But how is any of that gonna get the next generation of followers through the gates? Most speedway fans are nearer to death than not, it's all about getting new younger people to watch. In my opinion that should be upper most in any revamps. the whole evening needs to change to attract new people and to get them going back.
I say the same about the age thing. Without the next generation the sport is dead anyway. That's the first thing that needs addressing. Maybe promotions on drinks my help. Just look at the darts . plenty of jugs of beer flowing. Maybe put on a free bus from the town?
Maybe make it more like the darts. So it's more than one meeting at a venue, maybe a weekend. 2 meetings per day. Then a couple of weeks later the same again it a different venue. And so on.
They probably couldn't afford turning up for all the rain offs. So decided to show other things.
Wasn't it in the original agreement that clubs got covers for the tracks?
Whatever the reason, speedway is only heading one way, and it's not up.
Personally I don't think it's ever been so bad. Sky didn't even want it anymore. I didn't even bother going on Thursday, and that's gonna happen more and more. Just a quick look around the crowd will show you how long speedway has left. I would say about 75 percent of an already small crowd is over 60 years of age. So where is the future of speedway?
So last week we had one race with passing and this week 2 races with passing? So the track and racing was twice as good. Maybe next week with a couple more of the track tweaks we can get 3 heats with passing.
From the gate seemed to used on updates a lot tonight. Was it really grippy? Really slick? Lots of dirt? No dirt? Chris has said there have been tweaks to the track, did it work? Honestly please
Something obviously clicked heat 8 onwards
Actually the more I think about it, it's this one is the one not to miss. On paper it should be good. So I think I may just bite the bullet this week and see what's on offer