Grand Central Posted yesterday at 12:06 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 12:06 PM (edited) 19 minutes ago, IainB said: Why do you say that? SGP has/is a brand, GB Speedway Team is a brand... and pretty much nobody outside of the sport are aware of them. mmmm. Tai in the SGP. Will be the answer. This time if never before. How foolish I am. Edited yesterday at 12:07 PM by Grand Central Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted yesterday at 12:24 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 12:24 PM 8 minutes ago, Grand Central said: mmmm. Tai in the SGP. Will be the answer. This time if never before. How foolish I am. I'm not saying he's going to single handedly revive the SGP series, but it's currently at its lowest ever ebb and there's not a single rider in the series they can hang their promotional hat on... Dan Bewley, as good as he is, is all a bit nicey nicey when interviewed, Robert Lambert a bit boring and neither have an individual World Championship to their name... and you can forget the rest although Jack Holder does seem to have something about him. There's only 3 World Champions in the 2026 series and 2 of them are wild cards and the other one can't speak English... I mean what do you do with that as a promoter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Central Posted yesterday at 12:35 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 12:35 PM 9 minutes ago, IainB said: I mean what do you do with that as a promoter? Flog the promotion to some new fool seems to be the usual answer. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted yesterday at 01:38 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 01:38 PM They need to get a bit WWE.... Tai shouting into the camera, "Arm gonna fence the ass off you Zmarzlik!"... Doyley telling Madsen "Yer gonna wish you hadn't qualified, bacon head!".. Dan screaming to Jack Holder, "With all due respect Jack, I hope we have a really good meeting and some great races against each other, and may the best man win'.. Well, maybe not the last one... Etc. Etc. Etc. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinspeedway Posted yesterday at 04:32 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 04:32 PM 2 hours ago, mikebv said: They need to get a bit WWE.... Tai shouting into the camera, "Arm gonna fence the ass off you Zmarzlik!"... Doyley telling Madsen "Yer gonna wish you hadn't qualified, bacon head!".. Dan screaming to Jack Holder, "With all due respect Jack, I hope we have a really good meeting and some great races against each other, and may the best man win'.. Well, maybe not the last one... Etc. Etc. Etc. Woffy and Madsen have history if I remember right? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 valve Posted yesterday at 06:06 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 06:06 PM Holding a GP at Ipswich would be a worthwhile consideration. They have had a Stox world final there and accommodated 10k crowd something not possible for Speedway elsewhere in the UK without a considerable gamble on initial cost. Not saying instead of Manchester but “as well”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted yesterday at 10:20 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 10:20 PM 8 hours ago, mikebv said: They need to get a bit WWE.... Tai shouting into the camera, "Arm gonna fence the ass off you Zmarzlik!"... Doyley telling Madsen "Yer gonna wish you hadn't qualified, bacon head!".. Dan screaming to Jack Holder, "With all due respect Jack, I hope we have a really good meeting and some great races against each other, and may the best man win'.. Well, maybe not the last one... Etc. Etc. Etc. If only Jack Millen and Kelvin Mullarkey were in the GP's... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted 13 hours ago Report Share Posted 13 hours ago 10 hours ago, chunky said: If only Jack Millen and Kelvin Mullarkey were in the GP's... Throw Frank Auffret to keep Jack right that would be worth watching😂😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted 13 hours ago Report Share Posted 13 hours ago 10 hours ago, chunky said: If only Jack Millen and Kelvin Mullarkey were in the GP's... Throw Frank Auffret to keep Jack right that would be worth watching😂😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OveFundinFan Posted 11 hours ago Report Share Posted 11 hours ago Saw this morning on breakfast TV news....the BBC is sending an 11 man crew to the world conquer championships to be held soon in Suffolk, somewhere at a pub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phannan Posted 10 hours ago Report Share Posted 10 hours ago There’s talk of another Uk venue holding a GP other than Manchester. Ipswich has been mentioned. There’s the infrastructure which they don’t have . Not the easiest of places to get to. Then the all important track that has to produce exciting racing. Which again, they don’t have. Granted the odd exciting race but doesn’t everywhere else. Odsal , Bradford would have both those things. And is tried and tested too. If we’re looking at regular racetracks then I’d look at Glasgow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 valve Posted 9 hours ago Report Share Posted 9 hours ago 20 minutes ago, Phannan said: There’s talk of another Uk venue holding a GP other than Manchester. Ipswich has been mentioned. There’s the infrastructure which they don’t have . Not the easiest of places to get to. Then the all important track that has to produce exciting racing. Which again, they don’t have. Granted the odd exciting race but doesn’t everywhere else. Odsal , Bradford would have both those things. And is tried and tested too. If we’re looking at regular racetracks then I’d look at Glasgow. Not possible for Bradford to be granted a FIM license as circuit doesn’t meet safety standards (could be altered but at huge cost). Not sure what Infrastructure Ipswich is lacking considering they have hosted stock Car world championship with 10000 fans - also consider the size of footprint required for stox pits. Quite a few circuits in the GP are less than easy to get to - Given a domestic final last week attracted 6000 fans there should be a lot of confidence another 4000 would make the trip. Glasgow could be a good shout and nice to truly have a Scottish GP. What is the capacity of the stadium? