April 26: European Fim Speedway Grand Prix (bydgoszcz, Poland)

[f-s-p 832]

Why was Ward allowed to ride in the rerun of heat 15? Cant spot him doing the rounds after it was shown on tv that he had slowed down... Thought he was not under power whhen Mitsinski went down.

[waiheke1 4,295]

Why was Ward allowed to ride in the rerun of heat 15? Cant spot him doing the rounds after it was shown on tv that he had slowed down... Thought he was not under power whhen Mitsinski went down.

That was my first thought, but one of the replays did show him riding past miedzinski

[theknow 2 180]

What a good Gp with some fantastic racing. It was a pleasure to Sponsor the event and work with BSI/IMG again.

 

Pity the fans did not really turn up but thats their loss

 

I will be placing on ebay the winners bike front signed by the 1st, 2nd, 3rd placed riders for charity if anyone would like it to hang on there wall

[f-s-p 832]

It was a pleasure to Sponsor the event and work with BSI/IMG again.

 

It's all gone mad... Where's the door?

[New Science 1,059]

There is a vote about low attendance at this GP on sportowe fakty so fans can vote what was the reason for it as of now 23% say lack of Gollob,50% spat between BSI and SportsOne ,and 27% other reason(might be high ticket prices and that was mentioned in another article)

Interesting that over 50% of Polish speedway fans see the spat between BSI and Onesport as the reason for the pitiful attendance in Bydgoszcz but the Speedway Star fails to even consider this factor in its enquiry into why the attendance was so low.No Gollob,bad weather,basketball (yawn),Bydgoszcz being relegated and now even questioning after one poor crowd whether 3 GP,s in Poland is too many ? Well swerved guys ! To not acknowledge a possible rift between BSI,FIM and the Polish supporters is insulting our intelligence,read the Polish speedway forums it may open your eyes ! Edited May 1, 2014 by New Science

[PolskiZuzel 329]

Interesting that over 50% of Polish speedway fans see the spat between BSI and Onesport as the reason for the pitiful attendance in Bydgoszcz but the Speedway Star fails to even consider this factor in its enquiry into why the attendance was so low.No Gollob,bad weather,basketball (yawn),Bydgoszcz being relegated and now even questioning after one poor crowd whether 3 GP,s in Poland is too many ? Well swerved guys ! To not acknowledge a possible rift between BSI,FIM and the Polish supporters is insulting our intelligence,read the Polish speedway forums it may open your eyes !

 

Well said New Science !

The thing is that BSI overestimated Polish fans cash-flow. Tickets for over 100 PLN are not for ordinary Polish fan.

[racers and royals 8,811]

over 3 hours video here(Polish ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKZOzGJcZds&list=PLLP7YA_mSetHtKi0S5qMBzU2Gcoy2FsoQ

[Humphrey Appleby 14,014]

Interesting that over 50% of Polish speedway fans see the spat between BSI and Onesport as the reason for the pitiful attendance in Bydgoszcz but the Speedway Star fails to even consider this factor in its enquiry into why the attendance was so low.No Gollob,bad weather,basketball (yawn),Bydgoszcz being relegated and now even questioning after one poor crowd whether 3 GP,s in Poland is too many ? Well swerved guys ! To not acknowledge a possible rift between BSI,FIM and the Polish supporters is insulting our intelligence,read the Polish speedway forums it may open your eyes !

Well of course the Polish fans have also been subjected to a lot of propaganda from the OneSport camp, but I think it ultimately does come back to BSI over-cooking the Polish goose. Not that the Star wants to jeopardise its programme contract by saying it though...

[theknow 2 180]

 

Well said New Science !

The thing is that BSI overestimated Polish fans cash-flow. Tickets for over 100 PLN are not for ordinary Polish fan.

Easy way for BSI to respond to this. Run no further SGP in Poland or WTC. Plenty of other places to go and speedway does not revolve round Poland and about time they learnt that. Crowds have been falling since the introduction of all our EU money so just let them get on with it

[Humphrey Appleby 14,014]

Easy way for BSI to respond to this. Run no further SGP in Poland or WTC. Plenty of other places to go and speedway does not revolve round Poland and about time they learnt that.

 

Doubt there are that many places they can still milk for the same amounts of money.

 

Probably only a concern where BSI promotes itself anyway. I'd guess they've already got their money from the local promoters and city councils of the other GPs.

[theknow 2 180]

why the word milk ? They sell a product to the highest bidder or offset the possible loss to the promoter. No different than any company would do right or wrong.

What i am saying is you cant let the tail wag the dog which poland seems to want to do with all things speedway as per the silencer debate.

 

Let them do what they want in their own backyard but move in a different direction. I think there has been issues on both sides and both have valid points but i see no real winner.

[New Science 1,059]

Easy way for BSI to respond to this. Run no further SGP in Poland or WTC. Plenty of other places to go and speedway does not revolve round Poland and about time they learnt that. Crowds have been falling since the introduction of all our EU money so just let them get on with it

Can you suggest "some of these other places" BSI could go and receive the equivalent staging fees they get from Poland ?

[markw40 20]

The silence answers the question. Bring the ticket prices down to just above Polish league meeting costs and you will pack out every Polish GP

[Rob B 1,268]

The silence answers the question. Bring the ticket prices down to just above Polish league meeting costs and you will pack out every Polish GP

Price was nothing to do with it

[oldace 1,678]

Price was nothing to do with it

 

 

Indeed, Phil Rising already told us the real reason the crowd was down. It was because there was a knockabout basketball game in a school hall somewhere nearby. That seems a reasonable explanation for the best part of 20,000 missing fans to me!!!!!!!!!!!!