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There is a 'Lee Road' in Lincoln....named after the one time Boston rider?

Actually, the industrial estate, which replaced Rayleigh Stadium has a road running through it called Stadium Way....but hey, no bloody stadium exists! What is the point?

There is Iris, in Custom House area. The stadium ground now has flats, if my memory serves me right. Saw the signs once and I am sure there was Eric Chitty Road/Street and maybe Bluey Wilkinson Road/Street. Nice touch, but also a kick in the goolies!

It is possible Motul are sponsoring all the riders with their oils and other lubricants, with the hope that the rders will continue to use their products and amateurs use the products. I think I have heard of Motul 2 stroke oil in this country and is probably available for the MX and trials boys, but they must do castor as well, if ice speedway is being sponsored. Sounds a good idea to me S1!

But it is not just what Sky get as additional subscribers, the big picture is the companies who wish to advertise on SKY TV and speedway may attract companies who would not normally advertise on SKY. Advertising has to be a big slice of their revenue.

But....don't you think it is us, the speedway fans, who have a 'flat cap' perception of speedway. I think the majority of the non-speedway fans, would say, 'is it still going?' or 'first one out wins'. I don't think the general public would say, 'it's a sport for old boys'. At the end of the day, it is 4 guys, mainly young guys, tearing around a track in colourful clothing, on colourful bikes, surely, with the right advertising and the right portrayal, that has value for a brand that is selling to young people. Speed, colour, glamour is a young persons thing. But I do think, it would be difficult to expect a cash injection, but advertising exposure, maybe possible.

Reading the above comments, I would have thought that if speedway could be associated with a young vibrant brand, such as a mobile phone company or an alcopop company, whatever and the exposure was free to the company, but speedway became part of their normal advertising somehow, that would certainly be great for speedway and would give some additional exposure to the brand, especially if both domestically and internationally. I would think that would be more valuable to speedway than receiving cash. Maybe some deals are set up this way.

Because that's what Oldace and Backless do.....it's like Morecambe and Wise, a double act, but not funny.

No good to me, I shop in Lidl and wouldn't change for the world!

A bit off subject, but still speedway on TV (sort of thing) and have found 'Speedway Liga-PC Gameplay', I haven't heard of it before, but no doubt many of you have. I was impressed with the Youtube demo! Pretty realistic, what I saw.

I didn't realise Giant Haystacks followed Crayford!

Good point! Mind you, they all work in the street where they live, so maybe they don't need cars!

And Sid Owen (no not one of the famous speedway dynasty) aka Ricky Butcher, was training as a speedway rider in Eastenders, circa 1980's.

When I read the article, it seemed to suggest that the council would not support more than 14 meetings a year. I took that to mean automatic support. But a full application could go for more meetings couldn't it? With good reasons to back up why the sport may need more than 14. After all, 14 is an arbitary figure. Just a thought.

That is a good point. I would have thought an electric motor 'shuts down' in a similar way to a high compression engine, but needs to be confirmed. Thanks, was quite slow and didn't see either riders get sideways! Perhaps more work needed.

I did see that video. The interesting thing for me, was the moto x bike still behaved and looked like a moto x bike, but without the engine noise. As I recall, the 'Muller' bikes were not very glamorous, as they were all enclosed. But early days and who knows?

It is a moto X bike. Did you cut and paste the link? This should work now:

The link below may not convince many, maybe me included, but it is impressive, nonetheless. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Bni45TKUrA

I think the introduction of electric speedway bikes would be positive and negative.

I think some people in speedway are trying to think 'outside of the box' and noise is a big consideration for new tracks. However, I agree, the noise and the smell of R is a big part of speedway. I wouldn't go and watch it. I would go and watch engined bikes and would be interested to see electric bikes, say in the interval or in a second half.

I know you can never be complacent, but the stadium is in the middle of heath and woodland, so it is unlikely that it would be considered viable for building houses........one hopes!

There is a grass track section on the forum, but the boys (and girls), use uprights and laydowns. Laydowns are usually GMs and Jawas. You can run 2 stroke or 4 stroke. Not sure what Lee uses. It's a good class to start with, but some riders stay with 250 cc, without changing. What frame and engine is dad's bike?

The BSPA need to find a way for as many teams as possible to just keep going somehow, for as we know, once a track is closed, it is harder to reopen, for many reasons. Foreign rider reduction has to be a good option to reduce costs, as has already been mentioned. Good local sponsorship would be great, but in the current climate, is it realistic? I just hope the BSPA are looking at the big picture and not navel gazing.

I offered my services as a 54 year old 'wobbler' and last rode anything on 2 wheels with an engine, about 17 years ago. Phil politely refused my services, but has put me on the standby list!

I know, it is a shame!