Chris116

Maybe they can take note of how Mike Parker started the Provincial League in the early '60s and proved that it was possible to "promote" speedway. I may hate the memory of Parker for some of the things he did in Speedway and Stock Cars but he did have vision and he did promote.

I am heart broken to find that the Warriors are not in the NDL of 2021. I pray that they will be back with Barry and Martin leading the organisation in 2022.

I did not say agree! I said accept that other opinions are valid.

I watched racing at both West Ham, Wimbledon and New Cross in the 60s. I always preferred Wimbledon and New Cross because I felt the riders got spread out too much but I know people who preferred the bigger West Ham track. That does not make me right and them wrong, it shows that people have different opinions and variety is good. Please can posters accept other opinions are genuine and therefore valid. I have a very good friend who like me enjoys oval car racing. He prefers the Hot Rods while I prefer the Stock Cars. We both enjoy watching racing and don't treat the others view as rubbish and neither should posters on this forum.

The current set up means that PL teams have 10 home and 10 away meetings while CL teams have 11 home and 11 away meetings if they run home and away twice in the PL with just home and away once in the CL. So a rider who is racing in both leagues gets 42 meetings assuming they race at every meeting for both their teams plus any playoffs. If all 18 teams were in one big league this would give 34 meetings with home and away once. If the big league was split into three areas (North/Midlands/South) then they could race their local teams a second time, Home and away which gives another 10 meetings which increases the number of meetings for riders to 44 with each track having 22 home meetings plus any playoffs. The problem is the number of riders that are needed to fill the teams which would probably mean six man teams at best and in the short term even five man teams. This however could encourage riders to ride in this country as they would get 5 or 6 races at every meeting with the chance to earn more at each meeting plus a couple of extra meetings over the season. For spectators it would mean more home meetings with more local derbies and more teams to watch over the season if they only go to their home track. If every team had to have at one under 21 British rider and one under 25 British rider with no other rules on who they were it would give the top NDL riders a chance to progress. As an extra incentive to promotions to run NDL teams a rule that for team building purposes any rider moving into the top league from the same tracks NDL team would be assessed at 2 while those from other NDL teams would be assessed 3. Also any rider racing for the same team in two years would be given a 5% reduction for team building. This would encourage teams to keep teams together which means that fans don't see all their favourites vanish off to other teams.

I was busy on Thursday evening when my regular fix of Island Speedway was on but saw the meeting this morning. Very good coverage of an excellent meeting. Many thanks to those at Smallbrook who make this all possible.

RIP Olle. I always enjoyed watching him.

Plymouth no longer appear in the list of National League teams which is not good news for the National League. I feel very worried about Isle of Wight and Mildenhall as they are now the only tracks without a team in a higher division.

I note that the important information on the points limits for the leagues has not been mentioned by the BSPL. Surely this information is vital to all teams so they can put together a team.

The cynic in me says that the new team in the Championship will only be told if they can run after all the current teams have sorted out their teams leaving the new team with no riders to make a competitive team with. I hope I am wrong!

Which leads one to the question - Are those in charge sane?

What happened to the sidecars? I watched from event 12 and they were not shown at all!

I am going to work by the same principle as I did in 2020. If there is racing (2 wheels or 4 wheels) and I think it is safe for me then I will be watch live speedway or stock cars. If there is no racing or I don't think it is safe to attend then I will be watching YouTube videos of both. At the moment there is no point getting uptight about it, what will be, will be. I want to go racing but I will wait until I can enjoy it without worrying that I could catch the virus.

My father told me that the Broadbanks track was built on the Stock Car track that had been used in the mid 50's but by the time Speedway returned was disused. As a very young fan I stood on the bank and looked at the Broadbanks/old Stock Car track which as we had just started going to the cars as well as bikes I was not happy that there was a disused track . Many years later I would become a flag marshal at the Karts but stopped when the stewards refused to stop a race when a driver was lying in the middle of the track with a broken collarbone.

Yes, it is hard to find the content I want to read some of the time there are so many adverts. Note to advertisers - I don't need to be told which of the young ladies, wearing very little, are 'hot'. I learnt how to do that for myself over 50 years ago and have not forgotten in old age.

But only on Fridays that his team are not due to race.

Maybe it would be possible for either just you or a combined effort by people who video meetings around the country to compile a programme of races with Danny in. He was such a showman I am sure it would be popular and could maybe raise some funds for Danny's family who I am sure would also welcome the video as a memory of Danny at his best.

I watched the meeting against Birmingham this evening. Excellent coverage and great to see Danny Ayres in action. I keep hoping you will show the Belle Vue Colts match from August 2019 as I was present that evening when I met Danny for sadly the only time.

The situation with Ipswich is not as you say. The National Banger World Final was postponed until 14th November and now already been put back until December as the quote from the Spedeworth website says:- Firstly, we would like to thank everyone for their patience with regards the decision of running the 2020 Unlimited National Banger World Championship.We are now able to make the announcement.The decision has been made to postpone the event until Saturday 14th November 2020.Following continuous discussions with the local authorities and the current climate within the country regarding COVID-19 we believe this will be the most sensible course of action.Whilst we understand some of you maybe disappointed, we hope you can appreciate and respect this decision.Race fans who have purchased advanced tickets please do not panic. Your tickets WILL still be valid for the new date for the event! Race fans who are now unable to attend the event a full refund will be given. Details of how to obtain a refund will be detailed below.Drivers, your bookings will still be valid. If you are now unable to honour your booking, please contact us on 01252 322920.To address the Banger World Championship which should have taken place on Saturday 14th November this event will be re-scheduled to Sunday 6th December.

The only cycle speedway I ever saw was at a track on Garrett Lane near Wimbledon Stadium. My father and I had a very enjoyable afternoon watching the racing but I think the track is sadly long gone. I had a look at the track in Basildon soon after I moved there but the riders who were practicing were very unhappy that I was watching them and refused point blank to tell me when race meetings were held so I never went back there.

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Wimbledon had large stands all around the track but living two miles away our next door neighbours always knew when the racing was on as they could hear both the bikes and the cars, and they knew which was racing by the length of the races. Sound barriers cost a fortune for very little effect except as a sop to the NIMBY's.

Since we came out of lockdown I have had three meals with my wife in restaurants and a Stock Car meeting at Aldershot which is just under an hour by train and then a 30 minute walk. Sadly I have not got to a speedway meeting and doubt if I will this year. My wife normally does four or five trip abroad each year and will not be doing any for the time being. Both of us are getting rather fed up with life.

We also need to remember that the size of the crowd has to be limited so if NDL meetings normally cost £13 with around 600 paying fans the admission price has to go up if only 400 are allowed by the rules in force at the moment. Last season I went to two meetings on the Isle of Wight and paid my £13 admission plus around £40 in train and boat fares from London. If the Warriors were to run a meeting this season (they have said they are not going to) I would expect the admission to be £14 or £15 and be quite happy to pay that amount.

The Stock Car promotions are asking that you wear a mask at all times inside the stadium so I would expect Speedway to be the same. I went to Aldershot on 26th July and the person in front of me at the entrance explained to the staff member that they could not wear a mask for medical reasons and was allowed in but told to keep away from other spectators so that they did not catch or pass on anything.