Leicester Lions v King’s Lynn Stars

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LEICESTER captain Max Fricke raced to seven wins out of seven as his side completed their regular ROWE Motor Oil Premiership schedule with a 48-42 win over King’s Lynn.

Fricke scored an 18-point maximum from six rides, combining with Sam Masters for a 5-1 in Heat 15 which secured victory on the night and also set up a Super Heat for the aggregate point.

And it was an identical outcome in that race as Fricke and Masters got the better of Niels-Kristian Iversen and guest Chris Harris to give the Lions full points from the meeting.

Masters scored 11+2 as Leicester overcame some early crashes to take the win, although Craig Cook was withdrawn after dislocating his shoulder in Heat 2.

Reserve Lewis Kerr scored 8+2 for the Stars, who took advantage of the Lions’ problems to lead by six points at the halfway stage.

Leicester manager Stewart Dickson said: “King’s Lynn threw a few problems at us tonight and we contributed to our own problems initially at the start of the meeting.

“But it was the sign of a good team as we got it back together and still won the meeting, and I’d rather we had these little problems tonight than this time next week, or at Ipswich on Monday.

“I thought we showed a bit of character to come back to win the meeting and collect the aggregate point even though King’s Lynn had choice of gates.”

Lynn boss Rob Lyon said: “At one point we were comfortable, but Max Fricke was superb tonight and their top end just had too much firepower for us.

“But the boys did a great job again. They all gave 100 per cent effort so I’m really pleased with them, and taking it to the last heat shows the form we’ve been in for the last five or six meetings. It was a good effort.”

ROWE MOTOR OIL PREMIERSHIP R2
LEICESTER 48: Max Fricke 18, Sam Masters 11+1, Luke Becker 7+2, Richard Lawson 5, Ryan Douglas 4, Joe Thompson 3, Craig Cook 0.
KING’S LYNN 42: Lewis Kerr 8+2, Niels-Kristian Iversen 7+1, Chris Harris 6+1, Anders Rowe 6+1, Jan Kvech 5+1, Simon Lambert 5+1, Norick Blodorn 5.
Aggregate scores tied – Leicester win the aggregate point after winning a Super Heat 7-2

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