Sheffield - for sale

[1 valve]

37 minutes ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said:

Sheffields track is no more dangerous than any other, it’s faster for sure but its pretty easy to ride and only seems dangerous when dirt builds up on outside, jack holder- so what the sport needs villains, team manager, knows his stuff and winds up opposing fans,that’s his job, fans at least they create atmosphere especially the 2nd bend barmy army 

Easy to ride yes. But not to race on as racing/passing line means riding out too wide & close to deep unridable material.  

[THE DEAN MACHINE]

5 minutes ago, 1 valve said:

Easy to ride yes. But not to race on as racing/passing line means riding out too wide & close to deep unridable material.  

It’s easy to race too. Passing is only on outside if they let the dirt build up, they could easily grade it away but that’s what the riders want, they want the dirt line 

[Youhave2minutes]

10 minutes ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said:

It’s easy to race too. Passing is only on outside if they let the dirt build up, they could easily grade it away but that’s what the riders want, they want the dirt line 

Which can risk ploughing into the fence on the bends

[THE DEAN MACHINE]

1 minute ago, Youhave2minutes said:

Which can risk ploughing into the fence on the bends

No more than any other track that has dirt on it 

[szkocjasid]

So many comments saying "another nail in the coffin" or "another track gone". They haven't closed yet, let's have some positivity please.

Also think it doesn't help potential buyers when they read the comments.

I'm probably more realistic / negative on here, where it's less likely to put people off lol!

While I expect them to run, would a new promotion want to race in the cheaper second tier, if the leagues stay as they are?

Edited 8 hours ago by szkocjasid

[szkocjasid]

17 hours ago, noaksey said:

Why would anyone buy a speedway club?

Run possibly or lease but not buy surely 

Fan of the sport, with money to burn?

Probably more wise to treat it as a hobby, than expected to make money from it.

Edited 7 hours ago by szkocjasid

[orion]

Sad that some decent people  have decided to call it a day . For all the reasons they give the main reason will  have been losing money.Going to be a hard to sell a speedway club in the current climate 

[mikebv]

42 minutes ago, szkocjasid said:

Fan of the sport, with money to burn?

Probably more wise to treat it as a hobby, than expected to make money from it.

How to make a small fortune out of running a Speedway team?

Start with a large one...

[THE DEAN MACHINE]

13 minutes ago, orion said:

Sad that some decent people  have decided to call it a day . For all the reasons they give the main reason will  have been losing money.Going to be a hard to sell a speedway club in the current climate 

The reason is business outside of speedway apparently but the dire situation speedway is in won’t of helped 

[Fortythirtyeight]

8 hours ago, PhilTheAce said:

Nigel said he wouldnt be going sheffield, wonder if he lied to us all, i still wouldnt rule our ashley birks or even godfreys name has been mentioned to me 

Is that the same ‘ Godfrey ‘ whos telling his own riders he might not be running next year as hes lost too much money this year ?

[noaksey]

3 hours ago, szkocjasid said:

Fan of the sport, with money to burn?

Probably more wise to treat it as a hobby, than expected to make money from it.

Are there any more Tolley's out there?

Guess we will find out soon enough 

 

[noaksey]

2 hours ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said:

The reason is business outside of speedway apparently but the dire situation speedway is in won’t of helped 

I suppose the salient question is does Sheffield Speedway in its current state stand on its own two feet

[foreverblue]

2 hours ago, mikebv said:

How to make a small fortune out of running a Speedway team?

Start with a large one...

Ask Matt Ford, if Poole can do it I am sure Sheffield can. 

[Youhave2minutes]

5 hours ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said:

No more than any other track that has dirt on it 

Thought Sheffield was the worst though as a fast track for generating speed

[Youhave2minutes]

Enter Terry Russell and Alun Rossiter

[mikebv]

19 minutes ago, foreverblue said:

Ask Matt Ford, if Poole can do it I am sure Sheffield can. 

Matt Ford was someone well ahead of the curve...

He realised that he could run 2nd tier Speedway using around three quarters of 1st tier riders...

Thus charging less for pretty much the same product...

Yet, plenty seem to moan about him....???

Maybe more Matt Ford's and the sport would be far more pro active and successful? 

[Daniel Smith]

Is Sheffield sustainable for a new promoter to pay out for??

There's been some very public issues for other sports at the venue in recent history, being kicked out.

Are the current promotion aware the stadium owners have other plans for the near future?? Going Down the Coventry route, possibly??

"Money not object" owners, for the whole of Speedway in general, is the only way to save this sport.

Every single club that doesn't own their own Arena is at serious serious risk. Isn't Poole also on the chopping block?? One of British Speedway's "richest" clubs??

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Year after year we think this sport has possibly hit 'rock bottom' but the bad news just keeps coming.

Don't know how it could possibly happen, but we really could do with some of that Middle Eastern Oil money right now.

[THE DEAN MACHINE]

55 minutes ago, Youhave2minutes said:

Thought Sheffield was the worst though as a fast track for generating speed

No, it’s well prepared and on the whole smooth and except for hitting the dirt line is not hard to ride, it’s not technical and doesn’t really have straights and although it’s fast it’s not really difficult to ride at speed but it takes balls to hit the dirt line so close to the fence but as I said they could take away that dirt line but the riders want it 

[DaveWayne]

29 minutes ago, Daniel Smith said:

Is Sheffield sustainable for a new promoter to pay out for??

There's been some very public issues for other sports at the venue in recent history, being kicked out.

Are the current promotion aware the stadium owners have other plans for the near future?? Going Down the Coventry route, possibly??

"Money not object" owners, for the whole of Speedway in general, is the only way to save this sport.

Every single club that doesn't own their own Arena is at serious serious risk. Isn't Poole also on the chopping block?? One of British Speedway's "richest" clubs??

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Year after year we think this sport has possibly hit 'rock bottom' but the bad news just keeps coming.

Don't know how it could possibly happen, but we really could do with some of that Middle Eastern Oil money right now.

The only reason the 'other sport' (stock car racing) was kicked out was because they needed a large piece of land for pit space, and with only 3 or 4 meetings a year, a prime piece of land was sitting dormant most of the time. That land is now being used for something to do with solar energy storage, creating an income source 365 days a year.

The greyhound side of things is very lucrative, so no the stadium is not under any threat of redevelopment. Therefore, there is no reason to suspect that speedway can't continue there. Just a case of people on here making 2 + 2 = 5.

[DaveWayne]

2 minutes ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said:

No, it’s well prepared and on the whole smooth and except for hitting the dirt line is not hard to ride, it’s not technical and doesn’t really have straights and although it’s fast it’s not really difficult to ride at speed but it takes balls to hit the dirt line so close to the fence but as I said they could take away that dirt line but the riders want it 

Never done it on 2 wheels, but having raced many shale tracks in a car I can honestly say it was the most enjoyable. Yes it is fast, yes it is narrow, yes it was messy if you got it wrong. But also, yes it was exhilarating, and it gave immense satisfaction when you got it right.

I think the problem when it comes to opinions on tracks on here, and this is not meant disrespectfully, but people who have never raced anything will never understand the mindset of a racer. The risk element is part of why you do it and there is a lot of pleasure in conquering that danger.