cityrebel Posted June 17, 2021 Report Share Posted June 17, 2021 2 hours ago, hans fan said: He doesn’t own henlow he rents it The lease has run out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodles Posted June 17, 2021 Report Share Posted June 17, 2021 4 hours ago, heathen52 said: I wouldnt know about the step outside bit, but he does (or companies he owns) own Henlow Greyhound Stadium and when thats sold for Housing Development that should give him enough ££££££,s to purchase Oxford or some other Sports Stadia, the operative word being Sports Stadia not somewhere thats rife for Development as they cost a good deal more £££££,s. No chance that the sale of Henlow would cover the purchase of Oxford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIRKYLANE Posted June 18, 2021 Report Share Posted June 18, 2021 Great news for Oxford fans. Greyhounds to return which means it makes sense to put Speedway on and increase stadium revenue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technik Posted June 18, 2021 Report Share Posted June 18, 2021 Brilliant news for all those Oxford fans who never stopped believing plus Coventry, Swindon, Reading, Rye House, & Arena fans will be able to see some racing closer to home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted June 18, 2021 Report Share Posted June 18, 2021 Nice piece on Meridian News today too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangerBoy Posted June 19, 2021 Report Share Posted June 19, 2021 On 6/16/2021 at 1:32 PM, Steve Shovlar said: He has said he is open for speedway to return. Guess it’s down to someone with the money to promote speedway to go and see him. Could always get the Stock Car boys in and have a chance of making a profit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proud panther Posted June 19, 2021 Report Share Posted June 19, 2021 1 hour ago, BangerBoy said: Could always get the Stock Car boys in and have a chance of making a profit More likely option, in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hans fan Posted June 19, 2021 Report Share Posted June 19, 2021 22 hours ago, Skidder1 said: Nice piece on Meridian News today too! Complete and utter bull. Million pound investment I’ve read some cack in my time that’s the biggest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple.H. Posted June 19, 2021 Report Share Posted June 19, 2021 5 hours ago, BangerBoy said: Could always get the Stock Car boys in and have a chance of making a profit Bangers etc have no chance unless the Council change all their Green Eco friendly promises You have more chance of Boris and Co. admitting they don't have a clue what they're doing while spunking your money into their chums pockets than that happening Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TB1 Posted June 19, 2021 Report Share Posted June 19, 2021 I use to really like Oxford although being an Ipswich fan most times we got turned over! I guess the place including the excellent restaurant must be in a right 2 and 8 these days? However if it did reopen surely the first laps would have to be ridden by the master himself? In my opinion still the greatest rider of all time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted June 19, 2021 Report Share Posted June 19, 2021 43 minutes ago, TB1 said: I use to really like Oxford although being an Ipswich fan most times we got turned over! I guess the place including the excellent restaurant must be in a right 2 and 8 these days? However if it did reopen surely the first laps would have to be ridden by the master himself? In my opinion still the greatest rider of all time. We used to have some great tussles with the "Witches" none more so than the 1985 Knock Out Cup Final second leg at Cowley...probably one of the greatest nights ever at Oxford! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teaboy279 Posted June 20, 2021 Report Share Posted June 20, 2021 17 hours ago, BangerBoy said: Could always get the Stock Car boys in and have a chance of making a profit No chance, simply due to having no put space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted June 20, 2021 Report Share Posted June 20, 2021 39 minutes ago, teaboy279 said: No chance, simply due to having no put space. Personally I don't think it would get thru' noise restrictions? Cars tend to be much louder than bikes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TB1 Posted June 20, 2021 Report Share Posted June 20, 2021 14 hours ago, steve roberts said: We used to have some great tussles with the "Witches" none more so than the 1985 Knock Out Cup Final second leg at Cowley...probably one of the greatest nights ever at Oxford! Lots of people moaning at our end about poor performances recently at least we have a well supported team with good local media coverage. For that we should be grateful. Hope it all works out down there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted June 30, 2021 Report Share Posted June 30, 2021 (edited) Apparently volunteers are being asked to help clean up the stadium in anticipation of re-opening? If I was still local I would certainly make myself known at Sandy Lane having helped out during the rescue of the stadium back in 1976 and also when under the Wagstaff regime. I wish them well! Edited June 30, 2021 by steve roberts 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple.H. Posted July 1, 2021 Report Share Posted July 1, 2021 There is a Speedway Special sports show on BBC Radio Oxford this Saturday at 2pm . Think there's a phone in and an interview with Jason Crump. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko Posted July 2, 2021 Report Share Posted July 2, 2021 Great news, as an Arena Essex/Lakeside fan the only match I can recall at Cowley was when Christian Heffonbrock went through the card helping an away win, probably the only time we won at Oxford although I don’t think we went there much as often in different divisions. I have enjoyed the meetings posted on you tube of Oxford in the late 80s/90s with Hans Nielsen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattB Posted July 11, 2021 Report Share Posted July 11, 2021 Good to see some progress being made at Cowley, though still a lot of work to do. It doesn't look in too bad a state considering it's not been used for ten years. Arguably looks in a better state than Brandon, though Oxford seems to have avoided the arsonists. https://twitter.com/OxfordSpeedway?s=09 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric i Posted July 11, 2021 Report Share Posted July 11, 2021 (edited) Is there any chance the speedway track could be widened at all? I know there is Kart track on the centre green and dog track on the outside but even if its only half a metre on the inside of the corner its worth doing. Edited July 11, 2021 by eric i Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted July 11, 2021 Report Share Posted July 11, 2021 2 hours ago, eric i said: Is there any chance the speedway track could be widened at all? I know there is Kart track on the centre green and dog track on the outside but even if its only half a metre on the inside of the corner its worth doing. Certainly when Hans joined the "Cheetahs" the entrance and exit to the bends were brought in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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