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Seems a lot for match races. I think one downside of the Gold/Silver helmet challenges was fans didn't usually know in advance of it happening at their track. So the extra needed crowds didn't materialise to pay for the additional racing. But if your figures of £1000 are correct I'd certainly tell the riders where to stick the helmets.

Well it was only two of them....with a maximum of three races....surely promoters weren't that stingy?

Why not add to the variety of meetings by bringing back the 'Golden Helmet' / 'Silver Helmet' match races? (anyone recall these?). I never did understand why these mostly excellent two man races were dropped.

There's a lot of dire here.

With promoters taking turns to aim at their feet !!!!

Followed by promoters singing "why does it always rain on me ?" (with guests Wet Wet Wet).

One guy called Chris will become a hero for all five Premiership teams for sure.

Welcome mate. So here we have our top division. Yes just the 5 teams-why what's wrong with that? Hey wait! Come back let me explain - oh ok forget it, Anyone else like to join us? Come on speedway is a top professional sport (hope he's gullible) - worldwide as well. It was ranked the second most popular UK sport once upon a time *( not a fairy story). Now ranked 16th according to a recent post on this forum (page 112 by Iainb). So come my friends join the speedway world in 2026 you are needed and most of all your cash. By the way the lower division has a massive 9 clubs. What do you mean that's rubbish too? Oh bye then......next please!!!

How do you attract new fans? It will be so difficult to explain what a 'speedway league' consists of !!!!

No just straight to play off...riders can then sit back and await whatever 2027 has in store for them. Many in need of cash could use the summer months to assist with touring circuses - they'd feel at home with such jobs.

The play offs could be five heats with 5 riders in each (one from each team) and it could all be settled in around 2 hours. This saves one team having sit out the all important play offs to save some embarrassment.

Cheers for that excellent post....I'm puzzled re Greyhound racing because whenever I've watched it on SKY there seems to be more dogs than fans?

Obviously you're taking the p regarding a serious professional sport. Can you, or any other forum poster, remember when speedway was classed as the second most popular UK sport? (after football). I'm not taking the p but maybe my old memory bank is letting me down?

Brilliant post enjoyed reading that- don't forget we've lost Woolworths.☹️

The general opinion on here is that speedway is doomed unless a sugar daddy of some sort saves the day .. come on 'arry. Sadly Speedway is to lose TV coverage. But already lost ,down the years, are media outlets from where you could access speedway results, yes TV sports channels, Ceefax, Radio Two sports round up at 10pm.Local tv news, newspapers. All now ignore speedway as a much loved sport, well I love it!!.. But hang on there is a sister/brother track related sport who suffer the same total media ignorance but I don't see there promoters seeking urgent help. I'm talking about stock cars - stox invariably have bigger crowds than speedway don't they? But they are not on last knockings as some say about speedway, so why are the stox more popular UK wide? Do the 'drivers' earn as much as speedway riders? Can speedway somehow join forces with the stox i.e. shared meetings on shale surfaces, probably 5 man speedway.. Just my thoughts on getting speedway a cash flow to keep the flag flying.

Is Peter Adams still involved with speedway? Not seen his acerbic interviews on TV for a while - he was very entertaining.

Ian Thomas was a top promoter and a magician (He really was). There's the great Derwent Park story regarding when an official came to measure the track width prior to granting Comets a licence. Ian was worried about this and when they held the tape between them Ian had unknowingly wrapped a fair length around a covered wrist. The guy at the other send shouted "that's Ok Ian" and the magician had pulled off another of his many tricks.🤣...Top top promoter.

Attendance figures are never given to the public (apart from play off finals ?) so how do you know these secretive numbers? Obviously the sport is in a big decline!

Andrew.....Speedway returned to Workington in 1999........not 1990 !!!

Used to love the weekenders following the Comets to Canterbury and Eastbourne. Maybe Poole and Plymouth will be as enjoyable?

Yeah too many people barking up the wrong tree on here.............

Yes so the UK did have a big Empire then with plenty of possible riders.... just that bikes were harder to find.

Was anything revealed regarding the 2026 league set up, i.e. one or two divisions or was that subject taboo ?

Sounds like a name for most speedway promoters !!!!!

With Santa gonna be quite worried about the March 'rain dear'.......