BELLE VUE CEO Mark Lemon admits he is “extremely proud” to be staging the two ATPI FIM Manchester Grand Prix events.
The National Speedway Stadium will host the biggest two meetings of the season in Britain on Friday and Saturday night.
It’s a sell-out for the second event but there are still tickets available for Friday.
The best 16 riders in the world will be battling it out in Manchester including Brits Dan Bewley, Robert Lambert and Charles Wright.
Work has begun to prepare the stadium and Lemon is excited by the prospect of two epic occasions.
He said: “This has been 10 years in making. Now we are just days away from the inaugural Grand Prix meetings in Manchester.
“We are extremely proud to be staging the biggest two speedway events of the year.
“This is testament to the passion of our owners Tony Rice and Robin Southwell, the continual support from Manchester City Council and the loyal backing of our principal partners ATPI.
“We have a sell-out crowd on Saturday and with only a few hundred tickets left for Friday night.
“The temporary stands have gone up. With a full house of fans almost all the way around the stadium, this place generates a sensational atmosphere.
“The National Speedway Stadium always serves up the best action in the world.
“It has produced some outstanding racing as we saw last month in the British Championship final.
“Now we’ll have the best 16 riders in the world slugging it out for two Grand Prix rounds and that’s a mouthwatering prospect.”
Belle Vue’s home star and World No.4 Dan Bewley is seeking to defend his British Grand Prix title which he won last year in Cardiff.
Bewley is chasing a third home GP win on the circuit which he started his speedway career on back in 2016.
Home No.1 Australian Brady Kurtz is currently in second place in the World Championship standings in his debut campaign.
World No.2 Robert Lambert will want to repeat his sensational performance for Great Britain which won the gold medal in last year’s Speedway of Nations in Manchester.
Former British Champion and Stockport-based Charles Wright, is also the wild card for both events.