Thursday 26 July 2007

Around the Premier League Tracks 2007
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Wednesday, 25 July

There were two Premier League matches raced tonight. At Birmingham the Brummies raced Glasgow while at King’s Lynn the Stars took on.


Premier League: Birmingham 53, Glasgow 39


Birmingham, who introduced their new signing, Henrik Moller, at number 4 in place of Jon Armstrong, were at full strength. Glasgow were again at full strength.


Ulrich Ostergaard won the opening race from Craig Watson and David McAllan for a shared race but the Brummies were two points to the good with a 4-2 in heat 2 won by Manuel Hauzinger from Lee Dicken. Jason Lyons beat Shane Parker in heat three as Henrik Moller scored his first point for his new team by beating Robert Ksiezak for third. The 4-2 doubled the home team’s lead to four points and a third consecutive 4-2 in heat 4 increased it to six. Manuel Hauzinger won again, beating Trent Leverington, while Emiliano Sanchez was third. The score was now 15-9.

A 5-1 in heat 5 from Henrik Moller and Jason Lyons ahead of Craig Watson had the Tigers struggling as they now trailed by 10 points. Ulrich Ostergaard kept it that way by winning heat 6 for a shared race so Shane Parker was given a Tactical Ride in heat 7. It was Emiliano Sanchez who won the race though while Parker’s second place ahead of Lee Smart meant that the race was shared 4-4. Manuel Hauzinger made it three wins from three rides in heat 8 by beating McAllan and Powell for a 4-2 which took the score to 31-19.

Another Lyons/Moller 5-1 in heat 9 stretched the home side’s lead to 16 points but Glasgow hit back with a 2-4 in heat 10. Ksiezak and Hauzinger came together as the Birmingham man tried to pass Ksiezak round the outside for third place. Hauzinger was controversially excluded and the race awarded to race leader Shane Parker with Ulrich Ostergaard second. Back came the Brummies with a 4-2 in heat 11. Lee Smart won from Craig Watson with Sanchez third but Glasgow rallied to provide each of the last four race winners. Shane Parker was the first of them but Jason Lyons and Lee Smart finished behind him to ensure that the race was shared. The score was now 45-29.

Trent Leverington won heat 13 for the Tigers from Emiliano Sanchez. Craig Watson finished third so Glasgow scored another 2-4 cutting the gap to 14 points. The last two races were shared when, firstly, Robert Ksiezak gated and managed to hold off Henrik Moller then Shane Parker headed home Lyons and Ostergaard.

Scorers: For Birmingham – Jason Lyons 12+1 (5), Manuel Hauzinger 10+1 (5), Ulrich Ostergaard 9+1 (5), Henrik Moller 8+1 (4), Emiliano Sanchez 7 (4), Lee Smart 6+1 (4), Ben Powell 1 (3).

For Glasgow – Shane Parker 15 (5)(with 4 point TR), Trent Leverington 8 (5), Craig Watson 6 (4), Robert Ksiezak 4 (4), David McAllan 3+1 (4), Lee Dicken 2 (4), Michael Coles 1+1 (4).



Premier League: King’s Lynn 56, Somerset 36 King’s Lynn won the aggregate bonus point by 102-80.


King’s Lynn were without Paul Lee through injury and used Rider Replacement at number 4. Somerset were missing Magnus Zetterstrom through illness and had Chris Holder as a guest at number 1.

The Rebels made a good start to the opening heat when Holder and Katt led from the tapes but Tomas Topinka passed them both to share the race 3-3 before the Stars moved ahead with a 4-2 in heat 2 won by James Brundle after Danny Warwick had led from the start. A Nermark/Harding 5-1 in heat 3 saw the home side into a six point lead and Trevor Harding beat Ritchie Hawkins in heat 4 to increase the lead to eight points with the score at 16-8.

Heat 5 produced a heat advantage for the Rebels when Chris Holder beat Daniel Nermark with Stephan Katt third. This cut the Stars’ lead to six points but it was back to eight when Topinka won heat 6. Simon Walker took second with Chris Mills third for a 4-2 then Emil Kramer came through the field from third to first to win heat 7 for the Rebels for a shared race. Mills and Katt had a good tussle in heat 8 until the home man pulled away for the win. Benji Compton fell off at the back so the race was shared and the score now stood at 28-20.

Another Nermark/Harding 5-1 in heat 9 effectively ended the visitors’ hopes as the Stars surged into a 12 point lead. Heat 10 saw Kramer and Mills pass and repass each other for second place behind race leader Tomas Topinka. The Rebels’ man won the battle but King’s Lynn still took a 4-2 from the race to lead by 14 points. In heat 11 Somerset gave Chris Holder a Tactical Ride but it was Trevor Harding who won the race from the Rebels’ guest with James Brundle third for a 4-4 shared heat. Daniel Nermark won again in heat 12 but Emil Kramer and Simon Walker shared the race behind him and the score now read 44-30.

Tomas Topinka continued on his maximum way by beating Chris Holder again while Trevor Harding passed Ritchie Hawkins for a home 4-2. Topinka and Brundle added a 5-1 in heat 14 with Warwick third before Daniel Nermark won the final race by beating Chris Holder and Emil Kramer for a shared race and a 20 point win which earned the league champions all three points.

Scorers: For King’s Lynn – Tomas Topinka 15 (5)(full maximum), Daniel Nermark 14 (5), Trevor Harding 11=1 (6), James Brundle 7+2 (5), Chris Mills 7+1 (5), Benji Compton 2 (4).

For Somerset – Chris Holder 13 (5)(with 4 point TR), Emil Kramer 9+1 (5), Simon Walker 5+1 (4), Stephan Katt 4+1 (4), Ritchie Hawkins 3 (4), Daniel Warwick 2+1 (4), Jordan Frampton 0 (4).

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