What will 2026 UK speedway bring?

[truthsayer]

11 hours ago, Spiderman1 said:

Any country has tall and small people, just would make it more compeditive if there was weight limits through speedway,much like road racing moto 3 for one example, more people would take up speedway weight is hp ,only have to look a the current gp guys

That's not giving an example, that's just giving an opinion.

I was more looking for you to say 'Rider X was a promising youngster but he ended up quitting because he got too big and wasn't competitive'

I'm genuinely not convinced that introducing a combined weight limit would bring more riders in. I'm open to you convincing me otherwise, but this sport has a lot of problems and this (if it even is one) belongs far down the list of problems.

More venues, lower costs, greater awareness... these are all things to be tackled before bringing weight limits in.

[Spiderman1]

39 minutes ago, truthsayer said:

That's not giving an example, that's just giving an opinion.

I was more looking for you to say 'Rider X was a promising youngster but he ended up quitting because he got too big and wasn't competitive'

I'm genuinely not convinced that introducing a combined weight limit would bring more riders in. I'm open to you convincing me otherwise, but this sport has a lot of problems and this (if it even is one) belongs far down the list of problems.

More venues, lower costs, greater awareness... these are all things to be tackled before bringing weight limits 

[Spiderman1]

3 minutes ago, Spiderman1 said:

52 minutes ago, truthsayer said:

That's not giving an example, that's just giving an opinion.

I was more looking for you to say 'Rider X was a promising youngster but he ended up quitting because he got too big and wasn't competitive'

I'm genuinely not convinced that introducing a combined weight limit would bring more riders in. I'm open to you convincing me otherwise, but this sport has a lot of problems and this (if it even is one) belongs far down the list of problems.

More venues, lower costs, greater awareness... these are all things to be tackled before bringing weight limits 

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[THE DEAN MACHINE]

3 hours ago, Fortythirtyeight said:

Simple answer….MONEY !

700 crowd for Premiership riders wage bill ?  That sort of crowd probably only justifies  a Championship level team , unless your going to follow a Birmingham scenario and be willing to lose buckets and buckets of cash.

Well Birmingham didnt get crowds of 700 except for couple of occasions, Buxton would have derby matches against Sheffield and belle vue and Buxton’s rent is a 10th of Birmingham and also has the catering money which Birmingham didnt, so factor all that in and if they can get the same tv deal that was available this year it may just be a deal breaker 

[PhilTheAce]

On 11/1/2025 at 9:08 AM, Spiderman1 said:

The same place you come from

I’m 18 stone. I’d give speedway a go if weight limits were brought back. 
 

BZ would be in trouble 

[IainB]

1 hour ago, PhilTheAce said:

I’m 18 stone. I’d give speedway a go if weight limits were brought back. 
 

BZ would be in trouble 

If you fell on him 😉😂