martin297 8 Posted January 26, 2020 https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/18185364.speedway-stock-cars-return-unused-odsal-stadium/ Saw this linked from a banger forum,could be good news! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
foamfence 2,917 Posted January 26, 2020 13 minutes ago, martin297 said: https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/18185364.speedway-stock-cars-return-unused-odsal-stadium/ Saw this linked from a banger forum,could be good news! Some parts of the stadium have been condemned, there is no track, pits or safety fence and there are new houses quite near but yes, if some idiot with enough dosh and the wherewithal to jump through the necessary hoops should come along, it could be 'good news' Don't hold your breath though. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HertsRacer 222 Posted January 26, 2020 Looks like the same article that is in this weeks Speedway Star. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ArthurRudge 347 Posted February 2, 2020 Heard it all before all pie in the sky Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ArthurRudge 347 Posted February 2, 2020 I am sorry to say Speedway will never come back to Odsal it's better to flatten it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Flag 454 Posted February 2, 2020 Don’t know the realities of speedway back at Odsal but I always loved watching there, it was so different to watching at Wolves, which I love by the way, I used to go and watch even when Wolves weren’t there if it looked a good meeting 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PotteringAround 633 Posted February 2, 2020 17 minutes ago, ArthurRudge said: I am sorry to say Speedway will never come back to Odsal it's better to flatten it. Not sure how you "flatten" a bowl already sunken into the ground. However I would imagine the most profitable use for Odsal now is to use it for landfill to fill it up to ground level. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve roberts 9,246 Posted February 2, 2020 54 minutes ago, PotteringAround said: Not sure how you "flatten" a bowl already sunken into the ground. However I would imagine the most profitable use for Odsal now is to use it for landfill to fill it up to ground level. That big hole in the ground as the late John Berry used to refer to it as. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikebv 10,292 Posted February 2, 2020 17 minutes ago, steve roberts said: That big hole in the ground as the late John Berry used to refer to it as. I remember one night the meeting v the Aces getting 'fogged off' yet it was all clear at turnstile level when we all walked out.. The fog basically 'sat in the bowl' ... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
False dawn 2,298 Posted February 2, 2020 Just now, mikebv said: I remember one night the meeting v the Aces getting 'fogged off' A rare occurrence in my experience. There was an individual meeting at Wolverhampton fogged once. Actually, curtailed. They got to heat 12 or thereabouts. The winner was declared but he had to get down from the podium and walk across the track so the crowd could see the trophy. And to prove I'm not shy about my age. The winning rider was Johnny Boulger Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve roberts 9,246 Posted February 2, 2020 (edited) 4 minutes ago, False dawn said: A rare occurrence in my experience. There was an individual meeting at Wolverhampton fogged once. Actually, curtailed. They got to heat 12 or thereabouts. The winner was declared but he had to get down from the podium and walk across the track so the crowd could see the trophy. And to prove I'm not shy about my age. The winning rider was Johnny Boulger Obviously John Boulger was happier riding in fog rather than snow! Recall the time that the whole Cradley team walked out at Cowley when the snows came...and Boulger was forever christened "Snowflake" by the Cowley faithful after that! Edited February 2, 2020 by steve roberts 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ArthurRudge 347 Posted February 2, 2020 I have some footage somewhere of the track in the 90s it resembled that of a ploughed field lumps and bumps everywhere it wasn't really rideable at all riders were wobbling around I have never ever seen a track look so bad Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
teaboy279 1,038 Posted February 3, 2020 Steve Rees seems cautiously optimistic about taking the cars back, if that happens I would imagine adding speedway would be the logical next step. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RobMcCaffery 2,752 Posted February 3, 2020 (edited) 21 hours ago, ArthurRudge said: I am sorry to say Speedway will never come back to Odsal it's better to flatten it. I wish I had such certain knowledge of the future. Got any future winning lottery numbers? Edited February 3, 2020 by RobMcCaffery Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Jones 2,127 Posted February 3, 2020 19 hours ago, ArthurRudge said: I have some footage somewhere of the track in the 90s it resembled that of a ploughed field lumps and bumps everywhere it wasn't really rideable at all riders were wobbling around I have never ever seen a track look so bad Aren't you a Poole fan? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites