PREVIEW: EDINBURGH v SCUNTHORPE (Cab Direct Champ)
EDINBURGH have moved quickly to book Richie Worrall to guest in tonight’s (Friday) Cab Direct Championship home clash with Scunthorpe.
Worrall comes in because skipper Josh Pickering’s comeback is back on hold again after an attempted return for King’s Lynn at Sheffield on Thursday was curtailed after two races.
The Monarchs also operate rider replacement for Paco Castagna, who has a GP qualifier this weekend, whilst the Scorpions track a full line-up with Michael Palm Toft back in the side.
Pickering said: “Scunthorpe have had some good teams in my years with the Monarchs, and some not so good, but we can’t underestimate them. They’ve got a very strong top five in my opinion.”
Scorpions boss Rob Godfrey said: “The start to our Cab Direct Championship campaign has been far from disastrous, because the three narrow away losses set us up nicely for the aggregate points, which have been reintroduced into British Speedway and add an extra dimension to the season.
“At the same time, we’ve been close to an away league win, so it would be nice to finally win one. Armadale is a bit of a specialist track, but we believe we have enough riders who enjoy riding the track to go up there and take the victory.”
EDINBURGH: Richie Worrall, Paco Castagna r/r, Kye Thomson, Lasse Fredriksen, Craig Cook, Kyle Bickley, Jacob Hook, Dayle Wood (no.8).
SCUNTHORPE: Ryan Douglas, Simon Lambert, Max Clegg, Jake Allen, Michael Palm Toft, Nathan Ablitt, Connor Mountain.
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