Cinder tracks for Speedway Motorcycles, including England, have pretty much been gone for decades.

Cinder tracks for speedway motorcycles have pretty much been gone for decades, including in England, have pretty much been gone for decades. Even when I was in England shooting speedway in the 1980s It was on shale. A little bit bigger than the decomposed granite used on tracks in the USA, that stuff hurt like crazy when it hit you in the face. Seven or eight years ago a friend of mine promoted a speedway track in Las Vegas that had a cinder surface. It looked crazy. Unfortunately some issues among the partnership forced the track to close after just a few weeks. It would have been interesting to see how the racing would have been if they ever got a full field of first division riders on it. The flaps on the rear wheels in speedway motorcycles today are there just to keep the dirt on the race tracks. It’s a money saver for the promoters.

Thanks for the excellent clarification Scott, even the economic reasons for the mudflap; I had no idea...