TB1 Posted December 30, 2025 Report Share Posted December 30, 2025 5 hours ago, old bob at herne bay said: Think the BSPL have a cunning plan. The clue was in their statement " a league of at least 5 teams" Come the AGM they have either Ippo sale confirmed and ready to go OR they have jointly agreed that they will run Oxford stadium as a BSPL "sponsored" track with a team in the PL. So at least 5 teams whatever happens to Ippo. Hopefully this has been signalled to Christopher Louis , who can either sell the club for 5 shillings or not at all and receive sod all. Either way the BSPL will run a PL in 2026. Cunning plan baldrick? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish McRaker Posted December 31, 2025 Report Share Posted December 31, 2025 Would having 6 teams, with no lame ducks involved, bring back the possibility of salvaging a tv deal for 2026? The recent 7 team league, aided by the points limit, seemed to create a situation where two teams were basket cases almost from the start. 6 teams with the 37 point limit will hopefully produce better equilibrium. Last season it seemed like Louis and others strong-armed their needs through at the expense of creating two lame ducks, bully for them but it created a league that was a foregone conclusion soon after it began 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk127 Posted December 31, 2025 Report Share Posted December 31, 2025 Does anyone know much about Stansted Raceway? Given its proximity to Harlow, Bishops Stortford and within reasonable distance of London, it might be worth the nomad team talking to the owners rather than consider Northampton. At least at Stansted you stand a reasonable chance of attracting ex Rye House, Arena and possibly Peterborough supporters to get their fix in the interim. Just a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bob at herne bay Posted December 31, 2025 Report Share Posted December 31, 2025 Found their website together with a demo video. Looks a basic dirt oval ... dont see any buildings of any description. Like most of the suggested tracks would need £100k plus investment to get it to a speedway track . https://stanstedraceway.com/about-us%2Ftrack-history Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midlandred Posted December 31, 2025 Report Share Posted December 31, 2025 Would be handy for flying riders in and out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noaksey Posted December 31, 2025 Report Share Posted December 31, 2025 1 hour ago, Hawk127 said: Does anyone know much about Stansted Raceway? Given its proximity to Harlow, Bishops Stortford and within reasonable distance of London, it might be worth the nomad team talking to the owners rather than consider Northampton. At least at Stansted you stand a reasonable chance of attracting ex Rye House, Arena and possibly Peterborough supporters to get their fix in the interim. Just a thought. I live nearby. Its basically a dirt track in a field, theres no room for a separate track so would need to be shared with the cars. I'd say it wouldn't be impossible but it would need huge investment. Northampton is miles better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk127 Posted December 31, 2025 Report Share Posted December 31, 2025 51 minutes ago, noaksey said: I live nearby. Its basically a dirt track in a field, theres no room for a separate track so would need to be shared with the cars. I'd say it wouldn't be impossible but it would need huge investment. Northampton is miles better Thanks. I was only going by the pictures on-line and was thinking that it was nearer traditional speedway following but take your point. If it could be developed and start off like say a Workington did with basic facilities and grow sharing with speedway like a few other tracks it might not be too much of a problem providing the bangers can see some benefits of renting the arena to another party and generating some income. Do you know who promotes the meetings at the raceway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluPanther Posted December 31, 2025 Report Share Posted December 31, 2025 10 minutes ago, Hawk127 said: Thanks. I was only going by the pictures on-line and was thinking that it was nearer traditional speedway following but take your point. If it could be developed and start off like say a Workington did with basic facilities and grow sharing with speedway like a few other tracks it might not be too much of a problem providing the bangers can see some benefits of renting the arena to another party and generating some income. Do you know who promotes the meetings at the raceway? It would cost an absolute fortune to get that speedway ready... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk127 Posted December 31, 2025 Report Share Posted December 31, 2025 58 minutes ago, BluPanther said: It would cost an absolute fortune to get that speedway ready... I guess any new speedway track would cost a fortune but I was thinking more that as an investment its ability to capture some speedway supporters from the local vicinity is perhaps better than some other options but then again I could be way off the mark. Anyway enough on the topic of Stansted as clearly it is bollocks and time to move onto the next guess as to which venue could be appropriate to promote speedway and not go bust half way through a season unless the backers enjoy throwing good money after bad. The sport is on life support but the one hope for Ipswich making a comeback is if a buyer has been found and some of those Ipswich riders from