Will the Halcyon days of the track ever return
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 12:37 pm
I know this is preaching to the converted on this little subsection of the board, but after looking at Brentono's last photo it made me wonder if the days when track racing was participated in by large numbers of people will ever return?
The six day scene in Europe is struggling a little from what I can gather.
The big track races over here don't seem to get as many attending as decades gone by (Austral and the like).
Participation at a local level seems o.k. but miles down on days gone by. (I remember when I raced 20 years ago the numbers were greater then).
Is it the perception of the sport? Have drugs and doping made mums and dads guide their children down other sporting paths?
Is there anything that can be done?
We love the cheer the Aussie team at the Olympics, but for the years in between the sport seems to be slowly suffocating.
The six day scene in Europe is struggling a little from what I can gather.
The big track races over here don't seem to get as many attending as decades gone by (Austral and the like).
Participation at a local level seems o.k. but miles down on days gone by. (I remember when I raced 20 years ago the numbers were greater then).
Is it the perception of the sport? Have drugs and doping made mums and dads guide their children down other sporting paths?
Is there anything that can be done?
We love the cheer the Aussie team at the Olympics, but for the years in between the sport seems to be slowly suffocating.