Around the Premier League Tracks 2007
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Wednesday, 5 September
There were two Premier League matches raced tonight. At King’s Lynn the Stars raced Stoke while at Birmingham the Brummies took on Edinburgh. Both matches produced miserable performances by the visiting sides as neither could manage 30 points.
Premier League: King’s Lynn 64, Stoke 26 King’s Lynn won the aggregate bonus point by 101-79
King’s Lynn were without James Brundle who was suffering from tonsillitis and had Newport’s Chris Schramm as a guest at number 6 in his place. Stoke were without Barrie Evans and had Simon Lambert at number 6 instead. The Stoke 1-4 were all switched round for this match.
The match was no contest as far as the result was concerned. Stoke arrived with a 16 point lead from the corresponding fixture at Loomer Road but would have needed a 39 point lead to have won the bonus point! King’s Lynn simply steamrollered the Potters and had the match won by heat 9, TR and TS options aside. The Potters can point to the unfortunate Lee Complin’s machine problems which restricted him to only three points and included blowing his TR ride. The Stars had three unbeaten riders and, Trevor Harding apart, every one of the team was paid for at least two heat wins. Nonetheless there were some close heats and some good racing with the Potters losing out most of the time.
The home side opened with five 5-1s and a 4-2. The only home man to drop a point during this blitz was Benji Compton who finished third behind Claus Vissing in heat 4. After this run of six heats Stoke had managed just 7 points and were already trailing by six points on aggregate as the Stars led 29-7.
Ben Barker finally relieved the gloom for the visitors with a race win in heat 7 beating Chris Schramm and Trevor Harding for a shared heat but two more 5-1s and a 4-2 followed taking the score to 46-14 before a Rusty Harrison win in heat 11 brought another shared race. Another 5-1 from the Stars took the heat 12 score to 54-18 but the Potters only conceded two more points over the last three heats.
Lee Complin and Claus Vissing finished behind Tomas Topinka in heat 13 for a shared race then Stoke produced their one and only heat advantage of the night. Paul Lee retired from heat 14 leaving Ben Barker to win for the second time beating Chris Schramm. Jaimie Smith picked up the third place point for a Potters’ 2-4 before the inevitable 5-1 in the final race from Nermark and Topinka both of whom completed paid five ride maximums.
Scorers: For King’s Lynn – Tomas Topinka 13+2 (5)(paid maximum), Daniel Nermark 13+2 (5)(paid maximum), Chris Mills 10+2 (4)(paid maximum), Chris Schramm 10 (4), Benji Compton 6+3 (4), Trevor Harding 6+1 (4), Paul Lee 6+1 (4).
For Stoke – Ben Barker 8 (5), Claus Vissing 6+1 (5), Rusty Harrison 5 (4), Lee Complin 3 (4), Glenn Cunningham 2 (4), Simon Lambert 1 (4), Jaimie Smith 1 (4).
Premier League: Birmingham 63, Edinburgh 29 Birmingham won the aggregate bonus point by 107-77.
Birmingham were without Manuel Hauzinger so used Rider Replacement instead at number 2. Gareth Isherwood was nominated as their number 8. Edinburgh had Scunthorpe’s Joe Haines at number 7 at the ripe old age of 16 years and one day. Haines replaced the injured Daniele Tessari.
When Derek Sneddon and George Stancl both made fast starts for Edinburgh in the opening heat things looked good for the Monarchs but it was all downhill from then on. Henning Bager passed a slow looking Stancl for second place restricting the Monarchs to a 2-4 and this win by Derek Sneddon was the Edinburgh side’s only race winner of the entire match producing their only heat advantage. Two 5-1s and two 4-2s later the visitors trailed by ten points at 20-10 and they threw in their TR card in heat 6 with Matthew Wethers taking the ride. He finished second to Henning Bager for a 4-4 but it was just a blip in the Birmingham points storm.
The Brummies then rattled off three 5-1 s and a 4-2 to disappear out of sight at 43-19 by heat 10 before any further relief came the Monarchs’ way with a couple of shared races in heats 10 and 11. Derek Sneddon and George Stancl were on a 1-5 in heat 10 but both were brushed aside by Manuel Hauzinger for the first of the 3-3s then Kai Laukkanen and Jason Lyons had a great tussle in heat 11 before Lyons won the race. Joe Haines did well to beat Lee Smart for third place so the heat produced the second of the 3-3s.
Two more 5-1s and a 4-2 over the last three heats left the visitors in tatters and denied them the consolation of hitting the 30 point mark with only two good races between Lyons and Laukkanen and a spirited performance by Joe Haines leaving them with anything worth remembering after the dizzy heights of their heat 1 success. Birmingham coped with the R/R rides for Emiliano Sanchez with a 6+2 return but with Sanchez now moving up to number 2 in the averages, Jason Lyons will also be able to take one of the R/R rides as the impressive Brummies side continue to challenge for a top four finish.
Scorers: For Birmingham – Henning Bager 15+2 (6), Jason Lyons 15 (5)(full maximum), Manuel Hauzinger 12 (5), Henrik Moller 10+3 (5), Lee Smart 6+2 (5), Ben Powell 5 (4).
For Edinburgh – Kai Laukkanen 7 (5), Matthew Wethers 7 (5)(with 4 point TR), Derek Sneddon 5 (4), George Stancl 4+1 (4), Joe Haines 3+1 (5), Andrew Tully 3 (4), Kalle Katajisto 0 (3).
