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This brought back memories of Long Eaton speedway, must have been 1979. I was 14 and covered the greyhound track in polythene sheet before the speedway to get a free pass. I'm sure I remember the smell of 2 stroke oil but these bikes sound like 4 strokes? On the street I lived on, a bloke up the road, Mick I think his name was, wanted to do speedway. He got a bike & went to Kings Lynn to learn to ride. He came back with a broken arm & other broken limbs. It's bloody hard to do well but as the film says, a bit boring to watch, but I find watching formula 1 & motorbike racing boring too. And football. The Long Eaton track is no more, long gone, I remember it fondly though. I see the Kings Lynn track is still going in 2024, fair play to em. Thanks for posting.

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British league management has killed the sport in the UK. All the silly regulations and ridiculous decisions has made it what it is now, DEAD. Countries like Sweden, Poland, Denmark and Australia somehow managed to keep it popular. Typical.

My mom is from England! We live in America! She took me back several times ! But went to Bellevue speedway at 11 ! That was life changing! Still follow it till today! Im 60 now ! Mom is 90 ! Thanks mom ❤😊😊😊

A couple of suggestions; stop the buggerising around at the starting tapes. Keep the 'gardening' times to a minimum. People pay & expect to see a full field of riders taking parts in the events. To help with this, stop disqualifying riders for starting infringements. Instead, deduct points from their overall tally's. Look at 'handicap' starts; nothing new with this I know but, events with perhaps six riders would be more spectacular. I appreciate that it would be potentially more dangerous too. A departure from what is/has been considered normal is urgently called for. It is obvious that the current system is failing. What does the polish league do differently?

The oversize engine protest is always mad to me. 'Yeah, they're running 600 cc bikes!' It's not the engine capacity, it's how well the power is put down, via gearing and engine prep.

Good old Buster, Chapman. ! I was a massive King’s Lynn stars, fan as a Lad in the 70s My personal favourite was the legend, Terry Betts The stars had so many great riders, malcolm Simmons, Dave Jessup . And of course, the world champion Michael Lee , great memories

The trouble is that people like Keith Chapman that are/were prepared to put their hand in their pocket and run speedway clubs are not the people to do it. It needs to be more professional and more marketing driven. Chapman's pathetic reaction at the end of that match (and other subsequent things he's done over the years like shouting obscenities over the PA system) don't help the sports reputation do they. Just because he can afford to play speedway and he has a passion doesn't mean he's the right person to do it. Sadly.

the spine is so much bigger in person its crazy

Danny Kelly, sexist scumbag, now boring everyone to tears on Talksport of course.

No one knows what speedway is here in the states. We still have Costa Mesa and Industry Hills here in Southern California. That's it as far as I know. I quit following the sport on the late 1970s. Too many tracks closed.

I can see when this vid was posted, but when was this BBC documentary produced?

Look what Buster Chapman has done with Kings Lynn now it's the best prepped Speedway or Stock Car track in the country

ive always been a fan of club speedway

Typical dismal, joyless BBC stuff.

Didn't think much of the documentary. Thought even less of the guy who thinks Speedway is boring because he's watched it on telly. Live Speedway is nothing like whatever they show on TV, which has never really caught the excitement of the the live event. Even when Dave Lanning used to commentate, the camera just followed whoever was leading, which was often not where the real action was. Ove Fundin is one of the true greats of the sport. I'm not sure if he was the best ever but he must rank in anybody's top three (for my money, the other two would be Mauger and Briggs but maybe that's obvious, with Ole Olsen bubbling under).

You DICKHEAD.

Love it, i was there that night. And i was a pinjar park speedway when you did it again 😁😁

23:19 I remember this race so well. Truly a legendary race for any King's Lynn fan who was there to see it.

"15 year old Olly Allen, is one of speedway's future stars" Oh my this is old. He's now retired (and joint Team GB Manager). That said, you see a young Scott Nicholls riding for Ipswich in this video, and he's still going!

lol that Danny Kelly character... what an utter...

The 📺 is very powerful tool, but the viewers must switch on, it needs a new system of every level, GP/Motorsport bikes have got faster It needs to the youngsters to take interest,but it is expensive sport to do, Everybody knows the rules of football, and the players are paid 2 much £, for their efforts Speedway is a family sport, with no idiots fighting rivals fans

The councils are building on industrial sites in Swindon, it seems they don't want ppl to go out, the 80s you could go to watch your football club on a Saturday afternoon. Speedway after tea

I'm a fan of King's Lynn and I didn't even recognise it was buster

Jeez that's a Tight Track!

