2007 Conference League champions and Premier League debutants, the Scunthorpe Scorpions are heading to the Norfolk Arena this coming Wednesday knowing that their home victory against the King’s Lynn ‘Money Centre’ Stars on Friday night has given them a psychological advantage ahead of the meeting.

The Stars face a solid Scunthorpe team who have a mix of ex Elite League riders and proven Premier League riders, Rob Lyon gives us his verdict ‘Scunthorpe have done well for their first season in the Premier League, they have a team of racers and that should suit King’s Lynn well, Richard Hall sticks out in mind in particular, in the Champion Of Champions challenge against Peterborough a few seasons back he rode really well. I think it’s fair to say that we are disappointed about losing at their place but that shows they are a stronger team than we anticipated and I think they will at least give us something to battle against if not run us close’.

During last Wednesdays meeting, Stars co-promoter, Jonathan Chapman, made it no secret about his disappointment in the lack of challenge from last weeks visitors, the Somerset Rebels. However this week he believes Scunthorpe will be far more up for the challenge, ‘on Friday night their team were all looking forward to the visit here and said they will get a better result than anyone will be expecting, I wish them all the luck and hope our fans get a special treat to make up for last weeks disappointment’. 

If the Stars do secure a win over the Scorpions they will become the Premier League leaders for at least 48 hours. Buster Chapman will be happy a man if that happens, ‘because of the rules in speedway it’s always hard to stay competitive year in and year out and to keep on winning trophies, this season has probably not been as good as the last three but if we can be up at the top once again that will be a good achievement, we might not stay there for long but I believe we can be back up there for the end of the season!’

Wednesday nights racing starts at 7:30pm at the Norfolk Arena, Saddlebow Road, King’s Lynn. Admission prices are Adults £12, Concessions £8, 12-15yrs £4 and all kids 11 and under are free.  

Stars Team
1. Kevin Doolan    9.94
2. Shaun Tacey          6.75
3. Tomas Topinka      9.14
4. Simon Lambert       5.24
5. Rusty Harrison         6.25
6. John Oliver             4.48
7. Kozza Smith           4.31

Scunthorpe Team
1.Richard Hall 6.68
2.Carl Wilkinson 6.29
3.Magnus Karlsson 8.16
4.Viktor Bergström 4.89
5.Emiliano Sanchez 5.88
6.Ben Powell 4.17
7.Byron Bekker 3.51