Northampton 2026

[IainB]

9 hours ago, szkocjasid said:

I see the Premiership KOC finalists have been decided before Northampton have hosted either of their home matches, not an ideal situation to bring in a decent crowd!

However maybe the locals won't be aware of the situation & turn up anyway, plus most clubs usually get big crowds for their opening nights.

Hey... that's the Knock-Out Cup for you 😂

Welcome to Speedway 👍

Edited Friday at 07:54 AM by IainB

[Hamish McRaker]

On 4/23/2026 at 11:00 PM, szkocjasid said:

I see the Premiership KOC finalists have been decided before Northampton have hosted either of their home matches, not an ideal situation to bring in a decent crowd!

However maybe the locals won't be aware of the situation & turn up anyway, plus most clubs usually get big crowds for their opening nights.

Welcome to the weird world of British speedway, people of Northamptonshire. Your new team has already been pre-knocked out of a competition before you start seeing them in action.

Its a new trend. Chelsea FC now has a policy of pre-sacking its managers before they start

[TB1]

How do they 'nominate' or 'select' the riders for track testing on Tuesday? Do they pull names out of a hat or may pin the tail on the donkey. More importantly what happens if the said 4 riders say the track is crap?

[IainB]

13 minutes ago, TB1 said:

More importantly what happens if the said 4 riders say the track is crap?

They'll be warmly welcomed alongside all of the other crap tracks 👍🏻😂

[mikebv]

2 minutes ago, IainB said:

They'll be warmly welcomed alongside all of the other crap tracks 👍🏻😂

"Technical" tracks, if you don't mind....

[old bob at herne bay]

Always said that th metal I beams that protrude around the outer perimeter were a major issue. Yet to see a photo of anything resembling a safe speedway track emerging . Good hot dog stall .  Without those beams, a riding test of the track would have been  possible as Lakeside ran for many seasons with white sticks marking the outer boudary of the track. 

Picked up a copy of Speedway Star from Sainsburys this week . Occasionally grab a copy when I see something of note , and the reopening of the Brafield Foxes speedway gained my interest. Interested to see that he track operated as a training facilty . 

With so little time before the opening night, I beams still to be cut off and no air fence yet delivered, you can see a delay occurring.  

 

 

[TB1]

42 minutes ago, old bob at herne bay said:

Always said that th metal I beams that protrude around the outer perimeter were a major issue. Yet to see a photo of anything resembling a safe speedway track emerging . Good hot dog stall .  Without those beams, a riding test of the track would have been  possible as Lakeside ran for many seasons with white sticks marking the outer boudary of the track. 

Picked up a copy of Speedway Star from Sainsburys this week . Occasionally grab a copy when I see something of note , and the reopening of the Brafield Foxes speedway gained my interest. Interested to see that he track operated as a training facilty . 

With so little time before the opening night, I beams still to be cut off and no air fence yet delivered, you can see a delay occurring.  

 

 

Quite possibly as a lot of work is involved. However, and fingers crossed it does, it looks like you could build a lot of speed down the straights.

[DaveWayne]

1 hour ago, old bob at herne bay said:

Always said that th metal I beams that protrude around the outer perimeter were a major issue. Yet to see a photo of anything resembling a safe speedway track emerging . Good hot dog stall .  Without those beams, a riding test of the track would have been  possible as Lakeside ran for many seasons with white sticks marking the outer boudary of the track. 

Picked up a copy of Speedway Star from Sainsburys this week . Occasionally grab a copy when I see something of note , and the reopening of the Brafield Foxes speedway gained my interest. Interested to see that he track operated as a training facilty . 

With so little time before the opening night, I beams still to be cut off and no air fence yet delivered, you can see a delay occurring.  

 

 

The 'beams' that you refer to are not going to be cut off. They support the top rope for the stock cars and are an essential part of the safety fence. They have the same thing at Kings Lynn so why would they need to be removed at Northampton ?

[Sir Sidney]

Surely to goodness Northampton have already had a conversation with SCB and it's track inspector about what is required to get a licence and what they need to have in place before his visit. 

Tuesday should just be a check to make sure it has been done.

I would also be amazed if someone hasn't already ridden a bike around there to test that there are no hidden horrors in the surface. 

I cannot believe that this has all been left to chance on Tuesday

[Panthers99]

5 hours ago, Sir Sidney said:

Surely to goodness Northampton have already had a conversation with SCB and it's track inspector about what is required to get a licence and what they need to have in place before his visit. 

Tuesday should just be a check to make sure it has been done.

I would also be amazed if someone hasn't already ridden a bike around there to test that there are no hidden horrors in the surface. 

I cannot believe that this has all been left to chance on Tuesday

You are aware of the state of British Speedway, right? Lol

[Whitelinehugger]

9 hours ago, Sir Sidney said:

Surely to goodness Northampton have already had a conversation with SCB and it's track inspector about what is required to get a licence and what they need to have in place before his visit. 

Tuesday should just be a check to make sure it has been done.

I would also be amazed if someone hasn't already ridden a bike around there to test that there are no hidden horrors in the surface. 

I cannot believe that this has all been left to chance on Tuesday

Ennit exciting