Crump Quitting Britain

[elric]

Just seen this on Belle Vue's site with more and more top riders quitting British Speedway this is becoming a real concern.

"SUPERSTAR Jason Crump last night stunned Belle Vue by telling club bosses: 'I'm leaving British speedway.'

The 33-year-old Aussie, winner of two World titles while riding for the Aces, finished second in this year's championship when the last Grand Prix was held in Poland on Saturday.

Crump cites his burning desire to win the title again before retiring, plus the fact he is afraid of burn-out with his non-stop schedule of racing and travelling, as the main reasons for his bombshell decision."

full article here:

www.bellevuespeedway.co.uk/main/FS_main.htm

[browny]

Oct 23, 2008 16:35:13 GMT elric said:

Just seen this on Belle Vue's site with more and more top riders quitting British Speedway this is becoming a real concern.

"SUPERSTAR Jason Crump last night stunned Belle Vue by telling club bosses: 'I'm leaving British speedway.'

The 33-year-old Aussie, winner of two World titles while riding for the Aces, finished second in this year's championship when the last Grand Prix was held in Poland on Saturday.

Crump cites his burning desire to win the title again before retiring, plus the fact he is afraid of burn-out with his non-stop schedule of racing and travelling, as the main reasons for his bombshell decision."

full article here:

www.bellevuespeedway.co.uk/main/FS_main.htm

Jason Crump has been a great servant to British Speedway but our sport cannot afford the Crump's of this world and the top riders quitting Britain can only mean a healthier financial future for our sport IMO

Just mayeb some of the money can now go into British riders and who knows we may even get one who can qualify for a GP series rather than relying ona wildcard

[optimistic]

Rather sad news and like whats happening in the rest of the country this does not look good.
Maybe we should now be planning for the future of British speedway LONG TERM.
Cant blame the riders, they are just earning a living and like Norman Tebbit once said are getting on their bikes and working.
Promoters should be looking at all times to include British or commonwealth riders in teams and should be points average rewarded for this.
Crump should be congratulated as should Leigh Adams and other top riders for their loyalty to the Elite League in this country and now is the time for the promoters to do something that will be good for british speedway in the future as in the past few years all they have done is put it in decline.