Key:+ = from 15m handicap,  * = Tactical ride for double points,  ! = Tactical substitution from 15m
SHEFFIELD SPEEDWAY MATCH REPORTS 2011
SHEFFIELD WINDOW CENTRE 'Tigers' v Newport 'Wasps' Premier League 7 April

Referee: Peter Clarke

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1. Shane Parker 7.95 2' 2 3 2' 3 12+2
2. Hugh Skidmore 5.69 3 1' 3 2'  9+2
3. Ricky Ashworth © 7.77 1' 3 3 3 1 11+1
4. Emiliano Sanchez 6.64 2 2' 2' 2 8+2
5. Josh Auty 7.69 ef 3 r 3 6
6. Ashley Birks

3.00

3 0 fx - 3
7. Simon Lambert 3.47 1 3 2' 0 1' 7+2
 Eric Boocock 5 4 3 3 5 3 3 5 5 5 0 3 5 3 4
Sheffield 'Tigers' 5 9 12 15 20 23 26 31 36 41 41 44 49 52 56
Newport 'Wasps' 1 3 6 9 10 13 18 19 20 21 26 29 30 33 35
Kevin Brown 1 2 3 3 1 3 5 1 1 1 5 3 1 3 2
1. Leigh Lanham © 7.30 ef 1 3 1 0 5
2. Robin Aspegren 6.03 1 ef f 2' 3+1
3. Joe Haines 6.37 ef 1' 0 2 3+1
4. Kyle Legault 6.99 3 *4 1 3 2 13
5. Kim Nilsson 6.95 1' 3 *fx r 4+1
6. Mark Jones 5.00 2 0 1 1' 4+1
7. Todd Kurtz 3.75 0 2 1 0 3
Track record: 59.1
R.Ashworth 14 Oct '10
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15

60.9

61.9

61.8

62.3

62.2

61.9

62.3

62.4

awd

62.5

64.1

62.9

62.7

63.8

63.5

2011 Programme  The Wasps looked to be a threat, especially after signing U21 champion Joe Haines, but the Tigers got off on the right foot with Leicester track record holder Hugh Skidmore recording the fastest time of the season in the first heat. Shane Parker rounded Leigh Lanham out of the second turn into third place, and then dived past Robin Aspegren on the fourth turn. Ashley Birks gated ahead to win heat 2 in fine style. Simon Lambert lost ground as he wheelied out of turn two letting Mark Jones through to second and try as he might he couldn't reclaim the position. Joe Haines was left standing at the tapes in heat 3, but his team mate Kyle Legault powered away into a considerable lead. Simon Lambert trapped ahead in heat 4 and Josh Auty cut back under Todd Kurtz on the first lap. Josh took the lead on the second lap but then picked up a puncture and was forced to retire. Ricky led heat 5 with Emiliano Sanchez passing Leigh on the third turn and then Robin on the fourth. Tigers lead by ten points as the Wasps suffer mechanically.

Kim Nilsson looked much better as he led heat 6 from hard charging Shane. Shane went for the big swoop on the final turn but got the door slammed in his face which he wasn't very happy about. Josh led heat 7 from Kyle who was wearing black and white. Ashley took a tumble on the first turn but leapt straight back on. Hugh and Simon led heat 8 but Robin went around Simon on the third lap and was pushing Hugh when his chain snapped on the final turn. Kim was on a tactical in heat 9 but made a terrible start. He was catching Emiliano in second place but just tried too hard and ended up in the fence on the third lap. Shane rounded the Newport pair by the second lap of heat 10 and joined Hugh at the front for another superb maximum heat win leaving the Tigers twenty points ahead.

Ashley tried to go around Robin on the second turn of heat 11 but took a heavy tumble into the fence. In the rerun Josh passed Leigh on the pits turn but then picked up a second puncture on the third lap. Joe Haines was moving and caused heat 12 to be restarted. Ricky led the way with Joe pushing hard while Simon and Mark traded places every lap. Good speedway racing. Shane trapped ahead in heat 13 and Josh joined him with an outside swoop around Leigh out of turn two. Awesome team riding by the Sheffield pair. Kyle wins heat 14 commandingly while Emiliano battles past Todd on the first turn and Simon on the third lap. Heat 15 was the race of the night! Ricky gates ahead but Kyle has other ideas passing Shane out of turn two and taking the lead on the outside of the pits turn. Ricky chases hard but is caught by the scrap for third place between Shane and Leigh. Shane passes Leigh at the end of the third lap and Ricky at the start of the fourth, keeps up his momentum going wide around the third turn and then switching back to snatch the win from Kyle right under the chequered flag. Brilliant speedway!

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