King's Lynn Stars 2025

[Daniel Smith]

1 hour ago, SamKM91 said:

Are Stars fans happy with the riding order to start with?… Cook/Lawson 1&2, Iversen/Klindt 3&4, Kvech/Harris 5&6

I to would pair up Lawson & Cook. Adds a little protection for Cook until he gets his feet under the table. If Cook performs to the levels expected / predicted, after a month or 2, then I'd partner him up with the weakest of the top 5. 

A strong 3&4 can be match winning, being partnered together 3 times home & away, individually in heats 12 & 14. It's the engine room of every team.

[SaddlebowRoad]

1 hour ago, SamKM91 said:

Are Stars fans happy with the riding order to start with?… Cook/Lawson 1&2, Iversen/Klindt 3&4, Kvech/Harris 5&6

yep i think the riding order more or less picks itself 

[SuperStarsFan91]

6 hours ago, SaddlebowRoad said:

yep i think the riding order more or less picks itself 

I can’t see Lawson being at 2 if Kvech gets to number 1, but yeah I guess it picks itself from the start 

[Bald Bloke]

Im sure i heard  Rob say he will change the  riding order depending on the team he's facing, if he thinks an advantage can be had.. Apart from No.1 of course. I think we'll see a few different riding orders over the season.

Edited November 21, 2024 by Bald Bloke

[89buttons]

1 hour ago, Bald Bloke said:

Im sure i heard  Rob say he will change the  riding order depending on the team he's facing, if he thinks an advantage can be had.. Apart from No.1 of course. I think we'll see a few different riding orders over the season.

Certainly think  it makes sense having Lawson start at 2, his gating prowess was a very useful weapon for Leicester in many heat 1’s home and away

[SuperStarsFan91]

1 hour ago, Bald Bloke said:

Im sure i heard  Rob say he will change the  riding order depending on the team he's facing, if he thinks an advantage can be had.. Apart from No.1 of course. I think we'll see a few different riding orders over the season.

Exactly, if Kvech goes to 1 for example then I can see Iversen at 2 maybe rather than Lawson… loads of ways he could go 

[SuperStarsFan91]

1 hour ago, Bald Bloke said:

Im sure i heard  Rob say he will change the  riding order depending on the team he's facing, if he thinks an advantage can be had.. Apart from No.1 of course. I think we'll see a few different riding orders over the season.

I’m sure he’ll base the riding order on who is at 1 and who is at 6, rather than who we’re facing… but we’ll see mate 

[FromBendThree]

In Rob we trust.

[SuperStarsFan91]

On 11/21/2024 at 6:01 PM, FromBendThree said:

In Rob we trust.

Indeed we do! 

[Youhave2minutes]

2 minutes ago, SamKM91 said:

Indeed we do! 

And me too

[StarBoy]

Sheffield have announced their ticket price of £25.

Birmingham is £24.

Do we think Lynn will:

a -remain the same?

b - increase by £1?

c - increase by £2?

d - increase by more? 

Interested to see what people think. Would people pay £25, or is that getting to the point where it’s not a good value for money proposition anymore? 

 

[SaddlebowRoad]

lynn usually stick a quid on the price each year so id expect that

personally i think its getting a bit too expensive for what it is but people will always argue that its in line with other sports / leisure activities / nights out 

[Bunce]

7 hours ago, SaddlebowRoad said:

lynn usually stick a quid on the price each year so id expect that

personally i think its getting a bit too expensive for what it is but people will always argue that its in line with other sports / leisure activities / nights out 

I am a frequent visitor to our local Theatres, such as the Corn Exchange in Kings Lynn, to see live music. The shows are generally between £28 and £35 per person for 2 hours live entertainment. Some shows are even more. The killer for me is that I live just south of Norwich, so its a 100 mile round trip and the cost of fuel has to be factored in. Plus the cost of a programme, perhaps a drink and some chips and its a big expense now I'm a pensioner. I think the admission price is OK, but its the total cost that makes it difficult for some people.

[Danny Connor]

8 hours ago, SaddlebowRoad said:

lynn usually stick a quid on the price each year so id expect that

personally i think its getting a bit too expensive for what it is but people will always argue that its in line with other sports / leisure activities / nights out 

What's the inflation rate since the last price hike. Expect that (sadly). Any more than that is greedy. Any less is generous.

[Pauldoveyspeedway]

9 hours ago, StarBoy said:

Sheffield have announced their ticket price of £25.

Birmingham is £24.

Do we think Lynn will:

a -remain the same?

b - increase by £1?

c - increase by £2?

d - increase by more? 

Interested to see what people think. Would people pay £25, or is that getting to the point where it’s not a good value for money proposition anymore? 

 

You only get 15 mins of racing ...The rest is just standing about ...Is that good value  for money ????.

[Youhave2minutes]

2 minutes ago, Pauldoveyspeedway said:

You only get 15 mins of racing ...The rest is just standing about ...Is that good value  for money ????.

Absolutely not.

[AceBelle]

1 hour ago, Pauldoveyspeedway said:

You only get 15 mins of racing ...The rest is just standing about ...Is that good value  for money ????.

not at sheffield wall of death track 🙃

[Youhave2minutes]

1 hour ago, AceBelle said:

not at sheffield wall of death track 🙃

It’s the pile of shale that seems to build up near fence in between bends 3 & 4 that makes the place a death trap

[Teromaafan]

13 hours ago, StarBoy said:

Sheffield have announced their ticket price of £25.

Birmingham is £24.

Do we think Lynn will:

a -remain the same?

b - increase by £1?

c - increase by £2?

d - increase by more? 

Interested to see what people think. Would people pay £25, or is that getting to the point where it’s not a good value for money proposition anymore? 

 

You missed the possible 50p increment between the £1 & £2 increase. Regardless of your budget, the nominal price increase will not determine whether someone will attend or not. Most people will accept what they’ve been served up previously or will have walked away from the sport before now. If all tracks were to reduce prices by £2, how many more spectators would that attract each week?……. Exactly! That isn’t going to bring back the ‘Yes I remember going to speedway years ago, what happened to the sport’ brigade. Tweaking admission costs are the very least of the sports problems in this country.

[IrreverentStar]

14 hours ago, Pauldoveyspeedway said:

You only get 15 mins of racing ...The rest is just standing about ...Is that good value  for money ????.

Well if you put it like that, how about the riders? They're only working for what, between 3 minutes and 7 minutes in an average meeting. The average Top End Speedway riders, hourly rate must be around £21,000 per hour,  that's about the same as very low end Premier League footballer isn't it? 😱 Maybe we should change each race to 12 laps, that way we'd get for 3 x our value for money, and bring these over inflated Speedway Rider salaries down to earth. Alternatively, we could all just go and watch League 2 football, that's about the same price; £24 for a match, instead of these riders who go full throttle, for 4 blistering laps, putting their necks on the line, for the true Speedway fans. Value for money is subjective, and It's personal preference of course, but I know what I'd rather do.