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Mentioned in the Speedway Star a couple of weeks back that the original potential promoter had fallen through because of the the set-up costs that seem to vary between £130,000 - £200,000. So before the SCB could even issue a license it would need work on a pits area, changing rooms for riders, removing obstructions and acquiring a foam safety fence. Although the main suppliers of the foam fence have now gone into liquidation.

If that's the case, Why were Ipswich allowed to race with last season?

So this is a proposal for the development of the old speedway/greyhound stadium? Meanwhile any news on the proposed “new” speedway facility?

Have a look at comets Facebook page and you will see our new reserve coming from the back at Redcar to beat your Mr Rushden with ease 😁🤣

It did yes.

Agree but someone needs to call these idiots out and ask how they can continue to target speedway tracks when I suspect not one has ever been to a meeting or knows anything about the sport. Heads up arses and nothing of any substance but no doubt enough readies to pass a few brown envelopes to local decision makers who bow to the biggest cheque book. No different to any other housing developer, liars, cheats and corrupt businessmen who claim to have the interest of the local community but are only worried about the bottom line. No such thing as affordable housing, it is smoke screen and mirrors or to put it bluntly, most building firms talk utter bollocks to weak councillors who you would not piss on if they were on fire.

Can’t have a track that’s small how ridiculous. Can’t see it materialising

Sent an e mail to these arseholes and have called it as it is. Cannot wait for a reply.

It must be indoor as it has a roof, the straights must at least 10 yards long. it’s the closest Swindon is going to get to having a team, is the cycle speedway track down at the oasis still there.

Wont have any problem passing the worky reserves.

No room for a Speedway Track

Next signing to be announced will be Jaimon Lidsey

Those offering top dollar simply to ride are doing no favours to anyone. Perhaps the NDL should be restricted to standard bikes or e bikes and the next step will be once they have honed there craft they make it to semi professional racing. This should a development league and to make it open to many as possible, costs need to be kept to a minimum so that those who cannot make the grade have not lost an arm and leg in-terms of investment. Entry level costs need to be kept as low as possible to attract the widest possible numbers. Expecting youngsters and the family to splash out thousands to compete is unrealistic but yet again those in charge fail to think outside the box. The sport’s governing body really is run by a selfish bunch who like promoters are all on the take but give very little back in return pretending that they are doing everyone a favour whereas the opposite is true.

Is that the new speedway track by the cricket nets?

Don’t you just hate knowing the bottom side in the league even before a wheels turned. SCUNTHORPE

Plenty of good sides in the number 1 league in british speedway. For me the Top 4 will be between Glasgow, Workington, Poole and Berwick where hopefully Workington do the business. Struggle to see Redcar Edinburgh & Scunthorpe not being the bottom 3. Either way there will be some good racing.

You lot are pathetic

Laurence raided tolleys account on the way out

Sounds like a motorway pileup

They've really not got the average rules right in the NDL for me. Kenzie Cossey races 4 matches as a guest so gets a new average (3.25). When they lowered the minimum average to 2.00, that could've ended his NDL carter before it started, but thankfully King's Lynn have given him a chance. Nathan Ablitt rode 3 NL matches for Steelers & 2 NT matches for Kent Eagles, but doesn't get a new average. Despite averaging 8.92 & 9.33, he'll keep his low 8.33 average for 2026. If they're so desperate to have accurate averages, that they give guests averages, why not combine NL & NT for riders who didn't ride enough meetings? It's not like they won't count NT matches at all, as any rider who doesn't have a NL average will use the NT one for 2026. I just find it bizarre that 4 matches gains you a new average, but 5 doesn't!

IIRC that pretty much cost the Colts the title.

Been watching through them rose tinted glasses again, been very little passing at wimbored road for years, as good as cooper looks, he's not the best of gaters, so may struggle at Poole imo

But there are new promoters and new money ! After all and although it’s amazing what they are doing up there this is the MDL TM knowing full well that my son was didn’t qualify for the league said to him, at KL ‘you ride, as although your points won’t count, they won’t get them either and we’ll win”

But what's the asking price? Effectively, it can only be the cost of buying the licence to promote in the Prem. The new owner has to rebuild from the start: they'll have to pay to rent the track (without income from the food & drink outlets - unless they can agree a %age?); they'll need to generate sponsorship (and agree deals with existing goodwill sponsors); plus the hope that, once a team is announced, the die-hards will return and some new customers can be attracted.