Hawk127 1,357 Posted September 12, 2021 Noticed that the above programme is on Freesports. Has anyone seen it? I guess it is road bikes but probably does not help the general using Speedway in the title when most would expect the conventional form of racing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 20,849 Posted September 12, 2021 Think you have got yourself totally mixed up here. The term speedway for a track goes back at least to 1909 or so when the Indianapolis speedway opened This is a car racing track https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.motorsport-total.com/gt-masters/news/adac-gt-masters-lausitzring-2021-mercedes-amg-sieg-corvette-fackelt-ab-21091204%3famp=1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hawk127 1,357 Posted September 12, 2021 4 minutes ago, iris123 said: Think you have got yourself totally mixed up here. The term speedway for a track goes back at least to 1909 or so when the Indianapolis speedway opened This is a car racing track https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.motorsport-total.com/gt-masters/news/adac-gt-masters-lausitzring-2021-mercedes-amg-sieg-corvette-fackelt-ab-21091204%3famp=1 Not seen it hence the question so not confused at all, just curious but no longer. I have seen the American car racing and it ranks alongside paint drying and counting nails in B & Q. Thanks for the reply. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
martinmauger 584 Posted September 12, 2021 (edited) I have relatives & friends in the USA and in Florida is a race circuit named '?????? Speedway' (I forget exactly), they have frequented commented "Martin would probably love this place". No, he probabaly wouldn't.... Edited September 12, 2021 by martinmauger spelling 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 20,849 Posted September 12, 2021 (edited) There was also an ex motorcycle speedway rider on I think breakfast tv to talk about his illness and when he mentioned speedway they thought he was a car racer, and that was UK tv Also from memory if you google just speedway you get an awful lot of US car racing come up in the results Edited September 12, 2021 by iris123 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hawk127 1,357 Posted September 12, 2021 1 minute ago, iris123 said: There was also an ex motorcycle speedway rider on I think breakfast tv to talk about his illness and when he mentioned speedway they thought he was a car racer, and that was UK tv Amongst the general public, speedway in the U.K. ranks somewhere between lawn mower racing and conkers so understandable. It really is not on many people’s radar and those presenting news programmes have little or no knowledge of any sports apart from football, rugby, tennis, cricket and formula 1. Possibly horse racing but only the major meetings. Speedway is a niche sport not even well supported by motor bike enthusiasts and it is run by lunatics who have been let out of the asylum for too long. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites