Monsoon conditions tonight meant no chance of any racing. I wonder if the kent management realise the first leg of the EL play off final is scheduled for next Friday, weather permitting of course!
for a lot of supporters it's top flight racing or nothing. I know this from being a lifelong Wimbledon fan, when we dropped down in 1985 a lot of people stopped going, never to return.
Because of the shocking state of the EL the panthers were probably better off in the PL, but they really needed a Friday or weekend race day to stand any chance of making it pay.
This coming Friday sees the hammers visit Central Park for the last meeting of the season. I'm not a great fan of challenge matches, but I will make the effort if it survives this spell of unsettled weather.
If the panthers do fold, maybe the BSPA could stage some big meetings at the showground. It would be a tragedy for speedway to lose such a great venue.
As a neutral with no axe to grind, I thought coventry prepared a shocking track last night. The riders of both sides deserve great credit for soldiering on when conditions were far from ideal. Charles ochiltree would turn in his grave if he could see what has happened to his beloved Brandon this season.
I know I sound like a broken record. At the rate the sport is declining in this country, what crowd levels will be attending speedway by the time this venue gets built.
Apart from the delays, I didn't think it was too bad a meeting, but that might be down to how little I expect from speedway these days. On such a warm day the track was under watered from the start, with dust rising from heat 1. I tend to agree with you shads, maybe it's time this meeting was moved elsewhere.