Thoughts of a newcomer

[jg]

Anthony Teasdale from Gbiz computers in Marske kindly donated his time to help with the design of the new Bears flag and as a thank you Redcar Bears Speedway invited him and his wife to the Silver Helmet meeting. Neither had ever been to a speedway meeting before, these are their thoughts on the nights racing;

"For a night out it was a lot of fun, Everyone was very friendly and we had a little nosy around the pits early on. Not knowing anyone we saw some people running up to others for signatures which was strange as we could not tell people apart! The racing was action packed watching the riders try different lines on a wet track. Though despite the conditions everyone appeared to be well behaved with little in incidents happening.

We plan to come again, its amazing that something like this happens but we never really knew it was here, accessible on our doorstep.

I also asked my wife for some thoughts too,

'The races were a great show throughout. Unlike with larger racing tracks, you get a great view of the action all round
regardless where you are in the stands.
The covered stand especialy got a brilliant roar everytime the bikes went past.
It wasn't all serious and there were some comedy antics from the riders that mixed up the experience.
Despite the wet weather the atmosphere was amazing. Everyone was exited and enjoying the racing action.
Once the racing got going the evening seemed to fly by' "

[cheekycobra]

Got talking to a bloke while walking my dogs the other day. He asked if it was my car parked at the bottom with the Bears flag in the window. He told me he had been working away and a workmate took him along to see his first speedway meeting at Swindon and asked me about where the Redcar track was as he wanted to go. Unfortunately it was the last meeting (silver helmet), but he said he was going. I haven't meet him since, but just goes to show how we all should have a flag or sticker in our cars as every little helps to bring in new fans.