BRITISH SPEEDWAY JUNE 8, 2025

(SPEEDWAY 1)

LUCKY ESCAPE FOR WORRALL

SCUNTHORPE No.1 Steve Worrall escaped without serious injury after a frightening crash in the Scorpions’ Cab Direct Championship win over Berwick on Friday.

Worrall was ruled out of the meeting after the Heat 1 accident with Bandits racer Peter Kildemand, but the club are confident he will be fit for their next match on June 20.
And promoter Rob Godfrey paid tribute to the remainder of his side for pulling together to still record a victory which leaves them third in the early league table.

Godfrey said: “The good news is that Stevie has avoided any broken bones. He was battered and bruised, but it’s another fortnight until we’re back in action, so he’s got a couple of weeks to recuperate.
“We’ve got a team where all seven riders can score points, and when something happens to one of the riders, the others can step forwards – that’s the way our team was built.

“Considering everything that happened on the night, I was happy with the 10-point margin, although at one point it looked like it could have been even more.
“We’ve now got some momentum we can build on going forwards. We’ve still got Simon (Lambert) and Luke (Harrison) at reserve this month at home to Oxford and away to Glasgow and we’ll approach both of those meetings in a positive manner.”

(SPEEDWAY 2)

IPSWICH and Great Britain star Tom Brennan was a mechanical failure away from a place in the Grand Prix Challenge on a frustrating night in Italy.
Brennan scored seven points in his GP Qualifier at Lonigo, but that included a retirement in his fourth outing when he was leading but suffered a rare bike issue.

As it turned out, a score of ten would have seen hm join the list of riders to make it through, which included King’s Lynn’s Jan Kvech and Oxford Cheetahs racer Francis Gusts.
Elsewhere Brennan’s Ipswich team-mate Adam Ellis missed out at Slovakian venue Zarnovica, scoring four points, but Birmingham star Matej Zagar was amongst the qualifiers.

And Belle Vue favourite Norick Blodorn booked his place in the SGP2 (World Under-21) series with victory in the qualifier at Debrecen, but GB representative Luke Killeen went out on three points.

(FIXTURES)
 
MONDAY JUNE 9:
ROWE MOTOR OIL PREMIERSHIP R1: King’s Lynn v Birmingham 7.30, Leicester v Sheffield 7.30

WEDNESDAY JUNE 11:
CAB DIRECT CHAMPIONSHIP: Poole v Redcar 7.30

THURSDAY JUNE 12:
ROWE MOTOR OIL PREMIERSHIP R1: Ipswich (44) v Sheffield (46) 7.30, Oxford (31) v King’s Lynn (59) 7.30