cityrebel 2,960 Posted February 8, 2020 (edited) Surely the season ticket price of £450 is an error. If you add up the 26 meetings it comes to £464, or does the deal include a free programme. Edited February 8, 2020 by cityrebel Spelling mistake Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikebv 10,290 Posted February 8, 2020 Circa (at best) 20-25000 people visit Speedway in Britain each week on average. My shop in a small part of Manchester has more customers than that.. That's the size of the sport., So.. Let the Promoters charge what they want and can get away with, supply and demand will dictate the business plan.. Most of those 20-25000 are complete die hards who will turn up every week regardless of price so fair play to the Promoter who can make money out of them.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
old bob at herne bay 828 Posted February 8, 2020 Seems each year UK speedway continues its downward spiral to the bottom..... less entertainment and lower quantity teams for more money. Kent’s pitch at CL speedway is just a reflection on how few people are bothered to go and watch. Sadly it’s reflected in the sports magazine offering, with increased costs and less detail on match reports. The sport is slowly failing. Reducing attendances will continue to reduce still further ..... initiatives to attract a new generation of fans will fail unless the accompanying adults turn up with their kids. As for the OAPs .... they are a significant % of fans attending the sport, not sure it’s good business to not offer any concessions. Price comparisons with other tracks don’t mean much in speedway.....people who don’t go rarely to save money don’t suddenly start supporting another team. They just find other things to sped money/time. Not sure Kent can support Championship speedway at these prices with the draconian curfew still in place. Let’s hope the track delivers entertaining racing without the all too regular incidents seen at NL level last season. 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TurnTwo 317 Posted February 9, 2020 Are they going to make the track wider entering turn 3? Or at least level out the camber? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Old Crusader 135 Posted February 9, 2020 27 minutes ago, TurnTwo said: Are they going to make the track wider entering turn 3? Or at least level out the camber? I asked if the track was going to be altered a while ago. The opinion seemed to be that it would not and the Championship boys with their experience would handle it better. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
East End Fan 426 Posted February 9, 2020 1 hour ago, TurnTwo said: Are they going to make the track wider entering turn 3? Or at least level out the camber? I went onto the track after a meeting one day last season. It was very interesting watching a tractor with spikes on the back whizz round backwards. Bend 3 is where the bikes enter the track from the Pits and is about twice as wide as a normal track at that point.. Most riders seem to handle it without problems but the adverse camber does catch out one or two but only if they go so wide that they'd be in trouble anyway IMO. Maybe could be improved by brining the fence in quite a way, but that would mean making a new entrance from the Pits. I don't know which would be the best choice. Is there anyone on this column who knows about such things ? All the tractors and the ambulance use the present entrance to get onto the track, so it needs to be fairly wide. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crabba59 156 Posted February 9, 2020 If it was me I would leave it as wide as it now and just take the negative camber off and the racing would get better. With today's bikes it needs to be smooth with a little bit of dirt on..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waco 1,026 Posted February 9, 2020 (edited) The straights are narrow this combined with the adverse cambers on the bend exits are causing lots of avoidable crashes....Both need sorting with the addition of more shale..Obviously the higher standard riders will be able to cope better with the problem.if nothing is done....which looks the case..? Edited February 9, 2020 by waco 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HGould 2,213 Posted February 9, 2020 13 hours ago, old bob at herne bay said: Seems each year UK speedway continues its downward spiral to the bottom..... less entertainment and lower quantity teams for more money. Kent’s pitch at CL speedway is just a reflection on how few people are bothered to go and watch. Sadly it’s reflected in the sports magazine offering, with increased costs and less detail on match reports. The sport is slowly failing. Reducing attendances will continue to reduce still further ..... initiatives to attract a new generation of fans will fail unless the accompanying adults turn up with their kids. As for the OAPs .... they are a significant % of fans attending the sport, not sure it’s good business to not offer any concessions. Price comparisons with other tracks don’t mean much in speedway.....people who don’t go rarely to save money don’t suddenly start supporting another team. They just find other things to sped money/time. Not sure Kent can support Championship speedway at these prices with the draconian curfew still in place. Let’s hope the track delivers entertaining racing without the all too regular incidents seen at NL level last season. Lots of tracks I visited last season doing a lot of positive things with all ages. Birmingham; Swindon; Glasgow; Berwick, Redcar ; Somerset , Eastbourne all tracks I visited in CL and witnessed initiatives for younger fans, older fans and parents of younger fans. The end may be cometh but some are at least trying. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HGould 2,213 Posted February 9, 2020 (edited) 21 hours ago, phillipsr said: As has been said before its right that pricing reductions should be aimed at the younger generation and not OAPs.. Kent are to expensive but the idea of charging OAP’s more isnt a bad one charging a dwindling group of loyal customers MORE, of any business to cover a lack of new customers is only going to lead one way! Edited February 9, 2020 by HGould added word More... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tsunami 10,219 Posted February 9, 2020 2 hours ago, waco said: The straights are narrow this combined with the adverse cambers on the bend exits are causing lots of avoidable crashes....Both need sorting with the addition of more shale..Obviously the higher standard riders will be able to cope better with the problem.if nothing is done....which looks the case..? There's no real benefit to have wider straights IMO. The legal limit is currently 8 metres wide, which is quite adequate to accommodate 4 riders abreast at the starts. Probably the only time they will be in one line in the whole of the race. Far better to concentrate on widening the entrances/exits to the corners, and widening them to give more racing lines especially with some decent banking. There should always be banking on every track. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ben91 1,743 Posted February 9, 2020 6 hours ago, HGould said: Lots of tracks I visited last season doing a lot of positive things with all ages. Birmingham; Swindon; Glasgow; Berwick, Redcar ; Somerset , Eastbourne all tracks I visited in CL and witnessed initiatives for younger fans, older fans and parents of younger fans. The end may be cometh but some are at least trying. Shame nobody tried trying to arrest the decline of the sport 20 years ago. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crabba59 156 Posted February 9, 2020 19 minutes ago, Ben91 said: Shame nobody tried trying to arrest the decline of the sport 20 years ago. You are 100% right but a least the bspa are trying to get things going in the right direction. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bagpuss 10,783 Posted February 9, 2020 Uncle Len is partial to an adverse camber bless him. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
East End Fan 426 Posted February 10, 2020 14 hours ago, Bagpuss said: Uncle Len is partial to an adverse camber bless him. Best posting this year..haven't laughed so much in years....... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites