Chris116 753 Posted July 22, 2020 5 hours ago, pienpeesman said: Different ball game as stock drivers are not self employed & also don't need any track grading done or even track prep before a meeting which is another saving... As it boils down to cost at the end of the day While the lower cost of track preparation is true on tarmac tracks both sports have costs for track preparation for shale tracks. Incarace spent a fortune to put shale down at Northampton and have to do a lot of work between meetings to keep a smooth racing surface. Without that work you get tracks like Nelson was where a scrambles racer would have been unhappy with the track surface. As a fan of both sports (I am going to Aldershot on 26th July meeting) I think the problem that speedway has is the international nature of the riders. It is notable that the World finals for BriSCA F1 and F2 Stock Cars plus National Hot Rods have all been cancelled due to the problems with travel and needing a much fuller stadium than can be allowed at the moment. Speedway at NDL level and below is ready to run at some tracks with the same rules as apply to Stock Car crowds. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Justgotmecpc 1,056 Posted July 22, 2020 10 hours ago, tellboy said: Think you will find cityrebel is not on about cost at all.It's about the Government allowing crowds into stock cars but not speedway. Agree but I was just making the point that speedway riders depend on points to earn money & promoters depend on fans turning out to help towards the pay for riders etc & with some riders gaining full or part time employment during lockdown it was a big risk to start so late for professional racing in our country... But there is still practice sessions & armature meetings aswell as british youth rounds to take place as there is no pay structure Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mac101 1,176 Posted July 23, 2020 Wonder if the SCB/BSPA refund all the riders licence fees for this year or let it run till next year as that’s their bread and butter income 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Justgotmecpc 1,056 Posted July 23, 2020 29 minutes ago, mac101 said: Wonder if the SCB/BSPA refund all the riders licence fees for this year or let it run till next year as that’s their bread and butter income Good point Share this post Link to post Share on other sites