PREVIEW: BELLE VUE v KING’S LYNN (ROWE MOTOR OIL PREM)

DEFENDING champions Belle Vue race at home for the first time in the ROWE Motor Oil Premiership when they host King’s Lynn at the National Speedway Stadium tonight (Monday).

The Aces won 46-44 in the reverse fixture at the Adrian Flux Arena last week thanks to an epic Heat 15 effort from Dan Bewley, although the Stars had previously lost a heap of points to mechanical issues.

Both teams name full-strength line-ups for the clash in Manchester with the visitors again altering their riding order to shift Richard Lawson to No.2 whilst Jan Kvech goes at No.5.

Belle Vue boss Mark Lemon said: “King’s Lynn are a really good team and will pose a massive threat.

“They made a fantastic start to the season with two big wins over Oxford. Then we got the better of them on Monday night. 

“I felt a bit sorry for them to be honest, they had a few bike problems and crashes that cost them bigtime in the early stages. But we always have to take those opportunities when we can. 

“They may arrive in Manchester with a sense of injustice, and they will be fired up. I’ve warned the boys to beware of that backlash.”

Stars manager Rob Lyon said: “I’m quite encouraged so far by how solid it is, and how the boys are performing generally as a team.

“Yes, there are individual performances that are a little in and out, but we expected that because that’s the way the team is built.

“It’s good enough to compete, that’s the main thing, so we move on to Belle Vue and see if we can get a result. We want to do the same thing to them as they did to us.”

BELLE VUE: Brady Kurtz, Norick Blodorn, Jaimon Lidsey, Zach Cook, Dan Bewley, Tate Zischke, Jake Mulford.
KING’S LYNN: Ben Cook, Richard Lawson, Nicolai Klindt, Niels-Kristian Iversen, Jan Kvech, Chris Harris, Ashton Boughen.

SCB Referee: Willie Dishington

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