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Re: Alan
Posted by 'DevonHawker' on 10 Apr 2009 @ 21:44

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This ended up going off topic a little and a bit of a ramble,sorry.

Another thing about speedway is that it is a little like football in so much as the teams represent a home track,Rye ,Reading, Coventry,Ipswich where ever. But the fans follow the Team as opposed to the individual rider,except when it come to Grand Prix or Individual Championships and such like.

Consider the location of the tracks,Rye is an exception when I say this for obvious reasons,most Karting tracks are a little way out of town whereas "most" Speedway tracks are within reasonably built up areas and generally on a bus route and even interested teens can get there under their own steam.

Look at the short tracks /ovals ( "speedway tracks") in the USA,like Costa Mesa, they are again close to town and in many cases double up for running midget racer cars or KART races with up to 8 karts. Both types of racing are well attended and some of these guys go NATIONAL.

Maybe if we could turn back the clock to the early days of karting and establish tracks within towns it may be acceptable but to try and do it now would be an impossibility sadly. Dunkeswells recent court case is proof of that.

Speedway has historically been the second highest attendance for a spectator sport since the 1930s because it grabbed peoples attention,was exciting and probably because it was a little dangerous.

It's image today is a bit more glamorous and people will travel half way round the globe to ride for a "good" club, when I was a teenager I was coached by Ivan Mauger a Kiwi and Ole Olsen a Dane, and that was before the influx of the short trackers from the states and the eastern European guys. Belle Vue ( Manchester ) was purpose built with a 40,000 capacity,which on some nights was AT capacity. The Millenium Stadium in Cardiff has a capacity 74,000+ and drew a crowd of 41,250 (ish) for it's first ever Grand Prix I forget the number for the second one they ran but i know it was higher.

When spectators stand up close to the fence ,smell the Methanol ,get a gob full of shale, feel the pulse of the exhaust note in their ears and close enough to almost touch the bikes then they know why it's got the edge on some other motorsports.

Unfortunately I think it is too late for bringing karting to the masses except through TV. But that hasn't got the same "feel"

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Who controls karting? by 'KevinW' (10 Apr 2009 @ 11:19)

Re: Who controls karting? by 'dave56' (10 Apr 2009 @ 14:32)

Re: Who controls karting? by 'colin' (10 Apr 2009 @ 18:12)

Well done kevin! by 'alanrr' (10 Apr 2009 @ 19:55)

Alan by 'Dunny' (10 Apr 2009 @ 20:32)

Re: Alan by 'DevonHawker' << You are here!

Re: Alan by 'Dunny' (10 Apr 2009 @ 22:24)

Re: Alan by 'speedyman' (10 Apr 2009 @ 22:28)

Re: Alan by 'DevonHawker' (10 Apr 2009 @ 23:25)

Re: Alan by 'Dunny' (11 Apr 2009 @ 7:47)

Re: Alan by 'BanzaiBoy' (11 Apr 2009 @ 8:36)

Re: Alan by 'KMKarting' (11 Apr 2009 @ 20:30)

Re: Well done kevin! by 'KevinW' (10 Apr 2009 @ 23:19)

AlanRR - 1 of 1000 by 'JonWright' (11 Apr 2009 @ 2:58)

Everyone! by 'alanrr' (11 Apr 2009 @ 13:57)

Re: Everyone! by 'speedyman' (11 Apr 2009 @ 14:10)

Re: Everyone! by 'KMKarting' (11 Apr 2009 @ 20:43)

Re: Everyone! by 'DevonHawker' (11 Apr 2009 @ 14:24)

Its too late.. by 'QuickOldTimer' (11 Apr 2009 @ 15:15)

when was the last... by 'dave56' (11 Apr 2009 @ 18:12)

Dave, O Dave, O Dave by 'alanrr' (11 Apr 2009 @ 20:30)

Re: AlanRR - 2 of 1000 by 'buckrg' (11 Apr 2009 @ 23:17)

Re: AlanRR - 2 of 1000 by 'Tbird' (12 Apr 2009 @ 0:04)

AlanRR is revolting! lol by 'SteveC' (13 Apr 2009 @ 9:26)

Hello Steve, you old goat....... by 'alanrr' (13 Apr 2009 @ 10:32)

Re: Hello Steve, you old goat....... by 'chriskasch' (13 Apr 2009 @ 10:34)

Steve Chapman did lead the last, let's leave the.. by 'SteveC' (13 Apr 2009 @ 17:28)

Re: Steve Chapman did lead the last, let's leave t by 'KevinW' (13 Apr 2009 @ 17:36)

Which Association? by 'SteveC' (13 Apr 2009 @ 20:48)

Re: Which Association? by 'KevinW' (13 Apr 2009 @ 20:56)

That question you would then need to ask....... by 'SteveC' (13 Apr 2009 @ 21:00)

Ooops, I forgot a few Associations? by 'SteveC' (13 Apr 2009 @ 20:58)

Re: Ooops, I forgot a few Associations? by 'KevinW' (13 Apr 2009 @ 21:43)

That's exactly the route you should take! by 'SteveC' (14 Apr 2009 @ 1:13)

Re: That's exactly the route you should take! by 'KevinW' (14 Apr 2009 @ 8:25)

The Associations represent different intersts..... by 'SteveC' (14 Apr 2009 @ 10:54)

Too many interests and too many associations by 'KevinW' (14 Apr 2009 @ 11:11)

Garlicky Gallic by 'Florent' (14 Apr 2009 @ 13:49)

lol, whilst that's extremely funny Florent,..... by 'SteveC' (15 Apr 2009 @ 10:07)

I'm only sceptical because of witnessing years of by 'SteveC' (15 Apr 2009 @ 10:03)

Re: I'm only sceptical because of witnessing years by 'Florent' (15 Apr 2009 @ 12:07)

I know, I just worried about your....... by 'SteveC' (15 Apr 2009 @ 12:21)

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Re: The Associations represent different intersts. by 'SimonS' (17 Apr 2009 @ 21:19)

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