Speedway: £10 a head tonight!

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Swales: Redcar always produces great racing!

Redcar co-promoter Jamie Swales has praised the Ecco Arena track as the club offer £10 speedway ahead of the British under 19 final this evening (19:30 start), “No matter the standard of the riders on show, our track always produces excellent racing and Thursday night will be no different!”

Swales discussed the contenders for the title with Leon Flint the favourite for the crown, “Leon is the favourite for the meeting but he does have a back problem at the moment. Leon at 50% is still probably the favourite. The next highest averaged rider is Joe Thompson but as we saw last week, Joe doesn’t ride the Redcar track that well.”

The former Workington rider believes the battle for a podium finish is wide open, “There is a good opportunity for some riders to take a place on the podium like Nathan Ablitt who rides for Poole, Archie Freeman who is one to keep an eye on.

Swales also discussed two recently eligible riders who will be ones to watch during the night, “There are two 15 year olds who have just turned 15 so they are now eligible for the competition. You have Jody Scott who has been banging in points in the National League and Luke Harrison who has been doing well on the 250cc machines. Luke has literally just turned 15 so he hasn’t even made his National League debut yet. Luke is at reserve but I expect he will get a ride on the night.”

The line-up includes the aforementioned contenders Flint, Thompson and Ablitt whilst there is also some great young talent on display. Oxford Charger’s Sam Hagon, Leicester Cub’s Max Perry, Belle Vue Colts’ Sam McGurk, local lad Elliot Kelly and the former Kent starlet Jake Mulford.

The line-up will race across a 20 heat format with the highest scorer taking the title.

A reminder that tickets can be purchased online or on the gate for £10 with the meeting also being streamed at www.redcar-speedway.tv for £11.99. Heat by heat updates will also be provided on the club’s official Twitter page


DRAW: 1 Harry McGurk, 2 Sam Hagon, 3 Max James, 4 Archie Freeman, 5 Vinnie Foord, 6 Joe Thompson, 7 Elliot Kelly, 8 Jody Scott, 9 Ace Pijper, 10 Max Perry, 11 Sam McGurk, 12 Jake Mulford, 13 Leon Flint, 14 Gregor Millar, 15 Nathan Ablitt, 16 Freddy Hodder. Reserves: Luke Harrison, Jack Shimelt.
 
September 2nd - Edinburgh @ home - Speedway - Cup Semi
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What a season 1981 was... 1980 was the precursor to what was coming...we had pretty much exactly the same team. Anyone who was there on that Sunday afternoon when we beat an extremely good Newcastle Diamonds to win the league will know just how good we were. Pusey produced the afternoon of his career, and an out form Mike Spink scored the League championship winning point. There was probably over 5000 in Cleveland Park that afternoon.
Back row: Bernie Collier, Mike Spink, Martin Dixon, Tony Coupland (TM), Geoff Pusey, Brian Havelock, Mark Courtney
Front row: Dave Butt, John Place RIP, Alan Armstrong, John Clegg
On bike, Mr Middlesbrough himself, simply the GOAT, Steve Wilcock

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