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Date | Tapes Up | Competition | Season |
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Monday, August 12, 2024 | 7:30 pm | ROWE Motor Oil Premiership R2 | 2024 |
Report
BELLE Vue increased the pressure at the top of the ROWE Motor Oil Premiership with a 53-37 win over King’s Lynn at the National Speedway Stadium.
The Aces suffered an early shock when the Stars raced into an early six-point lead, but the home side were back level after Heat 5 and they then pulled clear with a strong finish to the meeting.
Dan Bewley (12) missed out in Heat 1 but was then unbeaten, whilst Brady Kurtz (12+1) was heading for a paid maximum until he lost out to Niels-Kristian Iversen in Heat 15.
Iversen and guest Chris Harris both scored 11 for the Stars, whose play-off hopes are now all-but extinguished.
The Aces are now only three points off the top of the table and effectively one win away from securing their play-off place.
Bewley said: “This was a pretty good meeting for the boys. King’s Lynn got off to a pretty decent start but we got dialled in and settled down and things were much better for us after that.
“We expected a tough night, especially when they’ve got riders like Chris Harris guesting at No.2 but I think we showed, again, our capabilities and it was good to get another win at home.
“For me, I feel like my away form has been better than my home form this year so it was a real boost for me to score as well as I did, but I think when you’re having a good time the result reflects that.”
Stars manager Rob Lyon said: “I think the boys put a good shift in tonight. We fell away in the last couple of heats, so the score probably doesn’t reflect the effort they put in.
“At the end of the day it’s difficult to beat these guys on this track, their top four are immense around here and they deserved the win.
“We were good value, and it was only in the last couple of heats that we fell away. I’m proud of them, they rode well as a team – and you never know, we might get the aggregate point at King’s Lynn!”
BELLE VUE 53: Brady Kurtz 12+1, Dan Bewley 12, Ben Cook 10, Jaimon Lidsey 8+1, Norick Blodorn 6+1, Antti Vuolas 4+1, Jake Mulford 1.
KING’S LYNN 37: Niels-Kristian Iversen 11, Chris Harris 11, Anders Rowe 7+2, Jan Kvech 3+1, Lewis Kerr 3, Charles Wright 2, Patryk Wojdylo 0.
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