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  1. 3 points
    Stock Cars have a loophole though as it is a sport where competitors pay to participate. Classed as an amateur Sport and may get permission based on the update by Oliver Dowden last week of participation sports with small crowds. Local Councils will approve on that basis but Government has yet to confirm what % or number Crowd can be. It's possible crowd may only be friends and families of drivers. It seems that Dog Tracks are guarding "betting levy turnover" and understandably as that's majority of any income. If a speedway event with a few hundred people delivers a positive test the Stadium is automatically closed for 7-14 days and some Dog Tracks have 4-5 meetings a week. That would be very negative for Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Kent; Sheffield, Newcastle (as we have seen); Swindon chances. The Dogs have not restarted at Poole as the Stadium staff are all on furlough still. The best hope currently seems to be the Stock Car venues although Speedway is classed in a different category to Stocks as payment is made it's considered "professional" but may be good news for King Lynn, Ipswich ; Scunthorpe, Mildenhall and Eastbourne who stage Stock Car Meetings. The "standalone" Speedway Tracks like Berwick, Edinburgh, Redcar, Leicester, Belle Vue, Somerset; Plymouth, Peterborough , IOW will have to decide whether it's viable to open for speedway alone or with other stadium uses to cover their costs.
  2. 2 points
    It would be easy for tracks to do track and trace if everyone had to prepay; their details would be on file for each meeting.
  3. 2 points
    With or without the end?
  4. 2 points
    The Chinese will come to understand, in the fullness of time, just how much resentment there is developing in the world, towards them regarding this business. The Chinese Government seem to believe that they are infallible in all they do. They seem to want the world to think that their all powerful authoritarian totalitarian ways control everything that happens in China. It seems that the general world opinion is that eventually they will become the most powerful economy in the world. It seems that when they are the most powerful economy in the world then their all powerful authoritarian totalitarian ways will control everything that happens in the world. This is were the seams split when the question is asked: ' why is this all powerful authoritarian totalitarian government that controls everything that happens in China, incapable of running an hygienic meat stall. Someone ought to point out to them that if these so called aphrodisiacs worked, we'd all be taking them.
  5. 2 points
    Maybe the BSPA should have brought it and turned it into there hq. Could have held Marketing Events and lived demos of the sport to potential investors as well as using it as a national coaching centre. If only that collective bunch of fools had some vision!
  6. 1 point
    Except there was no mention of a certain team who gave them their start in team speedway. Yes, Newcastle Gems and myself.
  7. 1 point
    To be honest, i think league racing this year is out of the question. If some tracks have the confidence to run a few open meetings, let them. I fear that the majority wont.
  8. 1 point
    Thank you for posting this we were about to drop onto page 2 !!
  9. 1 point
    Whilst I agree the problem in Poland and with all the money they have has shown just how plans can go wrong very quickly. The British league if there is to be one will have problems from the off under pressure starting so late, then add the normal weather problems and all of a sudden your whole team has to isolate because someone in the pits had Covid.......not my money being gambled, but if it was I think I would wait till next year Not only that just imagine (not that I am that bothered) if a similar thing happens at the GPs if they get started......all those flights and hotels booked and you find the whole thing is off.
  10. 1 point
    I think Ove and Hans would of won more titles in a GP format Norbold, for me those two named were better riders than Ricko.Sometimes we all forget just how good Jack Parker was and Stenners who named him as no 1 was really recognised and respected.
  11. 1 point
    That is exactly what Spedeworth are doing at Ipswich and Aldershot for their first two meetings.
  12. 1 point
    I looked up Stenner's rankings and found these riders who didn't win the world title in the year they were ranked first: 1949: Jack Parker, 1950 Graham Warren, 1953 Jack Young. Of course there was no World Championship in 1946, 47 and 48 but Vic Duggan was ranked first in all three years. And then the Speedway Star Rankings. Similarly, no. 1s who were not World Champion in their no.1 year: 1957 Ove Fundin, 1959 Ove Fundin, 1962 Ove Fundin. Certainly looks as though Ove might have benefited from a Grand Prix style World Championship! Only Barry Briggs in 1958 interrupted his run of no. 1 rankings from 1956-1963
  13. 1 point
    Just get a dirty great bell like me!!
  14. 1 point
    Not with eating anything produced out of a Wok that's for sure.... however I also have a Wok but I tend to use it to iron my shirts... Regards THJ
  15. 1 point
    Virtual Skid 6 Premieres @ 7pm on Thursday July 16th 2020 on the Speedway Portal YouTube Channel in association with John Carpenter Speedway Spares. Cradley 'Heathens' vs Coventry 'Bee's' Former Cradley rider Garry Stead takes charge of the Heathens, with former Coventry rider Adam Roynon leading the Bees. The meeting is in aid of the Speedway Riders Benevolent Fund with all proceeds going to the charity. A text line has been setup to take £5 donations to the BEN FUND during the Premiere and beyond. Fans joining Barry Bishop in the Premiere chat room on YouTube will have a chance to win the 4 x meeting DVD's used in the meeting, along with 2 x tickets to the 2021 BEN Fund meeting. There is also a silent auction running until tapes up on heat 10 to join Garry Stead, Adam Roynon, Barry Bishop & Andy Hague in a private zoom chat room directly after the Premiere concludes. To enter please email your bids to virtualskid@yahoo.com
  16. 1 point
    Last visited the BSF about an hour ago. I have absolutely no idea why he disappears like this, and then pops up to post something totally off the wall...
  17. 1 point
    I wouldn't worry too much; Doug has been called a lot worse!
  18. 1 point
    I was wholly unaware of this fact when posting. I have edited my original post and apologise to iris123 for my honest mistake.
  19. 1 point
    As Rick Frost said "those in charge of Speedway could not even run a Burger Van successfully"
  20. 1 point
    Perhaps that will be a good thing and they’ll just race alongside their proper jobs as a hobby in future, as should have been the case for a long time now.
  21. 1 point
    Part and parcel of being self employed I am afraid. Id suggest right now that minor sports like speedway are at the bottom of the ladder... more important businesses than speedway teams will be going broke and putting lots of people out of work.
  22. 1 point
    To be fair to any rider.. If anyone had two job opportunities at the same time, you will usually go where you will get paid the most.. Even more so I would think if you had only a restricted time in which to earn as much as you can..
  23. 1 point
    Lockdown is going quicker for me by reading these fascinating Articles on the Dirt Extra column on the Club Website.
  24. 1 point
    Who would actually employ the guy anyway and I can see a lot of teams giving it a wide berth.
  25. 0 points
    Like most things you have to have a plan and to plan you need vision. Brandon should be the jewell in the speedway crown and maybe a plan to make it the British speedway hq should have been put in place years before the demise in 2017
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