BRITISH SPEEDWAY APRIL 25, 2025

(SPEEDWAY 1)

PREMIERSHIP LEADERS SHOW IMPRESSIVE FORM

IPSWICH moved five points clear at the top of the ROWE Motor Oil Premiership table with an emphatic 60-30 home victory over Birmingham.

The Witches hit the 60-point mark for the third time in three home matches in all competitions as they continued their 100 per cent record overall in 2025.
They recorded seven 5-1s in the meeting with Jason Doyle scoring 11+1, as he went unbeaten with the exception of a crash in Heat 6. Skipper Danny King added 10+1 and Tom Brennan (10) won his first three races.

Danish star Michael Jepsen Jensen (11) impressed for the Brummies including wins in his first two races, and their 30-point total was the highest of any team visiting Foxhall so far this year.
Ipswich boss Ritchie Hawkins said: “All seven riders have won a race again and lots of 5-1s! “Another very solid team performance and the pleasing thing is we know we can still go better.

“We’re enjoying it while we can but there are going to be tougher tests to come. We had a couple of falls but nothing that should be lasting. A couple of sore bodies in the morning but I’m sure the boys will be back in no time from them.”
Birmingham manager Chris Adams said: “It was a tough old night. We were struggling with a few sicknesses in the camp and that didn’t help really.

“Ipswich are a strong team and they’d already had some big wins, so we can’t have any complaints
“I was really pleased to see Michael carry on doing what he has been doing the last few meetings, I thought he rode really well. Jonas (Jeppesen) battled all night long and had a pretty steady night.”
 
(SPEEDWAY 2)
 
SHEFFIELD kept up their strong home start to the ROWE Motor Oil Premiership with a 57-33 win over Oxford at Owlerton.
Jack Holder (13+1) and skipper Josh Pickering (11) led the way for the Tigers, who also scored heavily at reserve with Leon Flint (9) winning three races and new signing Lewis Kerr contributing 8+1.

The Spires were only six points down with six heats remaining, but a hat-trick of Sheffield 5-1s and three 4-2s in the other races saw the hosts pull clear. Rohan Tungate notched an encouraging ten points for the visitors.
Tigers boss Simon Stead said: “It was a really good result. They closed the gap and made it look a little bit closer than it perhaps was. But we just turned the screw really and finished them off, which was good.

“It was great to see Justin (Sedgmen) and Lewi step into the team and do a really good job, and the rest of the boys performed how we know they can.”
Oxford manager Peter Schroeck said: “Sheffield is always a tough place to come. But the boys battled tonight and this was a much better performance by the team than in recent meetings.

“The final score doesn’t really reflect the meeting. For me, it’s important that the boys are building up their confidence.
“Both Rohan and Maciej (Janowski) were much happier with their engines today. Sheffield is a good test, because it’s such a fast track. They are still finding one or two things, but there was positivity in the pits tonight.”
 
(SPEEDWAY 3)

EDINBURGH and Glasgow clash at Armadale tonight (Friday) in the BSN Series with rivalry resumed after their close Scottish Cup battle.
Both teams won at each other’s home track earlier in the season, and the Tigers went on to open their official campaign with victory at Berwick last week.

Oskar Polis makes his home debut for the Monarchs, who bring in Dayle Wood at reserve in place of Max James who has stood down from his place in the team.
Wood lines up at reserve alongside Victor Palovaara, who said: “Obviously, Glasgow beat us last time and we need to turn that around this time, I expect us to do better.

“We want to win every meeting, but you start by winning at home then go from there for the away meetings.
“We know how important all home meetings are, especially against Glasgow, so we need to go do it on Friday and show what we are made of.”

EDINBURGH: Justin Sedgmen, Jonatan Grahn, Kye Thomson, Oskar Polis, Paco Castagna, Victor Palovaara, Dayle Wood.

GLASGOW: Chris Harris, Ashton Boughen, Dan Thompson, Leon Flint, Kyle Howarth, Freddy Hodder, Max Perry.

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REDCAR host Scunthorpe at the ECCO Arena in the Northern group of the BSN Series tonight (Friday) one week on from a tight contest in the reverse fixture.
The Scorpions held on for a 46-44 home victory at the Eddie Wright Raceway despite providing only three race wins, and they have a strong recent record on their trips to Teesside.

Ace Pijper returns at reserve for the hosts after missing last week’s fixture due to international duty, and the visitors are at full strength including several former Bears riders.
Redcar boss Gavin Parr said: “46-44 was one of our best performances at Scunthorpe for a while. We had 12 heat winners; however, we had 12 last places and I came away a little disappointed with the defeat, but there were positive signs.

“It’s imperative that we win at home and win well, and we need to win by more than two points to get the aggregate point, which will be vital to our qualification chances.”
Scorpions promoter Rob Godfrey said: “Redcar are highly fancied this season, and as the Good Friday meeting demonstrated last week, they do have a powerful heat-leader trio.

“We have a much more solid side, while a lot of our riders do enjoy riding around Redcar, since it is a very good racetrack. It doesn’t seem to matter where the meeting takes place, clashes between Scunthorpe and Redcar are always closely contested, and we’ll head up there with a positive frame of mind.”

REDCAR: Charles Wright, Jake Mulford, Jason Edwards, Danny King, Erik Riss, Tom Spencer, Ace Pijper.

SCUNTHORPE: Steve Worrall, Luke Harrison, Simon Lambert, Connor Mountain, Jake Allen, Declan Kennedy, Zaine Kennedy.

(FIXTURES)

FRIDAY APRIL 25:
BSN SERIES: Edinburgh v Glasgow 7.30, Redcar (44) v Scunthorpe (46) 7.30

SATURDAY APRIL 26:
BSN SERIES: Berwick v Edinburgh 7pm, Plymouth (32) v Poole (58) 7pm

SUNDAY APRL 27:
WSRA NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE: Oxford v Middlesbrough 3pm

MONDAY APRIL 28:
ROWE MOTOR OIL PREMIERSHIP R1: Birmingham v Leicester 7.30, King’s Lynn v Oxford 7.30