GP line-up for 2026

[ShanoXtra]

How are people saying Ipswich is hard to get to but Malilia was on the SGP calendar 😂 that’s the worst place I’ve ever visited to get to. Foxhall you can get buses from the town centre and super easy to drive to. The surrounding area is so big you could have a massive car park and the SGP set up (DJ etc) on it, and probably create a better atmosphere than most other stadiums that just have it in a small location near the stadium. Ipswich would be accessible for all of east Anglia and London, and do Manchester for anyone midlands up. The only problem with Ipswich is the stock car track and not a real sense of being right next to the action. Apart from that, I think Thursday night showed how well you can hold an event, even with the pyros. Chris Louis would know how to hold a SGP event that’s for sure! I would say it’s about 1% chance of happening by though as they would have to clear it with locals, and spedeworth and also foot the 6 figure costing to SGP. 
But… pack out a 10,000 event at £50 a pop and you could make it profitable.

[Colinspeedway]

4 minutes ago, ShanoXtra said:

How are people saying Ipswich is hard to get to but Malilia was on the SGP calendar 😂 that’s the worst place I’ve ever visited to get to. Foxhall you can get buses from the town centre and super easy to drive to. The surrounding area is so big you could have a massive car park and the SGP set up (DJ etc) on it, and probably create a better atmosphere than most other stadiums that just have it in a small location near the stadium. Ipswich would be accessible for all of east Anglia and London, and do Manchester for anyone midlands up. The only problem with Ipswich is the stock car track and not a real sense of being right next to the action. Apart from that, I think Thursday night showed how well you can hold an event, even with the pyros. Chris Louis would know how to hold a SGP event that’s for sure! I would say it’s about 1% chance of happening by though as they would have to clear it with locals, and spedeworth and also foot the 6 figure costing to SGP. 
But… pack out a 10,000 event at £50 a pop and you could make it profitable.

I agree Ipswich could host a GP. It's not as cut off as some stadiums in the series and has the capacity and logistics to host one. The only issue is the track. 

[Fromafar]

26 minutes ago, Colinspeedway said:

I agree Ipswich could host a GP. It's not as cut off as some stadiums in the series and has the capacity and logistics to host one. The only issue is the track. 

Is the track FIM standard if it is the capacity is enough to hold a GP given the size of some recent venues.

[ShanoXtra]

32 minutes ago, Fromafar said:

Is the track FIM standard if it is the capacity is enough to hold a GP given the size of some recent venues.

The air fence isn’t that’s for sure. I know it’d be a fair few thousand to bring that up to the FIM standard.

[1 valve]

1 minute ago, ShanoXtra said:

The air fence isn’t that’s for sure. I know it’d be a fair few thousand to bring that up to the FIM standard.

For stox the speedway fence is removed - on that basis for a GP would it be possible to lay a temporary track incorporating some of both circuits to provide a larger speedway track closer to the fans?

Whats the issue with the air fence? Isn’t it the case that all UK tracks have to comply with FIM regs?

 

[ShanoXtra]

4 minutes ago, 1 valve said:

For stox the speedway fence is removed - on that basis for a GP would it be possible to lay a temporary track incorporating some of both circuits to provide a larger speedway track closer to the fans?

Whats the issue with the air fence? Isn’t it the case that all UK tracks have to comply with FIM regs?

 

Glasgow only recently uprated their air fence to accommodate the FIM they had last year was it? Might even have been this year, I can’t remember. I deffo saw an interview saying they had to pay thousands to update it to comply with regs, Ipswich would be the same. I’ve heard Chris Louis speak on how expensive the FIM uprated air fences are.

[Bagpuss]

I'd have thought the track is plenty wide enough after all the widening over the last 15 years or so?

[RPNY]

Glasgow could be fun. Went to the SGP Challenge a couple of years ago, sadly were a lot of crashes that night but otherwise a decent meeting. Family that run the club are awesome and it was a short trip into the center of town. Hear worse ideas. Bradford being one of them...

[f-s-p]

On 10/13/2025 at 1:17 AM, 1 valve said:

For stox the speedway fence is removed - on that basis for a GP would it be possible to lay a temporary track incorporating some of both circuits to provide a larger speedway track closer to the fans?

Whats the issue with the air fence? Isn’t it the case that all UK tracks have to comply with FIM regs?

 

From Parken, Horsens, Cardiff, Narodowy, Ullevi, Ratina, Toruń, Wrocław and the two at Stockholm... We (actually You) are now talking Glasgow for a Grand Prix and how a 100k euro APD prevents Ipswich of all places from hosting a Grand Prix.

APD's can be leased you know, and Bradford can host a Grand Prix with a 1 meter run off area. All Bradford needs is a promoter willing to do it and they'll change the rules. They've done it for Horsens previously.

[1 valve]

5 minutes ago, f-s-p said:

From Parken, Horsens, Cardiff, Narodowy, Ullevi, Ratina, Toruń, Wrocław and the two at Stockholm... We (actually You) are now talking Glasgow for a Grand Prix and how a 100k euro APD prevents Ipswich of all places from hosting a Grand Prix.

APD's can be leased you know, and Bradford can host a Grand Prix with a 1 meter run off area. All Bradford needs is a promoter willing to do it and they'll change the rules. They've done it for Horsens previously.

I’ve asked about the crowd capacity at Glasgow which apparently is small which most probably rules it out to host a GP. 
Regarding Ipswich, I’ve suggested it could be a suitable venue using the existing track or as some folk think the circuit is not suitable, maybe utilise some or all of the stox track build a temporary track for a GP. 
Yes I do know air fences can be leased and do not see that as an issue for either of the Ipswich suggestions. 
Re Bradford - what’s with a 1 metre run off area? Where /why would it be located? And how will that resolve the challenge of removing a building which currently negates a neutral zone being in place? You may say “rules can be changed” maybe so - but whilst that building is in place no rider would take to the track nor frankly the FIM expect them to do so as obtaining insurance would be impossible. 

[f-s-p]

25 minutes ago, 1 valve said:

I’ve asked about the crowd capacity at Glasgow which apparently is small which most probably rules it out to host a GP. 
Regarding Ipswich, I’ve suggested it could be a suitable venue using the existing track or as some folk think the circuit is not suitable, maybe utilise some or all of the stox track build a temporary track for a GP. 
Yes I do know air fences can be leased and do not see that as an issue for either of the Ipswich suggestions. 
Re Bradford - what’s with a 1 metre run off area? Where /why would it be located? And how will that resolve the challenge of removing a building which currently negates a neutral zone being in place? You may say “rules can be changed” maybe so - but whilst that building is in place no rider would take to the track nor frankly the FIM expect them to do so as obtaining insurance would be impossible. 

If riders rode Horsens without the neutral zone that the rulebook states needs to be there, why not Bradford?

I tried to use a capital Y to mean a group of people, not just you.

[eric i]

Bradford track doesn't meet FIM standards, not wide enough. It could run league racing but would require a bespoke safety fence, the cost of which is probably putting off potential promoters.