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Does it need to be renamed ? Many national championships have foreign riders in them, including the Australian championship, i seem to recall

Yes, well done to Gordon. Been out a long time and was the only one really giving it a go. Sure my cousin was also out on track with him. But nobody is going to pay good money to watch 4 riders going round like that, surely ?

The concrete meeting brings another problem to mind A rider on a dangerous track is the last one left in a heat. Poodles around and gets excluded for not racing In a proper speedway meeting, individual title. Two riders are out in a race off for the title. by chance before the race off i went to the toilets and on my way back passed both and overheard them agreeing to put on a show....now they went out and raced side by side and were popping wheelies and the ref ignored it all I felt more robbed by this than a single rider on a dangerous track taking it easy and just getting the 4 laps done

And as i have mentioned before i watched a meeting indoors on concrete (with some sort of sand top surface) and it was absolute carnage. In the end they didn't have enough riders to fill the heats,and one rider, the last man standing in one heat got excluded for not racing !! It was a bit of a surprise, as both Matten Kroger and Stephan Katt both beforehand said they trained during the winter in an old warehouse. But maybe training and racing are different. Or the sand on top of concrete was the main problem. But outside, any dust or dirt and then rain on tarmac or concrete would also be a major problem

Obviously (at least i hope) something probably not translating properly here. But it might be a way to get the crowds back again ? Well, not the wokes of course.

Must be clogged up with leaves That is the excuse for flooding nowadays, i am led to believe

Not really a cricket fan at all, but was there an attempt to use astro turf , just like a few football clubs used it for a while. Maybe still do

In one of Briggo's book back in the 70s he said speedway needs an all weather surface. I just guess there is nothing suitable. Tarmac or concrete etc would either be dangerous or change the sport into a road racing or possibly the Japanese modification of dirt track speedway

Trouble with these ideas and comparisons Wasn't it someone with a lot of money that forced changes in cricket ? And also of course recently golf And wasn't it money and pretty much a dictator that helped darts and snooker ? I don't think there is either in speedway. Plus this sort of plan would then mean a new sport basically and desperate the UK from the rest of the world Women's football is an interesting one though. The same game, just with different competitors, and for the life of me I don't know why, but it has become far more popular than speedway

Hasn't it in the past been a little disadvantage for the hosts not having a meeting on the track, racing wise ? As well as the commercial aspect

Doesn't just matter about a couple of tracks. As i said previously you need a couple of countries. Poland is never going to support this sort of thing without their own country racing. You get a crowd like a junior meeting. And basically add the fact that there would be a fair few journalists from around the world boosting the pathetic crowd there was If the first couple of meetings were held in Germany or Latvia you'd be sure of a few 1000 at least. Fans would be glad to see some of the top riders

Poor old Time. Went from latte to lardy in one lap

Poor woman at the Wroclaw telephone switch board was a bit confused

Bit disrespectful of the Finnish manager to pronounce his riders names properly, rather than the mangled Tatum pronounciations

I did laugh seeing a comment from Tai about appreciating all the fans and their flags yesterday

They would have got a much better crowd by hosting last nights meeting over the border in Germany for instance. Hardly a big deal for logistics etc. Tonights meeting in Denmark , then move to Poland for the last two meetings. 4 meetings in a week in one country is never going to work for crowds or the track

Put Ellis on an ice bike and he should be good for a few points

Basically the only interest in this, is the points and who will finish 3rd. Germany dropped a boll there letting Czech back in

Absolutely. Format is the problem. FIM are the problem Surely the tv companies and sponsors can't be happy with this ? Fans obviously aren't happy. Someone travels half way round the world and prefers to sit in the hotel

Rubbish racing and terrible crowd. Shows exactly what health speedway is in

Seems the German motorsport association have had a study done and found up to 80% of CO2 is caused by the fans. So speedway having very few fans are emmiting far less CO2 than other motorsports. Which is nice https://www.dmsb.de/de/ueber-uns/leitbild-und-werte/nachhaltigkeit/file/288080

They could, but seeing as they are after causing chaos and even more, publicity, it doesn't seem likely that it is high on the agenda

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Are there any other museums with a speedway or even board racing exhibit?I have seen that the museum at Hockenheim has what looks like a brilliant collection of racing cars and bikes,but am not sure if they have any relevant exhibits to speedways history...