Why The Top Riders Dont Want To Rider In Britain..

[Haza 1,774]

Simple answer is they don't need to race here those days are long gone

[foamfence 2,917]

Simple answer is they don't need to race here those days are long gone

That's true, but never say 'never.'

[Guest]

Simple answer is they don't need to race here those days are long gone

 

I second your comment Haza. Britain's domination of speedway ended some years ago.

[1 valve 558]

How can you have more fixtures if you had a set night. You can only have one home match a fortnight so over a six month period that would be 13 home matches only . Where would you fit the extra fixtures in. You would only get 26 home fixtures if you raced all the year round. Is this what you are advocating?

The point you well make appears to be the one factor which seems to be consistently ignored, and it shouldn't be. If the crowds were large enough to enable the promoters to run once a week then fine but currently they are not sufficient so therefore clubs need to run as much as possible on a weekly basis. The answer lies in running the Elite League over two adjacent nights thereby ensuring riders are not traveling to and from the UK. some tracks may find it difficult to accommodate a night if the stadium is required for other events such as greyhounds and clearly that would need addressing.

[Mike.Butler 601]

we should take the Polish approach.. You can ride in one other league other than the UK in any season. That would stop the top boys doing a just a few meetings at the start and end of our season.

[Skidder1 7,637]

But that is not the Polish approach.

 

Its that riders in Polish Ekstraliga can only ride in their 'domestic'* league plus one other!!

 

(* For Aussies, 'domestic' would mean the British EL if they are domiciled here during the season)

[Mike.Butler 601]

That's exactly my point. If an EL is expanded to say 11/12 teams to give a few more meetings then why shouldn't our promoters call their bluff and say it's the EL (all meetings) + 1 other.. This dipping in and out at their convenience is unsatisfactory particularly as it distorts the EL and its integrity, ie Messrs Woffinden and Lindback joinin for play-offs.

[Skidder1 7,637]

Such an increase in the number of EL teams is likely to preclude most GP riders from any involvement - partly because they don't want more fixtures unless there is a squad system, but also those teams stepping up are likely to retain their preferred racenight - Thurs/Fris and weekends!!!

[waiheke1 4,295]

we should take the Polish approach.. You can ride in one other league other than the UK in any season. That would stop the top boys doing a just a few meetings at the start and end of our season.

Surely it's best to get the top riders here of we can? And uk doesn't pay enough to get riders to give up other leagues. Essentially you are saying you font want any danes or gp quality riders racing on the uk. Is that really what you want? Riders like Lindgren, zagar, holder who have ridden here regularly for seasons would be precluded from racing here.

If u want to stop "ringers" from riding only at the business end of the season, there are less drastic measures that can be taken, the simplest being that any redeclaration must syill be within the points limit and ensuring fsir and transpatent averages for all ridrrs. This allows struggling teams to strengthen, but top teams cannot swap an out of form hl for a better rider without weakening their side.

Edited October 20, 2016 by waihekeaces1

[Humphrey Appleby 13,958]

It's astonishing that people actually attribute the lack of top riders to race nights, far less being able to use more tyres.

 

During the days of the British League, and even the early days of the British Elite League, virtually all of the top riders rode in Britain. There were more race nights and far more fixtures than now, yet riders mostly managed to turn up.

 

Many riders also managed to do the Swedish leagues, Danish leagues and later Polish leagues when the Iron Curtain fell, and even make some time for some longtracking in Germany on a Sunday.

 

If there was decent money to be made Britain, the riders would miraculously become less tired. Just as they became less tired when the Russian League was throwing money around for a while.

 

They get four months off in the winter to recover anyway.

Edited October 20, 2016 by Humphrey Appleby