Fortythirtyeight

Going to miss Danny King that’s for sure and even more so Wright could be out for months. Other than the class of King and one good ride from Scott it was a poor meeting on a slick, gaters paradise of a track. still early days and that was a strong Diamonds side , hopefully King will get lots of guest bookings 😉

Pushed into attending the ‘practice’ today to get my first fix of the season and whilst the club is getting very professional in its outlook, ( studio photo’s !) but when are they going to get professional about track preparation and that car park ? I know track prep is a ‘dark art’ and Redcar have been spoilt with Terrry ‘the track’ and Jonathan Swales but they need to get some work done before next weeks first match if we are to see good racing . As for the car park it’s bad enough to walk across never mind drive your precious car across. Guess we’ll take a hint from the locals and park outside next week. On the plus side at least they’ve filled the pot holes in inside the stadium😀 Roll on next Friday night.

Well I see a couple of new names , mainly in 125’s, but disappointing to see riders who have ridden at a higher level ( NDL ) for several seasons still in the NJL. I suppose it shows how few riders are taking up the sport, and despite what the BSPA say every season, the lack of racing opportunities for inexperienced riders, not the ‘junior’ league it once was.

More shambolic governance .

Try Theo Pijper…

Team news for the Redcar match is looking better , riders now a bit keener as the sun comes out. Some interesting names from the past looking for rides.

Can’t be a promoter at more than one club in the same league.

“Not being in terminal decline “ ? A ‘PREMIERSHIP’ of just 6 teams ! a new team announced just 2 weeks before a season is due to start ! I think we all know the situation , whilst I appreciate the desire to watch live speedway has declined year on year , even the die hards that are left know this winter has been an absolute disaster as far as organisation is concerned and with no sign of change at the top table it’s only heading one way I’m afraid.

Good news we have another club but I don't understand why the promoter hasn't been named , never mind a team line up. Any new promoter has to interviewed and vetted by the clowns running the sport so we must assume this has been done so why the secrecy ? A team must also have been sorted as you don't announce your running without one !

The Dukes had a team in the NJL a few seasons back but the interest died out.

Can’t agree with you at all on that, King has a respectable away average and if Klindt doesn’t like the way the wind is blowing , he’ll do nothing at all as he will be on his usual guarantee.

King costs half of what gating tart Klindt demands.

Let’s get things in perspective, he’s been around British amateur meetings for quite a few years, rode in a few second halfs and would struggle to hold down a NDL team place so let’s not call in Trumps ICE army just yet.

Isn’t the rule…..can’t guest unless named in another Premierships one to seven ?

The sports own ‘constitution’ is being broken to try desperately to find another club, but then the sports rules are constantly being broken so what’s another one.

Even though you wrote it twice…..you couldn’t be more wrong. I’ve attended as many NDL meetings as Championship and been to Mildenhall many times and always enjoyed it. I just have an opinion you obviously disagree with.😊

Do you actually think they discuss ‘ what will the fans think ?’ at promoters meetings ? I very much doubt so. I was told by a former promoter that when ever disputes occurred between them at their get togethers the first thing that Chapmen and Godfrey used to say was that they would close their tracks as they made their money on stocks cars , and there the guys who run our sport ! Fans do not get considered in any aspect of the sport. This Northampton farce, which is going ahead , could be the biggest circus the sport has come up with.

That’s 1 out of 14, although James is still a good rider, I don’t think your going to get another 13 of a similar standard.

Why ? I have my own opinion so don’t need to ask myself as I think I know 😊

10 years ago speedway was quite rosey. TIMES HAVE CHANGED .

No, that would spoil the press release and I can’t wait to read it myself.

At the moment there's some disappointing names in the seven, must be struggling to get riders.

Just how do you think that should happen ? They can’t magic up riders , the MDL is only just viable now and constantly fails to fill the teams with four riders. The ‘Powers that be’ need to look at grass routes and get kids on 125’s so that we have a future rider base.

Thank you for responding, nice to know that a promoter does read the comments. I fully understand your explanation but it doesn’t change the fact that regular racing on the set race night is traditionally what most fans prefer. I see the Tigers recently released fixtures show all the home meetings will be on a Saturday evening which just emphasises my point. I attend Redcar with three friends and as we are speedway addicts we also attend Workington and Berwick depending on the opposition ,this will obviously now rule out attending Tigers home fixtures if we decide to keep following championship fixtures as our preferred viewing. We do enjoy NDL meetings but championship is our preference so we now have a dilemma of what Saturday speedway we follow. As you have stated , speedway is no longer the same as the ‘old days’ much to my regret and I don’t follow the NFL so don’t care what they do but, for once , a season ticket doesn’t work me for me as Fridays are my ‘ home ‘ meetings ( although I live 35 miles away ) and Saturdays are Workington or Berwick as we like the variation. I know this is are personal choice and nothing to do with Redcar but it’s worked so well in the recent past for us. I do hope Redcar thrive this season but I do shake my head at some of the strange decisions made by the sport in the last few years. Good luck for the season , I will be attending most Friday evenings 😉

Expecting the standard to be below the current NL as they won’t pay for the likes of Lambert, Scott, Mulford etc. Be interesting if the dates clash with other National League fixtures as where will they get riders from ?