv

It is all a bit flat... We, as fans, judge the racing, but we are not the target audience.. To make it an "event" it must have so much more... The commentators are selling it, but the fans don't seem to join in... Wroclaw last week showed what a fanbase for such a sport as Speedway should be... I presume the fans are prioritising filling their programmes in...

Great race.... And Allen gets his name right!!!

They are doing an excellent job of filming a "packed" grandstand, and also, not showing an empty grandstand in "E/F", in front of the start line, from the start gate camera from the inside.. Which TNT used to show... They have obviously learned...

The what?....

Baddum Tish...

Who is Will Kerns?.....

Puncture them.....

Brilliant from Flint... The NSS when slickened off gives so many lines...

They need to get Rushen interviewed... Young kid... Ticks boxes.. Edit. I have hope....

Kemp and Rowe have both flattered to deceive in their careers haven't they?...

Emma is a massive asset to UK Speedway... Ultra professional and unfazed by having to react quickly...

There are no stands.... And to put them there costs effing shed loads... And won't get filled anyway. Basically, no need for them... At the NSS, standing just before bend 3 is the spot... Amazing speed, amazing cutting across each other at those amazing speeds...

The race times are getting slower, which usually means better racing..

Is it the in-house BV stream team?... They do have a fair few camera angles...

The vast majority of local residents don't speak English...😁

They are naff to be fair... I can only think that "we have a great race track" muddles their thinking...

Let's hope the racing is great ... As. When it comes to media optics, and event management, they are effing Barry White aren't they... 😄

😄 Incredible isn't it?....😄

"If I can't get a lower team average then I wont run"... "That's fine, you will only be brand damaging again anyway"....

Speedway fans will predict this, but, hopefully, the wider non Speedway followers watching won't know who he is... And, everyone loves a winner, so him winning, and showing his undoubted higher level, can still be a positive.. And, plenty of meetings at the NSS, with a majority of similar level riders, have been fantastic down the years.... Let's hope for the same this evening...

Spot on... There is, sadly, an overall feeling of "What's the point?" of UK Speedway... I can only think its a chance for riders to earn decent money for six months work, and owners to have a hobby... Outside of that?...

Iainb led most, if not all, of the threads .. On his Forum it still happens and there are other polls, prediction threads etc on them... I didn't know Sheffield rode at Leicester on Thursday till I went on there ..

Clubs will pay out a couple of hundred thousand to riders, who hardly anyone locally will know the name of... Yet, don't seem to pay anyone to work full time, or even part time, on their media output, which, if done daily, and constantly, could actually get the club and it's riders noticed... People eating in food establishments, or filming their holidays, can get 100's of thousands of subscribers on YouTube alone.. Because they do it constantly, and getting regular content out is what they know keeps the "eyeballs" on them.. Every track should have a Vlog leading up to, and including, race day, and do a podcast at least once a week interviewing riders, and officials...

I was surprised when in John Campbell's interview in the Speedway Star that he said no current Championship teams were interested in going into tier one.. Next years standard in tier two could be a lot different if the "two league" rule comes in.. The better teams, like Poole, and their fans, have been used to seeing top tier heat leaders riding for them, which may no longer be the case, and that could be a difficult sell, and also difficult to price point, with a reduction on current prices unlikely I would think... The other scenario could be though that, if the top tier increases their standard with more "Top 20" riders coming in, then maybe some DU'ers may elect to stay in tier two given their earning potential in tier one could be threatened by an increase in better riders... It will interesting to see how it goes...

Initially, no Doyle, no Sayfutdinov, no Holder for a large part of the season, no Bewley also for a large part of the season, and Fricke leaving a track he was well dialled in at, and taking up a new circuit.. Several absolute top level riders that are not this season taking points of other HL's and second strings like they did last season... The Aces have this season, with less top level talent in the league, seen Zischze, Blodorn and Cook, riders they have invested in, win many more heats than last season, and when allied to unrivalled strength in Ht 13 and Ht15, it has meant the Aces scoring big in several meetings.. The bottom line is though, all teams started closely together according to the team averages, but, as every season shows, very quickly the teams from top to bottom become a long way apart... This season is no different...