PREVIEW: REDCAR v WORKINGTON (CAB DIRECT CHAMP)
REDCAR and Workington go into the first of two crucial Cab Direct Championship clashes at the ECCO Arena tonight (Friday) with play-off qualification on the line.
The two sides also meet in Cumbria on Saturday and if either side can take maximum points it would have major significance in the race for the top four.
Workington retain fourth place heading into the weekend, just ahead of Glasgow and Redcar, with the Bears one point behind but having raced one more fixture.
They bring in Danyon Hume to guest for Connor Bailey, whilst another ex-Redcar rider Jordan Jenkins guests for the Comets in place of the injured Tate Zischke, and Paul Starke makes his debut. Claus Vissing is missing with no facility, so Ace Pijper rides at No.2.
Bears boss Gavin Parr said: “If we are going to make the play-offs we will probably need to win our last four matches, starting against Workington.
“If we are to beat the Comets all seven lads will need to be on their game, something which I don’t think we have had many times this season.
“Workington have also strengthened up by bringing in Paul Starke at reserve and I know it will be a difficult match for us but I’m hoping we can rise to the occasion.”
Comets manager James Denham said: “The next few fixtures are crucial for us, we have to secure as many points and aggregate points as we can this month.
“Bringing in Paul will hopefully be a boost to the team and enable us to score that few more points that’s needed from reserve.
“We have won there and they have won here this season, so it’s a really tough couple of matches coming up and one that’s hard to predict.
“But our attitude for both meetings is it that we need to win, and after last week’s defeat at home to Poole the lads were disappointed but immediately determined to put it right this weekend.”
REDCAR: Charles Wright, Danyon Hume, Dan Gilkes, Jason Edwards, Danny King, Ben Trigger, Jake Mulford.
WORKINGTON: Craig Cook, Ace Pijper, Antti Vuolas, Jordan Jenkins, Troy Batchelor, Sam McGurk, Paul Starke.
SCB Referee: Michael Breckon
*LIVE STREAMING: https://www.redcar-speedway.tv/
