BRITISH SPEEDWAY JULY 22, 2023

(SPEEDWAY 1)

A MATHEMATICAL VICTORY FOR PIRATES

POOLE secured their first silverware of the season despite a second leg defeat at Glasgow in the BSN Series Final.
The Tigers won 48-42 on the night but this was nowhere near enough to overturn a huge 34-point first leg deficit, and the Pirates’ overall victory was mathematically guaranteed with six races remaining.

Benjamin Basso (12) and Tom Brennan (11+1) top-scored for Glasgow on the night, with skipper Steve Worrall leading the way for Poole on 11+1 whilst Ben Cook tallied 10.
Worrall said: “The BSN Series is a new trophy, and it is nice to have our name on it.

“I’ve been with Poole the last two seasons and know what it is like to win trophies, but they have been under Danny King’s captaincy, and I have got the honour now of taking that role and it is nice.
“You get to go and lift the trophy along with the lads and everyone appreciates the hard work. So it was good tonight. One down and two to go now.”

Glasgow boss Cami Brown said: “It was always going to be a massive uphill task. But we wanted to win at home in front of our fans, so it was job done.
“It’s obviously disappointing to lose any Final but now we must move on and focus on the league. We are in second place and need to keep pushing.
“But when we face Poole again we cannot allow ourselves to lose at their track so badly again. The last three seasons we’ve been very poor at their place and that’s where the damage has been done.”

(SPEEDWAY 2)

REDCAR produced a big finish to edge out Scunthorpe 48-42 in another tremendous Cab Direct Championship clash at the ECCO Arena.
The Scorpions led by two points with two races to go, but the Bears hit back with 5-1s in Heats 14 and 15, although their visitors did go home with the aggregate point.

A draw was still possible from the gate in Heat 15 when Scunthorpe held a 4-2, but Charles Wright passed Jake Allen for third place and then race leader Ryan Douglas suffered a puncture as Redcar took a maximum advantage.
Wright scored 13 for the Bears with Erik Riss impressing on 11+2, whilst Scorpions reserve Connor Mountain piled up 14+1, with Allen (11+2) and Douglas (11) also in the major points.

Scunthorpe promoter Rob Godfrey said: “Our main objective from tonight was the aggregate point, and we picked that up.
“Of course, there was a slight disappointment that we didn’t win the meeting, after we were leading after 13 races. But we can’t complain because the lads gave it everything.

“We’ll take the positives. Connor had another terrific meeting from reserve, and we pushed Redcar all the way. That’s the second time this season we’ve taken an aggregate point from them, and whenever you do that, you outscore the other team over the two meetings.”
 
(SPEEDWAY 3)

BELLE Vue moved up to second place in the National Development League with a 54-36 home win over Edinburgh.
The Colts maintained their 100 per cent home record and also did enough to take the aggregate point having faced a ten-point deficit from the reverse fixture.

James Pearson (14) and Jack Smith (11+1) led the way for the Colts and both were unbeaten prior to Heat 15, which was won by Monarchs Academy guest Ashton Boughen – who piled up a remarkable 16-point score from six races.
Belle Vue reserve Luke Muff (7+1) said: “We have to give credit to Edinburgh. They had over half their regular team missing but they still put up a tough fight and they made us work hard.

“A few of our lads were disappointed to drop a couple of points here and there but I think overall we can be satisfied with how we rode; we got the win and that was the main thing.”
Edinburgh boss Scott Wilson said: “It was another case of what might have been for us, which is becoming the story of our season.

“We hung in well through the middle part of the meeting after Belle Vue built an early lead but Heats 12 and 13 proved crucial for the aggregate point.
“Mickie (Simpson) rode very well with some good gates and hard riding, he has put in his best two displays of the season in our last two meetings. And of course Ashton was a star guest – we thank him greatly for his efforts.”

(SPEEDWAY 4)

ASHTON Boughen clinched the British 500cc Youth Championship with victory in the final round at Belle Vue on Friday.
The Leicester youngster went through the card at the National Speedway Stadium, finishing ahead of Max James and Ashton Vale in the Final on the night, whilst Jody Scott was second in the series and Vale was third.

The 250cc title was won by William Cairns, who also won on the night ahead of Jamie Etherington and Cooper Rushen, who were second and third respectively in the overall standings.
 
(SPEEDWAY 5)

BERWICK and Edinburgh have both been forced into changes ahead of tonight’s (Saturday) Cab Direct Championship clash at Shielfield Park.
Bandits No.1 Rory Schlein is ruled out after his crash at Oxford on Wednesday, and the home side will operate rider replacement.

Meanwhile Lee Complin comes in at reserve as Jacob Hook suffered a broken collarbone in a crash in Poland on Tuesday.
The Monarchs operate rider replacement for Paco Castagna, whilst Lasse Fredriksen is now on the injury list with a broken wrist and Jason Edwards comes in as a guest.
 
(SPEEDWAY 6)

GREAT Britain have three representatives in two major Youth events at Polish venue Gdansk this weekend.
Both the European 125cc Youth Track Racing Cup (Saturday) and the 125cc FIM Track Racing Youth Gold Trophy (Sunday) take place and Oliver Bovingdon, Stene Pijper and Seth Norman have all made the trip.

Bovingdon is the newly crowned British 125cc Champion, Pijper was runner-up in that series in 2021 and 2022, and Norman won this year’s first 125cc round at Belle Vue and qualified into two other Finals out of the five rounds he competed in.

Youth boss Neil Vatcher said: “This is the first time that these three British youngsters are competing in these competitions, and therefore it’s a new experience for them all.

“Although they have all done well in the UK this is sure to be much tougher competition, but some great experience for them all.”
The Young Lions would like to thank their series sponsors for their help and support of the riders participating in these competitions with the supply of tyres for this event.

(FIXTURES)

SATURDAY JULY 22:
CAB DIRECT CHAMPIONSHIP: Berwick v Edinburgh 7pm

SUNDAY JULY 23:
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE: Kent (34) v Leicester (56) 12pm

MONDAY JULY 24:
SPORTS INSURE PREMIERSHIP R2: Peterborough v King’s Lynn 7.30, Sheffield v Wolverhampton 7.30

WEDNESDAY JULY 26:
CAB DIRECT CHAMPIONSHIP: Poole (54) v Birmingham (36) 7.30
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE: Oxford v Kent 7.30