BRITISH SPEEDWAY MAY 10, 2026

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LONG TRACK U23 WORLD CUP CHAMP CROWNED

REDCAR’S Jake Mulford has been crowned FIM Long Track U23 World Cup champion for the second time in his career.
Mulford, who previously took the title in 2024, swept to victory at Dutch venue Roden in a meeting which saw two British riders on the podium as it was a successful introduction to International level for Workington and Leicester Lion Cubs youngster Max Perry, who finished a very impressive third.
Mulford, who will also be with King’s Lynn in the NDL this year, raced to wins in four of his five qualifying races, missing out only when he was excluded for exceeding the time allowance in his fourth ride.
That meant French racer Tino Bouin collected two more points in the qualifiers, but Mulford superbly took the honours ahead of Bouin in the Final, with Perry taking third place despite an exclusion for breaking the tapes in his first ride.
A third British rider, Ashton Vale was classified tenth on the day, whilst Ashton Boughen – who rode for King’s Lynn and Glasgow last year – was a sensational winner on his FIM Flat Track World Championship debut at the same venue.
 
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PLYMOUTH pulled off the first away win in this season’s Cab Direct Championship with a tense 45-43 victory at Workington.
The Gladiators only provided five of the 15 race winners at the GT Tyres Arena, but they were the more solid outfit as they were successful on the road in the league for the first time in nearly two years.
A 5-1 from Danny King and Scott Nicholls in Heat 13 proved crucial in overturning a narrow Comets advantage, with 3-3s in the final two races proving enough as King and Nicholls kept Tate Zischke at the back of Heat 15.
King scored 10 with Nicholls on 9+3 and recent signing Anze Grmek impressed again with nine, whilst the home side had three double-figure scorers – Jonas Jeppesen and Troy Batchelor (12 each), and Zischke (10+1) but less back-up lower down the order.
Comets manager James Denham said: “It’s really disappointing. Both sides had bad luck, decisions didn’t go our way at times and didn’t go their way at times, but the better team won.
“There are no excuses. We have to dust ourselves down, look at ourselves and figure out what went wrong.”

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BELLE Vue stage a bumper 35-race meeting today (Sunday, 1pm) with the stars of the future on show.
The club welcome back several former Colts favourites along with more rising stars of the National Development League to contest the JR Ashworth & Sons Colts Academy Individual.
That event will be run in conjunction with the 500cc and 250cc sections of the British Youth Championship, with the races between all three categories being interspersed to ensure a rapid programme of action.

This week marks ten years since the first speedway meeting at the National Speedway Stadium, where Dan Bewley scored an 18-point maximum for the Colts against Mildenhall.

Belle Vue Colts co-boss Graham Goodwin said: “In the past week we’ve seen Dan help Great Britain into the final of the Speedway World Cup, score a maximum in the opening round of the Grand Prix, going on to claim second place overall, and then put in an epic display to help the Aces see off Northampton in the Premiership.

“Again it shows where any of today’s riders could be in a few years’ time, and highlights why we must support the future of British Speedway in every way possible, and why meetings like today are so important.

“As always, Neil Vatcher is doing a sterling job with the British Youth Championship, with the country’s best riders aged 16 and under on show.”

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FORMER Ipswich promoter Chris Louis has been honoured by the Association of Speedway Referees with the prestigious Geoff Dalby Trophy.

The award honours the memory of Geoff Dalby, a widely respected Midlands based speedway referee who officiated more than 1,200 meetings between 1967 and 1993.

This year, ASR members selected Louis in recognition of his exceptional impact across multiple roles within the sport, which included league title successes with Ipswich as both rider and promoter, the World Under-21 and British titles, and participation in the first-ever Speedway Grand Prix series.

The award was presented at Ipswich’s recent ROWE Motor Oil Premiership clash with King’s Lynn by referees Chris Gay and Paul Carrington, with the ASR commenting that Louis’ “lifelong commitment, leadership and passion for speedway perfectly reflect the values embodied by the Geoff Dalby Trophy.”

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SUNDAY MAY 10:

JR ASHWORTH & SONS COLTS ACADEMY INDIVIDUAL: Belle Vue 1pm

BRITISH YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP: Belle Vue (500cc/250cc) 1pm

MONDAY MAY 11:

ROWE MOTOR OIL PREMIERSHIP R1: King’s Lynn v Belle Vue 7.30

WEDNESDAY MAY 13:

MAXICAB KO CUP Q/F 1st leg: Oxford v Poole 7.30