Speedway back at Odsal ?

John didn't race in 2020 but I'm sure he'll make a booking to race at Odsal.
There's huge excitement in the stock car community (as you would expect) for the return to this historic venue

 

Used to love bank holiday meetings.
Lund wainman Willie harrison Stu Smith

 

Frankie's two sons and his grandson and daughter all race now. Willie's son and grandson race too.
The late great Stu Smith's sons both raced and were multi world champions. His grandaughter races in F2 stock car class.

 

Remember taking my young nephew for the first time and when they set off for the first race he burst in to tears and we were very close to coming home.Managed to calm him down and he loved it from then on.I used to live near Craven Heifer so was a 5 minute walk.
Not been or seen any for a lot of years.

Remember sitting in main stand for a world final in the eighties I think.

 

@bailiff bridge bantam I hope you'll come back for a meeting in 2021. I'm sure you'll love it.
My sporting interests are divided between stock cars and City. So it means between March through to early November I can't make as many City games as I'd like. Although thats not been too hard in the last 3 seasons

 

I think I might.the nephew who I took is now 36 so might be a solo thing.I thought the big issue was a noise thing.On the odd occasion I couldn’t go it was very loud even where we lived in Marshfields.

 

I think they’ve gone in a bit high on the price. They’re not gonna shift many at that price, barring the buzz of the first couple of meetings. I’m not sure how the price compares to somewhere like Owlerton, but I was expecting around £15, not £25.

 

I mean, it’s not as if Odsal is the most cutting edge of stadia either. Although, it’s brilliant for watching the motorsport, as I remember it.

 

Spent nearly all my youth in the “Wembley of the north” Bradford Northern,speedway,football after the fire,stock cars.Like I said I lived on Hastings ave.2 streets from craven heifer so could set off 10 minutes from the start.Drive past regularly but not been in for a lot of years.

 

If spectators are allowed by then.

 

You are right.April seems a while away but in the big scheme of things this virus still has a fair way to go before we are owt like normal in stadia. 2000 seems about right though.

 

It's a bit more than a 'standard' meeting at roughly £18 for an adult, but this is Odsal and it holds a special place in stock car fans hearts. There's been speculation about a return for years. So most fans would be happy to pay that. The fact that the initial 2,000 tickets sold out in less than an hour is testiment to the place.
Whilst it isn't upto the standard of say VP it's still way better than most stock car tracks.
I hated watching City up there in the 80's but it's the perfect ampitheatre for motorsport

 

Since my last post there's been a lot of activity up at Odsal. The steel plated safety fence has nearly been completed and works seems to be progressing at a good speed. There's lots of photos on this forum thread: https://forum.stoxnet.com/topic/33734-odsal-startrax-updates/

 

wonder if it will go ahead with no fans

 

How popular is this banger racing or whatever it is they do? How many meetings are they proposing to have at Odsal? I remember speedway died a death cos no one watched it.

 

yep will be interesting to see if tickets sell as well for the third or fourth event. First one was always going to be popular but is it just a one time thing?

 

@Storck I'd expect the following stock car meetings to be just as popular. The tickets were snapped up by mainly die-hard fans.
In a COVID free world then I would expect circa 10,000 for that first meeting.
That's a combination of UK based stock car fans, fans from mainland Europe and those people who used to go but lost touch with the sport when the track closed back in the 90's.
Every time someone finds out I'm into stock car racing they never fail to ask if they still race at Odsal. There's a huge potential to attract the kinds of crowds that stock car racing got at Odsal before it closed.
For big race events you can expect about 3,000 fans to travel from mainland Europe with upto 30/40 drivers travelling to. Given the special place Odsal holds from fans across Europe I'd fully expect an invasion from across the North Sea. But that's only going to happen once we get rid of this bloody virus.
@Rogered Tart Banger events can attract 10,000+ crowds

 

@Bronco there's a grading system in stock car racing.
Drivers gain points depending on where they finish in a race. This forms a league table (to put in football terms). Within this league drivers are graded and assigned a roof colour.
White roof drivers are the lowest scoring (league 2) followed by yellow roof (league 1) then blue roof (championship) and finally red roof (premier league). Within the red roof drivers the top 10 drivers are assigned 'superstar'status and as well as sporting a red roof they also have flashing roof lights.
Unlike most other motor sports the better you are the further to the back of the grid you go. So the top drivers have to work hard but it's a contact sport. They can push drivers in front out of the way or give them a hard hit and punt the opposition into the fence.
Banger racing works on a simple premise of deliberate wrecking. It's basically motorised warfare with no holes barred when it comes to destroying other cars.
There's a bit of snobbery between stock car and banger fans. Stock car fans look down on banger racing as not a proper motorsport whereas banger fans point out that their form of racing often gets massive crowds so is therefore giving joe public what they want.
No news re speedway. I think the stock car promoter is looking for a speedway promoter to come forward to raise a team.
From today's T&A
https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/19029535.stock-car-racing-legend-frankie-wainman-relishes-odsal-return/#gallery18

 

Used to love watching banger racing at great yarmouth when on holiday, figure 8 track was great fun, kids loved it too