Coventry Bees Speedway Team have announced a change of start-time for Friday meetings with immediate effect.
Home matches at Brandon will now begin at 7.30pm rather than 8pm, as from this Friday (June 14) when the Storm take on Kent in the National League.
The Coventry promotion have taken the decision following the lengthy delay to last Friday’s Elite League match against King’s Lynn when track work was required.
Although a delay on that scale was unusual, the earlier start will allow for more ‘breathing space’ regarding time if there are incidents during a meeting.
Promoter Mick Horton said to the Bees website: “We’re fully aware there have been problems with the track, and we are liasing with the stadium at the moment to look into what can be done.
“We apologise to everyone for the wait they endured on Friday, and we recognise that it’s not ideal, especially when we all want families and children to come along.
“We feel that immediately moving to a 7.30pm start is a sensible thing to do, and obviously we are keen to ensure that the problems of Friday are not repeated.”