IainB

£20 is a fair price... but we love Speedway, would you pay £20 to go watch a MotoX meet? I have no interest in MX, don't know anything about it but having just done a quick google search there was a meeting at Oxford last year, Sunday entrance was £25 and for that there was nearly 5 hours track time... compared to our 15 minutes... actually for 5 hours I might https://tmxnews.co.uk/news/motocross/british-motocross-championship/mxgb-2022-british-motocross-championship-guide-riders-travel/

You know my feelings about "2nd halfs", as this was my way into Speedway and this biggest promotional tool the sport has, the let em in free option has been closed off with the abandonment of 2 halfs. £20 for something you may never have seen before is quite an outlay these days, but if you've been to a few 2nd half freebies and thought, I like the look of this you may be more inclined to shell out for the "real thing", I know me and my dad were and a lifelong hobby began. And I'm talking about proper 2nd halfs, not just junior track time practice sessions, 2nd halfs that involve the senior members of the club, maybe for them to try things out etc. It's time for the riders to step up to the plate to save the sport in this country by not disappearing as soon as the 15 heats are over to their next booking for a different club. And it wasn't just a tool to get fans in, it was also a tool to get local companies involved with sponsorship, companies would sponsor the Rider of the Night trophy and bring clients along and have their photo taken with the winner at the end of the night.

Because there are absolutely no sporting consequences

Yeah, i know, i get you... for some reason these guys fly under the radar, they're not as high profile as some of the other kids, they're quite quiet, they just go about their business scoring points

JT was 2nd top scorer for Scunny tonight... and barely got a mention on BSN, now there's people on here speculating he'll be replaced and the same for DT on the Leicester thread... people need to cut these kids a break

Or Gategate

If we have a wet May what's the next competition to be culled? The KO Cup?

Some great team riding between Nick Morris and Alfie Bowtell tonight

Glasgow back in it?

Is no competition safe from a shambles?

Jubilee Trophy?!?

The club will also be making a significant announcement before racing starts, and supporters in the stadium will get to hear the news first. LEICESTER: Max Fricke, Justin Sedgmen, Richard Lawson, Chris Harris, Nick Morris, Jake Allen, Dan Thompson. WOLVERHAMPTON: Sam Masters, Steve Worrall, Rory Schlein, Ryan Douglas, Scott Nicholls, Zach Cook, Leon Flint.

Was mentioned during commentary on Saturday night that the bikes have Rev limiters set to 13,000(?)... has this always been the case? And is that being applied across Speedway? (BL?)

what did he say?

You forgot to mention KK... although Krosno will probably insist he goes to Wolves

Don't forget we're talking about Ilya Bendybonko, he'll be good for at least 3 turns around the showground I'm sure

Yeah... feeling your pain a bit this season. It's a sign of the times with the trouble the sport is in but he's become a bit of a joke within Speedway and it ain't particularly funny when your team ain't winning

5 guests, 1 R/R and 1 team member... I think it's been done

Unless it's Rider/Replacement

If that's the case, I'd rather hang on to Max

Whilst very much being a Bomber fan, based mainly on his performance for Coventry in "that" play off final... I must admit that now he's riding for "my" team again and we're currently not very good I'm finding his omnipresence throughout speedway a bit of a p1ss take and a bit disrespectful. He's even riding for Peterborough tonight after a pretty average display this morning. I never thought I'd find myself thinking this but would I need unhappy to see him replaced? Probably not tbh.

Of course... I was forgetting that

Even cheaper when you consider the Rouble ain't worth rubbish at the moment

And therein lies the issue, visually I'd say the crowds, while they've been OK, have been down on the last couple of seasons. Is that because of a losing/drawing team or because of Thursday night racing? Probably a bit of both and a stuttering start because of the weather. I hope they're not going to break the bank in search of increased numbers based on a name that nobody outside of the sport will ever have heard of. Though if it is the Ruski we're all thinking of and not Bendybonko maybe a few more will turn out to see a World Champion... hope so

Bendybonko! YES!