f-s-p Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 Speedway soon could actually be more interesting with engine manufacturers Monster GM Redbull Jawa McDonalds Gerhard Google Godden Lets give it a couple of seasons & see what happens I say Some of us have been waiting for SGP racing teams since 2004 atleast, some even longer. They are still individual efforts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Smith Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 Some of us have been waiting for SGP racing teams since 2004 atleast, some even longer. They are still individual efforts. The GP's will always be individual. I'm treating the pairs like the F1 Constructors championship but the current sponsors as mentioned earlier are nonsense except for Monster but it could change. I'll give it a chance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 The GP's will always be individual. I'm treating the pairs like the F1 Constructors championship but the current sponsors as mentioned earlier are nonsense except for Monster but it could change. I'll give it a chance There's been several racing teams (two riders a team) in the SGP. They've just all faded away... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawkins20 Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 You could have plenty of new concepts for the sport, but the sport needs ones that benefit it, not outfits like One Sport that feed off it, pretending to be offering benefits to the sport. With the exception of Monster those brands are currently largely irrelevant outside Poland. Yes, it may grow, if they can find people dumb enough to become fans of corporations not their local teams or their nations. As for whether it could be of any benefit to the sport rather than One Sport and their corporate clients I really can't see it! I think its good that they get new companies into speedway. What would be a benefit for speedway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moomin man 76 Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 You could have plenty of new concepts for the sport, but the sport needs ones that benefit it, not outfits like One Sport that feed off it, pretending to be offering benefits to the sport. With the exception of Monster those brands are currently largely irrelevant outside Poland. Yes, it may grow, if they can find people dumb enough to become fans of corporations not their local teams or their nations. As for whether it could be of any benefit to the sport rather than One Sport and their corporate clients I really can't see it! Two of the teams are German 'financed' - 'City Team' and 'Trans MF Pro Race Team.' Unfortunately, as far as I am aware, both of German backers assumed that the series would be shown on Eurosport in Germany, but this proved not to be the case. I therefore can't see them wishing to be involved next year if the situation persists. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bavarian Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 When Commercial corporations are more impotant than riders or clubs in winning a speedway competition, then something is not right. Not vor me, anyway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMcCaffery Posted May 28, 2016 Report Share Posted May 28, 2016 (edited) I think its good that they get new companies into speedway. What would be a benefit for speedway? With the exception of Monster these are Polish and German businesses. many of which were already involved. One Sport's propaganda seems to be working well. Two of the teams are German 'financed' - 'City Team' and 'Trans MF Pro Race Team.' Unfortunately, as far as I am aware, both of German backers assumed that the series would be shown on Eurosport in Germany, but this proved not to be the case. I therefore can't see them wishing to be involved next year if the situation persists. Apologies, I hadn't realised they weren't all Polish. It does show how these businesses' dedication to the sport is skin deep though. Ultimately it is up to individuals whether they believe that 'corporate speedway' is the way to go. It might bring some money in .... for some.... but I simply do not trust what is going on here. A lot of people seem mesmerised by One Sport's spin but then you can fool some of the people all of the time. Edited May 28, 2016 by rmc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphrey Appleby Posted May 28, 2016 Report Share Posted May 28, 2016 So, are you calling fans of F1's Ferrari, Mercedes & Redbull dumb?? Are you calling fans of MotoGP's Movistar Yamaha, Repsol Honda & Monster Yamaha Tech 3 dumb?? In most cases the teams long predate the sponsors, or are actually vehicle or engine manufacturers themselves. There has also never really been any distinctive club structure in those sports to start with, Although I do follow F1 and to a lesser extent MotoGP, I'm largely oblivious to the sponsors. It used to be interesting when cars were mobile fag packets with 6 wheels and you had Scaletrix models of them to race yourself, but just can't excited about mobile pop cans in the same way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trees Posted May 29, 2016 Report Share Posted May 29, 2016 For me It'll always be about the riders involved, I certainly don't like the "Best Triple" aspect of the competition. Whether it will ultimately appeal to non speedway fans, easy to recognise colours, faceless rides, I don't know. One sport are trying to tap into riches, we'll see eh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islander15 Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 Where can I find the riding order for Saturday to set up the updates thread please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 http://www.speedway.org/speedway-best-pairs/2016/index.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 http://www.speedway.org/speedway-best-pairs/2016/index.html Or my post 212 on the previous page 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islander15 Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 Or my post 212 on the previous page Fair enough. I just noticed there hadn't been a post this week and didn't expect the organisers to be so proactive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted June 3, 2016 Report Share Posted June 3, 2016 (edited) Just a reminder final round on tomorrow Saturday 4th June live on Eurosport 2 at 7pm. Eurosport commentary team of messrs Rowe and Ermolenko will be broadcasting live from the Ostrow track Edited June 3, 2016 by racers and royals 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama Posted June 3, 2016 Report Share Posted June 3, 2016 (edited) Meeting will start at 8pm (local time) - so it's 7pm GB time. Edited June 3, 2016 by Mama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted June 3, 2016 Report Share Posted June 3, 2016 Meeting will start at 8pm (local time) - so it's 7pm GB time.Thanks Mama- I had set the planner to record the highlights of the previous round instead of the live final round which indeed starts at 7 pm uk time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob B Posted June 3, 2016 Report Share Posted June 3, 2016 Will Lindback be riding? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostwalker Posted June 3, 2016 Report Share Posted June 3, 2016 Will Lindback be riding? No other changes then that Woffinden will be riding for Team Monster have been announced. http://www.speedwaynyheter.se/2016/06/03/sbp-infor-den-tredje-deltavlingen/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted June 3, 2016 Report Share Posted June 3, 2016 Or my post 212 on the previous page I don't normally read your posts as they are copied and not transated from polish,which is a Slavic language.I generally go for Germanic, languages(german,danish,swedish),which are languages that share some common relationship to english Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted June 3, 2016 Report Share Posted June 3, 2016 I don't normally read your posts as they are copied and not transated from polish,which is a Slavic language.I generally go for Germanic, languages(german,danish,swedish),which are languages that share some common relationship to english You " like this " to most of my posts- without reading them-very clever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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