Sheffield Speedway Match Reports 2007

Ricky Ashworth went around everyone to take the lead down the back straight in heat 1. Magnus Zetterstrom kept the pressure on and took the lead exiting turn two on the last lap, but Ricky fought back with the outside line on turn three to claim the win. Paul Cooper led heat 2 but Danny Warwick went too wide on the second turn and was collected by the air fence. James Cockle rounded Jordan Frampton on the second turn in the rerun and the Tigers take an early lead. Paul is straight back out as rider replacement for Birko in heat 3 and he passes André on the pits turn to take the lead. Emil Kramer passes André at the start of the second lap but the Tigers skipper responds with a decisive move on the third turn. Ritchie Hawkins went very wide at the start of heat 4 taking Joel's line and then blasted past James on the third turn to take the lead. Danny also passes James on the second turn of lap three as the Rebels pull back the deficit. Emil Kramer takes the lead out of turn two in heat 5 and the Tigers pair cannot catch him leaving the Tigers with a narrow two point advantage.

Zorro traps to lead heat 6 but Paul's outside blast sees him alongside the Swede down the back straight. Magnus and Paul have 'history' from the first leg and sure enough the Swede goes very wide into turn 3 leaving Paul trapped under the air fence. Simon Walker passed Joel on the third turn in the rerun and Magnus team rode him home to a 5-1 which put the Rebels into the lead. Paul was back out again in heat 7 and he passed Ritchie Hawkins on the pits bend to join André at the front. Ritchie dived past him at the start of lap 3 but Paul's wide line saw him regain the position down the back straight for another Tigers 5-1. James and Ben Wilson trapped to lead heat 8 but Simon Walker kept it wound on around the outside and into the lead by the third turn. Joel trapped to lead heat 9 with Paul trailing the field. Emil dived under Joel on the third turn of the second lap to give the advantage to the Rebels, but Paul responded by blasting around Stephan Katt at the start of the last lap. Joel was the early leader in heat 10 but only as far as turn three where Magnus blasted around him. André used the same line to pass Simon and it looked like being another shared heat, until Zorro's bike expired at the start of the third lap. Simon switched back under André on the second turn of the last lap but André responded quickly on the next bend to claim the 5-1, leaving the Tigers in a 6 point lead.

Ricky rounded Ritchie on the second turn to lead heat 11 just as Ben dished out the same treatment to Jordan as the Tigers extend their lead. Emil and Danny are so concerned with hampering André on the first turn of heat 12 that Paul almost sneaks into the lead. Sticking with the inside line Paul passes Emil on the pits turn to go first, but Emil regains the lead on the third turn of lap 2. Danny is now on Paul's case and nearly catches him on the pits turn but then loses a chain on the third turn and careers into the air fence. Paul shuts Emil down to the white line in the rerun allowing André to join him for their third 5-1. Magnus is on a tactical in heat 13 but Jim Lawrence calls all four back. Ricky leads down the back straight but Ritchie collects Joel on the second turn and they take a high speed tumble. Magnus passes Ricky on the third turn in the rerun to claim all six points. Emil appears as a tactical substitute off a 15m handicap in heat 14. Paul leads the way with Danny climbing all over his back wheel for the fist two laps or so. Emil catches James but only passes him on the last lap. Zorro splits the Tigers pair on the second turn to lead heat 15 but then suffers a second mechanical breakdown on the pits turn leaving Ricky and André an easy win over Simon Walker and the Tigers an emphatic twelve point winning margin.

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