Rich

I'm well aware of all of that. When Isle of Wight started running under NORA all SCB/ACU licensed riders were threatened with having licences revoked. None actually were, many riders continued to ride for their League clubs, and some rode in International Grasstracks on the Continent. I wonder why that was? Similar to what happened in the 1970s when the ACU tried to ban MotoX riders from taking part in AMCA events and holding an ACU Licence, they failed.

Would they? The court cases brought under "restraint of trade" regulations would be interesting. Withdrawal of licenses has been threatened many times but the ACU/BSPL know it's not an option.

The BSPL, or any other Federation, cannot stop anyone who has ridden in a NORA meeting from competing in an ACU event. James Shanes has ridden Grasstrack (ACU) since riding for Mildenhall (NORA)

Barry Briggs won the 1964 World Title in Gothenburg. Igor Plechanov beat Ove Fundin in a run-off for second. I was there, meeting was delayed by heavy rain and only went ahead after tons of sawdust put on the track.

Exactly this! Speedway is an "extreme sport" and should be marketed as such to attract a younger demographic. I watch more Grasstrack nowadays, I think this suffers from the "family sport" image as well. There's a YouTube channel, Grasstrack SPORT.com, featuring the best! crashes. Is there a Speedway equivalent for crashes and fights?

It's available on Spotify

And I pointed out that Grass Track still has Winner takes all Finals

British Masters and National Championships all have winner takes all Finals. Not silly at all.

Riders have always been self-employed, that's how they are/have been so easily dropped from teams.

I don't think so. I've not seen one in the 250 class on the Grass. Made a 350 quite a few years ago.

The new Godden engine has been around for a few years now. Charley Powell has been using one on Grasstrack, he's had a few good results in Europe

Me too! I argued about the renewal price which didn't include TNT, said I'd cancel. They added TNT, sent a new modem and got £1 off the old price.

Tony was riding Grasstrack up until a couple of years ago. Injury put an end to his Speedway career, later went on to do a bit of MotoX and in the 2000s had a good few years at Pre-75 GT. Also part of Bristol GRC organising meetings.

Bristol and Newport didn't share. The Newport promotion moved the British League team and licence to Bristol in 1977 and ran the Newport Dragons at Somerton Park in the National League. Bristol kept the Friday race night with Newport running on Wednesday. Crowds were already declining at Newport, the change of race night and lower league didn't help, although the few times I went I thought the racing was entertaining.

Would you stop Celina riding for Workington?