martinmauger Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 On time this week, good stuff. The other week when it was late, none on sale in TJ Jones the Saturday after, just week before's ish. Spoke to a postie I know to say 'hello' to living nearby: "Hey Pat (!), why is my Star often late ?" He told me "I bet it's late every other week ? Well in this area (his & mine) we deliver one week Monday, Wenesday & Friday, the next it's Tuesday, Thursday & sometimes Saturday. We don't like it any more than anyone else but that's how it is". Explains a lot.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralMelchett Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 Nice to see an interview or rather Q&A with Peter Thorogood in last weeks edition - he will be 93 this year!! Another speedway legend for all he has done for the sport over the years particularly at Arena 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralMelchett Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 (edited) Duplicate! Edited January 26 by GeneralMelchett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted yesterday at 01:21 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 01:21 PM Great piece from Tony McDonald this week in response to Matt Ford's comments the week before... Tony's views would be shared by the majority in here I would think... Also, Ben Findon mentions the timing of the fixture list and how it missed the Speedway Star deadline to be published last week.. He goes on to say how much the Speedway Star and Tracks need each other... The sport in the UK certainly does benefit from having such a professionally presented production covering it... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tapewrecker Posted yesterday at 03:48 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 03:48 PM On 1/26/2026 at 8:09 PM, GeneralMelchett said: Nice to see an interview or rather Q&A with Peter Thorogood in last weeks edition - he will be 93 this year!! Another speedway legend for all he has done for the sport over the years particularly at Arena Smashing bloke 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinmauger Posted yesterday at 08:26 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 08:26 PM (edited) My Star on time his week, good stuff. Think Ford was maybe throwing a line or two, firstly I doubt very much the annual share out to each track following a World Final at Wembley was sufficient to buy a house. Also most promoters from years back did well financially, sure, but doubt many were in a position to buy their stadium, tho King's Lynn were and Glasgow did recently of course. John Berry mentions in one of his excellent Confessions Of A Speedway Promoter books that he offered to buy Foxhall Heath but the family who owned the stadium refused to sell.... Edited 11 hours ago by martinmauger belated spelling 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byker Biker Posted 13 hours ago Report Share Posted 13 hours ago 18 hours ago, Tapewrecker said: Smashing bloke Couldn't agree more, the sport will never recognise just how much he has done. His contribution has been immense.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Eck Posted 12 hours ago Report Share Posted 12 hours ago 21 hours ago, mikebv said: Great piece from Tony McDonald this week in response to Matt Ford's comments the week before... Tony's views would be shared by the majority in here I would think... Also, Ben Findon mentions the timing of the fixture list and how it missed the Speedway Star deadline to be published last week.. He goes on to say how much the Speedway Star and Tracks need each other... The sport in the UK certainly does benefit from having such a professionally presented production covering it... Remind me, please, which tracks has Tony MacDonald owned or even promoted that he’s an expert? Or is he just another Matt Ford/Poole speedway hater? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tapewrecker Posted 12 hours ago Report Share Posted 12 hours ago 43 minutes ago, Byker Biker said: Couldn't agree more, the sport will never recognise just how much he has done. His contribution has been immense.... Not just the sport but his personality shone through. Great days at Crayford. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted 11 hours ago Report Share Posted 11 hours ago 26 minutes ago, Wee Eck said: Remind me, please, which tracks has Tony MacDonald owned or even promoted that he’s an expert? Or is he just another Matt Ford/Poole speedway hater? I don't think he had any agenda... He was just responding to what Matt Ford had said the week before... With Tony's views echoing the majority on here I would suggest... Martin Rogers also contributed to refute some of Matt's comments, someone who promoted when "the going was good"... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralMelchett Posted 10 hours ago Report Share Posted 10 hours ago 2 hours ago, Tapewrecker said: Not just the sport but his personality shone through. Great days at Crayford. I always felt Speedway should have officially marked his contribution in some way - unless I missed it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byker Biker Posted 8 hours ago Report Share Posted 8 hours ago 1 hour ago, GeneralMelchett said: I always felt Speedway should have officially marked his contribution in some way - unless I missed it? A bit like Len really, treat very shabbily....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 valve Posted 5 hours ago Report Share Posted 5 hours ago 20 hours ago, martinmauger said: My Star on time his week, good stuff. Think Ford was maybe throwing a line or two, firstly I doubt very much the annual share out to each track following a World Final at Wembley was sufficient to buy a house. . He might no be far off the mark considering at the time of the last Wembley world finals 25k would buy a decent house. The promoters may not have made enough to buy one from scratch but many mortgage's could have been paid off. Just imagine today, a sold out Wembley for speedway would create a minimum of £5 million in revenues - Although typical sold out events there generate upwards towards £11 million. we can dream! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinmauger Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago 2 hours ago, 1 valve said: He might no be far off the mark considering at the time of the last Wembley world finals 25k would buy a decent house. The promoters may not have made enough to buy one from scratch but many mortgage's could have been paid off. Just imagine today, a sold out Wembley for speedway would create a minimum of £5 million in revenues - Although typical sold out events there generate upwards towards £11 million. we can dream! Possibly so now ya mentions it, I often post at work whilst looking into, as opposed to at my monitor, to check whether anyone is behind me. I can rarely be bothered researching figures, minutia if you will, always happy to stand corrected. Was at the last Wembley World Final (I Was There) 'The 1981 Bruce Penhall One', not the greatest racing, other than Penhall v Knudsen & Penhall v Olsen, but huge crowd (91,000 apparently) & tremendous atmosphere.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 valve Posted 14 minutes ago Report Share Posted 14 minutes ago 2 hours ago, martinmauger said: Possibly so now ya mentions it, I often post at work whilst looking into, as opposed to at my monitor, to check whether anyone is behind me. I can rarely be bothered researching figures, minutia if you will, always happy to stand corrected. Was at the last Wembley World Final (I Was There) 'The 1981 Bruce Penhall One', not the greatest racing, other than Penhall v Knudsen & Penhall v Olsen, but huge crowd (91,000 apparently) & tremendous atmosphere.... Great final, was there too on back straight about ten rows from the front opposite the start/finish line. Penhall v Olsen & Knudsen absolute classic races. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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