some cycle speedway pictures i took on Sunday .. North Park (Norwich) v Great Blakenham
http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_womble/sets/72157629726760649/
at least one contributor on this thread is in some of them ......
after the first practice session Nicholls & Barker were both changed and rode no more, yet the Poles used every minute, even having 4 of them on track at once .. and the difference tonight ........
i park in the carpark on Herbert Street, the one nearest the stadium .. i think they charge about £8 all day, and they say they close about an hour after last race .. still a handy place to park, only a short walk
i thought that when the GP was held in Sydney a few years ago there was so much money lost by the promoter it was quickly knocked on the head.
not sure if it wasn't well enough supported or what the reason was, but i think financially it was a bit of a disaster.
i also noticed at the start of the thread Dirt mentioned New Zealand when listing previous world titles etc, but that country soon disappeared from the thread when the mention of where a GP should be held came up
people moaned when KL went PL, people moaned when KL were winning big each week, people moaned when KL were losing meetings at home .. never please all the people all the time, that's life