GB are World Champions (again)

Bitza · 14-07-2024, 08:37 AM

Last night the GB team became World Champions! I'm talking Speedway of course.
It does **** me off a bit how little media coverage less popular sports get. If England win a European football competition everyone gets it rammed down their throats for the next 60yrs (till they next do something like it), GB winning the Speedway World Championship and not a mention.
If Speedway has kind of passed you by, then can I highly recommend it to you all. The whole format is designed to give competitive racing. All riders have average scores and teams have an overall maximum total average, a bit like a fantasy team system. At a meeting you get 15 heats, lasting about a minute so no chance of racing becoming boring. The racing is all about getting away fast, holding the throttle fully open, scrubbing off speed into corners with wheel spin, then finding traction on the exit. All while three other riders attempt the same on differing lines through the turns. It's GREAT, go out and treat yourselves to a great night out, families welcomed.

jerry · 16-07-2024, 10:13 AM

Both my local speedways have closed as developers allowed to buy their stadiums for housing by greedy clowncils using excuse of nimby noise complaints ,, Speedway used to get a lot of media attention but now its almost invisible , I think that woke , greenies are also undermining it .

Dukedesmo · 16-07-2024, 02:24 PM

Ah speedway, fond memories from the 70's & 80's of the Leicester Lions and my mate lived next door to Ray Wilson who was the top dog at Leicester and England back in the day, but then the ground was demolished for housing in the 80's and, sadly they were no more.

It did make a comeback to Leicester recently with a new stadium but I've never been there.

14-07-2024, 08:37 AM	#1
Bitza Bronze Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Poole Bike: M900ie Posts: 487	GB are World Champions (again) Last night the GB team became World Champions! I'm talking Speedway of course. It does **** me off a bit how little media coverage less popular sports get. If England win a European football competition everyone gets it rammed down their throats for the next 60yrs (till they next do something like it), GB winning the Speedway World Championship and not a mention. If Speedway has kind of passed you by, then can I highly recommend it to you all. The whole format is designed to give competitive racing. All riders have average scores and teams have an overall maximum total average, a bit like a fantasy team system. At a meeting you get 15 heats, lasting about a minute so no chance of racing becoming boring. The racing is all about getting away fast, holding the throttle fully open, scrubbing off speed into corners with wheel spin, then finding traction on the exit. All while three other riders attempt the same on differing lines through the turns. It's GREAT, go out and treat yourselves to a great night out, families welcomed. __________________ Bitza

16-07-2024, 10:13 AM	#2
jerry Old Git Join Date: May 2006 Location: Cricklade Bike: Multiple Monsters Posts: 2,847	Both my local speedways have closed as developers allowed to buy their stadiums for housing by greedy clowncils using excuse of nimby noise complaints ,, Speedway used to get a lot of media attention but now its almost invisible , I think that woke , greenies are also undermining it . __________________ MONSTERMAN

16-07-2024, 02:24 PM	#3
Dukedesmo Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Leics Bike: M900 Posts: 2,867	Ah speedway, fond memories from the 70's & 80's of the Leicester Lions and my mate lived next door to Ray Wilson who was the top dog at Leicester and England back in the day, but then the ground was demolished for housing in the 80's and, sadly they were no more. It did make a comeback to Leicester recently with a new stadium but I've never been there. __________________ M900, 916, LeMans II.