Gresham Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 Reading the thread 'Alarmingly low crowds' got me thinking about my own 'local' tracks and the catchment area they have to work with. My nearest two tracks are both 40 and 42 miles away...both can be reached by motorway, and take an on average an hour to drive to. The former can take up to two hours some Fridays as the motorway is often congested with holiday traffic. Someone posted about Berwick's crowds being slightly up and that the promotors had been pro active. I don't think anyone would know Speedway still exists within an hour of where I live...have never seen it advertised or promoted. How far do you travel, and how far away do promotors advertise and expect people to travel from? It's never really crossed my mind before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 I think you will find - and don't accept this as a positive - that most speedway promotions target an area within 20 miles of their track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 (edited) For people like me who live in the Crystal Palace-Penge-Croydon area of London, getting to and from a track near to London - Rye House, Lakeside or Kent Kings - is an impossibility. Getting to them would be enough of a problem, but trying the return journey late in the evening would be completely out of the question. Even when Wimbledon were running, for me it involved three buses and getting home at about 11.30pm. And leaving home to get to Plough Lane at a reasonable time meant departure about 5.15pm. So, overall a round trip to Plough Lane was about six hours for me. Edited May 1, 2016 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 Reading the thread 'Alarmingly low crowds' got me thinking about my own 'local' tracks and the catchment area they have to work with. My nearest two tracks are both 40 and 42 miles away...both can be reached by motorway, and take an on average an hour to drive to. The former can take up to two hours some Fridays as the motorway is often congested with holiday traffic. Someone posted about Berwick's crowds being slightly up and that the promotors had been pro active. I don't think anyone would know Speedway still exists within an hour of where I live...have never seen it advertised or promoted. How far do you travel, and how far away do promotors advertise and expect people to travel from? It's never really crossed my mind before. I remember being on a day visit to Hastings some years ago and was surprised to see so many posters advertising the stock car meetings at Arlington. One other hand, I did not see one to advertise Eastbourne speedway. One of speedway's faults in regards to attendances is a seeming inability to publicise the sport to the public-at-large. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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