Those crash barriers that were dropping to bits? Ha ha by the time they were skipped they wouldn't stop a fart never mind a stock car.

Grrr... you beat me to the punch with that one

I'm pretty sure that it was Mark Moore and his two cronies who flogged off the fence in their (brief) spell in charge

Good luck guy's with your application. Really hope you get in!

Were we? It didn't stop Alan Redfern, Derek Fox, and latterly Deaks, laughing as they used them quite well!

Yes we absolutely were. It isn't an acceptable thing to have a modern rugby club have the pitch mutilated and replaced back down at a ridiculous camber, and it certainly isn't acceptable for a super league team. If they can work out a modern way of relaying them flat then fine, but otherwise I think its stupid.

To be honest I don't think we have any chance of SL in the future with either stock cars or speedway as co-tenants. That sort of stadium isn't the image that Elstone and the rest of SL are looking for. Trouble is I'm far from sure they are wrong and, for the record, I say that as someone who has very much enjoyed watching both stocks and speedway at Odsal and elsewhere.

I've seen stuff doing the rounds regarding stock cars going back to Odsal and the stadium being upgraded with the help of the stock car version of the RFL but that to get the actual ball rolling, they're going to need £500k

How likely any of this is, seems to me at least, to be in the same realm as the Super Dome. But stranger things have happened.

This bit says it all really. Along with my previous comment about what the SL clubs will be looking for, the fact that money isn't available means it is extremely unlikely to suddenly become so in the short to medium term. As a club, the Bulls don't have the cash to pay for general maintenance let alone 'improvements' which wouldn't benefit RL. We'd still be at Odsal if we did.

I think the 'superdome' quote sums it up quite accurately, tbh.

£500k needed to get stock cars back?













Well that isn't happening then is it?

They probably heard that we were gullible enough to do it in the past.

It's a nice thought but would be the final act in the history of the club. We couldn't survive yet another financial crisis. It's been clear for years you can only 'prosper' with a wealthy backer and we have never, ever had one and we certainly don't have one now.

Yeah like Amazon prime delivering the corners just before the players come out and then moved into place by drones.

Think of the sponsorship opportunities especially with us being back on sky sports.

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I share all of the concerns expressed above. But what are the viable alternatives?

Valley parade X
Dewsbury long term X
Odsal without SL X

Replace De Niro and Walken in the Vietnamese jungle, two bullets in the gun, with Wood and Sawyer sat at Odsal Top and you might get some sense of the options available.

What about the boutique stadium over the road? The chances of building that are not dissimilar to the chances of us making Odsal economically viable. Bloody slim.

"Boutique stadium" one of Chalmers phrases I recall....

Yeah its such a cute phrase I can't help but use it. It does give a lovely mental picture of a 15,000 place though doesn't it. The Trevor Foster stand for seated season ticket holders. Directly opposite the main Brimah Kebbie stand. Behind the sticks the away fans are in the Nick Zisti which you expect to be good but is surprisingly crap.

I think I may have gone mad.

How about the Tame Toupou Main entrance?

On first sight so promising but once you're past that it's just the same old rhubarb in yet more disappointing clothes.

The Karl Pryce function room. Absolutely huge and able to cater for any event, but curiously no balls.

Daft thing is, though I would never have believed it, I'm pretty happy watching Championship rugby.

Would I like to watch SL again? Well, yes but I can't see it happening until we get a seriously wealthy backer who's prepared to put up the moolahs and he's not around yet, so far as I can see. Speedway, stock cars, horse carriage racing, world marbles championships (that should look great from the back of the stand, btw..) and all the rest is just typical empty paper talk with little or no substance.

I could see stock cars at Odsal but I can't see us being involved, if only because currently we have nothing to bring to the party, not sure if we could even manage a bottle for the opening.

The Matt Orford "Ox lounge", Its great for a while, but then when you go home you will never go back to it. Ever, ever.

The deal is about 95% of the way there to bring regular Stock Car meetings and the F1 Stock Car World Championships meeting in September to Odsal next year.

It's all sounding very positive behind the scenes with Nigel Wood, Mark Sawyer, Steve Rees and the RFL (Ralph and Tony) agreeing on a deal last week at Odsal Stadium.

If you listen to my interview with Steve, he explains everything in great detail about what will and won't happen, but be rest assured the Bradford Bulls and Stock Car racing will be back at the stadium next April.

It's all positive.

The key date for this going through is as I've put on Twitter, the next RFL board meeting on Thursday, December 3.

Ralph Rimmer and Simon Johnson are confident the deal benefits both Nigel, Mark and Steve.

call me cynical but is stock car racing even that big a sport to make any real difference to the club earning money?