The public certainly voted with their feet tonight, and who can blame them. Mildenhall tried hard with their limited resources, but it was all over when the line ups were announced.
The vast majority of stock car meetings are on Wednesday nights and bank holiday Mondays. I don't see how they could have an impact on Saturday speedway.
Like you say, for a seaside town like Eastbourne not to have a full home fixture list in the summer months is insanety. They are not alone in this madness though, are they.
That hasn't been the case with the NL play offs though has it. Belle vue, Kent and lakeside had priority in their semi final 2nd legs. Both Glasgow and Newcastle had fixtures on the same nights.