Eagle77

Anyone know whether their track has been given the ok yet? And if so, have/will the riders be getting some practice in before the first home meeting?

The state of our Speedway has somewhat reflected the state of the whole country... Our Speedway used to be up there with the best... the envy of many... a magnet for the worlds top riders... but now...??? We used to have a strong, upstanding country... powerful leaders respected and admired throughout the world... an army, navy and air force that struck fear around the globe... but now...???

And the BIG News is.....?

Best News I've heard since it was reported that Spurs are in talks with a possible new manager called Adolf!!!! You couldn't make it up....

Another strange contradiction where Speedway is concerned... They're happy to ask for volunteers for menial things like track raking, stadium maintenance... etc... But when it comes to things that could actually have a positive influence on their business... advertising... marketing... promotions... they don't want to take advantage of the great wealth of knowledge that could be at their fingertips... Very odd...

Wouldn't be the worst idea for someone at Northampton Speedway to have a word with Karlito and see if he can help with spreading the word... I'm sure that the vast majority of posters on here are fully behind the venture at Northampton and hope it will go on to be a great success... Any perceived negativity is purely down to the fact that they don't seem to be giving themselves the best chance of succeeding... As Karlito says... it doesn't take a lot to get the interest started... and once it starts momentum can build... The total lack of news can only lead to many of us thinking that there are big problems that still need to be resolved and could be putting the whole thing at risk of ever happening...

Fools Rush In....

I would think virtually all riders... certainly the decent ones... have got their teams sorted by now... So if Northampton aren't exactly scraping the bottom of the barrel... they must be getting pretty near the bottom if they are still looking for riders...

25 days to what is programmed as their first meeting at Kings Lynn and still nothing... No team name... no team colours and therefore (I assume) no kevlars... no-one in charge... no team manager... no riders... no advertising... no promotion... and therefore as a consequence... NO FANS... Just waiting for the "We tried our best but..." excuses...

With the way things are going they are probably going to be one of the weaker teams anyway... just what a new club needs to get the fans flocking in their thousands...!!! If they are then also told that they can't have a proper facility for one of their chosen riders that really would put the lid on it... Surely this should be a case of the famous... "In the best interests of the Sport"... rule... and this would be one of the more reasonable applications of it...

Here's a plan... Let's run a thrilling, exciting, adrenaline pumping sport and get as many teams as possible to participate... Then... let's keep it a secret and not tell anyone anything about it... What could possibly go wrong...? Anyone remember the film... Brewster's Millions...?

You would have thought that an exciting new venture... a new track for our "action packed" sport... would be something to be shouted from the rooftops... brought to the attention of all and sundry... but instead it's a well guarded secret that's being kept under wraps for some reason... Makes no sense... unless perhaps there are still problems that need to be resolved before they can officially say that they are actually running...

I'm sure that as long as they let us know what's happening a few days before that first fixture, the masses will drop everything... change all their plans... and head straight to Northampton...

Was seriously considering making a visit to Northampton this season... Maybe I'll put as much effort into going as they're putting into encouraging me to go...!!!! Following the switch from White City... I used to make a 170 mile round trip every week to follow and support Eastbourne... But my enthusiasm is rapidly approaching zero thanks to the numpties who now run our once great sport...

Publicity... who needs it...!!!!

Surely what this says is that the product was not attractive enough to entice any of the extras back...

Would love to know what your definition of "soon enough" is...? The season has already started and we still don't know anything about the name, colours, management or riders etc... of one of the teams in the sports top division... Absolutely crazy...

Yep... 1977... What a season... I went to every home match and quite a few away... But we did have Gordon Kennett riding to a 10 point average... And the likes of Marek Cieslak, Kai Niemi, Steve Weatherley and Trevor Geer all maintaining a 6 or 7 point average... So a really solid team backed up by riders like Mike Sampson and Paul Gachet more than holding their own at no.7... Try putting a team like that together now...!!! Good luck...

How many times have we heard stories of how sport... Boxing for example... has taken someone whose life might have been heading in the wrong direction and turned them around... Why can't Speedway... which can certainly provide the adrenaline boost and excitement that many might be craving... do something similar?

I was at the last couple of Wembley World Finals which had crowds of 80,000 plus... Ole Olsen & Bruce Penhall... To think that the GP will now only get 14,000 shows just how far the sport has fallen... If I had my way I'd bring back the one off World Final... along with the various qualifying rounds... They were great occasions... Meanwhile, Northampton Speedway... Speedways version of The Masons... continues under it's cloak of secrecy...

The whole thing seems to be a lesson in how not to run a sports club... And I support Spurs so at the moment I certainly know how not to run a sports club...!!!!

By now they must know at least some of the answers... who is in charge... who is the promoter... who is riding for the team... what is the team called... what are the teams colours... So can anyone come up with a logical reason why these things are still being kept a secret?

Ok... so will they refund the donations when they get the insurance payout in a few months time...? If not... maybe every track should arrange for a few local vandals to pay a nocturnal visit... and then get the damage paid for twice...

Of course it's their prerogative to do whatever they want... they can keep the whole thing a secret for ever if they choose... I would just have thought that they'd want to give themselves the best chance to make a decent go of it and I don't think leaving it all till the last minute is the way to do it... Just my opinion...

Speedway really is incredible... You'd think they'd want to get as much information out there as soon as possible to try to generate a bit of local interest... Instead it's... We have a brand new exciting venture for you to follow... We won't tell you whose in charge... We won't tell you whose running the team... We won't tell you whose riding for the team... Roll Up... Roll Up...