last year who have not signed for other clubs are still available to form the core of a new team perhaps with some up and coming Poles. Happy new year to all and fingers crossed that 2026 has something more to offer than what appears to be the case as at today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noaksey Posted December 31, 2025 Report Share Posted December 31, 2025 1 hour ago, Hawk127 said: Thanks. I was only going by the pictures on-line and was thinking that it was nearer traditional speedway following but take your point. If it could be developed and start off like say a Workington did with basic facilities and grow sharing with speedway like a few other tracks it might not be too much of a problem providing the bangers can see some benefits of renting the arena to another party and generating some income. Do you know who promotes the meetings at the raceway? To me at the absolute outside you might try and get an Iwade type set up but anything more might be a stretch. I know a few people have enquired over the years but nothing has ever come of it. No idea who owns it but I don't think its any of the stock car companies that are well known Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DEAN MACHINE Posted Friday at 02:42 PM Report Share Posted Friday at 02:42 PM Only 4 days to go until arguably the biggest let down since Nicki Pedersen signing for Peterborough 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluPanther Posted Friday at 04:01 PM Report Share Posted Friday at 04:01 PM 1 hour ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said: Only 4 days to go until arguably the biggest let down since Nicki Pedersen signing for Peterborough At least he made it to the first bend...😉 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted Friday at 06:03 PM Report Share Posted Friday at 06:03 PM 2 hours ago, BluPanther said: At least he made it to the first bend...😉 Which is more than he did for Sheffield 😁 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DEAN MACHINE Posted Friday at 06:53 PM Report Share Posted Friday at 06:53 PM (edited) Anyone know if the AGM is being live-streamed pay per view, should be worth a quid of anyone’s money, watching 5 brave warriors debating over Zack cook average,new helmet colour or not and just how many times should teams race each other in a season before fans start to feel a bit cheated out their money Edited Friday at 08:06 PM by THE DEAN MACHINE 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk127 Posted Friday at 07:54 PM Report Share Posted Friday at 07:54 PM 55 minutes ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said: Anyone know if the AGM is being live-streamed pay per view, should be worth a quid of anyone’s money, watching 5 brave warriors debating over the of Zack cook average, new helmet colour or not and just how many times should teams race each other in a season before fans start to feel a bit cheated out their money Hang on, do you have inside information? Five brave warriors!!. I think you will find it on the Comedy Channel. It is the new series of a The Fools and Money are soon Parted. BSN will be showing highlights of the biscuit eating competition that will be held at the same event. All in all an exciting day of live and recorded entertainment that will surpass anything seen on the track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldPitGate Posted Friday at 08:18 PM Report Share Posted Friday at 08:18 PM 4 hours ago, BluPanther said: At least he made it to the first bend...😉 But what a corner it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DEAN MACHINE Posted 7 hours ago Report Share Posted 7 hours ago Why is it on the whole greyhound folk are self righteous tossers, you try to talk to them but they are just stuck up tossers who believe they are superior in society Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teromaafan Posted 7 hours ago Report Share Posted 7 hours ago 37 minutes ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said: Why is it on the whole greyhound folk are self righteous tossers, you try to talk to them but they are just stuck up tossers who believe they are superior in society You can only speak as you find I suppose. My old next door neighbour was okay. He used to race greyhounds but soon gave up because they used to beat him every time! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DEAN MACHINE Posted 7 hours ago Report Share Posted 7 hours ago 2 minutes ago, Teromaafan said: You can only speak as you find I suppose. My old next door neighbour was okay. He used to race greyhounds but soon gave up because they used to beat him every time! 😂 my mate did this joke a few years back to a big bloke in a Workington pub, we were up at worky early for a meeting and went to a local pub, my mate got chatting to a local who said he raced pigeons to which my mate said have you even beaten one,we nearly started a fight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teromaafan Posted 6 hours ago Report Share Posted 6 hours ago 29 minutes ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said: 😂 my mate did this joke a few years back to a big bloke in a Workington pub, we were up at worky early for a meeting and went to a local pub, my mate got chatting to a local who said he raced pigeons to which my mate said have you even beaten one,we nearly started a fight Sounds a right miserable sod. Did he leave when it got to happy hour? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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