CaptainAudi Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 http://m.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/speedway/monarchs-director-to-build-speedway-training-track-1-3847523 Great news for everyone involved, looking forward to take a couple of trips through when completed! Also hope Glasgows plans go ahead, good luck to them! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Superb News. I sincerely hope that this is a sucessful venture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenryW Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Great news. Although it never produced any World stars, the Linlithgow track provided many solid premier league performers over the years it was running and it would be great to see this happening again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyretrax Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Great news, good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teaboy279 Posted August 5, 2015 Report Share Posted August 5, 2015 Suprised that no one has tried putting Speedway in at either Cowdenbeath or 3 miles away at loghgelly banger tracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatwick Rocket Posted August 5, 2015 Report Share Posted August 5, 2015 Ian Hoskins did put speedway in at Cowdenbeath in 1965, in the hope of joining the new British League. Reckoned he could get a decent crowd from the nearby towns as well as the local population. Reading this thread yesterday led me to the same thought though, why doesn't somebody try it again now. From a quick look it would seem the stock cars operate all the time and there is no space for speedway track and stock car track to co-exist. So probably no chance unless the stock cars go away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teaboy279 Posted August 9, 2015 Report Share Posted August 9, 2015 Cowdenbeath run banger racing sat nights, whilst football is sat afternoon. So barring mid week football matches the stadium is free 5/6 nights a week. Lochgelly operates banger racing on Sunday afternoons and occasional Saturday evenings so again many free evenings to be used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted August 9, 2015 Report Share Posted August 9, 2015 Cowdenbeath run banger racing sat nights, whilst football is sat afternoon. So barring mid week football matches the stadium is free 5/6 nights a week. Lochgelly operates banger racing on Sunday afternoons and occasional Saturday evenings so again many free evenings to be used. The track is Tarmac now is it not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSC67 Posted August 9, 2015 Report Share Posted August 9, 2015 The track is Tarmac now is it not. Yes , been that way since the Socks moved from Newtongrange to The Racewall 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted August 9, 2015 Report Share Posted August 9, 2015 Yes , been that way since the Socks moved from Newtongrange to The RacewallThought so ,has been Tarmac for along time.40years? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topsoil Posted August 9, 2015 Report Share Posted August 9, 2015 Either way this is fantastic news for Scottish speedway. Edinburgh, Glasgow and to a certain extent Berwick should all benefit from having local training tracks with which to bring on young local riders. Hopefully one day in the not too distant future all three teams will be filled with local riders. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chucks Posted August 9, 2015 Report Share Posted August 9, 2015 Suprised that no one has tried putting Speedway in at either Cowdenbeath or 3 miles away at loghgelly banger tracks. been to lochgelly many times .imo its got speedway writing all over it .the hardie family opened this by themselfs.and have made a right proper good job of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee jay Posted August 11, 2015 Report Share Posted August 11, 2015 more great news for Scottish speedway , and it's got to be an overnight trip for Eastbourne if/when they enter a team in the league Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatwick Rocket Posted August 11, 2015 Report Share Posted August 11, 2015 Is the track at Lochgelly tarmac or shale? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falkirkbandit Posted August 12, 2015 Report Share Posted August 12, 2015 I cycled out Avonbridge way yesterday. The Auto Grass track is signed, but as i was cycling, i could see it anyway over the hedges. I went up the lane, but obviously access to the track area was off limits by a padlocked gate. I've no idea where the training track will be being built, but there's certainly plenty land all around. I'll keep popping up now and again if the weather is decent on my days off and see how it's progressing. I had no idea the Auto Grass races even existed up my way. Shame i work weekends, as it's the Scottish Open this weekend. On the link here, there's a video of some of the racing. http://scottishautograss.co.uk/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george.m Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 Suprised that no one has tried putting Speedway in at either Cowdenbeath or 3 miles away at loghgelly banger tracks. Speedway would never be financially viable there. People in Lochgelly don't pay for anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falkirkbandit Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 I was out and about on my bike today again, and took the first four photos today. The fifth photo was one that i took on my phone when i visited over a week ago, at the padlocked gate to the Auto Grass track. I've made an album on Google+ so anyone can see, instead of faffing about with privacy settings on Facebook. To save writing a description here, i've left a comment about the photos in the album description. https://plus.google.com/photos/+MartinHastings/albums/6184753592486238561 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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