LEICESTER roared into the top four after an impressive win over King’s Lynn in the ROWE Motor Oil Premiership last night.
Lions are in their best form of the season, with last night’s 52-38 victory bumping them ahead of rivals Oxford in the race for a play-off place.
Lions boss Stewart Dickson was pleased with the outcome.
He said: “We were very professional and very thorough, and our gating was superb tonight. It’s a great three points for us.
“To be ultra-critical, we also threw away some heat advantages in the first seven or eight races, but credit there also to the King’s Lynn riders for passing us.
“The main thing was that it didn’t come back to haunt us, and I did say beforehand these are the sort of meetings where we can take advantage of them not having an out-and-out No.1 because of the situation they’re in.”
Max Fricke scored a 12-point maximum for the Lions at the Adrian Flux Arena and Luke Becker delivered 13, winning his first four rides before missing out on a full house in Heat 15.
Topping Stars’ scoring was Jan Kvech with 11+1 and reserve, Patryk Wojdylo, with 11 points.
Stars boss, Rob Lyon, said: “It was very strange tonight, whatever the boys tried, it just wasn’t working, and Leicester were the better team.
“Sometimes I suppose you just have to accept that.
“The track was a little different to what it has been, but nothing unusual.
“It was a good track, and the Leicester boys adapted to it straight away.
“So, it’s a strange one because every single rider in the team, maybe with the exception of Patryk, struggled tonight.”
Stars will be hoping for a strong comeback in their next race against the Belle Vue at home on Thursday.
Lions will also next race on Thursday at home against the Birmingham Brummies.
Words by Freya Taylor.
Images by Taylor Lanning.