BEN BASSO admits “it hurts” to see Wolves and Peterborough fight for their futures.
The dashing Dane has become a huge favourite with the Panthers after two seasons at the club.
Basso, 22, also believes the side could have regained the Sports Insure Premiership title if they’d started with the team they finished the season with.
He said: “I feel like the Premiership has been great this year to have so many top riders returning and Grand Prix stars.
“It has been tougher than the year before. It does make sense for me to stay in the Premiership because the level is higher now.
“The season was tough at Peterborough for so many reasons. The fixtures didn’t help us either.
“I think we had eight home fixtures in a row. I think it would have been better for our confidence and spirit to have away, home, away, home alternating meetings.
“It is what it is. I can’t really tell if it would have made any difference.
“We got the team that we wanted in the end. But it all just came a bit too late.
“It was hard turning up every home meeting and knowing it wouldn’t be possible to get into the Play-Offs.
“We were all talking about in the end that if we’d started the season with the team we ended with, we could have won the league. Half that team won the league in the Championship with Glasgow!
“Hopefully Peterborough can be in the Premiership next year, there is still hope I believe.
“I have a love and passion for speedway. I don’t like Wolverhampton as a track, but it hurts to see it go. I love Peterborough and I hope this new consortium can save it because it’s a great club.
“The people of Peterborough have been going to the Showground, some of them for 40 or 50 years. It’s a big part of their lives, it’s really sad so I hope it can be saved.”
Words by Holeshot Media.
Image by Taylor Lanning.