FromBendThree Posted March 18, 2023 Report Share Posted March 18, 2023 Anyone seen a statement from stadium owners as to why speedway is persona non grata? Read elsewhere that stocks/bangers will continue. Guess the logical thing now is to tarmac speedway track. So where in Sussex for speedway? Eastbourne - no chance. East Grinstead, Crawley, Gatwick would be perfect with a Sussex, Surrey, Kent, south London and south Essex would be perfect, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25yearfan Posted March 19, 2023 Report Share Posted March 19, 2023 Strange one! While Arlington Stadium remains in its current guise why wouldn't the Stadium owners want speedway staged there because they would earn a tidy sum and all the financial risk would be with the speedway promotion. Afterall what else is the shale track inside the stock car going to be used for and apart from stock cars what else takes place there? Understandable the Dugard family don't want to get involved in running the speedway themselves because running the Eagles in League racing over the years cost Bob Dugard a lot of money and rarely made money. Does the junior track which produced a lot of riders in past still exist? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FromBendThree Posted March 19, 2023 Report Share Posted March 19, 2023 15 minutes ago, 25yearfan said: Does the junior track which produced a lot of riders in past still exist? No. Been gone a few years now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.D Posted March 19, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2023 25 minutes ago, FromBendThree said: No. Been gone a few years now. What a fantastic facility that was for the club, produced a lot of England internationals and a lot of other riders who had a career in the sport.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted March 19, 2023 Report Share Posted March 19, 2023 53 minutes ago, 25yearfan said: Strange one! While Arlington Stadium remains in its current guise why wouldn't the Stadium owners want speedway staged there because they would earn a tidy sum and all the financial risk would be with the speedway promotion. Afterall what else is the shale track inside the stock car going to be used for and apart from stock cars what else takes place there? Understandable the Dugard family don't want to get involved in running the speedway themselves because running the Eagles in League racing over the years cost Bob Dugard a lot of money and rarely made money. Does the junior track which produced a lot of riders in past still exist? So why/how would any other promotion make enough money to at least break even and also pay the stadium rental fee!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25yearfan Posted March 19, 2023 Report Share Posted March 19, 2023 (edited) Unlikely they would! Probably the same reason that 90% of speedway promotors (and indeed people buying most football clubs!) do it in the first place! - Enthusiasts who maybe think they can make a go of it, want to see the club survive and maybe some are on an ego trip? If every sporting activity that didn't make a profit or wasn't propped up by Local Authorities or rich benefactors was eliminated then they'd be hardly any sporting activity in this Country and we'd be so much worse of for it! I believe my local football team Norwich City who average 26,000 crowds, provide a lot of employment opportunities and has many worthwhile community initiatives lost £25M last season! - Now Norwich City FC is by far the biggest sporting organisation in Norfolk and I suspect most of East Anglia! Edited March 19, 2023 by 25yearfan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hackett Posted March 26, 2023 Report Share Posted March 26, 2023 Interesting article in the Speedway Star and interview with Martin Dugard. Who has no part of the ownership and was even removed from the stadium by Eric Dugard (owner). "I know there are applications for planning going on ... If there is one less sport in the stadium; it means there is more chance they will allow planning there. But I am not privvy to what is going on." He talked about the fractious relationship he and Jon Cook had as tenants at Arlington in a podcast - may of been My life in Speedway well worth a listen. Worrying as there was article on various closed tracks recently and a map in with the remaining tracks - considering you can eliminate Peterborough, Edinburgh from that map shortly it doesn't bode well as team sport in the current climate , despite the success of Oxford , Workington to get tracks back running. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bob at herne bay Posted March 26, 2023 Report Share Posted March 26, 2023 Searching the East Sussex and the Brighton and Hove planning register shows no applications relevant to Arlington Stadium BN27 3RE . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FromBendThree Posted March 26, 2023 Report Share Posted March 26, 2023 12 minutes ago, old bob at herne bay said: Searching the East Sussex and the Brighton and Hove planning register shows no applications relevant to Arlington Stadium BN27 3RE . Stadium is within Wealden District Council. Have a look at its register of strategic land assessment sites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted March 26, 2023 Report Share Posted March 26, 2023 1 hour ago, Hackett said: Interesting article in the Speedway Star and interview with Martin Dugard. Who has no part of the ownership and was even removed from the stadium by Eric Dugard (owner). "I know there are applications for planning going on ... If there is one less sport in the stadium; it means there is more chance they will allow planning there. But I am not privvy to what is going on." He talked about the fractious relationship he and Jon Cook had as tenants at Arlington in a podcast - may of been My life in Speedway well worth a listen. Worrying as there was article on various closed tracks recently and a map in with the remaining tracks - considering you can eliminate Peterborough, Edinburgh from that map shortly it doesn't bode well as team sport in the current climate , despite the success of Oxford , Workington to get tracks back running. All a bit odd regarding Martin and Eric...obviously more to it than meets the eye? I believe that Martin has also severed his links with Charlie Dugard Machine Tools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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