BRITISH SPEEDWAY SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

(SPEEDWAY 1)

CUBS DENIED PERFECT RECORD

EDINBURGH completed a strong finish to the WSRA NDL season by inflicting the first defeat of 2024 over champions Leicester on Saturday.
The Lion Cubs were looking to complete a perfect campaign of ten wins out of ten, but they were edged out at the final hurdle at Armadale as the Monarchs Academy won 47-42.

The match went to a last-heat decider after the visitors pulled back from eleven points down, and they would have snatched victory with a 5-1, but Dayle Wood and Connor Coles clinched it for the home side with a 4-2.
Wood top-scored with 14 and Max Perry collected 9+1 against his old club, whilst Max James and Joe Thompson both scored 11 for the Lion Cubs.

Stand-in Edinburgh boss Mitchell Davey said: “Sensational effort, all the boys were up for it, obviously they knew Leicester were coming and were undefeated and already crowned league champions, so they really just wanted to put their stamp on it to show that they were a competitive team.
“They all worked really well together, it was awesome. It was a little bit stressful at first but it came good once we got a lead. It was good.”

(SPEEDWAY 2)

GREAT Britain star Tom Brennan marked his debut in the Speedway Euro Championship with a race win at Chorzow on Saturday.
The Birmingham and Poole rider recovered from a spectacular crash in his first ride to post six points in the iconic Slaski Stadium as Latvian racer Andzejs Lebedevs claimed the overall title.

Brennan won Heat 12 in a race which also featured Belle Vue’s Norick Blodorn, and although it wasn’t enough to reach the top six on the night, it was good experience in a major European event.
Said Brennan: “It was a pretty dismal start with a crash in the first one which wasn’t ideal, and then I made a slight tweak to my set-up for my second ride but I made an absolutely dreadful start.

“But to get a race win then felt much better. There were a few different lines that you wouldn’t normally see, and the grip was really close to the inside, and that was the fastest part of the track.
“We had to regroup after the crash, it was just one of those things where I saw a gap in front of me but didn’t quite estimate how strong the grip would be. It was a pretty bad tumble but I’m okay, my right leg is a bit sore but nothing too drastic.”
 
(FIXTURES)

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 22:
BRITISH UNDER-19 FINAL: Oxford OFF

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 23:
ROWE MOTOR OIL PREMIERSHIP GRAND FINAL 1st leg: Belle Vue v Leicester 7.30

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 25:
CAB DIRECT CHAMPIONSHIP GRAND FINAL 1st leg: Oxford v Poole 7.30