BRITISH SPEEDWAY SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

(SPEEDWAY 1)

COMETS SECURE FINAL SPOT IN PLAY-OFFS

WORKINGTON clinched the final Cab Direct Championship play-off place with a 54-36 win over Plymouth at the GT Tyres Arena.

The Comets took all three points from the meeting and are now uncatchable in fourth place, and they will head to Poole for the first leg of the play-off semi-final on Wednesday.
Guest Josh Pickering scored a four-ride 11+1 paid maximum for the home side with Troy Batchelor (13+1) and Antti Vuolas (10+1) also in double figures.
Meanwhile Dan Thompson wrapped up a hugely impressive first season in Plymouth colours with a 15-point haul from seven rides.

(SPEEDWAY 2)

GLASGOW complete their Cab Direct Championship campaign at home to Oxford today (Sunday) with play-off qualification now beyond them.
The defending champions have finished outside the top four for the first time since way back in 2014, with their hopes finally ended by Workington’s win over Plymouth on Saturday.

The Tigers sign off the league season with Jason Edwards stepping in as a guest for Anders Rowe, who has a commitment in Poland, whilst Freddy Hodder deputises for the injured Jason Garrad at reserve.
Oxford, who have qualified for the play-offs as runners-up in the regular table, are unchanged from the team which reached the Cab Direct KO Cup Final at Redcar on Friday.
Jacob Hook again guests for Jordan Jenkins with rider replacement in operation for Cameron Heeps, whilst Jody Scott replaces Adam Roynon at reserve.

(SPEEDWAY 3)

SCUNTHORPE’S Luke Harrison has qualified for his first major European Final at senior level.
Harrison scored a well-earned nine points in the FIM European Under-19 semi-final in Gustrow, Germany on Saturday, which included two race wins.
Harrison, who has previously competed in European Finals at both 125cc and 250cc levels, has had a fantastic season with both Scunthorpe teams in the Championship and NDL, and was part of the European Under-19 Pairs team which achieved a creditable fourth-place finish in Pila, Poland back in June.

He now joins Luke Killeen in the European Under-19 Final which also takes place in Germany, at Herxheim, on October 3, with Ashton Boughen also hoping to be part of the event as he qualified as first reserve from Pila.
Denmark’s Bastian Pedersen won the qualifier in Gustrow with fellow Dane William Drejer also making it alongside Polish pair Oskar Paluch and Kacper Halkiewicz, Adam Bednar from the Czech Republic and Sweden’s Sammy Van-Dyck.
Britain’s other representative in Gustrow, Ben Trigger, had a tough night scoring three points but will gain from some valuable experience.
 
(SPEEDWAY 4)

GREAT Britain teenagers William Cairns, Cooper Rushen and Seth Norman compete in the second round of the European 250cc Pairs in Krsko, Slovenia this afternoon (Sunday).
The same three riders competed in Round 1 in Gdansk back in June where they achieved a fantastic second place finish behind the host nation Poland, and so are currently positioned second in the three-round competition.

A positive result this afternoon would set the British team up for a great chance of a podium finish come the third and final round which takes place at the GP venue of Prague on Tuesday.
The Young Lions would like to thank the British Youth series sponsors for their support of supplying the riders with tyres for this event, and help towards travel expenses.

(SPEEDWAY 5)

BELLE Vue Colts captain Freddy Hodder won the latest round of the National League Riders Development Series at Berwick on Saturday.
Hodder, who has ridden for the Bandits in the Cab Direct Championship throughout 2024, signed off the Shielfield Park season with a 14-point haul to take the meeting honours one point ahead of former home rider Connor Coles, representing Edinburgh.

Third place went to Middlesbrough’s Jake Mulford following a run-off with Edinburgh’s Mason Watson after both riders finished on 11 points.
Hodder joins Sam Hagon and Joe Thompson as winners of events in the NDL series this year following previous meetings at Poole and Leicester.   

(FIXTURES)

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 8:
CAB DIRECT CHAMPIONSHIP: Glasgow (35) v Oxford (55) 5pm

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 9:
ROWE MOTOR OIL PREMIERSHIP PLAY-OFF SEMI-FINAL 1st leg: Ipswich v Leicester 7.30

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 11:
CAB DIRECT CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY-OFF SEMI-FINAL 1st leg: Oxford v Scunthorpe 7.30, Poole v Workington 7.30