| SHEFFIELD SPEEDWAY MATCH REPORTS 2023 |
IPSWICH 'Witches' v SHEFFIELD  'Tigers' |
Play Off final |
3rd Oct '23 |
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| Ref: Jim McGregor | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | S/h | Tot+Bp |
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| 1. Emil Sayfutdinov | 10.10 |
3 | | | | |
3 | | | |
3 | | |
2' | |
2' | |
13+2 |
| 2. Erik Riss | 4.84 |
1 | | | | |
1 | |
2 | |
1 | | | | |
| |
5 |
| 3. Danny King © | 7.23 |
| |
3 | |
1 | | | |
3 | | |
3 | | |
|
|
10 |
| 4. Keynan Rew | 4.00 |
| |
2' | |
0 | | | |
1 | | | | |
2 |
| |
5+1 |
| 5. Jason Doyle | 9.12 |
| | |
3 | | |
3 | | | |
3 | |
3 | |
3 | |
15 |
| 6. Danyon Hume | 3.92 |
|
2 | |
1 | | |
f | | | |
- |
2' | |
f | | |
5+1 |
| 7. Joe Thompson RS | 3.00 |
|
0 | |
- | | | |
1' | | |
0 |
- | | | | |
1+1 |
| Ritchie Hawkins |
4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | | |
| IPSWICH 'Witches' |
4 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 16 |
20 | 23 | 26 | 30 | 34 |
37 | 42 | 47 | 49 | 54 | | |
| SHEFFIELD 'Tigers' |
2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 14 |
16 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 26 |
29 | 30 | 31 | 35 | 36 | | |
| Simon Stead |
2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | | |
| 1. Robert Lambert (g) | (8.69) |
2 | | | |
3 | | | | | |
2 | |
1 | |
1 | |
9 |
| 2. Kyle Howarth © | 5.55 |
0 | | | |
2' | | |
f | | |
1' | | | | | |
3+2 |
| 3. Chris Holder | *7.16 |
| |
0 | | | |
1' | | |
0 | |
1 | | |
| |
2+1 |
| 4. Josh Pickering | 6.78 |
| |
1 | | | |
2 | | |
2 | | | |
3 |
ef | |
8 |
| 5. Richard Lawson (g) | (8.47) |
| | |
2 | |
2 | | |
2 | | | |
0 | |
| |
6 |
| 6. Connor Mountain (g) | (*4.00) |
|
3 | | | |
ef | | |
0 | | |
- | |
| | |
3 |
| 7. Jason Edwards RS | 3.00 |
|
1 | |
0 | | | |
3 | | | |
0 | |
1 | |
|
5 |
|
01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 |
06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 |
11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
S/h |
|
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| 56.2 | 58.5 | 56.4 | 57.0 | 55.7 |
56.9 | 56.0 | 58.5 | 57.6 | 57.1 |
56.2 | 57.3 | 56.6 | 58.3 | 57.6 | | |
Heat 1 and Emil is legs akimbo out of control into turn 1. He rescues it before reaching the fence but rather than giving chase he parks on the second turn
and only clears the track as Erik and Kyle start the second lap. Jim McGregor shows his anti-Sheffield bias yet again as he determines he wasn't the cause
of the stoppage. Emil makes no mistake in the rerun with Robert pushing hard. Heat 2 and Danyon takes the lead down the back straight. JasonE passes Joe Thompson
on the first turn of the third lap just as Connor takes the lead from Danyon. Danny and Keynan trap to take maximum points from heat 3 with Josh trying
everything to get into second place but the track is already cutting up badly. Richard traps ahead in heat 4 but Doyle runs into the back of Danyon on the first bend
so it's "all 4 back". Doyle makes a much better job of the restart and the Witches extend their lead. Robert and Kyle take an early lead in heat 5 and despite
being on "top form" Danny has no answer as the Tigers trim the Witches lead back to 2 points.
Richard takes the lead from Emil as they reach the third bend in heat 6 but it's short lived as Emil switches back out of turn 2. Connor retires from the back with
his engine on fire! Doyle traps ahead in heat 7 with Danyon and Josh taking it in turns for second place. Danyon seems to have it sewn up but the track is
getting really bad now and he drops it on turn 3 on the last lap. JasonE makes a good start from gate 1 in heat 8 but Kyle is bouncing over the ruts at the back.
Kyle tries his best to get back into contention but ends up falling going into the 1st bend. Danny makes a jet propelled start, the likes of which a proper referee
would have called back, to win heat 9. Richard chases but concentrates on not falling while Connor's second bike is no match for Keynan. Emil and Erik trap ahead
in heat 10 but Josh throws caution to the wind and blasts high and wide past Erik out of turn 2 on the second lap. Witches are now 8 points ahead.
Doyle makes another electric start from the inside gate to win heat 11 with Robert pushing but unable to find a way past. Danny uses the inside gate to win heat 12
and Danyon is untroubled by Chris. The big guns are all out in heat 13 with Robert off the favoured inside gate. Emil traps from gate 2 and is joined by Doyle
blasting around the outside to put the Witches 16 points ahead. Keynan takes Jason wide into turn 1 and he and Danyon lead the way in heat 14. Josh is on a mission
and passes Danyon on the outside of turn 4 on the first lap. He then dives under Keynan into turn 3 to take the lead only for Keynan to repass him on turn 2 next time
around. Josh rides a beaut of a line to retake the lead just as Danyon tumbles off again allowing Jason through into third place. Simon has first choice of gates for
heat 15 and curiously takes 2 & 4? Emil leads from gate 3 and Doyle slams the door in Roberts face on the outside of turn 2. Josh takes up the gauntlet but cannot
gain the advantage before his bike packs in at the end of the third lap!
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