12k? It didn't look that much.
Few of my pics from last night: https://www.baansportfansite.nl/nieuws/1326/martin-vaculik-wint-eerst-speedway-gp-van-het-seizoen-in-krsko.html
For those who want to follow a live updated race-card (from trackside) check out this link: https://live.baansportfansite.nl/event/214/speedway-grand-prix-krsko.html
Live update includes gate statistics, and as from Warsaw also automaticly calculated general classification.
I don't agree about the spectator interest. Inzell is sold out every year. Berlin had more visitors then last year. Heerenveen had good figures with 17.000 over three nights (with 8k on saturday). I'm sure an extra GP in Austria or even Sweden would be possible.
I was in Togliatti too and it was different there, stadium was nowhere near full.
Regarding the Dutch riders: we have three lads going big in the next few years. Ex Moto3 rider Jasper Iwema made huge progress and made Ledstrom and Bauer lifes difficult in only his 3rd race ever. Too bad he got excluded twice due to innerline and a crash. Then we have Jimmy Tuinstra (Johnny his son) and Bart Schaap. I can see a bright future for all three, all they need is the right backing.
This is because there aren't enough good Russian kids coming through.
Money is a huge problem in Russia. Riders can't afford much these days.