This is the thing. I don't care about fans. I am 48, I just want a hobby. I can spend a few grand a year like I do on track days but there is no outlet for anyone who doesn't want to be part of a team. This 'professional from day one' mentality has been around speedway for around 30 years. I seem to remember training tracks like Iwade, Felton and Linlithgow, where you could just pay your money and ride your bike. Some would just ride, others would go into a team system. An individual race series, where riders pay to enter and compete, would be a more typical business model for speedway. Most motorsports rely on entry fees to be viable, with sponsorship, TV deals and trackside audiences only really making a significant difference to the very top tier series. Speedway is not a motorsport, it is a team sport and it needs to be a participation sport. With all due respect, you don't seem to get that club speedway is dead. It is not relevant now and you are watching it die in front of you. It's not a case of not many fans want to watch me, not many fans want to watch. Full stop.

As business's they're a million miles apart and bare no comparison, but... they are both sporting competitions and that is where you can compare them and Speedway is severely lacking in many areas that it's easier than ever before to offer.  You do touch on something where Speedway is almost unique it's an individual sport masquerading as a team sport, the fans are interested in following their team and most of the riders are interested in individual glory. With F1 it's also an individual sport masquerading as a team sport but conversely the fans don't really care who wins the constructors championship, they care who wins the drivers championship.  The grassroots of Speedway used to be grasstrack, not so much these days with many riders coming from a MotoX background but there is also a thriving junior programme which has produced many riders and really has been quite a success... these riders have then been denied opportunity in the leagues due to the senior riders doubling up and taking all of the team spots. With all due respect to you and I don't wish to be rude but I can't see many fans wanting to follow you on your individual path to glory. Fans over the years have followed the club that represents their local town/ city and then maybe their star rider who rides for them...  If you really are interested in having a go though, have you checked out the Aiden Collins thing?  

Paying £100 a point (even if that's a maximum) suggests a wage bill of around £10,000 per meeting (assuming we also pay bonus points). I find it hard to believe a speedway attendance can profitably cover anything close to that. No. Where. Even. Close.

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Is that the last we will see of speedway at Northside?