Scorpions take vital away win
FLUIDAIR POWER Scunthorpe Scorpions produced perhaps their best performance of the season, snatching a 46-44 win at Redcar last night (Thursday).
The win is a major boost to the play-off hopes of the Scorpions, moving them in a clear fifth on 36 points.
In a yo-yo meeting, the lead changed no fewer than seven teams, with the two teams regularly exchanging 5-1s.
David Howe & Josh Auty took a 5-1 from Heat 14 to place the Scorpions two points ahead.
Nicolai Klindt (pictured) & the previously unbeaten Thomas Jorgensen got the nod for Heat 15. Klindt led early on, but Redcar No 1 Richard Lawson came around him on the second lap. With Jorgensen in second and Klindt in third, Aaron Summers closed in, but Klindt just held him off on the line.
Top-scorer Thomas Jorgensen said: “Both Nicolai (Klindt) and myself were gating well. It meant we could plan our races. We were talking about them in the pits beforehand. We got a couple of 5-1s between us and both got selected for Heat 15.
“We knew that second and third would be enough. I wasn’t quite sure if Aaron Summers had passed Nicolai because it was getting close, but Nicolai got it.
“It’s a good result for us. Our away form has been a bit up-and-down, so it was good for us to win the meeting. It’s an important result.
“I just felt so quick. We made some changes halfway through and that just made me even quicker. I would like to thank my mechanic Steve ‘The Saint’ Tideswell.”
REDCAR 44: Richard Lawson 11+3, Aaron Summers 10, Hugh Skidmore 7, Mark Lemon 5, Rafal Konopka 4+1, Jan Graversen 4, Carl Wilkinson 3+1
SCUNTHORPE 46: Thomas Jorgensen 13+1, David Howe 11+2, Nicolai Klindt 7+2, Josh Auty 7+2, Ryan Douglas 5, Ashley Birks 2, Matt Williamson 1
* A more detail report of this meeting will appear in due course.
* A reminder that all kids aged 17 and under will be admitted free to the next meeting at the Eddie Wright Raceway – the double-header on Sunday (start-time 3pm) featuring Scorpions vs Workington Comets and Stags vs Stoke Potters.
