mikebv

£35 to £40 is good value fo a family of four however, the vast majority wont do it more than once a month, at most, as more often and it becomes far too expensive as you add on the "extras" of food and drink.. Many seem to equate a night out at the Speedway to a night at the Cinema or TP Bowling however, again, they wont do this regularly, but as a "treat"... And by definition you are then regarding a night at the Speedway as pure entertainment rather than a "sport".. With the other issue then of course being that clubs are trying to, and are dependant on, fans becoming emotionally attached to the club... Yet they choose to run an operating model that can never encourage it... The sport is simply knackered by self inflicted nonsense isnt it?

It would be far simpler, and better than current, and credible, when using RR, if the riders above and below the missing rider in the averages could take two rides each.. All the way through the team.. With a No1 missing having his rides taken by anyone the team manager nominated up to 7 rides max each, but no more than two each of his rides for any individual.. And if a No7 in the averages is missing, then nominate an unattached No8 and let him and No6 ride two races each, with the No8 having a minimum three rides per night... Its ridiculous how many guest riders are used to fill spots that dont need filling if you ran a proper RR system.. The No1 nowadays isnt the powerhouse of old so doesnt need replacing as riders 2nd and 3rd in the averages are now much, much closer.. Riders want races to earn, so keep that opportunity within the team, and not bring outsiders in to take these money making opportunities, and also at the same time, add some credibility and integrity to the meeting..

Baled out rather than locking up behind HA and following him round...

I would suggest that there are far more people who still follow the sport pretty closely who WON'T be attending any meeting this week than the amount who do.. Many, many thousands more followers not attending than those who actually will... And it will be all down to the ludicrous way it is ran, and the ridiculous cost to get in for no more than 16 mins actual entertainment...

It's Wolverhampton... Four laps, clutch start, four riders.... All finishing a straight from each other from first to last... You CAN take your eyes of this Nige..

He/She/They (it is 2021), will be waiting for the New York exchange to close and then the Far East exchanges to open.. You snooze, you lose....

Are you mad? Letting a rider, who is fully fit, to ride for his own club rather than bring in a guest??? Sheer lunacy.... You will never be a promoter...

I personally don't see doubling up as a major issue... It isn't ideal, but we don't have cross league cup comps so no major drama for me... But being allowed to ride for all and sundry? With the operating model being drawn up to actively encourage it? Now that's a completely different matter and is ludicrous... Over the past few days we have seen a rider decide to not race for his own team after riding for a few others as a guest in the week leading up to their meeting, as he was tired, and needed rest. So a guest was brought in... And tonight a rider cannot ride for his own club because the rules say he has to sit it out, as a rider who has replaced him for 28 days only must ride instead... But that rider is now iinjured so instead a guest will come in... Barmy on both accounts... Lets face it, if those who run it don't take it seriously you have zero chance of the fans doing so...

And in sport you can get injuries... Which can weaken your team... That is the way of it.. I still do think that a "proper RR facilty" which is actually fit for purpose would replace so many guests... Still providing riders with more chance to earn money, but at least it will be their team that they are earning it in..

It is purely set up for the riders to earn as much as they can by racing as many times a week as they can.. You know this irrefutably to be the case when one rider can spend his week guesting, and then not turn out for his own team because he has ridden too much, so needs "a rest" and they then can have a guest, (who may be a track specialist ringer), to replace him.. They havent a hope in hell of ever being successful when the whole shebang is set up so amateurishly.. During lockdown wasnt it regarded as an "Elite Sport in the UK"? Even the great Sean Lock couldnt have made up something so comedically surreal as that comment... Selling such nonsense must be so difficult for the Promoters.. Yet they are the ones that sign off the nonsense as "perfectly fine" in the first place.. You couldn't make it up, because you dont need to, it's all there lined up in front of you each meeting.... Best of luck to Newcastle..

And all of the above of course means no major companies would ever consider getting involved sponsorship wise... Both at team and league level.. Maybe though Disney might see some synergy?...

KK when Doyle went under him basically took himself out of the race by having to go so far wide to avoid Doyle hitting him.. Given the speed and angle he hit the bend, Doyle didn't have any control other than the capability to eventually lock the bike up to get around the turn... If KK hadn't taken avoiding action he would have been wiped out... But because he didn't fall off, the race continued... Unfsir riding from Doyle, and should have been punished... But to be fair, the ref was really poor all night so he wasn't going to spot that.... .

There was passing but it was more down to riders spearing there bikes at opponents than down to the race track... A lot of forceful undertakes were the order of the day... The World Champ certainly likes that method of attack, last night and most weeks.. If riders didn't just "get out of the way" and kept their line he would face a fair few exclusions.. He has a worked a big advantage for himself as he seems to have got into their heads that he is "coming through" no matter what.. A risky strategy but seems to be worth it...

Traditional crap tracks, create traditionally crap racing... No surprises..

Agreed... Hope there was no delayed reaction after the adrenaline melted away.... A horrible high impact crash...

100%... And quite telling that even though "everything is ok" they have yet to re show it... The level these lads race at is truly staggering.....

Fantastic result for the Championship... Zmarzlik wins so many points by riders getting "out of the way" as he drives/spears his bike under them on bend three of every track... Nicki P would have him excluded time and time and time again by leaving his left leg out and sliding serenely to the fence...

That looked horrific... Freddie looked like he was knocked out on the bike before he hit the fence.. Hopefully both ok.... Edit. Thank goodness both up..... Air fences worth every penny...

Getting passed on the inside.... On a track that you clearly have to ride by holding the line on the bends.. Happened all night.... Strange....

Vojens is always crap... Unless it's peeing down and the track is virtually waterlogged so an outside line develops in the mud... Ironically... A track where "Fireman Phil' could have done his worst and made it better... And how poor is this ref? Rolling starts with zero stoppage of the race... You may penalise yourself but you can also penalise other riders too who react to your movement..

And in many countries that Speedway exists in, still isnt... Including the birth place of the Sport where "Team Speedway" is done "now and again" at a very local level as "something a bit different" to the usual individual meetings.. Dont forget though, that because we have done something for 90 years or so, (even if it no longer seems to work), it means we must never change, and we must keep doing the same thing over, and over, again ad Infinitum...

ie. Dont waste any time dwelling on the team aspect of it, or buying into it emotionally, and just enjoy the spectacle of the racing....

Incredible how many replies are from people who "used to go and loved it".. Or, "I have been meaning to go".... Such a market out there waiting to be attracted in...

Plus he will have been working on telly all week so might be a "bit tired" by the time it gets to Friday so he will request the evening off... Alexander Armstrong as a guest for him maybe?

Can she provide six numbers for tonight???