ALLEN THE LAST-HEAT HERO, AS SCORPIONS WIN THRILLER

SCUNTHORPE SCORPIONS 46 REDCAR BEARS 44 (BSN Series)

ELLIE ROSE TRAVEL Scunthorpe Scorpions won a thrilling Good Friday afternoon meeting at the Eddie Wright Raceway earlier today – prevailing by 46-44 against the Redcar Bears in the BSN Series after heroics from Jake Allen in the final race.

Scorpions took the lead with a 4-2 from Steve Worrall and Luke Harrison in Heat 1, but Redcar then pulled ahead at 16-14 after five races.

A 5-1 from Harrison and Zaine Kennedy in the Heat 8 then thrust Scorpions back into the lead at 25-23.

Remarkably, the final seven races were all shared as a 3-3. In the first six of those, Bears provided the heat-winner, before Allen held off both Charles Wright and the previously unbeaten Danny King to win Heat 15.

Scorpions provided just three-heat winners – Worrall in Heat 1, Harrison in Heat 8 and Allen in Heat 15. Bears provided the other 12 heat-winners, with their heat-leader trio of King, Charles and Riss bagging 10 race wins between them.

Conversely, Scorpions had the better all-around team strength, with only three last places all afternoon.

Arguably, Scorpions’ match-winners were the Australian Kennedy brothers – Declan and Zaine – at reserve, who bagged 13 paid 17 between them.

The two brothers both overtook Tom Spencer to ensure Heat 2 finished as a 3-3 and then improved by the ride. Declan Kennedy, a newcomer to British Speedway in 2025, scored a highly-impressive eight points – four second places –  in his first-ever competitive meeting on his home track.

There were some fantastic racing on display, and both sides played their part in an enthralling contest.

SCUNTHORPE 46: Steve Worrall 9, Jake Allen 8+3, Declan Kennedy 8, Connor Mountain 7+1, Luke Harrison 6+2, Zaine Kennedy 5+4, Simon Lambert 3+1.

REDCAR 44: Danny King 14, Charles Wright 12+1, Erik Riss 9, Jody Scott 5, Jason Edwards 4, Jake Mulford 0, Tom Spencer 0.

* IN the following WSRA National League clash, Steelers beat Middlesbrough Tigers, also by a 46-44 scoreline. Luke Harrison scored a 15-point maximum, while Mickie Simpson was the last-heat hero and collected 13+1.

STEELERS 46: Luke Harrison 15, Mickie Simpson 13+1, Nathan Ablitt 9+1, Jamie Etherington 5+1, Luke Harris 2+1, Harrison Rogers 2, Vinnie Foord r/r.

MIDDLESBROUGH 44: Cooper Rushen 14, Sam McGurk 9+2, Kai Ward 8+1, Jacob Clouting 7, Tom Spencer 4+1, Laymen Richardson 2, Danny Phillips 0.

* ELLIE ROSE TRAVEL Scunthorpe Scorpions are next in action at Scunthorpe’s Eddie Wright Raceway on Friday, May 9 (7.30pm) when they take on Workington Comets in another BSN fixture. In the meantime, they are involved in their away fixtures in the BSN Series at Redcar next Friday (April 25) and at Workington on May 3.