Shane
'In Negotiations'
Posted 05/11/05
Shane is now back in Australia for the winter
and his 20 year testimonial at Gillman in Adelaide. As part of the
publicity he was interviewed on Radio Fremantle earlier today and
some of the interview touched on his racing in Europe.
On last season, Shane admitted it was not a good year for
Glasgow last season, although on a personal basis it was probably
one of his best years in 16 years of riding in the UK winning the
PL Pairs with George and doing well in some individual meetings.
Opinion was asked on the effect of recent increase in television
coverage for Speedway in the UK and Shane feels that it has progressed
the sport a lot in recent years and could continue to do so perhaps
even back to the levels of crowds in the 70's.
As he has said on many occasions in the UK as long as he
is enjoying his speedway and feels he is still competitive he wants
to keep racing. Inevitably this led to the question of where Shane
expected to be riding in 2006 and as well as confirming he has already
signed to ride in Sweden, Shane advised he was 'in negotiations' with
Glasgow for a team slot for next season. This would mean him riding
around 100 meetings next season, sometimes as many as four meetings
per week.
A lot of the interview naturally concentrated on his 20 year
testimonial on 3rd December. Some of the proceeds from the meeting
will be going to the Make A Wish foundation, something that Shane
didn't make much of but only commented there were a lot of deserving
charities out there worthy of support. The radio interviewer suggested
that he should look at getting internet coverage for the meeting,
something that they are going to look into so watch out for details
nearer the time. It certainly sounds a very entertaining event with
a lot of different types of racing as part of the nights entertainment.
Shane is still undecided as to whether or not he will be
taking part in the Australian Title this year but it is looking likely
at the moment.
One more thing that Shane disclosed - he would like a go
at the Australian Sprint Cars! However the interviewer sounded a little
concerned when he talked about sliding them like a speedway bike!
