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Aggressive?? He was there and saw it - Skidder wasnt!

Good to see one of our contributors in the Dirt Extra volounteering her skills with the first aid team big up to Sarah and the rest of the volunteers who keep the club running well done.

Traditional Race card for 2019 German GP:- https://www.keepandshare.com/doc16/23780/gp-2019-7-pdf-823k?da=y

He was laying on the track you bell. He had no points whether he stayed down or got up. He was out regardless.

....Ok let's spell it out for some of you... It was a crucial part of the meeting..only a race win or two between the teams. For once Poole were out gated, Ippo were away and gone, Poole both at the back, Brady went down on his own, he was gonna get up, he looked back at his mate at the back, so stayed back down to get the race stopped. Pretty much as soon as it was stopped he got straight back up There was only four points between the teams so it could have changed the outcome of the meeting, which in this particular case could mean Ippo missing the play offs The Ipswich fans are normally pretty respectful and they always clap when a rider gets up without injury, but they mostly booed because everyone in the stadium saw it. It was a "professional foul"...end of

I haven't said it was ok,. I haven't said it either did or didn't affect the result. I was simply putting an alternative view having spoken to his dad before they set off to the airport. No body knows what potential damage a rider suffers when hitting the deck for any reason - whether caused by an opposing rider or by his own actions - its very common for a rider to be winded or to feel a little dizzy or shaken up or whatever. Most riders initial reaction if they feel able is to try to get up and get off the track asap as I'm sure it was in Brady's case. After his recent absences due to concussion its not unreasonable to think he was being extra cautious if he felt the slightest bit disorientated?! He clearly wasn't feeling 100% only finishing 3rd in heat 15 after being on a max from his earlier rides. Just an alternative opinion.......which at least is on the relevant thread!

how can people still be shocked by promoters only wanting cash only ?

To speedway's demise. Bring back a bit more dirt. Bikes should be adjusted to track conditions, not the other way around. Sheffield was deep the other week and Rory Schlein had a hissy fit. He'd have been cr*p in the late 70's (unless he was riding for Eastbourne).

It depends how they utilised that £100k though. There's advertising and there's effective advertising. The original poster is right, promotion of speedway is poor, the only place I have ever seen speedway promoted was when I lived in Bournemouth for a while, Poole speedway posters were everywhere. I was sat on a tube years ago and I remember seeing a guy opposite reading a Polish newspaper and I realised a few minutes later he was reading all about Gollob. Targeted marketing for specific audiences, i.e Polish community for example could be tried. If a club as a big Aussie name, they could appeal to Aussies in the area to come and support their countryman/ Lots that could be tried... if there is a will. There's so much that the BSPA and clubs could do to promote speedway, but you have to get the basics right, for starters what's the first thing most non speedway fans will do if you manage to hook them with advertising? They will go to Google and what will they be presented with? Some of the most pitiful, unattractive websites there are, utter mess (some are better than others). For example, go to the BSPA website and on the homepage it's a cluttered mess, fans will find what they're looking for eventually, but non fans will log off within 20 seconds IMO. The first thing I would do on the homepage for non-fans is create a prominent UK map with the words 'find my nearest speedway action', which when clicked opens a clickable map of the UK with each track pinpointed, when clicked it displays stadium details, location, link to fixtures. That's just one example. Another is we need short race clips of fantastic action on screen, nice and big and bold. Need to build an active database of followers from the website too, create an enewsletter action sign up, you can even get clever with these and create regional enewsletters. My point is, speedway advertising and promoted is needed, but before that need attractive websites to ensure we retain hooks. The BSPA needs to stop giving it's media and website jobs to mates and in the case of website, spend the required £20k to develop a top website (done right, and maintained with new plugins when they become available you can get a good few years from). Just as a point, an example of a very good speedway website is the SGP website. Modern, attractive, not cluttered, good navigation, responsive (for devices). The SGP website is very good, 8/10 perhaps, maybe even a 9.... the BSPA website fails on all the points just mentioned, it's not modern, it's ugly, it's cluttered, poor navigation, not truly responsive so you could only give it 1 or 2 out of 10. But the other basic that speedway should look at is appealing to a younger audience, certainly here in the UK. I was watching Swedish speedway the other night and they scanned the crowd and it was 50ish year old men, grey hair... speedway needs to find a way to bring in the younger generation, as someone else already stated, at the moment it's usually younger family members of those 50 year old men I would guess.

Could it just be so we have a complete historical analysis of British Speedway from it`s earliest days which is 100% as accurate as possible ? Hats off to Dave Allen and helpers for doing this time consuming work.

Irrespective of which order i quoted them doesn’t change the facts that 1 initially you said what’s the point of all this research- no one is interested. 2 as soon as you found out he was doing it to complete Speedway researcher years records it became the best thing since sliced bread !!!

It's not the equivalent of diving. It's the equivalent of a professional foul. Which is a red card.

Mate I know you are up the management and riders arses because they know who you are but F me that is a ridiculous post. Not even Shov would say that and mean it. Let's just hope it happens against you in the play offs and then we will see what the reaction is then.

Would be good orlovski. Feel good factor in sn25 at moment..3 good meetings in 8 days, good crowds, massive wins, good racing, and cup final and hopefully playoffs to look forward to. Lee Kilby is doing a good job promoting the sport. But 3 weeks till the final home leg. Fixtures too erratic.

Excellent BL65. I can think of no better place than The Speedway Researcher. Again, all success to Dave Allan in his efforts. http://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk 1 tune Another tune

Some great promoting at Swindon by Lee Kilby, 3 meetings in 8 days, car parks full for all three, decent crowds. With special deals for fans, events, kids stuff. Much better racing since they've altered the track. And Robins top of the league, with cup final to look forward to. Can only see it getting better. Just shows with enthusiasm Barry Bishop on the IOW and Lee at Swindon can improve crowds.

Blimey !!!! do you play a musical instrument ? you can certainly change a tune.

Hold on £100...we don’t want the whole team.

Ya wanna watch that Debbs, she has a very small manhood for a lady boy

They could, but I don't think they have a clue how to market anything.

Meeting on track covers off and track looking good.

Seem to recall him beating Ivan Mauger at Saddlebow Road. Ivan on long unbeaten run until Clive steamed underneath on the first corner - looked to be as if he ran over Ivan's foot. Long time ago so memory may have faded.

Yes it was, line ups to be confirmed.

Well done all at Berwick in their sterling efforts to ensure speedway continues up there. Speedway needs all the plus points it can get, this is certainly a great example of what can be done if you are pro-active. And speedway needs Berwick, and hopefully Worky back riding very soon .

I’d imagine even less are interested in Stock Cars, but it never stops you. Anyway this section is specifically for years gone by. Anyone not interested will just avoid it. Easy