GP venues and news for 2027

[Aries]

38 minutes ago, ShanoXtra said:

Just what I want to hear! Even if no speedway fans of other clubs come to Foxhall it will still be sold out, this town and county has a massive sport following and once it does the rounds in the local news it will be hard to get a ticket! I think you’ll see 10,000+ at Foxhall. I hope Coleman gives priority to the witches fans for early ticket sales too. 

Couldn’t have put it better myself. It’ll be a sell out regardless so those turning their nose up are free to do so, it’ll just make it easier for the rest of us. 
 

I’m thoroughly looking forward to both the GP, AND the SGP2 on the Friday. 
 

They’re going to be working hard on upgrading the track in the winter, people will do well to actually give them a chance. They may be pleasantly surprised. 
 

It’s good to see the worlds best put through their paces on something different to the many identikit tracks they’re used to. Let’s be honest, a fair few of the GP’s have hardly been thrill a minute stuff. 

Edited 4 hours ago by Aries

[Rob B]

13 minutes ago, ShanoXtra said:

Yeah everything you wrote in your first paragraph is how Ipswich feels about Belle Vue and the distance. I have seen meetings at Belle Vue that have been bore fests and even in the SGP it takes until heat 8 or so to get the outside line working so I think everyone needs to relax about losing Belle Vue. Cardiff was a bigger miss than Belle Vue for me.

But there is never good racing at Ipswich, make it slick and it’s follow the leader like Thursday, make it grippy and you make the world best riders look like amateurs where mistakes are mistaken for good racing.

Any track changes will be minimal. 

[Rob B]

30 minutes ago, RoundTheBoards said:

It can't be.

Oasis are at the Etihad on 12 June, so they wouldn't be allowed to stage another event that close.  It's only a mile away.

If that was being considered, anyone with any sense would have put Ipswich in June and Belle Vue in August. 

[THE DEAN MACHINE]

6 minutes ago, Rob B said:

But there is never good racing at Ipswich, make it slick and it’s follow the leader like Thursday, make it grippy and you make the world best riders look like amateurs where mistakes are mistaken for good racing.

Any track changes will be minimal. 

Apart from racing wise it’s a good call on every other level from fans POV and financial point of view, yes the track needs something to improve the racing but rough or not if your the best in the world you should be able to ride it 

[Yearbyred]

24 minutes ago, ShanoXtra said:

Yeah everything you wrote in your first paragraph is how Ipswich feels about Belle Vue and the distance. I have seen meetings at Belle Vue that have been bore fests and even in the SGP it takes until heat 8 or so to get the outside line working so I think everyone needs to relax about losing Belle Vue. Cardiff was a bigger miss than Belle Vue for me.

Totally accept that it’s great news for fans of Ipswich speedway and supporters in that part of the country.

But for neutral supporters I think it will generally feel like disappointing news 

[Racin Jason 72]

5 minutes ago, Rob B said:

But there is never good racing at Ipswich, make it slick and it’s follow the leader like Thursday, make it grippy and you make the world best riders look like amateurs where mistakes are mistaken for good racing.

Any track changes will be minimal. 

The centre green is being lowered by 600mm with new drainage and the inside of the track lowered by the same amount to give much better banking. 
obviously the majority of the track will be removed to allow for a much lower sub base and then a new shale surface will go in replacing the awful clay surface. 
spedeworth are demolishing the existing home straight stand and replacing it with a three tier building right up to the first bend. At a cost of £1.75 million. There will be a tunnel through the stand to enter the track. 
new pits area as current ones will be in the way of the new lengthened stand. 
But like you say minimal track changes. 😆

[THE DEAN MACHINE]

Could they consider building false corners on the stock car track just for that weekend ? Moving the white line out 10ft and building a 10ft false corner on stock car track, it’s certainly within their capability 

Edited 4 hours ago by THE DEAN MACHINE

[Racin Jason 72]

4 minutes ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said:

Could they consider building false corners on the stock car track just for that weekend ? Moving the white line out 10ft and building a 10ft false corner on stock car track, it’s certainly writhing their capability 

It’s possible but currently the speedway track is about 250mm above the stock car track.  Chris Louis wanted to increase the banking by raising the track but the stock cars would not allow it so only other option is to lower the kerb significantly.  
The track currently is banked to mid track where it flattens off and becomes unusable really hence the one line track. 
I think the intended changes will lead to a much improved track maybe like Redcar style banking 

[Rob B]

21 minutes ago, Racin Jason 72 said:

The centre green is being lowered by 600mm with new drainage and the inside of the track lowered by the same amount to give much better banking. 
obviously the majority of the track will be removed to allow for a much lower sub base and then a new shale surface will go in replacing the awful clay surface. 
spedeworth are demolishing the existing home straight stand and replacing it with a three tier building right up to the first bend. At a cost of £1.75 million. There will be a tunnel through the stand to enter the track. 
new pits area as current ones will be in the way of the new lengthened stand. 
But like you say minimal track changes. 😆

Proof is in the pudding, they said all the previous changes would make it better, it didn’t. 