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PersonalResponsibility Posted 9 hours ago Report Share Posted 9 hours ago Hopefully it'll be Glasgow out of the two options. I don't think Glasgow is that good a racing track, but it's levels above Ipswich. I don't think the capacity of Ashfield is very high, though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monarchs2468 Posted 7 hours ago Report Share Posted 7 hours ago 1 hour ago, PersonalResponsibility said: Hopefully it'll be Glasgow out of the two options. I don't think Glasgow is that good a racing track, but it's levels above Ipswich. I don't think the capacity of Ashfield is very high, though? Capacity would likely be the issue for a SGP (I'm not sure what it stands at the moment) but the track itself is fantastic and regularly produces high quality racing. For that reason alone I hope its awarded some more SGP Challenge qualifiers/final, it deserves it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phannan Posted 7 hours ago Report Share Posted 7 hours ago 2 hours ago, 1 valve said: Not possible for Bradford to be granted a FIM license as circuit doesn’t meet safety standards (could be altered but at huge cost). Not sure what Infrastructure Ipswich is lacking considering they have hosted stock Car world championship with 10000 fans - also consider the size of footprint required for stox pits. Quite a few circuits in the GP are less than easy to get to - Given a domestic final last week attracted 6000 fans there should be a lot of confidence another 4000 would make the trip. Glasgow could be a good shout and nice to truly have a Scottish GP. What is the capacity of the stadium? Bradford has got the crowd capacity with over 25,000 . The stadium is right alongside motorway network . The track I agree would cost money to upgrade as well as Installing a new safety fence.However Cardiff must have cost a fortune to install the track etc . Manchester must cost plenty to install the extra capacity. Yes everything would be costly. But just imagine a 20 odd thousand crowd at a speedway meeting in this country again and best of all, outdoors. It certainly tops hard to get to Ipswich. If it’s true there was around 10,000 there the other night and the atmosphere was apparently amazing, then almost treble that and you’d have Odsal on gp night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 valve Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 3 hours ago, Phannan said: Bradford has got the crowd capacity with over 25,000 . The stadium is right alongside motorway network . The track I agree would cost money to upgrade as well as Installing a new safety fence.However Cardiff must have cost a fortune to install the track etc . Manchester must cost plenty to install the extra capacity. Yes everything would be costly. But just imagine a 20 odd thousand crowd at a speedway meeting in this country again and best of all, outdoors. It certainly tops hard to get to Ipswich. If it’s true there was around 10,000 there the other night and the atmosphere was apparently amazing, then almost treble that and you’d have Odsal on gp night. It’s not the actual Bradford track that is the problem it’s that there is insufficient space to install the required neutral safety zone around the total circuit. Cost to do amend is a significant barrier. Also worth noting new promoters have clearly indicated risks involving costs are to be avoided hence forget Cardiff - that venue is now confined to speedway history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 5 minutes ago, 1 valve said: It’s not the actual Bradford track that is the problem it’s that there is insufficient space to install the required neutral safety zone around the total circuit. Cost to do amend is a significant barrier. Also worth noting new promoters have clearly indicated risks involving costs are to be avoided hence forget Cardiff - that venue is now confined to speedway history. Would it not be more viable to have the neutral zone on the inside of the fence (i.e. a fence within the fence) the bends are certainly wide enough to do that, not sure about the straights though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 valve Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 3 hours ago, Phannan said: Bradford has got the crowd capacity with over 25,000 . The stadium is right alongside motorway network . The track I agree would cost money to upgrade as well as Installing a new safety fence.However Cardiff must have cost a fortune to install the track etc . Manchester must cost plenty to install the extra capacity. Yes everything would be costly. But just imagine a 20 odd thousand crowd at a speedway meeting in this country again and best of all, outdoors. It certainly tops hard to get to Ipswich. If it’s true there was around 10,000 there the other night and the atmosphere was apparently amazing, then almost treble that and you’d have Odsal on gp night. It’s not the actual Bradford track that is the problem it’s that there is insufficient space to install the required neutral safety zone around the total circuit. Cost to do amend is a significant barrier. Also worth noting new promoters have clearly indicated risks involving costs are to be avoided hence forget Cardiff - that venue is now confined to speedway history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 valve Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 5 minutes ago, IainB said: Would it not be more viable to have the neutral zone on the inside of the fence (i.e. a fence within the fence) the bends are certainly wide enough to do that, not sure about the straights though? Good lateral thinking that. Unfortunately not possible to do because it would as you say restrict the width of the track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago (edited) 20 minutes ago, 1 valve said: Good lateral thinking that. Unfortunately not possible to do because it would as you say restrict the width of the track. If it's the same as the old Odsal track the bends were plenty wide enough, can't remember the straights though, I suppose as long as they satisfy the FIM track specifications it could be potentially doable. Edited 2 hours ago by IainB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.