Guest BRUSPRING Posted February 9, 2003 Report Share Posted February 9, 2003 IN THE 1970'S,I PREFERED SPEEDWAY MAIL TO SPEEDWAY STAR.THERE SEEMED TO BE MUCH MORE IN IT. WHAT DO U LOT THINK? :?: :?: :?: :?: :?: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liontamer Posted February 9, 2003 Report Share Posted February 9, 2003 WHAT DO U LOT THINK? Er yes, I think you probably did. :clown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevH Posted February 9, 2003 Report Share Posted February 9, 2003 They say the cream always rises to the top - and Speedway Star is still with us - that should mean something. Having said that I do remember reading the Mail under the bed clothes as a kid with a torch and a good read it was too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BRUSPRING Posted February 9, 2003 Report Share Posted February 9, 2003 DONT GET ME WRONG.I LOVE THE STAR, ITS SUPERB.JUST I REMEMBER THE MAIL WITH AFFECTION. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liontamer Posted February 9, 2003 Report Share Posted February 9, 2003 Having said that I do remember reading the Mail under the bed clothes as a kid with a torch and a good read it was too. I remember reading magazines under the bedclothes by torchlight too. Probably explains why I never felt the need to buy a tent. :clown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevH Posted February 9, 2003 Report Share Posted February 9, 2003 Having said that I do remember reading the Mail under the bed clothes as a kid with a torch and a good read it was too. I remember reading magazines under the bedclothes by torchlight too. Probably explains why I never felt the need to buy a tent. :clown My bet is your magazines were glossier than the Speedway Mail though LT? :clown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addy Posted February 9, 2003 Report Share Posted February 9, 2003 My bet is your magazines were glossier than the Speedway Mail though LT? :clown My goodness, You learn something new about people everyday :!: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midnight_Lady Posted February 10, 2003 Report Share Posted February 10, 2003 My goodness, You learn something new about people everyday Not really Addy, they are MALE after all is said and done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted February 10, 2003 Report Share Posted February 10, 2003 I wrote for Speedway Mail for a while. Crap payers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dicky Arbiter Posted February 10, 2003 Report Share Posted February 10, 2003 I wrote for Speedway Mail for a while. Crap payers! And I EDITED the Speedway Mail for a spell and totally agree with your comments on payments!!!! :x :!: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grave Posted February 10, 2003 Report Share Posted February 10, 2003 My dad was a contributor to the Mail for words and pictures - Bruce Grainger (RIP). We weren't allowed to buy the Star for some time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svg2 Posted February 10, 2003 Report Share Posted February 10, 2003 I remember the Mail to, I thought it was very good. its a shame we cant have it back as well as the star, two reads would be better than one I suppose. why did it finish? anyone know, from what we`ve heard about crap paying, probably lack of finance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiled Bandit Posted February 11, 2003 Report Share Posted February 11, 2003 Sadly more people miss it than ever bought it ... hence its disappearance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerblade Posted February 12, 2003 Report Share Posted February 12, 2003 It always seemed to be a bit more "sensationalist" than the Star to me, although it seems a shame that the sport can't support more than one weekly paper, lots of other "minority" sports seem to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shazzybird Posted February 14, 2003 Report Share Posted February 14, 2003 I prefer the Star! The Mail was always a big paper and I was only small I couldn't hold it! :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howling gorgon Posted February 14, 2003 Report Share Posted February 14, 2003 Anyone remember a shortlived Speedway Now - think it was produced by Russell Lanning when the Montine Dons Raced a few years back, that had potential, but dissapeared without trace. :twisted: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted February 14, 2003 Report Share Posted February 14, 2003 I remember Speedway Now. Russell Lanning took over Speedway Mail at one time too, but he wasn't there very long. I also remember Speedway Mail going the same size as Speedway Star for a while. I think they were trying various ways of increasing the readership. It was always more difficult to obtain, though, other than at the tracks themselves. I could always find Speedway Star in a newsagent somewhere, but never Speedway Mail. That can't have helped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatface Posted February 14, 2003 Report Share Posted February 14, 2003 I did get the Mail, but I always thought the Star was superior. 1. Colour photos, 2. Proper journalists Also remember Speedway Now. It seemed to be aimed at a teenage sort of market with posters of Andy Silver and Gary Havelock in skateboard gear. Nice idea, didn't work though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted February 14, 2003 Report Share Posted February 14, 2003 2. Proper journalists He he he. You're not wrong there. I noticed that they never had anything on Reading every week in Speedway Mail so I thought I'd write something myself and fax it in. Couldn't believe it when they started printing it! I had a problem though - no access to the riders. Therefore I used to get my rider quotes by writing down what they said over the PA during the meeting. I often wondered if anyone ever actually noticed this. I did do a proper interview with Jeremy Doncaster once though, when they gave me his phone number and asked me to call him. I felt such a charlatan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackofdiamonds Posted February 15, 2003 Report Share Posted February 15, 2003 what a good looker Grachen is. But I digress. What let the Mail down was it looked like the SUN. Although it had top writers and photographers, it always seemed to be a poor mans Speedway Star. Maybe there is only room for one national magazine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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