BRITISH SPEEDWAY APRIL 22, 2025

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LIONS CLAW THEIR WAY TO VICTORY

LEICESTER bounced back from their home defeat to Ipswich by winning at Oxford in Monday’s only surviving ROWE Motor Oil Premiership fixtures.

The Lions and Spires did beat the weather at BetGoodwin Oxford Stadium with the visitors coming away with a 49-41 victory.
Sam Masters led the way with four wins out of five as he scored 13 points, with the Lions sealing their success when Kyle Howarth won Heat 14 as the hosts used Erik Riss for a tactical substitute in a last roll of the dice.

Max Fricke backed up Masters with 9+2 and his combination with Luke Becker (8+1) produced two 5-1s, whilst Charles Wright (10+1), Erik Riss (10) and Tom Brennan (10) led the Oxford scoring.
Lions boss Stewart Dickson said: “We did target this meeting for an away win, and the timing of the signing of Dan Gilkes worked in our favour because when you look at the scorechart his four points was a big contribution to the 49 that we got.

“Well done also to their track curator Jamie Courtney for getting it on, and with a bit of grading it certainly came better as the meeting went on.
“We rode pretty well, although I’m not denying we will face tougher challenges, but it’s good to wipe out the home defeat against Ipswich.”

Spires manager Peter Schroeck said: “I really can’t complain about most of the team – Erik did a great job, so did Charles and so did Tom Brennan as our guest.
“For Peter (Kildemand), it was his first meeting back from injury for Spires and I think he’ll be good for two or three points more per meeting going forwards.

“I can’t sugar coat it anymore – we need more points from the No.1 position. Rohan (Tungate) needs to do some serious soul-searching and find something that works, whatever that is. I’ve got his back, but it’s mostly up to him to sort it out.”
 
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IPSWICH will pay tribute to club legend Billy Sanders with a special second half following this Thursday’s ROWE Motor Oil Premiership clash with Birmingham.
This week (April 23) marks 40 years since former World No.2 Sanders took his own life, and whilst he was most associated with the Witches during his racing career, he also had a spell with the Brummies in the late 1970s.

The top four scorers from each team on Thursday will compete in a three-race ‘Champion of the Evening’ event sponsored by Tru7 Group.
There will be Billy Sanders memorabilia on display on the terraces courtesy of Nigel Gabbitas which includes Billy’s 1979 World Final Weslake when he finished fifth. The Samaritans will also be in attendance on the evening at Foxhall.

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WEDNESDAY APRIL 23:
BSN SERIES: Poole v Plymouth 7.30

THURSDAY APRIL 24:
ROWE MOTOR OIL PREMIERSHIP R1: Ipswich (47) v Birmingham (43) 7.30, Sheffield v Oxford 7.30

FRIDAY APRIL 25:
BSN SERIES: Edinburgh v Glasgow 7.30, Redcar (44) v Scunthorpe (46) 7.30