Oxford Spires v Belle Vue Aces

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BELLE Vue moved to the top of the ROWE Motor Oil Premiership with a 48-42 win at Oxford underpinned by big rides by their spearhead in the closing stages of the meeting.

Spires held the lead for the first eight races and the scores were level with three heats to go before Brady Kurtz and Dan Bewley romped to a 5-1 in Heat 13.

Zach Cook then won Heat 14 to maintain a four-point lead, and although home racer Charles Wright managed to split Bewley and Kurtz in the decider it was still more than enough for the Aces.

Bewley scored 13+1, dropping his only point to Rohan Tungate in Heat 4 whilst Kurtz recovered from a rare last place in Heat 1 to score 10. Wright top-scored for the Spires with 10+1.

Belle Vue boss Mark Lemon said: “The coin toss was again pretty vital, and Oxford had the better gates early on. We didn’t realise gate four was going to be that bad.

“But knew it was going to turn around for us as the night went on.

“Everyone did their bit. Zach came good with two big wins and Jaimon (Lidsey) was solid throughout.

“Then, of course, our big top two of Dan and Brady delivered the big finish in brilliant style. It was a workmanlike win.”

OXFORD 42: Charles Wright 10+1, Kyle Howarth 8+1, Rohan Tungate 7, Mitch McDiarmid 6+2, Maciej Janowski 5+1, Victor Palovaara 3+1, Luke Killeen 3+1.
BELLE VUE 48: Dan Bewley 13+1, Brady Kurtz 10, Jaimon Lidsey 9, Zach Cook 6, Paco Castagna 5, Tate Zischke 4, Jame Mulford 1.
Belle Vue win the aggregate point

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