Speedway 2018

[boz]

Danny Ayres is a great example of this - he was at one point tripling up this season but still had a 'proper' job.

 

He actually said that has made his speedway better - feels less like a job as he knows he has guaranteed money coming in.

[Moranboys]

lets face it, there is never going to be vast amounts of money in speedway, never has, never really will but these guys who put life and limb on the line for our entertainment deserve to be paid well.in comparison to the prima donnas of the football world and yes o.k i do accept that they also are prone to injuries but they are also paid a very decent living even down in the lower tiers of the leagues.speedway does rely heavily on sponsorship and perhaps this is an area that should be targeted more.the riders do deserve more and should not have to rely on other sources of income, especially if the sport is to be taken more seriously.bspa and scb should now start to do something about the mess the sport is in so that, at the least, it is made understandable to the people that may watch on bt sport and to supporters who go to watch their teams.

[ch958]

the Owen brothers only rode for Hull when they weren't busy with Newcastle

 

Wilcock rode for Coventry when he wasn't busy with Middlesbrough

 

thats the difference - first division teams had number 8,9, 10 from second div teams - that was ok

 

so top league teams have a 1 to 7 then have 8,9 and 10 to call on from second div in the event of absence over and above a rr facility. Used to work ok

[CookieIpswich]

I think I give up with the sport as a whole, I've offered a great opportunity for next year to work with guys re engine work and the most positive reply was from someone who just took a chance to ask who wasn't offered 😂 maybe its just a speedway thing where people just don't get it but I'm not surprised if it filters from the top downwards

[Baldyman]

Can I ask what you were offering? Was it money towards engine work, or a specific engine tuner/service?

Edited September 8, 2017 by baldyman

[CookieIpswich]

Specific tuner

 

Free tuning and engine rebuilds for the full season

[Baldyman]

Wow really, that's worth a few grand. Can't believe your hand wasn't snapped off

[CookieIpswich]

New tuner not done speedway before but would use a guy as his "factory" rider

[Hacksaw Jim Duggan]

By no means a full listing just a few I came up with

 

Wethers. Pijper. Garcia. Bridger. Sundstrom. Elkhof. Wallner. Covatti. Michelson. Korneilison. J.davidsson,

D.Davidsson, Buzkowski, Holder, Batchelor, Aspgren, Wilkinson, Madsen, Hume, Lebedevs, Palovaara, Hansen, Vissing, lykke ,

Karger, Bach , Thomsen, Grondal, Smolinski, Zengota, Skornicki, Dilger, Bukhave, Berge.

 

That's. 33 without the bigger names who may return on set nights..

 

 

 

The vast majority of the riders mentioned have been cut out of Britain for a reason.

 

The problem with a few of these riders is their current scheduled and the logistics of fitting them into our racing calendar – I doubt for instance sides like Glasgow or Newcastle could make these additions due to logistics involved, and the number of meetings the riders would miss if the clubs race nights stay the same (Saturday and Sunday) .

 

There is then sides like Berwick, Workington and Scunthorpe who are rumoured to face issues as it is without the additional cost of having to bring more riders over from the continent - the travel costs involved – who is taking that burden? The club? Or the rider? If it is the club, it’s an additional cost, if it’s the rider they will expect more money, and if that money isn’t paid it won’t then be worth their while to come, thus the numbers issues remains, or clubs push the boat out even further to compete, and thus are going to face an even bigger loss to sign some of they riders.

 

If these riders are signed to fill out a set night calendar in a top flight are they then simply taking up team places that should be reserved for British riders – a side like Poole signing someone the ilk of Joonas Davidson over even a rider at the stage of his career Paul Starke is at feels counterproductive and a step back to what was a problem issue – nor do I think that change would shift the attendance needle but would alter the cost element.

 

Or, the alternative is sides moving their race calendar so team places can be found for riders like Vissing, Berge and Bukhave? If you move teams like Newcastle and Edinburgh to midweek to do that you would kill they tracks off very quickly.

 

It does seem some feel the solution is to not only slit the throat of the sport to solve issues, but utterly bludgeon on it to the point of no return, while things are grim just now, it isn’t in the extreme position some wish for quite yet IMO.

 

The final reason for many not being here is - some of them are crap.

Edited September 8, 2017 by Hacksaw Jim Duggan