poole keith Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 the first" track shape"to be worked out will be that of the greyhound track,the speedway will then have to work within those constraints,so not a total blank canvass,but still some room to work with,track width,camber etc,think they will be hoping to resolve the drainage issues between the two surfaces as a priorty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 46 minutes ago, Sidney the robin said: You are deluded your track is certainly in the bottom four tracks now in the Prem your man Ford maybe he can be questioned is he putting as much revenue in as he used to.Watch some of your highlights be honest the odd good race but alot more crap to go with it.The track i remember in the Blue Riband days and the England v USA test matches are long gone how you can slag other tracks off when yours now is very mediocre. The only track better than Poole in the top flight is NSS imo. Somersets was good but seems to have gone to the dogs this year. Swindon, Leicester equal bottom. Kings Lynn is gate and go nowdays. Wolverhampton isn’t proper speedway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyabb17 Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 (edited) Can we stop arguing on who's track is best. Aside from BV in the top league I think all tracks need looking at & money spent on them. The main thing is that Swindon will have a track next year, hopefully with the new dimensions which should make closer racing, If you've listened to what RR said & Tobi said the same last night, the long fast straights at Swindon make it difficult to pass especially due to them being very narrow. Please can this thread return to talking about Swindon. Edited September 11, 2018 by hyabb17 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waytogo28 Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 4 hours ago, hyabb17 said: Interesting interview with Ronnie Russell with Totalsport Swindon. He said that he's due to mark out the revised track this coming Wednesday - said it'll be the carpark bend bought in (the troublesome corner which needs ripping up), approx 300m & shaped like the Melbourne GP track (which if my memory serves me correctly was shaped like the letter D...) Can we now assume that this is a definite GO? And a new track and a new stadium will be in existence for next April? Or is it more Who knows? Alongside the new houses, it would have a lot of use restrictions, I feel sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 Need someone in the Swindon area to pop into the stadium late Wednesday and see if the track has been pinned out. Pretty sure this is going to happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldace Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 Very pleased that at last something positive coming out of Swindon concerning a new track. I really hope it all comes together. The frustrations and constant doubts will be worth it if it does eventuate. It's reminiscent of what we went though before the NSS emerged. I hope Swindon fans enjoy such a good result as that and really, all the backbiting isn't worth it. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney the robin Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 1 hour ago, Steve Shovlar said: The only track better than Poole in the top flight is NSS imo. Somersets was good but seems to have gone to the dogs this year. Swindon, Leicester equal bottom. Kings Lynn is gate and go nowdays. Wolverhampton isn’t proper speedway. The FUNNY farm that is where you are heading Troll comes to mind.!!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney the robin Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 1 hour ago, hyabb17 said: Can we stop arguing on who's track is best. Aside from BV in the top league I think all tracks need looking at & money spent on them. The main thing is that Swindon will have a track next year, hopefully with the new dimensions which should make closer racing, If you've listened to what RR said & Tobi said the same last night, the long fast straights at Swindon make it difficult to pass especially due to them being very narrow. Please can this thread return to talking about Swindon. I would totally agree with that all tracks apart from the NSS need looking at i have only been to Scunthorpe once but that is a lovely track also.Back to Swindon if it is a Somerset type design that would be great be happy with that the main thing is that Speedway remains in Swindon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Weasel Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 10 minutes ago, Sidney the robin said: I would totally agree with that all tracks apart from the NSS need looking at i have only been to Scunthorpe once but that is a lovely track also.Back to Swindon if it is a Somerset type design that would be great be happy with that the main thing is that Speedway remains in Swindon. And that we have Josh Auty at #1 in 2019. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dump that clutch Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 i totally agree with SS, we need a race track, there's the clue boys and girls, RACE track. Blunsdon has been poor for a while now, i know most tracks are gate and go, but Blunsdon being a quick, big track highlights the issue, races being spread out, slower riders keeping in front of quicker ones! We need to get this right, as it'll soon become apparent if we've failed and what gets dished up is crap. Get the track right and the fans will be happy, although the whingers will still find something to get their nails into 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A ORLOV Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 3 hours ago, Sidney the robin said: I would totally agree with that all tracks apart from the NSS need looking at i have only been to Scunthorpe once but that is a lovely track also.Back to Swindon if it is a Somerset type design