Yes I totally agree with your views. When I was young, riders one in particular would ride close to the fence where the kids were tapping their hands as he went by. More Shane Parker’s please are needed.

Riders giving fans, esp children, a quick wave after a hard fought race would be nice.  As a neutral, a few times at Scunny I've seen riders from [name redacted], but one of the teams you always meet at the business end of the season, battle through from the back for a heat win - then disappear back to the pits without waving to their travelling support, which included children.  I've pondered out loud "Well, I'd think twice about travelling circa 250 - 300 miles to support riders who find it too much trouble to travel (circa) 250 - 300 metres & give their fans a quick wave".  Actually, being 'speedway - mad' (for which there is no cure !) I'd still travel support a team of my own & that I identify with anyway, but I'm sure I've made my point here....

thats the point I'm making riders would have to pay for their own tyre's insurances vans ect,. it shows a lot of money is needed and the public are not willing to pay it.  

Just quoting who Bsn mentioned. Thanks anyway

Why shouldn't Glasgow be allowed to compete in the Championship?  Tigers currently have wealthy promoters but that has not always been the case, in fact it's rarely been the case in our history.  Moving up would eliminate any sort of local rivalry. And further reduces the number of teams to race against.  Moving up would force Tigers to give up the Friday night that their fans prefer (by a significant margin over other times/days). More importantly, where would Glasgow get a non cannon fodder Premiership team from? (Never mind not being able to build the type of entertaining team that the promotion and fans want). A combined Oxford and Birmingham team from last year would still have finished miles off the pace.  If rumours are true, Glasgow make a not insignificant loss every year, despite the promotions best efforts, in the Championship. Moving up to the Premiership would make that worse and might drive the Facennas away, quite possibly ending speedway in Glasgow. I think I speak for most Tigers fans when I say I don't want the Premiership.

My point exactly... The following is there... The relevance and jeopardy of the competition to get them to attend, unfortunately isn't... Especially on a Monday, (apart from Bank Holiday ones obviously).. Edit Re "needing more loyal fans".... The Aces have at least always had enough of them to maintain top tier racing since its very existence.  Unlike a fair few others whose fans were not so loyal... Some, after dropping down, even languishing in the second tier for a good many seasons...