YeOldPitGate Posted Monday at 01:26 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 01:26 PM 3 hours ago, mikebv said: The big money comes in through the sponsorship and TV coverage.with "the prize" being huge contracts... Huge budgets means riders earning circa €800k for riding for your local speedway team will inevitably bring local, and national, interest, and a decent following... The whole thing then looks "big time", which can only be a good thing when being viewed by the general public... The GP's still pay out decent money with anyone regularly in and around the top six earning £80k to £100k over a season of 10 GP's.. And winning the World Final was never a massive cash prize but the World Champion made big money over the coming 12 months.. I seem to remember it was said in the late 70's it was worth up to £250k in sponsorship, points money, and lucrative appearance fees.. Zmarzlik currently nationally advertisers Aztorin Watches which will be a very nice earner for him I would suggest, especially given the price point they sell at.. Again, bringing "eyeballs" to the sport through his appearance in the adverts.. UK Speedway desperately needs to look "big time" and quickly, and, somehow, bringing big money into it will deliver those optics.. Hopefully someone can make it happen... I wonder if we will ever again hear anything about the fruits of Harrys and the Tory fellas labors or if the powers that be are just hoping its gradually forgotten about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chun Posted Monday at 01:49 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 01:49 PM i do wonder sometimes if gambling could save speedway. then again with guests, etc. is the sport really credible enough? given some of the characters involved, would some take bribes to fix matches Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
False dawn Posted Monday at 02:15 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 02:15 PM 18 minutes ago, chun said: i do wonder sometimes if gambling could save speedway. then again with guests, etc. is the sport really credible enough? given some of the characters involved, would some take bribes to fix matches I remember reading an article in the Speedway Express a few (several) decades ago about Japanese speedway. Barry Briggs was involved in bringing this form of the sport to peoples attention. Funny shaped handlebars and tarmac surfaces come to mind. But the main difference was the high level of betting involved. To the extent that riders were locked away for, I think, 24 hours before meetings to avoid anyone nobbling the competitors. Can't see that working over here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulnolan Posted Monday at 04:55 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 04:55 PM 4 hours ago, ouch said: We have struggled with weekends and only had around 200 at our last Sunday event. Whilst Mondays are infinitely better they are only around 1400-1800 and we look on with envy at Plymouths numbers. I’ll happily have egg on my face come this Saturday at the NSS as I can see British Speedway providing 4000-5000 fans to fill the place out for a weekend fixture. As I said, it has to be regular, and it has to be of a comparative quality to the usual fare on offer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveWayne Posted 10 hours ago Report Share Posted 10 hours ago On 8/10/2026 at 12:04 PM, Gambo said: Coventry introduced Greyhounds (1990's I think), rather than it being a Greyhound stadium. Coventry had greyhounds from 1968 to 1986, then intermittently from 2004. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralMelchett Posted 9 hours ago Report Share Posted 9 hours ago Having thought about ITV4 being involved in screening the BF i think a hour long highlights show once a week would be a nice thing to see - that would show racing and meetings etc in a good light and hopefully get a few more interested in attending so that is on my wishlist for 2027! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therefused Posted 8 hours ago Report Share Posted 8 hours ago 23 minutes ago, GeneralMelchett said: Having thought about ITV4 being involved in screening the BF i think a hour long highlights show once a week would be a nice thing to see - that would show racing and meetings etc in a good light and hopefully get a few more interested in attending so that is on my wishlist for 2027! shouldnt even cost that much to produce really, have some analysis and then upcoming fixtures and a look at the tables and voila can easily fill an hour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 valve Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago 5 hours ago, therefused said: shouldnt even cost that much to produce really, have some analysis and then upcoming fixtures and a look at the tables and voila can easily fill an hour A highlights show, broadcast at a reasonable time and not when everybody has gone to bed would be a good idea. However, the question I have is where would the consistent quality footage come from? All other sporting highlight shows are made up of recent events that have been shown live, or purposely recoded for the show. so unless BSN can be persuaded to license their footage it is difficult to see where its going to come from, nevermind whos actually going to edit and present the show. But as I said, good idea and I hope it can be made to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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