Ritchie Hawkins will also be a massive miss by the way. A figure of fun for some because of his demeanour, but he was an excellent team manager and done an awful lot behind the scenes that many don’t realise. He genuinely loved Ipswich and being part of the club. 

You’re right, I’d add in they may also need a new track man and presenter if the current incumbents also decide to walk out of loyalty to Chris. You’d hope that Louis wouldn’t just sell and walk away completely right away. He did say he would work tirelessly over the coming weeks and months to make sure the club was left in good hands, so perhaps he would hang around and help the new person/people settle in by helping them build a team to keep the wheels moving. 

You would think their viewing demographic would be not too dissimilar to UK Speedways... Plenty of funeral planning adverts, Will planning, SAGA holidays, "Aches and Pains" improving devices, Cruises, Coach Holidays etc... Fairly well off retirees, with a decent amount of disposable income... The perfect Speedway crowd dynamic, with, no doubt, many of those viewing being those who say "Speedway? Is that still going? I used to go to Speedway"...

C5 is basically a nostalgia channel... so that could be a goer!

And you can add in a lack of TV money which may also reduce sponsors money as there will be less media coverage of their name... I have seen that C5 covered The Worlds Strongest Man competition over Xmas... They don't seen to have a huge sporting portfolio so maybe they could be interested in doing an hours worth of highlights using, for a fee, the streaming coversge from tracks, and BSN footage? A relatively cheap show to produce, and gets some mainstream "free to air" coverage, rather than being behind a pay wall...

The club doesn't just need some rich benefactors. It still has to be run. Chris, with his wife and Richie Hawkins managed the club and they have all said they do not want to do that in the future. Who ever buys the club still has to find people with the time, the business know how, and speedway contacts to actually run it on a day to day basis.