BRITISH SPEEDWAY MAY29, 2026
LIONS ROAR INTO CONTENTION
LEICESTER moved up to second place in the ROWE Motor Oil Premiership table with a 49-41 win over Sheffield with Ryan Douglas once again in top form at home.
The Australian won his first four rides, passing top Tigers duo Jack Holder and Josh Pickering in Heat 13, and was only denied a maximum in Heat 15 when he managed to overtake Holder but was beaten by Pickering.
A 14-point score for Douglas was backed up by 11+1 from Nick Morris whilst reserves Drew Kemp and Joe Thompson both impressed despite conceding a 5-1 in Heat 2. The Lions are waiting on a fitness update from Kyle Howath after a crash in Heat 14.
Holder took six rides for the Tigers and collected 14 points with Pickering on 9+2, but the outcome was a second away defeat this week.
Lions manager Stewart Dickson said: “I’d certainly have taken 49-41 before the meeting, but I do think if we’d scored 51 or 52 it wouldn’t have been unjustified.
“After losing at Northampton last week, getting the win was important, and that was a good win against a good, good side, and it gives us something to fight for when we go there next month.
“There was a good atmosphere between all the riders tonight, some really hard racing, and fair play to everybody.”
Pickering said: “We’re disappointed to be honest. We were passengers tonight unfortunately and not enough race winners.
“It’s hard to have the answers to everything but tonight the better team won.
“We appreciate our travelling support; there was a fair few of them all stood on bend one and it does mean a lot to us as riders.”
(SPEEDWAY 2)
IPSWICH were taken to a last-heat decider at Foxhall before securing a 47-43 victory over ROWE Motor Oil Premiership newcomers Northampton.
The Foxes overcame injury issues and a low-scoring night for No.1 Jaimon Lidsey to come back from eight points down and force a nervous finale for the Witches.
Tobiasz Musielak got the home side over the line with a win in Heat 15, completing a strong performance where he scored 13 points, with the visitors having required a 5-1 from that race to snatch a draw.
Skipper Danny King was involved in two key Ipswich 5-1s as he totalled 8+2, whilst Kye Thomson and guest Chris Harris (both 12) and skipper Nicolai Klindt (11+2) provided the bulk of the Foxes’ scoring.
Ipswich manager Paul Hurry said: “We need more meetings and bike time. I’m not saying they forget how to ride a bike, but race sharpness and time on the bike are key.
“When you look at Tom Brennan, he is largely only riding in Britain at the moment, so he is not getting as much bike time as he needs. Him competing against other No.1s, who are on it every night, is a battle for Tom.
“Danny King and Scott Nicholls are the same. They have had a very long break with their Championship club Plymouth’s fixtures. Scott was practising at the end of the meeting because he wasn’t totally happy with what he was doing.”
Foxes boss Chris Adams said: “I think on the whole with us missing (Niels) Iversen and (Jonas) Jeppesen after they were injured on Wednesday night, and with Jaimon and Troy (Batchelor) both having mechanical gremlins, I have to be well happy with the performance to come away only losing by four.
“It’s a shame we didn’t get the win, because I felt we did deserve it, but considering all the circumstances that happened all night, we ran them close and we’ll take that. It puts us in good stead to get the aggregate point when they come to Northampton.”
(SPEEDWAY 3)
EDINBURGH boss Alex Harkess hopes home advantage can prove key for his side as they face the first leg of their BSN Series semi-final against Poole tonight (Friday).
The Monarchs have called up Chris Harris to guest for injured No.1 Dan Thompson and know a good result at Armadale is vital to their chances against the in-form Pirates, whose reserves Will Cairns and Cooper Rushen have both recorded sensational results of late.
The visitors bring in Tate Zischke to guest for the injured Fraser Bowes as they seek to put themselves in position for the second leg at Wimborne Road on June 10.
Harkess said: “Poole are strong throughout their side of course, with heat leaders who are good everywhere, and when you add to that two reserves on very low points averages then it is obviously going to be a tough test for anyone.
“We’ve just got to try and use Armadale to our advantage.”
EDINBURGH: Chris Harris, Jonatan Grahn, Justin Sedgmen, Paco Castagna, Kye Thomson, Mitchell Cluff, Jordy Loftus.
POOLE: Richard Lawson, Tate Zischke, Lewis Kerr, Kyle Newman, Zach Cook, Will Cairns, Cooper Rushen.
(SPEEDWAY 4)
REDCAR have declared Simon Lambert as a new signing to make his debut against former club Scunthorpe tonight (Friday).
Lambert was recently released by the Scorpions in favour of Dan Gilkes, but he has now come into the Bears team in place of Jordan Jenkins, ironically opening up against his previous employers.
There is one further change to the Redcar team tonight with former favourite Danny King guesting for Nicolai Klindt, who is ruled out with a speedway injury.
The Scorpions travel at full-strength at the start of two Cab Direct Championship matches in two days as they also visit Workington on Saturday.
Scunthorpe manager David Howe said: “The team is working well as a unit and improving all the time.
“We got battered at Redcar earlier in the year, and we want to give a better account of ourselves this time around and give Redcar a match.
“As for Workington, we were close there, but Comets had a guest in Cooper Rushen at reserve who swung it their way at the end of the meeting. I don’t see why we can’t pick up a win.”
REDCAR: Danny King, Simon Lambert, Jake Mulford, Jason Edwards, Jake Allen, Ace Pijper, Jody Scott.
SCUNTHORPE: Josh Pickering, Connor Mountain, Nathan Ablitt, Luke Harrison, Michael Palm Toft, Ryan Ingram, Dan Gilkes.
(SPEEDWAY 5)
WORKINGTON will once again pay tribute to supporter Jay Cartmell with a special Memorial Meeting on Saturday June 27 (3pm).
The young speedway and football fan tragically passed away in September 2024 aged just eight, and the inaugural staging of the four-team event featuring team names inspired by his favourite video game was a big success last year.
Jay’s mother Leigha said: “We are delighted to be hosting another memorial meeting for our beautiful boy Jay. I know he would have been extremely proud of last year’s event and what it became.
“Our thanks must go to the promotion for accommodating the meeting within such a busy fixture schedule, and also a huge thank you to everyone who has already sponsored, donated and provided prizes so far — but we need more support to help make this year’s event even bigger and better.
“Last year showed just how much Jay meant to people and we’d love to see that support once again as we come together to celebrate his life doing something he loved.”
Sponsorship opportunities for the meeting are available from cometsonline@gmail.com .
(FIXTURES)
FRIDAY MAY 29:
CAB DIRECT CHAMPIONSHIP: Redcar v Scunthorpe 7.30
BSN SERIES SEMI-FINAL 1st leg: Edinburgh v Poole 7.30
SATURDAY MAY 30:
FIM SPEEDWAY GRAND PRIX WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIER: Glasgow 7pm
CAB DIRECT CHAMPIONSHIP: Workington v Scunthorpe 6pm
SUNDAY MAY 31:
NDL CHALLENGE 2nd leg: Leicester (49) v Buxton (41) 3pm
MONDAY JUNE 1:
ROWE MOTOR OIL PREMIERSHIP R1: King’s Lynn v Leicester 7.30