Those Sidecars are Monsters!!

In my honest opinion the formation of the grand prix series and sky sports broadcasting speedway created a massive decline in attendances. Scrap both of the aforementioned and you might get more fans through the turnstiles

Thanks a 190 metre built by the late Bob Sharpe

Brilliant. Thanks for sharing.

I been there and that spine is so huge

Well, I guess you can't tap the rear brake if it doesn't have one.

I was there at Riverview, not on this night but on the night Shane Parker won his first SA title back in December 1990.

were are paramount trails?

In Australia, the beginning of the end was mandatory mufflers and dirt deflectors. The roar of the motors and the rooster tails behind them was a big part of the visceral experience that makes Speedway solos so exciting. Without that the crowds dwindled and the sponsors followed them off to other sports. Like always, when the bureaucrats get involved, the end is nigh.

Nice upload Firestarter, For me the 70's and 80's were the best. My parents owned a large guest house in those days. We regularly accomodated George Hunter, Neil Collins, Chris Turner, Ivan Blacka, all the Havelock family prior to Gary being champ. Phil Crump, Neil Street. Also Tai Woffendens dad.The list was endless. This was in a posh area of Edinburgh but they all got great deals after a match at Edinburgh's Powderhall on a Friday night. and home cooked food. I remember setting up Scalextric tracks for them at home over a weekend and showing them the ropes. Ha Ha. Stevie in Scotland.

I fell in love with speedway when i was 11 years old at Hull's Boulevard Stadium...i am 58 now and still in love with it.

Anyone remember Martin Rogers? Promoter of both Peterborough and Kings Lynn...and then disappeared!

Followed Speedway as a kid used to go to Crayford and Hackney in the 70's with my dad and brother, the world finals at Wembley . Used to go to lakeside in the 90's now and again but thats gone now to . Such a shame how its gone from the 2nd biggest spectator sport in the UK to virtually non existent now , whilst in poland its still huge thanks to their promoters building purpose built stadiums and having more TV time .

I live in Ohio and used to see speedway ice racing back in the seventies on ABC's Wide World of Sports , man o man that was freakin cool !!!!! 😎👍

Take my son to speedway races, the younger people are who will carry it on.... I hope !!!!

Errr, it's a bit more interesting than tennis.

My mother used to go to speedway - Wembley Lions I think - in the 1950's taking my eldest brother with her. There was precious little entertainment available to the public back then and things were much more affordable. I went to a couple of World finals and found that it was OK but I didn't bother much afterwards as times change and there is a much wider range of entertainment available these days on TV and on line that can be viewed from your own living room. I get that to actually be there seeing it for real is a different experience, but like drag racing, there is a lot of nothing and just brief periods of interest for spectators..... speedway's demise has been long-drawn-out but is inevitable I am afraid.

WOW!! Lovely BBC movie.. "Żużel w sercu,metanol w żyłach" !!!!!!!!

I've been to 2 Speed way Grand Prix in Australia, One at Stadium Australia in Sydney and Melbourne VIC at Docklands Stadium, unreal, Gladiatorial combat with motorcycles as choice of weapon. I come from one of the first speedway areas in Australia, West Maitland had a race very early.

Here in the US speedway is non-existent for the most part, though some of the sport's greatest champions are from here...I depend entirely on FIM using youtube to see the GPs/SON, etc, and this season was absolutely amazing. I wish I'd been born in England for a lot of reasons, but to be there for the best of British speedway would be a top reason. I'd pay teams to watch a stream of races with announcers and some production value the way I do F1. Hell yes I'd watch live races from Ipswich, Kings Lynn, and others. Take my money! The tech is available.

What stands out to me is what absolute morons sports journalists were and have always been.

Speedway rider's get paid nothing compared to them football Dick's 🤮

I’m a fan of most motorsports, especially bikes, but live speedway is bloody hard to beat

This was of course many years ago! Buster Chapman has made big improvements to the stadium and also runs Stock Cars.

Remember watching the club league in Australia on fox sports was great..it's sad to see so many tracks around the world..the biggest problem with speedway like MX are the fee's that they have to pay out too the FIA and stuff like MA over here that right the rule books..I.was brought up in speedway both my uncles.race slides in the 70's and 80's 1 uncle raced in England in the leagues and the other was Aussie champion and my dad raced the car side of things so it hard too see it.like this