mikebv

Just been thinking the same thing... Maybe it would be better for the GP's on BT, the SEC on Eurosport, and the domestic Leagues of Poland and Sweden on Premier to 'showcase' the Sport? And British Speedway then 'hoover' up any inquisitive non Speedway followers and ex fans who decide to 'give it another go'... Now don't get me wrong. .. Anyone attending for the first time, or maybe after a long sabbatical from the sport, are probably more than likely never going to set foot in a Speedway Stadium again when they see what British Speedway serves up to them, however.., It would at least mean a few more admission fees being paid in to the Sport that 100% wouldn't be there if people judged whether it was worth attending by watching British Speedway on TV regularly.... Incredibly and contradictory as it sounds.... A Sport could actually (and uniquely) benefit itself by NOT 'promoting' itself on TV!!! Instead just live off the backs of those who can do it well and build a business around your obvious linkage to them... "When The Seagulls Follow The Trawler" and all that...

What do BT Sport think? I suspect they must scratch their collective heads and try to work out how what they show on Saturday nights from various parts of the World, can be in any way, shape or form related to what they show on Mondays from tracks around Great Britain.... The last three nights have shown us in one meeting exactly the HUGE potential the Sport has, but in the other, completely why it can never fulfill that potential in British domestic racing.... With such 'raw materials' with which to work, it really is a disgrace, and in equal measure, a travesty, the way the Sport is ran in Britain... It can never change though if the same people, who have 100% brought British Speedway to exactly where it is today, remain in sole charge of the future of the Sport too... Its a crying shame.... It really is..

Exactly... Should have been 'drowned' overnight.... I know the lads at the NSS do this if it's expected to be sunny and hot on the day of the meeting... Then gets another good soaking during the afternoon and finally about 30 mins to tapes up... Result? A grippy first half dozen races then the dirt gets turned over and 'proper racing' takes place...

They definitely won't want one for the Speedway. .. In just 48 short hours you go from Cardiff, which delivered exactly why so many of us fell in love with this Sport... To Swindon, and why so many of us are now totally pissed off with it..... A true microcosm of how to run exactly the same Sport, but with a world of difference in terms of capability and execution.... Maybe it is now time to just be kind and put Speedway (British Speedway) out of its misery? Let's face it, it's not really going to get any better than this is it?

Definitely not when the Boat Race is on. .. Might impact the crowds....

A wee wee would be too much for it to hold..

Batch definitely not impressed. ...

"Adam Ellis going wider and wider chasing the dirt".... to quote Nigel... If he is really chasing the dirt he is going to finish his race in Bristol...

They are all riding it OK until they suddenly hit a nightmare spot on the track...

Good to see it seems to be getting better then?

Heat 10.... Last one out, switch the lights off please.... Be interesting to see what the Polish teams make of tonight... Might find a few lads getting a touch of 'Summer Flu' on Monday and Wednesdays between now and season end... (Oh, and on Thursdays too)... (And some still criticise Woofy for not riding in Britain?)..

Isn't there a duty of care for the riders on behalf of those who expect them to ride? I have said that I think Speedway has to lower it's ability level of rider to keep going and be affordable... However, I am slowly coming to the conclusion that having 'lesser' riders on some British Speedway tracks would be nothing but carnage... If Morris and Musielak cannot ride it then you cannot ever really comprehend running meetings with a much lower standard of rider making up the majority of team places.. Cricket Test Matches would get completed quicker than a Speedway Meeting...

When you get an 'advert' for the Sport like you had on Saturday it must have brought a few extra people to the Stadium or maybe tuned in to watch on BT... They possibly would have thought "I'll give this another go"..... Bet they regret it now... I do sometimes think that if those in charge of the Sport tried to shoot themselves in the foot they would miss... (Just watching heat 8 and the rider in the Brown helmet is leading the rider in the Brown helmet, from the rider in the Brown helmet who is well in front of the man bringing up the rear in the Brown helmet)..

Maybe those new houses have got some taps that work? Rosco should knock on and ask for a bucket or two...

Cannot blame Morris... I would be out of there sharpish first chance too...

A deceptively hot Sun..

They have just took Nick Morris' helmet away.... Presume to fill it with water and put it on the track. ..

Ask Alan where the water is?

From Cardiff on Saturday... To Swindon on Monday... Exactly the same Sport... Sublime to the Ridiculous.... British Speedway...

If the fans and riders feel this is taking the pee out of them... Maybe they could use it on the track?.

Nick Morris.... Fair comments by the way lad... (You need to come in here buddy)

Fair call then given Wright locked up a little... Not as if Morris fell completely by himself a big distance away from second..

That's what I thought.... Or is it refs discretion? The track isn't good is it? You would have thought it would have been completely soaked and a bit 'slippery' for a few races.. Going to be a dust bowl... Have they not got the water?

Wouldn't surprise me if Robert Lambert gets excluded for that...

Sadly I had the same misgivings. .. No point in having a state of the art facility and no one turns up to visit it... When you analyse it, it's quite incredible to be honest just how many 'regular customers' British Speedway has lost in such a very, very short space of time..... Usually a 'shrinking business' will lose a certain 'few' percentage of customers gradually year on year over a period of time before it becomes a threat to its existence. Giving the ailing business time to re-assess it's operating and business plans and re group... Speedway on the other hand seems to lose double digit percentages year on year, and seems to do seldom different to stem the tide (never mind turn it).... My track it is suggested has dropped from 1800 average in the first year it opened to around 1000 average in its third... An incredible (and frightening) drop... Almost half its customer base gone.... The whys and wherefores for this have been covered off at length ad infinitum, so I won't cover old ground.... It is truly staggering though the deluge of unsolicited feedback given by fans (and more importantly possibly ex fans), to those who run the Sport by its plethora of online media, and of course the World's Best Selling Speedway Magazine, the Speedway Star... Staggering too is there appears to always be an abject refusal to listen and act on the feedback given... It is truly a 'Great Sport' (as BT showed over weekend with their various programmes)... Just so sad to see it ran in a way that cannot deliver the crowds the Sport deserves..