racers and royals Posted June 8 Report Share Posted June 8 7 hours ago, Col said: Woot. Guessing you don't have dates? My family are in the process of booking Florida for first 2 weeks of August 2027. Not yet. I forgot to mention that in addition to next year’s SON and SON 2 finals Vastervik will hold the Swedish GP in 2028 and 2029. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDY69 Posted June 8 Report Share Posted June 8 19 hours ago, mikebv said: The younger riders who rode last night, and those watching on TV, or in the stands, could truly be traumatised by watching the level of capability of the very best.... They must see a gulf between their level and the level of the top lads... People say that want "new faces" in the GP's, but the bottom line is the older heads, of many GP years standing, are still considerably better, and even, still now, more attacking and aggressive.... Add in Bewley, Lindgren and Kubera to this weekends action and it would have raised it up even more, even higher from the incredible standard it was.... Two out of three ain't bad.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReturn Posted June 8 Report Share Posted June 8 On 6/6/2026 at 9:53 PM, Rob B said: Just got home and watched the final, the reason crowd sounds like no atmosphere they only had microphones down home straight. South stand was crazy especially when Kurtz won, poles starting chants throughout etc. But all you can hear are the prawn sandwich brigade in expensive seats. Sadly every time the camera panned to the crowd it did look a little that way, the average age of those they panned to must have been age 50! The fanbase/lack of excitement in the crows not a great advert really to any young fans watching at home. The racing was superb across both nights, I am still not sure two GPs across the same weekend is good for the sport. In most cases riders that not dialled in on the first night, are probably not going to be dialled in on the second night. The TV production also seemed to focus on riders battling for 3rd/4th and a couple of times missed a race at the front. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topaz325 Posted June 8 Report Share Posted June 8 (edited) "Speedway from the Gods" I think Friday night the racing was better , on Saturday it took a few heats to get going but ended in a Crescendo . One night GP at the NSS would be ideal but financially its not viable with the current capacity of the stadium. The Fanzone has run its course a bit unless it has more substance cannot really see the point , we went in walked round in 5 minutes and came out. Edited June 8 by topaz325 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenantony Posted June 8 Report Share Posted June 8 (edited) Just want to add to the praise and thanks for the two stunning GPs - the racing was so exciting as the track comes to the riders as the meeting proceeds and no matter what anyone says, the fans in the stadium loved it even if they were filling in their programmes! Met some nice fans, including a young man who has been seeing BV since 1955! He was as excited as anyone around when Kurtz won! I am happy to get a 2 for 1 for such high quality speedway and I'll try and be back next season too - despite having my car broken into in a city centre car park, it was worth it (almost!) Edited June 8 by glenantony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_minall Posted June 8 Report Share Posted June 8 (edited) 1 hour ago, topaz325 said: "Speedway from the Gods" I think Friday night the racing was better , on Saturday it took a few heats to get going but ended in a Crescendo . One night GP at the NSS would be ideal but financially its not viable with the current capacity of the stadium. The Fanzone has run its course a bit unless it has more substance cannot really see the point , we went in walked round in 5 minutes and came out. I feel like both nights were the opposite to each other personally. Friday started off electric and gradually weakened until it finished, whereas Saturday started slower and ramped up to an epic final. If I were given the choice I would choose Saturday as a brilliant final leaves a better taste in the mouth. Edited June 8 by Dave_minall 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topaz325 Posted June 8 Report Share Posted June 8 51 minutes ago, Dave_minall said: I feel like both nights were the opposite to each other personally. Friday started off electric and gradually weakened until it finished, whereas Saturday started slower and ramped up to an epic final. If I were given the choice I would choose Saturday as a brilliant final leaves a better taste in the mouth. Agree Friday semi and final spoilt by the rain but I feel overall slightly better on Friday but I’m nitpicking both nights were very good 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neila Posted June 8 Report Share Posted June 8 2 nites of fast and furious racing, nearly worth the ticket price, £2 each way ont bus,from city centre , but £7 a pint 😲 if your going to have a fan zone, the short appearance of the riders won't keep fans standing around all day, and with very little else in the area to mingle and meet fellow fans, how about, having local singers/ bands on during the afternoon in a marquee with a beer stall 🤔 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted June 10 Report Share Posted June 10 Interesting listening to Lemo on the Tatum Talks podcast where he mentioned that the 2024 SoN was a financial disaster and that (speaking in the week prior to the GP events) there were still 800 tickets available for the Friday night (just the £80,000)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted June 10 Report Share Posted June 10 On 6/8/2026 at 11:15 PM, Neila said: 2 nites of fast and furious racing, nearly worth the ticket price, £2 each way ont bus,from city centre , but £7 a pint 😲 if your going to have a fan zone, the short appearance of the riders won't keep fans standing around all day, and with very little else in the area to mingle and meet fellow fans, how about, having local singers/ bands on during the afternoon in a marquee with a beer stall 🤔 The Fanzone was pretty poor.... I was surprised riders didn't have merch stalls there... I presume the lack of fast food and bar was due to those who had paid to have their units within the stadium?... We didn't bother with the fanzone in the 2nd day... Overall though a cracking weekends racing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topaz325 Posted June 10 Report Share Posted June 10 (edited) 1 hour ago, mikebv said: The Fanzone was pretty poor.... I was surprised riders didn't have merch stalls there... I presume the lack of fast food and bar was due to those who had paid to have their units within the stadium?... We didn't bother with the fanzone in the 2nd day... Overall though a cracking weekends racing... Agree about the fanzone , riders merchandise would have sold well I heard last year the organisers wanted £2k up front for riders to have merchandise stall …. More food outlets in the zone would he been ideal … all red tape I am going to get a T Shirt printed saying “ I was there Manchester 2026” 😃😃 Edited June 10 by topaz325 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OveFundinFan Posted June 10 Report Share Posted June 10 Anyone know why Lebedevs was struggling. He's a tough rider, yet didn't seem to get to grips with BV. Can't remember how he did in last year's 2 meetings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topaz325 Posted June 10 Report Share Posted June 10 19 minutes ago, OveFundinFan said: Anyone know why Lebedevs was struggling. He's a tough rider, yet didn't seem to get to grips with BV. Can't remember how he did in last year's 2 meetings. I don’t think he was struggling as such it was the high level of competitors on a brilliant track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salty Posted June 10 Report Share Posted June 10 1 hour ago, OveFundinFan said: Anyone know why Lebedevs was struggling. He's a tough rider, yet didn't seem to get to grips with BV. Can't remember how he did in last year's 2 meetings. He was poor last year as well. One point on Friday, six on Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youhave2minutes Posted June 10 Report Share Posted June 10 On 6/8/2026 at 3:48 PM, Dave_minall said: If I were given the choice I would choose Saturday as a brilliant final leaves a better taste in the mouth. Try polos they leave a nice taste also in your mouth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted June 10 Report Share Posted June 10 1 hour ago, OveFundinFan said: Anyone know why Lebedevs was struggling. He's a tough rider, yet didn't seem to get to grips with BV. Can't remember how he did in last year's 2 meetings. Strange to see his score at end of a meeting at the NSS.... I don't buy a programme so never keep scores... However, just watching him race he always seems to be in the mix most times, yet ends up with a score that doesn't ever seem to reflect his efforts... I do remember him scoring well in the SON.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted June 10 Report Share Posted June 10 5 hours ago, OveFundinFan said: Anyone know why Lebedevs was struggling. He's a tough rider, yet didn't seem to get to grips with BV. Can't remember how he did in last year's 2 meetings. I think generally those who don't race in the UK struggled on Friday & Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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