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Forget Northampton, use the IOW, track and stadium ready to go, can run on Thursdays, ferry crossings being the major downside but surely something can be worked out, will they get big enough crowd ? Maybe in the summer months but out of season probably not but you’re going to lose a lot less money than Northampton and it’s not going to set you back £200,000 to get it up and running

Well at least Flagrags comments about deep pockets and big sponsors lined up sounds promising, he did mention the other side of the world re the new owners,can you imagine if the Glazers were getting involved that would please Mike no doubt.

But he gets a nose bleed any further north than Oxford

Great piece from Tony McDonald this week in response to Matt Ford's comments the week before... Tony's views would be shared by the majority in here I would think... Also, Ben Findon mentions the timing of the fixture list and how it missed the Speedway Star deadline to be published last week.. He goes on to say how much the Speedway Star and Tracks need each other... The sport in the UK certainly does benefit from having such a professionally presented production covering it...

I firmly believe the only chance wolves have is a return to monmore, I have my theories about what the problem was/is and where we are today 2 years later and that’s why I said the MP Phillips is the man to speak to entain about this, he is on the board of the greyhound association and is also part of speedway futures Ltd, the problem(whatever it was/is is within entain the company and not the stadium itself who have told us it wasn’t them who kicked wolves out, Entain themselves said 2 years ago that injury to the dogs was the problem, I contacted the anti greyhound people to get the figures to see if the injuries to the dogs dropped after he speedway left, all they said was the greyhound association had the figures but don’t willingly publish them but did say there had been more greyhound deaths in 2024 at all tracks despite less races but they doubted entains claim about monmore and so did the MP pat macfadden in a letter to entain which I have a copy of

Without getting a diary out, in 2006 Redcar we’re putting the tracks clay base down in February, so there is plenty of time for Northampton to be ready for early April. I can’t remember how many facilities Redcar had in place around now, but Northampton is definitely more advanced at the moment than Redcar was. Redcar opened on the 4th April ish I think. There is a more documented state of Redcar’s beginning in another Facebook group but I can’t remember the name of the group🙈

I don't blame him tbh, he's getting on a bit now and with the general state of the sport you've really got to find somewhere that can sustain a multi facet operation and then pull all those strings together. I look at Coventry and it appears that its mainly being underwritten by people on the stock car side which Wolves of course don't have. If there are any people interested in trying to get Wolves off the ground (anywhere other than Monmore) then I've not come across them

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Holder better get some vegemite for his Monster cap. Middlo doesnt go north of Watford anyway. Good luck to whoever promotes at Northampton hope it is a success.

Correct, & Middlo too if we being sensible.

I think the day we take any notice of what a Holder has to say is probably the day to pack it all in.

Chris still retains his love for the sport and is still hurt by entain but he isn’t out there doing the ground work to get wolves back either at monmore or elsewhere, I spoke with him in November about J11 on the M6 but that could be 10 years away, we contacted entain ourselves just before Xmas and also spoke with the manager at monmore and that is literally all that has happened in the last 6 months, I’m sure Chris would help any person/team that tried to get wolves back but doing it himself No, I’ve been helping heathens next generation for the past few months and they are relentless for some land and we have been to look at 4 pieces of land in the last 3 weeks alone and are still trying for the rocky lane site, I just wish someone was doing the same for wolves

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With the new season 3 weeks away I’d have thought there would be some kind of building work going on at Northampton by now .

Planning to do a weekend away this season (Friday/Saturday), and watch a Plymouth meeting... Wouldn't have bothered on a Tuesday/Wednesday...

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NJL Fixtures: https://britishspeedway.co.uk/junior-leagues/2026-njl-fixtures/ Friday 10th April – West Lothian v Ashfield Friday 17th April – Redcar v West Lothian Friday 24th April – West Lothian v Redcar Saturday 25th April – Workington v Berwick Saturday 2nd May – Berwick v Workington Sunday 3rd May – Ashfield v West Lothian Friday 8th May – West Lothian v Workington Friday 15th May – Ashfield v Workington Saturday 16th May – Berwick v Redcar Saturday 13th June – Berwick v Ashfield Saturday 27th June – Workington v Ashfield Friday 17th July – Ashfield v Berwick Friday 17th July – Redcar v Workington Saturday 25th July – Workington v West Lothian Friday 7th August – Redcar v Berwick Friday 14th August – Ashfield v Redcar Saturday 15th August – Berwick v West Lothian Friday 21st August – West Lothian v Berwick Friday 28th August – Redcar v AshfieldSaturday 29th August – Workington v Redcar

Just tell them not to ride on the inside, they will be fine. 😅

Park’s submission suggests your conclusions are correct. Strangely, it coincides with the ramping up of the campaign against the demolition of the Abbey. Why would someone not personally involved in development, presumably having nothing to gain, want the stadium demolished? Park’s involvement was solely with the speedway promotion, so the fate of the Abbey should be irrelevant unless…

Looks like a reasonable setup to me where there is a will there is a way and the foundations for a track are there not just a field.I'm sure more informed individuals will give a whole raft of issues and problems but IMO for s/way it looks a definite possibility.

What you can't see on those photos is that the grassed area on the inside of the bends is raised several feet from the track, has steel plate on the track side of it, and there is no longer an inner kerb so the shale goes right up to the plating.

Looks the same as most tracks in the UK. Get an air fence and you are ready to go

Doubling Up is cost effective for both leagues as they both can share the wages of the rider.. The top league certainly couldn't afford to pay third HL's and Second Strings what they earn collectively from their two jobs, given the GP riders will be high earners... And, if no doubling up, the second tier could only maybe afford one of these riders each in their teams, (rather than 3 which some have), resulting in them having to fill the bottom end of their teams with several NDL level riders... What started out as a laudable development tool has been allowed to become a farce.... Driven by the usual lack of any mid or long term plan to develop enough riders to compete (especially), in the 2nd tier...

I don't think anyone sees them as "saviours of speedway".. They are just another company coming into the sport... Hopefully, at Ipswich, they can ensure the season runs smoothly and crowds hold up for them... And at GP level, they just deliver the GP's... Those who have gone before haven't set the bar too high so anything "average" will suffice.... And, if they cannot deliver that, then, given the sports following, hardly anyone will notice anyway...

This what I was sent a few days ago.