Neila Posted September 15 Report Share Posted September 15 16 hours ago, Rob B said: OASIS are playing down the road in Manchester on these dates, hope they don’t arrange a GP at Belle Vue in June hotel prices reported being up 400% Etihad Stadium, Manchester: 4, 6, 8, 11, 12, 15, 18, 19, 22, 25, 26 June Don't worry the speedway organisers won't take any notice of these, then will wonder if a date release classes with them why people aren't rushing to buy tickets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted September 15 Author Report Share Posted September 15 Sportowefakty article today is mentioning Gillman Speedway in Australia will hold a GP in 2028. What it doesn’t say is if that will finish the 2027 Championship or be start or finish of the 2028 event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aarongaleuk Posted September 15 Report Share Posted September 15 35 minutes ago, racers and royals said: Sportowefakty article today is mentioning Gillman Speedway in Australia will hold a GP in 2028. What it doesn’t say is if that will finish the 2027 Championship or be start or finish of the 2028 event. Also mentions that a speedway track is being built in Spain, makes perfect sence with the amount of sunny days they have a year, perfect place for European riders to practice out of season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostwalker Posted September 15 Report Share Posted September 15 (edited) 5 minutes ago, aarongaleuk said: Also mentions that a speedway track is being built in Spain, makes perfect sence with the amount of sunny days they have a year, perfect place for European riders to practice out of season. A new European style track is also being built the USA. Spain might be suitable during the winter, but Spain is a very hot and dry country so perhaps not that suitable to speedway. Edited September 15 by Ghostwalker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogmacrash Posted September 16 Report Share Posted September 16 A Grand Prix at Gillman in Adelaide? A very good holiday destination with great wineries, awesome beaches, and a decent city centre. I'd put Gillman as a venue in the same bracket as places like Vojens, grass banks for spectators, and would definately need temporary seating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
False dawn Posted September 16 Report Share Posted September 16 5 hours ago, mogmacrash said: A Grand Prix at Gillman in Adelaide? A very good holiday destination with great wineries, awesome beaches, and a decent city centre. I'd put Gillman as a venue in the same bracket as places like Vojens, grass banks for spectators, and would definately need temporary seating. Fantastic idea. A great race track. Unfortunately the (very large) costs and logistics involved are prohibitive sadly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted September 16 Author Report Share Posted September 16 1 hour ago, False dawn said: Fantastic idea. A great race track. Unfortunately the (very large) costs and logistics involved are prohibitive sadly. You could be in for a surprise ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted September 16 Report Share Posted September 16 2 hours ago, False dawn said: Fantastic idea. A great race track. Unfortunately the (very large) costs and logistics involved are prohibitive sadly. If the local authorities help out, like Cardiff used to, with the staging costs, it could maybe work..? A suburb of Adelaide and is only about 9 miles away from the city centre... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therefused Posted September 16 Report Share Posted September 16 can someone convince me a GP at Ipswich is a good idea? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted September 16 Report Share Posted September 16 3 hours ago, therefused said: can someone convince me a GP at Ipswich is a good idea? Isn't the capacity well over 10,000?... Improve the track for racing and I would think they could get 10,000 there considering KL, Peterborough and Mildenhall all will have a fair few in attendance... 5,000 or so attended the PO final didn't they?... A weekend in Ipswich would be OK... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technik Posted September 16 Report Share Posted September 16 3 hours ago, therefused said: can someone convince me a GP at Ipswich is a good idea? More chance of getting a bus ride to the moon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogmacrash Posted September 17 Report Share Posted September 17 15 hours ago, racers and royals said: You could be in for a surprise ! That's what I was thinking. Throw in a junior meeting at sidewinders the night before and the possibility of action at Mildura on the Sunday after the GP. What's not to like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodles Posted September 17 Report Share Posted September 17 On 9/15/2026 at 3:28 PM, racers and royals said: Sportowefakty article today is mentioning Gillman Speedway in Australia will hold a GP in 2028. What it doesn’t say is if that will finish the 2027 Championship or be start or finish of the 2028 event. Article says October 2028 and will be the final GP of that season. Also says Warsaw, Wroclaw and Torun are the Polish rounds for 2027. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aries Posted yesterday at 04:25 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 04:25 PM On 9/16/2026 at 5:00 PM, mikebv said: Isn't the capacity well over 10,000?... Improve the track for racing and I would think they could get 10,000 there considering KL, Peterborough and Mildenhall all will have a fair few in attendance... 5,000 or so attended the PO final didn't they?... A weekend in Ipswich would be OK... Trust me, we’d pack the place out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 valve Posted 7 hours ago Report Share Posted 7 hours ago On 9/16/2026 at 1:43 PM, therefused said: can someone convince me a GP at Ipswich is a good idea? On 9/16/2026 at 5:00 PM, mikebv said: Isn't the capacity well over 10,000?... Improve the track for racing and I would think they could get 10,000 there considering KL, Peterborough and Mildenhall all will have a fair few in attendance... Individual Sports 5,000 or so attended the PO final didn't they?... A weekend in Ipswich would be OK... The Ipswich promoter and rights holder for the GP’s has recently said the track must be greatly improved (altered?) to hold a GP. Maybe he is talking to the owners to see if that is possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERACE Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago As Phil states BV have a 3 year contract, so there will certainly be an SGP in Manchester next season, as there is no way the GP Promotors are buying themselves out of that deal, and why would they want to after 2 successful years. The only caveat I will put on that, is if the 3 year deal was contracted for 1 SGP only, and this year they have only offered BV 1 SGP and we can't make that Pay, we will know soon enough on that one. As for the long term it makes sense, if possible to have more tracks in each country that can hold a GP, Tracks in Poland come and go and come back again on the SGP calendar so why not the UK. If you have Glasgow, Manchester and Ipswich as your 3 tracks, and say we get 2 SGPs per year then you could share that between 2 tracks each year with one track missing out every 3rd year. That would add the variety and keep it spread across the UK to enable more fans to go. I think Glasgow would be good to go (not sure on the Capacity though), but the Ipswich track would need widening, its just to small for a GP IMO and would not give us the top class racing we want to see. Not saying that cant be done, but it certainly needs doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aries Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago 30 minutes ago, SUPERACE said: As Phil states BV have a 3 year contract, so there will certainly be an SGP in Manchester next season, as there is no way the GP Promotors are buying themselves out of that deal, and why would they want to after 2 successful years. The only caveat I will put on that, is if the 3 year deal was contracted for 1 SGP only, and this year they have only offered BV 1 SGP and we can't make that Pay, we will know soon enough on that one. As for the long term it makes sense, if possible to have more tracks in each country that can hold a GP, Tracks in Poland come and go and come back again on the SGP calendar so why not the UK. If you have Glasgow, Manchester and Ipswich as your 3 tracks, and say we get 2 SGPs per year then you could share that between 2 tracks each year with one track missing out every 3rd year. That would add the variety and keep it spread across the UK to enable more fans to go. I think Glasgow would be good to go (not sure on the Capacity though), but the Ipswich track would need widening, its just to small for a GP IMO and would not give us the top class racing we want to see. Not saying that cant be done, but it certainly needs doing. Probably this. Richard Coleman was quoted in the Speedway Star a few weeks back that there were no guarantees that Belle Vue would be hosting both British Grand Prix’s next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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