[eric i]

31 minutes ago, Racin Jason 72 said:

The centre green is being lowered by 600mm with new drainage and the inside of the track lowered by the same amount to give much better banking. 
obviously the majority of the track will be removed to allow for a much lower sub base and then a new shale surface will go in replacing the awful clay surface. 
spedeworth are demolishing the existing home straight stand and replacing it with a three tier building right up to the first bend. At a cost of £1.75 million. There will be a tunnel through the stand to enter the track. 
new pits area as current ones will be in the way of the new lengthened stand. 
But like you say minimal track changes. 😆

I hope they get it all completed by next August, these big projects are prone to delays.

[TheWellBehavedWorrall]

Great news for Ipswich fans and I mean no disrespect to them, but I think this is disappointing news for everyone else.

Apologies as I appear to have missed it, but why is Belle Vue no longer hosting a GP?

I miss Cardiff.

[THE DEAN MACHINE]

18 minutes ago, TheWellBehavedWorrall said:

Great news for Ipswich fans and I mean no disrespect to them, but I think this is disappointing news for everyone else.

Apologies as I appear to have missed it, but why is Belle Vue no longer hosting a GP?

I miss Cardiff.

Maybe Mike lemon plucking the 1/2 a million price to stage a BV GP might of had a bearing, still not sure how he came to that figure for an existing track even with hiring a temp stand 

[Wee Eck]

I think it’s great news. Although I know I’m likely to be on my own on this, I prefer a track where riders come within centimetres of each other when trying to pass, rather than there being metres which can happen at BV.

And hopefully Ipswich will provide a GP at prices comparable to European tracks and maybe even have similar facilities. The grandly named “National Speedway Stadium” was only called that as a sop to Manchester City Council when they were being asked to part with many millions of council tax payers money, but it has never lived up to its name. In my opinion. 

[TheWellBehavedWorrall]

6 minutes ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said:

Maybe Mike lemon plucking the 1/2 a million price to stage a BV GP might of had a bearing, still not sure how he came to that figure for an existing track even with hiring a temp stand 

Sorry mate, but I’m not clued up on this. Who is Mike Lemon and what’s the £500K for? Does he own the NSS and that’s what he’s demanding for a 2027 GP to be hosted there?

[ArthurRudge]

Who on earth decided Foxhole was a good idea to host the GP it's a rubbish track.

[Wee Eck]

1 hour ago, ArthurRudge said:

Who on earth decided Foxhole was a good idea to host the GP it's a rubbish track.

Erm, maybe the man who owns both the SGP rights and Ipswich?

[THE DEAN MACHINE]

1 hour ago, TheWellBehavedWorrall said:

Sorry mate, but I’m not clued up on this. Who is Mike Lemon and what’s the £500K for? Does he own the NSS and that’s what he’s demanding for a 2027 GP to be hosted there?

Mark lemon and that’s what he said it costs to put a GP on at belle vue 

[THE DEAN MACHINE]

Being here today I can’t help but think SGP miss out on merchandise, every rider and the GP itself should have massive merchandise stands and also the food and drink (except beer) needs looking at, they need to employ an events manager that looks after what happens outside the stadium on GP days, there are 1000s here today with money to burn and nothing to spend it on, there is one man in the car park with a table selling merch from the back of his car making more on merchandise sales than the SGP itself 

[gjcone44]

3 hours ago, Racin Jason 72 said:

The centre green is being lowered by 600mm with new drainage and the inside of the track lowered by the same amount to give much better banking. 
obviously the majority of the track will be removed to allow for a much lower sub base and then a new shale surface will go in replacing the awful clay surface. 
spedeworth are demolishing the existing home straight stand and replacing it with a three tier building right up to the first bend. At a cost of £1.75 million. There will be a tunnel through the stand to enter the track. 
new pits area as current ones will be in the way of the new lengthened stand. 
But like you say minimal track changes. 😆

where are ipswich racing when all this is happeng?

[Racin Jason 72]

5 minutes ago, gjcone44 said:

where are ipswich racing when all this is happeng?

The track work will be done in the close season ready for march