It was strange watching live speedway on the box tonight, usually I'm at kent on Mondays. The coverage was decent and the racing was pretty good as well.
I was told at Lydd yesterday that some tracks will be charging £20, plus programme and parking. An astronomical amount for such a watered down product.
The attendance seemed very big for the Belle Vue meeting, run after the 1985 word final. At the time i thought it was Halifax's biggest crowd in years.
I last saw Billy at Wimbledon v Mildenhall on the 17th. I was on the track staff at time. I remember him doing the track walk with the Fen Tigers riders.
It's not all down to the referee though is it, the pits staff need to be on the ball as well. Far too many riders don't arrive at the tapes until the 2 minutes is about to expire.
With Roger Cearns being the promoter and stadium owner, the Kings have probably run rent free from day one. The implications of having new landlords, could be huge for speedway at central park.