Hawk127

Could Northside be used as a track and perhaps funded in part by the speedway authorities who would match Pound for pound any sponsorship. Alternatively, have the league campaign with full teams and then seek support from Elite league or Premier league clubs to run a mini league as second halves with four man teams to take on those riders without a club. Surely it would be cheaper to find sponsoship for four man teams then seven and if necessary regionalise it with an overall top four knock out final at the end of the season to decide the overall championship. Better than letting talent go to waste.

Not read through all the pages so sorry if these have already been stated but just a few I can think of Brian Foote / Arthur Price Barney Kennett / Geoff Maloney Rayleigh / Eastbourne Rayleigh / Romford Rayleigh / Canterbury Ted Hubbard / Any opposition Terry Stone / Clean bikes Len Silver / Dave Lanning Johnnie Hoskins / Len Silver

The GP has its merits and perhaps if it were sufficiently financially rewarding to run as a stand alone competition along the lines of F1 then the choice would be easy for the riders. You hear that it costs them so much money to participate and I know it gets the riders noticed on the world stage and may help them command bigger salaries from the various domestic teams they ride for but as a competition where is it going given the outside factors now starting to impact on the rider participation. You really do not want to see a competition made up almost entirely of Poles. I don't know the answer to the qualifying process and the wild cards seem to be a unfair on those who have just missed out on qualifying by riding various rounds. Perhaps they should do away with the wild card from each country for each round. Instead run the competition with a pool of riders and draw them randomly with no rider allowed to compete in more than say five rounds then all those in the 'pot' would get a chance to compete. The riders for the next round could be drawn at the end of each GP. Then the final would be the top leading scorers at the end of say eleven rounds who go through to the final. .

Why not try the Isle of Wight, a good track for real racers.

Has anyone ever looked at the possibility of talking to the owners the Newmarket go kart circuits, Red lodge or Wildtracks Karting to see if they would be interested in having a speedway track at the venues. I know it is not Mildenhall but it is close and while it is a long shot, for NL racing with limited racing calendar and the location of both tracks they could draw on the Fen Tigers current supporters and noise should not be too much of an issue. It would be a shame to not keep the club going in one form or another and perhaps these type of venues could offer some stability given that they already hold motor sport.