BRITISH SPEEDWAY MAY 27, 2025

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BRUMMIES’ INITIAL PREMIERSHIP MATCH VICTORY  IN 2025

BIRMINGHAM pulled off their first win of the ROWE Motor Oil Premiership season at the eighth attempt with a surprise 45-44 victory at Leicester.

The Brummies went six points ahead in the first three races and repelled every Lions attempt to fight back, with second-string Paco Castagna (11) and reserve Jonas Jeppesen (10+1) both in great form.
Home duo Max Fricke (14) and Sam Masters (11+2) combined for 5-1s in Heats 13 and 15, but a vital maximum from Jeppesen and Keynan Rew in Heat 14 meant the Brummies only needed to provide a finisher from the last race.

The result finally gets the Perry Barr side off the mark, whilst Leicester took the aggregate point and remain fourth in the table with a six-point cushion over Oxford.
Brummies boss Chris Adams said: “It does feel good – but it’s only one. But you do look at the league table at the minute and you can already see teams drifting away from that bottom spot.

“And this was one of the teams (Leicester) that if you are going to do anything and catch them, then these are them.
“So to take some points off these, I’m happy with that. They all did their bit from the word go, they were all scoring points in each race in that first block and I think that makes a difference.”
Leicester manager Stewart Dickson said: “They got ahead early and it gave them something to fight for, but I felt we had opportunities to get back into it.

“To get maximums in Heats 13 and 15 and still come up short is for me a little disappointing, but I can’t question the effort of the guys.
“Birmingham deserved to win, and I shook their hands and said well done – it does come as a bit of a shock when it’s not expected, but we need to dust ourselves down and get on with it.”
 
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BELLE Vue joined Sheffield and Ipswich on 17 points at the summit of the ROWE Motor Oil Premiership with a 58-32 home win over Oxford.
The Aces ran up their biggest victory of the season at the National Speedway Stadium with Dan Bewley (13+2) and captain Brady Kurtz (12) both scoring maximums, whilst Zach Cook enjoyed his best performance for the club.
Cook racked up 14 points from five rides for the defending champions, only missing out on a full house to Erik Riss in his first outing in Heat 3.

But that was one of just three race wins for the Spires, with the other two coming from reserve Peter Kildemand who had a busy day and picked up 12+2 from seven outings.
Kurtz said: “It was a really good performance by the whole side. It was great to see Zach and Norick (Blodorn) go well.
“I was pleased with our win at Oxford as well. It was a good boost for us and it’s good we are moving forward.

“I always like the team we have at the start of every year. This one was definitely no different. We want to win again, that’s the only goal.”
Oxford manager Peter Schroeck said: “Belle Vue is a tough track to visit, but no excuses – we didn’t have enough heat winners and we ran too many last places.
“Peter was a bit overworked but did a great job. But using rider replacement (for Craig Cook) didn’t really work for us.”

(FIXTURES)
 
WEDNESDAY MAY 28:
CAB DIRECT CHAMPIONSHIP: Oxford v Scunthorpe 7.30
MAXICAB KO CUP Q/F 2nd leg: Poole (41) v Plymouth (49) 7.30

FRIDAY MAY 30:
CAB DIRECT CHAMPIONSHIP: Redcar v Oxford 7.30
MAXiCAB KO CUP Q/F 1st leg: Edinburgh v Glasgow 7.30

SATURDAY MAY 31:
MAXiCAB KO CUP Q/F 2nd leg: Glasgow v Edinburgh 3pm
BRITISH YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP: Leicester 5pm

SUNDAY JUNE 1:
WSRA NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE: Belle Vue v Oxford 1pm
CHALLENGE: Kent v Thurrock 12pm
BRITISH YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP (125cc): Belle Vue (follows NDL fixture)