that would be great be happy with that the main thing is that Speedway remains in Swindon. Would prefer that any new track has slightly longer straights than Somerset as that can be ridden as a circle from the inside of the bends to the outside of the straights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnglishRoundabout Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 The great Leigh Adams described Somerset as “ a great fast race track”. He broke the track record there and said afterwards, “ I had a blast riding that track”. That’s good enough for me 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovalman Posted September 12, 2018 Report Share Posted September 12, 2018 (edited) 14 hours ago, EnglishRoundabout said: The great Leigh Adams described Somerset as “ a great fast race track”. He broke the track record there and said afterwards, “ I had a blast riding that track”. That’s good enough for me On my 2 visits there, a win and loss for the Robins, there has been some top drawer stuff, much better than The Abbey gate and go, and surprise when someone is passed after bend 2. The Oak Tree is better for viewing as well, no dog track and fences and metal to look through. If i lived about halfway somehere around Bath or Bristol would go to Zummerzet regularly. The Abbey has slicker presentation though. Edited September 12, 2018 by auntie doris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waytogo28 Posted September 12, 2018 Report Share Posted September 12, 2018 On 9/11/2018 at 11:06 AM, Grachan said: Is Ronnie designing the track? Surely there should be some rider involvement in how it should be. Ronnie has watched a lot of matches all over the place and even some videos during the winter. He will have a good idea of what might be needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noaksey Posted September 12, 2018 Report Share Posted September 12, 2018 They can mark out the track but as far as I'm aware they don't have planning permission yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted September 12, 2018 Report Share Posted September 12, 2018 4 minutes ago, noaksey said: They can mark out the track but as far as I'm aware they don't have planning permission yet They don’t need it. They track is already there and they are altering the shape, not putting in a new track. They are using the pits bend. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney the robin Posted September 12, 2018 Report Share Posted September 12, 2018 On 9/11/2018 at 3:47 PM, The Weasel said: And that we have Josh Auty at #1 in 2019. Tonge in cheek Weasel surely you ain't taking the M ...... no we shall see what happens in the new league format.Auty should stay at Scunny whatever league they are in he would do well certainly at home also he will get his Testimonial that he deserves. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noaksey Posted September 12, 2018 Report Share Posted September 12, 2018 45 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said: They don’t need it. They track is already there and they are altering the shape, not putting in a new track. They are using the pits bend. As far as i read it: They made a new application which involved moving the stadium on to the site of the existing car park. This was abandoned and they then made an application to vary the existing permission by shortening the track and erecting new buildings etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedy swindon pete Posted September 12, 2018 Report Share Posted September 12, 2018 It’s a positive bit of information, but I’m not going to be popping any champagne corks after learning the “news” from a shoddy Facebook video interview provided by a minor local news outlet off the back of a misunderstood question. I wonder if Ron spoke out of turn slightly, as it seems to be an odd place to reveal details of something that’s been up in the air for the last 12 years . Either way, some discussion from the “inside” is better than nothing at all. Conversely I couldn’t understand everyone wringing their hands over it “looking like the last year of speedway at the Abbey” or “struggling to see there any hope Swindon running next year”. There’s been precisely no news and no talk of the speedway stopping imminently. If there is no news, things continue as they always have done. People seem to be putting a “crap” season and some poor crowds (because of poor results and general decline of British speedway) together with the confusion over the new stadium, and coming up with immediate armegeddon. We know Osbourne plays the long game on all of this...it’s been going on for 12 years for goodness sake. Unless there’s any news of note, nothing will be happening immenently. The most important thing for now is that speedway continues to run there. As long as that is happening, it’s much harder to get rid of. The club has been investing in riders recently, and just got a new set of advertising banners made for the 3rd and 4th bends, so they can’t be too concerned with the speedway suddenly stopping. Hopefully if they’re changing the track during the winter, they’re trying to improve things for the racing spectacle at blunsdon, to try and get crowd numbers up a bit, along with a competitive team, to strengthen speedway’s presence at the abbey. I really don’t see a long term future for speedway at the current site as things stand, but in the short to medium term, if speedway doesn’t look like it’s going to budge without digging its heels in first, it can only help our long term prospects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bald Bloke Posted September 12, 2018 Report Share Posted September 12, 2018 3 hours ago, Steve Shovlar said: They don’t need it. They track is already there and they are altering the shape, not putting in a new track. They are using the pits bend. Who would notice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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