BRITISH SPEEDWAY OCTOBER 3, 2025

(SPEEDWAY 1)
 
LIONS ON FULL CHARGE FOR FINAL

LEICESTER manager Stewart Dickson says his side will be re-charged and ready for next week’s ROWE Motor Oil Premiership Grand Final.
The Lions overcame Sheffield by a single point in an epic semi-final which went down to the last of the 30 races, and they now face Ipswich as the two sides battle it out for the title.

Leicester stage the opener at the Hydroscand Arena, Beaumont Park on Monday, with the decider coming at Foxhall on Thursday October 9.
Dickson said: “We put a lot into the semi-final against Sheffield, and this week has given us the opportunity to recharge the batteries and galvanise ourselves.

“Ipswich have been away from their track for a while, but from a Leicester point of view we need to make sure we’ve got the energy levels up.
“I’m pretty sure we will have, and what I hope for more than anything else is that both clubs can get decent weather to prepare the tracks.
“I would like to be able to serve up something like we served up in the semi-final, because it would be nice to have a showcase Final regardless of who comes out on top.”

(SPEEDWAY 2)

IPSWICH and Glasgow star Dan Thompson leads Great Britain in tonight’s (Friday) FIM Speedway of Nations 2 at Torun.
Thompson is in his final year of Under-21 competition, and he will team up in Poland with Luke Harrison (King’s Lynn and Scunthorpe) and Oxford’s Luke Killeen.

Other current UK regulars in the meeting include Australian duo Mitch McDiarmid (Oxford) and Tate Zischke (Belle Vue/Workington), German captain Norick Blodorn, and Glasgow’s Danish youngster Villads Nagel.
Thompson said: “I’m delighted to be named in the SON2 meeting and honoured to lead the team as captain.
“This is my final year as an U21 rider and my last SON2 appearance – we’ll be giving it everything.”

(SPEEDWAY 3)

BEN Trigger emerged from a competitive field to win the Poultec Young Stars Pride of the East after a successful night of racing at King’s Lynn on Thursday.
Trigger came through the first semi-final and then pulled off a great ride to win the Final at the expense of home favourite Cooper Rushen, who had scored a 15-point maximum in the qualifiers.
Rushen was one of two riders to automatically make the Final,  but he and Will Cairns had to be content with second and third places overall thanks to Trigger’s victory, with Dayle Wood in fourth place.

(FIXTURES)

FRIDAY OCTOBER 3:
WSRA NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE: Middlesbrough (43) v Belle Vue (46) OFF

SATURDAY OCTOBER 4:
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT TROPHY: Plymouth (37) v Leicester (53) 7pm

SUNDAY OCTOBER 5:
CAB DIRECT CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY-OFF SEMI-FINAL 2nd leg: Redcar (42) v Poole (48) 6pm
IWADE CHAMPIONSHIP: Kent 12pm