Most liked posts in thread: Speedway back at Odsal ?

https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/19094077.startrax-stock-car-promoter-announces-events-odsal/

 

I watched the British Premiership semi-final on Europsort last night. Really enjoyed it. Remember that young whippersnapper Kelvin Tatum? He's now the old bloke doing the punditry, along with Sam Ermolenko. I'm looking forward to the second leg next week!

 

Great track,but in the wrong place,speedway will never return to Odsal,the stadium would swallow up huge amounts of money,and sadly,the crowds for speedway nowadays could not support it.

 

If Odsal is too big back to the Shay then? Is it still there?

 

Dave,you are correct in that Eric Boothroyd moved the Dukes from Halifax because the money,but I think he was also keen to move to the refurbished track at Odsal,as he had more flexibility there regarding practice and training sessions.The Shay was also in a poor state of repair,it had never been great even when the Dukes 're-opened in 1965,but it was getting worse.Of course,there is no way the Shay could accommodate speedway now,but with the best track in the country just over the hill in Manchester,and with Sheffield moving in to the top league,things could be worse for speedway fans in this area.

 

I got into it a bit later during the Kenny Carter era, but sort of lost interest after that and never really went to Odsal

 

It would be good to have it back. But, When I lived in Wyke as a kid, you could hear the roar of the engines, or even smell the fumes (lovely smell) if the wind was strong enough, and that’s 2 or 3 miles away. They might get a bit of opposition from the local population, probably more so from the new builds up there that were built well after the motorsport went, and they’d have a point.

 

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

 

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.

 

@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.

 

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.