BRITISH SPEEDWAY JUNE 16, 2024

(SPEEDWAY 1)

LAMBERT MOVES TO SECOND IN SGP

GREAT Britain’s Robert Lambert is up to second place in the World Championship standings after a podium finish in Saturday’s Grand Prix of Sweden.
Lambert kept up his consistent record in 2024 by taking third place at Malilla, moving him ahead of Sheffield’s Jack Holder in the title race.

Defending champion Bartosz Zmarzlik took victory after an epic duel with Leicester captain Max Fricke in the Final, and the result means the Pole has now broken the outright record for total GP wins with his 24th success.
Zmarzlik leads Lambert by 17 points after five of the eleven rounds, with Lambert one point ahead of Holder but with a ten-point advantage over fourth-placed Mikkel Michelsen.

Lambert said: “I am happy with the way the meeting has ended. I am up into second, which is a great position.
“Bartek has a bit of a lead, but we still have a few rounds to go. As long as I stay consistent, I will give it a shot.
“You don’t need to win a GP to win the whole series and become World Champion. But I am still fighting for it and my day will come.”

(SPEEDWAY 2)

OXFORD bid to extend their 100 per cent record in the WSRA National Development League when they host Belle Vue at Cowley today (Sunday).
The Chargers have won all three of their NDL matches so far and will look to close to within two points of the other unbeaten club, Leicester, who they visit next weekend.

The home side are still without long-term injury victim Alex Spooner who is yet to appear this season, and they will hand Max Broadhurst an opportunity at No.2.
Meanwhile the Colts track Mickie Simpson and Eli Meadows as guests for the injured Luke Muff and the unavailable Harry McGurk.

Chargers captain Luke Killeen said: “It’s fantastic that we’ve won our opening three meetings of the season and we want to keep the momentum going and beat Belle Vue.
“People can point out that we’ve won all three of our meetings and that Belle Vue have lost all three of theirs, but there’s no way that we will under-estimate them. “The moment you do that, you put yourself on the back foot. Belle Vue don’t look like a poor team and we will treat them with respect.”

Colts co-boss Graham Goodwin said: “The fact that welcome back both Freddy Hodder and our newly crowned British U21 Champion Sam Hagon to the team for today’s match is a huge boost both to us and to our chances.
“We look at how the senior Aces performed at Sandy Lane recently, given a lot of their boys had never seen the track, and their performance against the Spires gives us more encouragement.
“And though we’re still missing a couple of our usual 1-7, we strongly believe in these guys and I feel like we are in a good position and have nothing to lose.”

(SPEEDWAY 3)

THE first stand-alone British Youth Championship Round of 2024 takes place today (Sunday, 2pm) at Glasgow.
A fantastic turnout of 33 riders will be taking part across the four classes of 500cc, 250cc, 125cc and 125cc Support, meaning this round will consist of 37 races including a winner-takes-all Final for each class.

Last year’s 250cc British Champion William Cairns makes his 500cc competitive debut alongside Stene Pijper, who rides for the Glasgow-based NJL team Ashfield as well as NDL combined team Scunthorpe/Sheffield.
Middlesbrough’s William Hocaniuk also competes along with five other riders keen to showcase themselves to watching NDL promoters.

The 250cc class consists of Jamie Etherington and Archie Rolph, who were rostrum finishers in Round 1 at Workington last month, as well as Seth Norman and Caydin Martin who travel to Europe later this month to compete in 250cc competitions representing Great Britain.
First round winner in the 125cc class Oli Bovingdon takes part along with fellow rostrum finishers Lewis Hague and Rocco Webb, and it’s the first round today for the 125cc Support class with a great attendance of eight riders.

The Young Lions would like to thank the Glasgow promotion for their continued support of British Youth Speedway, as well as the British Youth Championship series sponsors – which includes AGF Plant Ltd, who are based in Berwick-upon-Tweed, who are supplying tyres to the winners of today’s event.
After today’s round the series moves onto Birmingham on July 15.
 
(FIXTURES)

SUNDAY JUNE 16:
WSRA NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE: Oxford v Belle Vue 3pm
BRITISH YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP: Glasgow 2pm

MONDAY JUNE 17:
ROWE MOTOR OIL PREMIERSHIP R1: King’s Lynn (43) v Oxford (47) 7.30
WSRA NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE: Belle Vue (41) v Middlesbrough (48) 7.30

WEDNESDAY JUNE 19:
CAB DIRECT CHAMPIONSHIP: Oxford v Poole 7.30