Around the Premier League Tracks 2008
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Monday, 2 June
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Tonight’s only match was at Reading where the Racers took on Stoke in a Premier League match.
Premier League: Reading 54, Stoke 41.
Reading were at full strength but Stoke were without the injured Lee Complin so had Kauko Nieminen as a guest at number 1.
This was a match which Reading might have expected to win comfortably but they found themselves 8 points down after just two races. Unfortunately for the Potters they didn’t provide another race winner until heat 11 when Kauko Nieminen scored 6 points from a Tactical Ride. The resultant 2-7 got the Potters back to within five points of their hosts but their challenge fizzled out after that.
Kauko Nieminen passed Mark Lemon on the second lap of the opening race while Mark Burrows won a good tussle for third from Chris Mills to give the Potters a 2-4 and early two point lead which they doubled in the reserves race. Jesper Kristiansen won from Glanz and Jakobsen for another 2-4 but then Reading replied with a 4-2 in heat 3 with an Ulrich Ostergaard win from Ben Barker while Tomas Suchanek passed Barrie Evans for third. The score was level again when the home side added another 4-2 in heat 4 after Tom P Madsen won from Emiliano Sanchez and Nicki Glanz passed Kristiansen for third. This took the score to 12-12.
Ostergaard and Suchanek gated for a 5-1 in heat 5 with Nieminen surprisingly trailing in last so the Racers now had a four point lead and they doubled it in heat 6 with another 5-1 from Mills and Lemon. This time it wasn’t plain sailing as Emiliano Sanchez made the gate. He was passed by Mills off the second bend and Lemon on the fourth bend so Stoke now found themselves trailing by eight points. Madsen passed Barrie Evans to win heat 8 for a 3-3 then Ben Barker took a Tactical Substitute ride from 15 metres back in heat 8 replacing Klaus Jakobsen. Chris Mills won the race but Ben Barker finally passed Glanz at the end of the second lap then his partner, Mark Burrows, so the visitors took a 3-5 advantage from the race taking the score to 28-22.
Ostergaard won heat 9 while Suchanek passed Jakobsen then Sanchez with an inside line burst to join him for a 5-1 which put Reading ten points ahead. Mark Lemon led heat 10 but an excellent pass by Ben Barker ended with the Stoke rider winning the race while Kristiansen fell and was excluded. This resulted in a shared race and Kauko Nieminen was then nominated for a Tactical Ride in heat 11. When Nieminen and Burrows gated the Stoke pair were sitting on a 1-8 but Madsen passed Burrows on the last lap to rescue two points for Reading leading to a 2-7 for the Potters which cut the lead to five points. Ostergaard won again in heat 12 from Barker while Kristiansen was excluded when he fell in third place. The home 4-2 took the score to 42-35.
A 5-1 from Madsen and Lemon in heat 13 with Nieminen retiring from the race all but sealed victory for the Racers stretching their lead to 11 points. Kristiansen and Suchanek came together in heat 14 and the Reading man was excluded from the rerun. Kristiansen won the rerun from Jaimie Smith for a 2-4 then the home side finished with another 5-1 in heat 15 when Ostergaard and Madsen led Nieminen home.
Scorers: For Reading – Ulrich Ostergaard 15 (5) (maximum), Tom P Madsen 13+1 (5), Mark Lemon 8+2 (4), Chris Mills 7+1 (4), Tomas Suchanek 5+2 (4), Nicki Glanz 4 (4), Jaimie Smith 2 (4).
For Stoke – Ben Barker 13 (6) (with 4 point TS), Kauko Nieminen 10 (5) (with 6 point TR), Jesper Kristiansen 6 (4), Emiliano Sanchez 5 (4), Mark Burrows 4+1 (4), Barrie Evans 2+1 (4), Klaus Jakobsen 1 (3).
Tonight’s only match was at Reading where the Racers took on Stoke in a Premier League match.
Premier League: Reading 54, Stoke 41.
Reading were at full strength but Stoke were without the injured Lee Complin so had Kauko Nieminen as a guest at number 1.
This was a match which Reading might have expected to win comfortably but they found themselves 8 points down after just two races. Unfortunately for the Potters they didn’t provide another race winner until heat 11 when Kauko Nieminen scored 6 points from a Tactical Ride. The resultant 2-7 got the Potters back to within five points of their hosts but their challenge fizzled out after that.
Kauko Nieminen passed Mark Lemon on the second lap of the opening race while Mark Burrows won a good tussle for third from Chris Mills to give the Potters a 2-4 and early two point lead which they doubled in the reserves race. Jesper Kristiansen won from Glanz and Jakobsen for another 2-4 but then Reading replied with a 4-2 in heat 3 with an Ulrich Ostergaard win from Ben Barker while Tomas Suchanek passed Barrie Evans for third. The score was level again when the home side added another 4-2 in heat 4 after Tom P Madsen won from Emiliano Sanchez and Nicki Glanz passed Kristiansen for third. This took the score to 12-12.
Ostergaard and Suchanek gated for a 5-1 in heat 5 with Nieminen surprisingly trailing in last so the Racers now had a four point lead and they doubled it in heat 6 with another 5-1 from Mills and Lemon. This time it wasn’t plain sailing as Emiliano Sanchez made the gate. He was passed by Mills off the second bend and Lemon on the fourth bend so Stoke now found themselves trailing by eight points. Madsen passed Barrie Evans to win heat 8 for a 3-3 then Ben Barker took a Tactical Substitute ride from 15 metres back in heat 8 replacing Klaus Jakobsen. Chris Mills won the race but Ben Barker finally passed Glanz at the end of the second lap then his partner, Mark Burrows, so the visitors took a 3-5 advantage from the race taking the score to 28-22.
Ostergaard won heat 9 while Suchanek passed Jakobsen then Sanchez with an inside line burst to join him for a 5-1 which put Reading ten points ahead. Mark Lemon led heat 10 but an excellent pass by Ben Barker ended with the Stoke rider winning the race while Kristiansen fell and was excluded. This resulted in a shared race and Kauko Nieminen was then nominated for a Tactical Ride in heat 11. When Nieminen and Burrows gated the Stoke pair were sitting on a 1-8 but Madsen passed Burrows on the last lap to rescue two points for Reading leading to a 2-7 for the Potters which cut the lead to five points. Ostergaard won again in heat 12 from Barker while Kristiansen was excluded when he fell in third place. The home 4-2 took the score to 42-35.
A 5-1 from Madsen and Lemon in heat 13 with Nieminen retiring from the race all but sealed victory for the Racers stretching their lead to 11 points. Kristiansen and Suchanek came together in heat 14 and the Reading man was excluded from the rerun. Kristiansen won the rerun from Jaimie Smith for a 2-4 then the home side finished with another 5-1 in heat 15 when Ostergaard and Madsen led Nieminen home.
Scorers: For Reading – Ulrich Ostergaard 15 (5) (maximum), Tom P Madsen 13+1 (5), Mark Lemon 8+2 (4), Chris Mills 7+1 (4), Tomas Suchanek 5+2 (4), Nicki Glanz 4 (4), Jaimie Smith 2 (4).
For Stoke – Ben Barker 13 (6) (with 4 point TS), Kauko Nieminen 10 (5) (with 6 point TR), Jesper Kristiansen 6 (4), Emiliano Sanchez 5 (4), Mark Burrows 4+1 (4), Barrie Evans 2+1 (4), Klaus Jakobsen 1 (3).
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