31/08/2026
THE NEXT CHAPTER FOR THE PITS TV
After 10 years in business, we believe the time is right to make some important changes to the way The Pits TV operates and presents itself.
Over the past five months, we have undertaken a comprehensive review of the business — looking not only at what we do, but why we do it. After a decade, it is important to stop, assess where we have come from, learn from our experiences and make sure the decisions we make are right for the business, our partners, our staff and the people we work alongside.
For the past 10 years, Jason has very much brought people along for the journey. Regular updates have shared the highs, the lows, the successes, the frustrations and some of the realities of running The Pits TV.
Some people have appreciated that openness and honesty. Others have felt at times that Jason has been too opinionated or become involved in matters he perhaps shouldn't have. For Jason, however, sharing those thoughts and experiences was always part of bringing people along on the journey and showing the realities behind what we do.
Over time, though, the reaction to that openness has taken a toll, and that is something we can no longer ignore.
Those who follow us regularly will have probably already noticed that these types of updates have largely stopped. That has been deliberate and forms part of a wider change in direction for The Pits TV.
Going forward, The Pits TV page will become a professional marketing and content-focused platform. Its purpose will be to promote the events we are involved with, showcase our content, support our partner tracks and organisations, and provide value and exposure to the advertising partners who make what we do possible.
The Pits TV has also been fortunate to receive some exciting opportunities outside the traditional realms of speedway. As the business grows into these areas, the level of professionalism expected of us also grows. We recognise that our public presence needs to evolve with that.
Another area reviewed has been the support we have provided to events where The Pits TV supplied the platform but did not have our own production crew at the venue.
This originally came about as a way of helping another group gain greater exposure for its events and was initially intended as a one-season arrangement around Western Springs. Somehow, that continued beyond its original intention.
While we were happy to help, ultimately the arrangement was not sustainable for our business.
On weekends where multiple events were operating, we could find ourselves monitoring and supporting an event remotely while our own crews were working at completely different venues. That divided our attention and could potentially take resources away from the events and organisations that had directly engaged The Pits TV.
We reached the point where we had to ask ourselves a simple question: where does our responsibility need to be?
The answer is with the events, tracks and organisations that have entrusted The Pits TV with their coverage.
If we commit to an event, we want to give that event 100%.
We sincerely thank everyone who was involved in those platform arrangements and appreciate the opportunity to have played a part in helping those events reach a wider audience.
As we enter this next season, our focus is firmly on delivering professional, reliable and well-presented content for our partner tracks, events and organisations.
We also recognise that some people genuinely enjoyed the more personal side of The Pits TV and being brought along for the journey. We appreciate that support, and we apologise to those who will miss that part of what this page has been.
But after 10 years, the business has reached a point where the focus needs to change.
These decisions have also been made with our advertising partners and our employees in mind. They deserve to have confidence in the organisation they are associated with and to know that we are prepared to review ourselves, make changes where necessary, and ensure the business operates professionally and in a way that we believe is right on both a business and moral level.
A re-branding was considered but The Pits TV name itself isn't the issue so therefore, for now, it will remain The Pits TV
We are incredibly grateful for the opportunities The Pits TV has received over the past decade and for everyone who has contributed to that journey.
Ten years has taught us a lot.
There have been successes. There have been mistakes. There have been challenges. And there have been opportunities we could never have imagined when this all started.
We can't change every part of the journey that got us here — nor would we want to.
But we can learn from it.
The next chapter of The Pits TV will be about our content, our events, our partners and doing the job we are there to do to the very best of our ability.
Thank you to everyone who has been part of the first 10 years.
Now it's time to get on with the next 10.
