Noodles Posted February 20, 2017 Report Share Posted February 20, 2017 Apologies if this has been covered else where. I was just listening to the radio and an advert came on for the MCN Festival of Speed at Peterborough 13-14 May. In the advert it states speedway will be one of the attractions. Surprised by this, anyone know anything more? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foamfence Posted February 20, 2017 Report Share Posted February 20, 2017 (edited) An ad for it.... http://www.mcnfestival.com/ Newcastle are there on the Saturday. Edited February 20, 2017 by foamfence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Posted February 20, 2017 Report Share Posted February 20, 2017 We've run a flattrack meeting there the past two years with a British Championship round plus a Transatlantic Challenge with a star American topping the bill, Colin Edwards last year and Kevin Schwantz the previous one. Perhaps they are running some Speedway races alongside, always seemed crazy to me that they don't have the sport on show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulco Posted February 20, 2017 Report Share Posted February 20, 2017 We've run a flattrack meeting there the past two years with a British Championship round plus a Transatlantic Challenge with a star American topping the bill, Colin Edwards last year and Kevin Schwantz the previous one. Perhaps they are running some Speedway races alongside, always seemed crazy to me that they don't have the sport on show. They cancelled Glasgow's visit there 5 days before I was due to travel there , 2 years ago , had to cancel my hotel and make alternative arrangements , ended up at Scunthorpe v Rye House instead . So the MCN show is a bloody nuisance to speedway . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford Posted February 20, 2017 Report Share Posted February 20, 2017 They should race a speedway bike against a flattracker to show the superior speed of a speedway bike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Posted February 20, 2017 Report Share Posted February 20, 2017 Yeah then they could race a rally car against an f1 car as they are two different sports as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted February 22, 2017 Report Share Posted February 22, 2017 An ad for it.... http://www.mcnfestival.com/ Newcastle are there on the Saturday. This was for years the BMF rally (British Motorcycle Federation) in its heyday it attracted 80,000 over the weekend, for various reasons a couple of years ago MCN step-in & took the date over! Most years that the BMF ran the event it featured a vintage speedway demonstration which worked very successfully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 24, 2017 Report Share Posted February 24, 2017 This was for years the BMF rally (British Motorcycle Federation) in its heyday it attracted 80,000 over the weekend, for various reasons a couple of years ago MCN step-in & took the date over! Most years that the BMF ran the event it featured a vintage speedway demonstration which worked very successfully. Would this have been 'The Men In Black" with riders including Terry Stone and Stu Towner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted February 24, 2017 Report Share Posted February 24, 2017 Would this have been 'The Men In Black" with riders including Terry Stone and Stu Towner? .................. and Ted Ede on occasions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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