Speedway is in comparison to thinks like motox relatively cheap at low to mid level and because of the low numbers of competitors is pretty easy these days to get into a team and if you want to just do for fun then there is tracks you can go almost every week, the downside is you will need to travel, as it is now it is unsustainable to carry on taking out more than is coming in but that doesn’t mean the team thing can’t work, it can and will but it needs leadership into the corporate world of which it doesn’t have, I agree the world is going to some dark places but that’s not speedway problem and neither should it be, I get you want to ride your bike for fun and you can nobody is stopping you, I do it myself a couple of times a year but the sport of speedway isn’t really aimed at the guys and girls like us, we have had our day,,we should know better by now and where we differ is I now want to watch league racing as I’ve always wanted to and there are 1000s who do but for whatever reasons as discussed above are choosing not too attend, speedway differs from other motorcycle sports because they are participant sports and speedway is primarily a fan sport, it is a team sport on bikes rather than a motorcycle sport

The only thing that is healthy and grassroots like is the GT140 grasstrack which they run on speedway tracks too,I have considered it as a bit of fun but decided it’s not for me as the engines are just not fast enough but it seems to be having a bit of a surge in participants and I think the GT140 championships have about 10 rounds per year at different tracks 

Last one from me.  I think we're not so far apart here. But speedway should be such an inexpensive and accessible participation sport, but it is not. It is not particularly accessible, despite what you say, and the number of people taking out of it cannot be justified by the amount of money in it. Every other sport I can think of has a clear delineation between the amateur and professional ranks. In amateur, the participant pays, whether that's car racing, tennis or fishing, and this is an industry in itself, one which is bigger than the professional side. Speedway does not have this, the number of amateurs should outrank 'professionals' by at least 50 to 1. It is an amateur sport, with amateur sport levels of spectators, run (largely) at amateur level venues with presentation and promotion from enthusiastic but ultimately underwhelming individuals. The insistence that it continues to be this contrived team sport will be the death of it. The world is going to some dark places just now and the idea that league speedway exists in the UK in five years time seems impossible to me, sadly.

I get what you're saying and speedway does have amateur opportunities as @THE DEAN MACHINE has mentioned, add to that grasstrack and the youth system and there is opportunity for all ages. Speedway is very different from many of the sports you're thinking of because of the need for highly specialised kit to compete. I think you're being a bit disingenuous with the victory lap thing, we all know that's not going to save the sport alone it's just an issue I've highlighted to represent the greater lack of interaction between those competing and those paying to watch. 

They certainly keep that quiet! It's good to hear, but I stand by what I say. Not enough facilities, not enough riders and no grassroots to speak of. What worked in the 1960s isn't what people want today and focussing on a business model which relies on fans turning up to watch team speedway won't have more than a few years left in it.

Some very valid points there but there is amateur racing where you pay to race, Scunthorpe, Leicester, Isle of Wight and Lydd all run amatuer meetings