SCORPIONS GO BACK FOR MPT

SCUNTHORPE have signed Danish star Michael Palm Toft for a fourth spell with the club as they close in on their full Cab Direct Championship line-up.

Palm Toft first rode for the Scorpions in 2011 and helped the club to the league championship in 2012 as well as the KO Cup more recently in 2023.

He returns to the Eddie Wright Raceway after spending the second half of last season with rivals Edinburgh.

Scorpions manager David Howe said: “When we started to look at the 2026 season, I was looking at riders’ averages, and to be honest, Tofty’s stood out.

“On a 6.10 rolling average, Tofty around Scunthorpe should make a mockery of that. It’s not that long ago he was at No.1 so I expect, especially at home, a big improvement from him.

“It was also very important to me that we signed a rider who would keep the No.1 jacket and take the pressure off Tofty. Josh Pickering obviously fits that bill.

“I’ve said it loads now, my aim at first is to win at home at the Eddie Wright Raceway, and I’d be a fool not to use Tofty on that average.”