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[oldtimer 340]

Help wanted at track next week end. Turn up and finish times please?

[oldtimer 340]

Help wanted at track next week end. Turn up and finish times please?

 

It's from 8-00 am all day.

[oldtimer 340]

Match day programme announced as £2-50, so for a single person that's £18-50 to attend speedway, very dificult to encourage new people to come at that price. You need a programme, and it's something to do filling in the scores in between heats. The track has no influence over the price of petrol and you don't have to have a beer and can eat at home, but when you add it all up, people I have tried to persuade to come, say that's too much for 15 minutes of racing. Speedway needs to cut it's costs, or improve it's entertainment.

Edited March 7, 2013 by oldtimer

[Pirate Nick 1,801]

Match day programme announced as £2-50, so for a single person that's £18-50 to attend speedway, very dificult to encourage new people to come at that price. You need a programme, and it's something to do filling in the scores in between heats. The track has no influence over the price of petrol and you don't have to have a beer and can eat at home, but when you add it all up, people I have tried to persuade to come, say that's too much for 15 minutes of racing. Speedway needs to cut it's costs, or improve it's entertainment.

 

That's because you've pitched it wrongly. I would say its more like 2hrs of socialising with friends and a great way to spend an evening (especially at the Oak Tree with its good food and facilities).

Edited March 8, 2013 by Pirate Nick

[barrow boy 119]

That's because you've pitched it wrongly. I would say its more like 2hrs of socialising with friends and a great way to spend an evening (especially at the Oak Tree with its good food and facilities).

 

Yes. It's for a night out not just 15 minutes of racing

[oldtimer 340]

That's because you've pitched it wrongly. I would say its more like 2hrs of socialising with friends and a great way to spend an evening (especially at the Oak Tree with its good food and facilities).

 

I agree Nick it's also about socialising with friends. Speedway folk have a good sense of humour and I have a good laugh and a chat before, during and after racing. However I can go to my local pub and have a good social evening in good facilities, I don't have to pay to park my car, there is no admission charge, I don't need a programme, the menu is free and it's warm.

[Tsunami 10,219]

I agree Nick it's also about socialising with friends. Speedway folk have a good sense of humour and I have a good laugh and a chat before, during and after racing. However I can go to my local pub and have a good social evening in good facilities, I don't have to pay to park my car, there is no admission charge, I don't need a programme, the menu is free and it's warm.

 

But no speedway, smell and noise.

[rustyre bel1 19]

Do what i do make up ur own programme and as for a night in the warm pub no thanks give me 2 hours of racing at the O T A one week freezing ur nuts off then a few weeks later laid on the grass in sunshine ???? roll on the 29th

[orderly 174]

I agree Nick it's also about socialising with friends. Speedway folk have a good sense of humour and I have a good laugh and a chat before, during and after racing. However I can go to my local pub and have a good social evening in good facilities, I don't have to pay to park my car, there is no admission charge, I don't need a programme, the menu is free and it's warm.

 

You never stop moaning, if you don’t like it at the speedway then go to the pub then you can moan about the price of your drinks and how much tax the government take out of you for your drink.

What you never seem to get through that geriatric skull of yours is that it costs a lot of money to stage a speedway meeting before a wheel gets onto the track and a lot of these costs can never be recouped and what about the costs to the management for rained off meetings, I think that is in the region of £1000 per rain off.

So OT it’s time to make your mind up Speedway where you can have a laugh and meet friends or the pub where again you can meet some friends and it could cost you your license or worse still your liver

The choice is yours

[oldtimer 340]

But no speedway, smell and noise.

 

Unfortunately, unless there is something wrong with my nose, the smell no longer exists. I remember when the methanol smell was very strong, also bikes are a lot less noisy than "the good old days." Which brings me back to my original point, £18-50 for 15 heats?

 

Starshooter says it costs a lot to stage a meeting, and even though, like he says, I am geriatric, I do realise that, which is why the powers that be need to reduce the cost of maintaining a current speedway bike, instead of thinking of ways to make it more expensive for riders. Cheaper equipment, less rider expense, has the knock on effect all the way down the line to cheaper admission. Not knocking Somerset, at least you get top drawer racing, but if the people who run the sport want new people to come to speedway they need to get back to basics.

 

I mentioned in my original post that speedway needs to cut it's cost or improve entertainment, so on the latter point, any ideas?

Edited March 9, 2013 by oldtimer

[billybikespeedway 75]

Unfortunately, unless there is something wrong with my nose, the smell no longer exists. I remember when the methanol smell was very strong, also bikes are a lot less noisy than "the good old days." Which brings me back to my original point, £18-50 for 15 heats?

 

Starshooter says it costs a lot to stage a meeting, and even though, like he says, I am geriatric, I do realise that, which is why the powers that be need to reduce the cost of maintaining a current speedway bike, instead of thinking of ways to make it more expensive for riders. Cheaper equipment, less rider expense, has the knock on effect all the way down the line to cheaper admission. Not knocking Somerset, at least you get top drawer racing, but if the people who run the sport want new people to come to speedway they need to get back to basics.

 

I mentioned in my original post that speedway needs to cut it's cost or improve entertainment, so on the latter point, any ideas?

 

 

I Agree the Smell and the Noise have Dissapeard, I am Also geriatric in My Views, Speed is not the essance ,Close Racing, Skill and Passing ability ,Should Br Paramount 2 Valve jawa's ,generate Excitement, Forget Laydowns For Domestic Use ,They are are Fine for GP riders who have the money , But for Bread and Butter league racing lets get Back to basics, Sadley No speedway At Newport again But Still a Fan

[Willowman 212]

A good show by Josh on Saturday. Roughly finished where we would have expected him to, so a promising start.

[orderly 174]

I Agree the Smell and the Noise have Dissapeard, I am Also geriatric in My Views, Speed is not the essance ,Close Racing, Skill and Passing ability ,Should Br Paramount 2 Valve jawa's ,generate Excitement, Forget Laydowns For Domestic Use ,They are are Fine for GP riders who have the money , But for Bread and Butter league racing lets get Back to basics, Sadley No speedway At Newport again But Still a Fan

 

The smell has mostly dissapeareard because a lot of the riders do not use Castrol "R" these days as it very expensive they now use Newtons which I find burns your eyes or some other product

[oldtimer 340]

No suggestions yet on improving entertainment. I was watching Rugby yesterday and a rousing fanfare played whenever anyone scored. How about this for a 5-1, or even better music during the evening?

 

A good show by Josh on Saturday. Roughly finished where we would have expected him to, so a promising start.

 

Also well done Claus Vissing second in Ben Fund ahead of Hans, a tragedy we couldn't keep him!

[Catalan 717]

Claus only has himself to blame