Eastbourne chief Bob Dugard has revealed why he has no financial worries about taking the club into third-tier racing.

Eagles will track a young side in the National League in 2015 after their Elite League place was put on ice for a year.

It remains to be seen how the public will respond but Dugard says there will be no major financial losses, even if the new team prove to be a turn-off for fans.

The long-serving promoter revealed: “Financially I’ve got no fears about next year.

“If we only get 100 people per meeting our losses would still be one-sixth what they are at the moment.

“At 200 people per meeting we would almost be breaking even but we would not be able to help riders with equipment and the like.

“At 400 people we would be able to help them in that way. But that’s all it would be.

“It would not be spending big money on riders.

“The whole basis of this league is to develop young riders and we won’t be any different.

“I don’t know what level we will be at in the first season but we will get to grips with the league in time.”

Eagles’ change of league means skipper Cameron Woodward will leave the club he joined early in the 2006 season as a young replacement for the injured Brent Werner.

He has been granted a testimonial at Arlington next year.