customhouseregular Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 What a pile of **** and the speedway would not entice a single new fan either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 What a pile of **** and the speedway would not entice a single new fan either. Very harsh I think CHR and unworthy of you. I agree the Speedway wasn't the best but it was part of a Drama. If one person watching that decided to investigate what Speedway was - it will have been excellent publicity - and crucially for FREE. No doubt Lakeside benefited financially too. A win, win situation don't you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arson fire Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 Very harsh I think CHR and unworthy of you. I agree the Speedway wasn't the best but it was part of a Drama. If one person watching that decided to investigate what Speedway was - it will have been excellent publicity - and crucially for FREE. No doubt Lakeside benefited financially too. A win, win situation don't you think? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 Thanks for the time check Arson. :rofl: :rofl: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Continuity alert. How come the Lakeside number 6 was in the pits and in the race at the same time? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon Hammer Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Kim Nilsson was in the pits in the clip just before the hand-over; seems to have vanished, just before the fight started! Favourite part is when we first see the villain walking under the stand & one of the extras gives the lamest fist pump ever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customhouseregular Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Very harsh I think CHR and unworthy of you. I agree the Speedway wasn't the best but it was part of a Drama. If one person watching that decided to investigate what Speedway was - it will have been excellent publicity - and crucially for FREE. No doubt Lakeside benefited financially too. A win, win situation don't you think? Maybe my career as a TV critic will be short-lived 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffdiamond Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Very harsh I think CHR and unworthy of you. I agree the Speedway wasn't the best but it was part of a Drama. If one person watching that decided to investigate what Speedway was - it will have been excellent publicity - and crucially for FREE. No doubt Lakeside benefited financially too. A win, win situation don't you think? it's a pity Darcy Ward didn't hang out with Kate Moss, or out of ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphrey Appleby Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 it's a pity Darcy Ward didn't hang out with Kate Moss, or out of ;-) If Shane Warne can pull Liz Hurley, then there's hope for any sportsman... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pugwash Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Continuity alert. How come the Lakeside number 6 was in the pits and in the race at the same time? It's all done with mirrors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Maybe my career as a TV critic will be short-lived HaHa CHR. Don't give up the day job. :rofl: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Primetime BBC One, probably watched by more people than the whole speedway season added together on sky and a better advert for speedway than the June 1 sky meeting to boot. It's a win win! How many people watched it and said, "We used to have a speedway track in XXX*". Used to amaze me in the Tim Stone era the people who would say to me, "we used to have a rack in Newport" when I mentioned speedway in Newpport. *XXX = there local town or city. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customhouseregular Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Maybe I am totally wrong and will be ready to admit it if people disagree with me, but I just felt that anyone watching who had never seen or heard of speedway would not have been encouraged to want to see more. Lakeside is far from atmospheric and the place was almost empty, which hardly gave the impression of a viable sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedway102285 Posted June 15, 2015 Report Share Posted June 15, 2015 Maybe I am totally wrong and will be ready to admit it if people disagree with me, but I just felt that anyone watching who had never seen or heard of speedway would not have been encouraged to want to see more. Lakeside is far from atmospheric and the place was almost empty, which hardly gave the impression of a viable sport. Because it isn't !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester Lion Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 Pearson and Tatum have been giving us clues for years... telling their viewers about Charlie in the pits (who seems very popular with the riders). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E I Addio Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 Maybe I am totally wrong and will be ready to admit it if people disagree with me, but I just felt that anyone watching who had never seen or heard of speedway would not have been encouraged to want to see more. Lakeside is far from atmospheric and the place was almost empty, which hardly gave the impression of a viable sport. The place was almost empty because a lot of the crowds scenes were not at a meeting, just actors drafted in. When do you ever see a Speedwáy crowd looking like that lot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customhouseregular Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 The place was almost empty because a lot of the crowds scenes were not at a meeting, just actors drafted in. When do you ever see a Speedwáy crowd looking like that lot? I knew that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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