There were two Premier League matches raced tonight. At King’s Lynn the Stars raced Stoke while at Birmingham the Brummies took on Edinburgh. Both matches produced miserable performances by the visiting sides as neither could manage 30 points.
Premier League: King’s Lynn 64, Stoke 26 King’s Lynn won the aggregate bonus point by 101-79
King’s Lynn were without James Brundle who was suffering from tonsillitis and had Newport’s Chris Schramm as a guest at number 6 in his place. Stoke were without Barrie Evans and had Simon Lambert at number 6 instead. The Stoke 1-4 were all switched round for this match.
The match was no contest as far as the result was concerned. Stoke arrived with a 16 point lead from the corresponding fixture at Loomer Road but would have needed a 39 point lead to have won the bonus point! King’s Lynn simply steamrollered the Potters and had the match won by heat 9, TR and TS options aside. The Potters can point to the unfortunate Lee Complin’s machine problems which restricted him to only three points and included blowing his TR ride. The Stars had three unbeaten riders and, Trevor Harding apart, every one of the team was paid for at least two heat wins. Nonetheless there were some close heats and some good racing with the Potters losing out most of the time.
The home side opened with five 5-1s and a 4-2. The only home man to drop a point during this blitz was Benji Compton who finished third behind Claus Vissing in heat 4. After this run of six heats Stoke had managed just 7 points and were already trailing by six points on aggregate as the Stars led 29-7.
Ben Barker finally relieved the gloom for the visitors with a race win in heat 7 beating Chris Schramm and Trevor Harding for a shared heat but two more 5-1s and a 4-2 followed taking the score to 46-14 before a Rusty Harrison win in heat 11 brought another shared race. Another 5-1 from the Stars took the heat 12 score to 54-18 but the Potters only conceded two more points over the last three heats.
Lee Complin and Claus Vissing finished behind Tomas Topinka in heat 13 for a shared race then Stoke produced their one and only heat advantage of the night. Paul Lee retired from heat 14 leaving Ben Barker to win for the second time beating Chris Schramm. Jaimie Smith picked up the third place point for a Potters’ 2-4 before the inevitable 5-1 in the final race from Nermark and Topinka both of whom completed paid five ride maximums.
Scorers: For King’s Lynn – Tomas Topinka 13+2 (5)(paid maximum), Daniel Nermark 13+2 (5)(paid maximum), Chris Mills 10+2 (4)(paid maximum), Chris Schramm 10 (4), Benji Compton 6+3 (4), Trevor Harding 6+1 (4), Paul Lee 6+1 (4).
For Stoke – Ben Barker 8 (5), Claus Vissing 6+1 (5), Rusty Harrison 5 (4), Lee Complin 3 (4), Glenn Cunningham 2 (4), Simon Lambert 1 (4), Jaimie Smith 1 (4).
Premier League: Birmingham 63, Edinburgh 29 Birmingham won the aggregate bonus point by 107-77.
Birmingham were without Manuel Hauzinger so used Rider Replacement instead at number 2. Gareth Isherwood was nominated as their number 8. Edinburgh had Scunthorpe’s Joe Haines at number 7 at the ripe old age of 16 years and one day. Haines replaced the injured Daniele Tessari.
When Derek Sneddon and George Stancl both made fast starts for Edinburgh in the opening heat things looked good for the Monarchs but it was all downhill from then on. Henning Bager passed a slow looking Stancl for second place restricting the Monarchs to a 2-4 and this win by Derek Sneddon was the Edinburgh side’s only race winner of the entire match producing their only heat advantage. Two 5-1s and two 4-2s later the visitors trailed by ten points at 20-10 and they threw in their TR card in heat 6 with Matthew Wethers taking the ride. He finished second to Henning Bager for a 4-4 but it was just a blip in the Birmingham points storm.
The Brummies then rattled off three 5-1 s and a 4-2 to disappear out of sight at 43-19 by heat 10 before any further relief came the Monarchs’ way with a couple of shared races in heats 10 and 11. Derek Sneddon and George Stancl were on a 1-5 in heat 10 but both were brushed aside by Manuel Hauzinger for the first of the 3-3s then Kai Laukkanen and Jason Lyons had a great tussle in heat 11 before Lyons won the race. Joe Haines did well to beat Lee Smart for third place so the heat produced the second of the 3-3s.
Two more 5-1s and a 4-2 over the last three heats left the visitors in tatters and denied them the consolation of hitting the 30 point mark with only two good races between Lyons and Laukkanen and a spirited performance by Joe Haines leaving them with anything worth remembering after the dizzy heights of their heat 1 success. Birmingham coped with the R/R rides for Emiliano Sanchez with a 6+2 return but with Sanchez now moving up to number 2 in the averages, Jason Lyons will also be able to take one of the R/R rides as the impressive Brummies side continue to challenge for a top four finish.
Scorers: For Birmingham – Henning Bager 15+2 (6), Jason Lyons 15 (5)(full maximum), Manuel Hauzinger 12 (5), Henrik Moller 10+3 (5), Lee Smart 6+2 (5), Ben Powell 5 (4).
For Edinburgh – Kai Laukkanen 7 (5), Matthew Wethers 7 (5)(with 4 point TR), Derek Sneddon 5 (4), George Stancl 4+1 (4), Joe Haines 3+1 (5), Andrew Tully 3 (4), Kalle Katajisto 0 (3).
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