Top score for Kyle At Kings Lynn!!

SHEFFIELD Pirtek Tigers will be looking to restore some pride when they face King's Lynn in the Premier Trophy Final second leg at Owlerton on Thursday (7.45pm). Reg Wilson's men crashed to a sad 63-32 first leg defeat at the Norfolk Arena - just 24-hours after losing skipper Andre Compton with a broken collarbone sustained in a Swedish League meeting. Tigers failed to recover from a nightmare start when they found themselves 10-points down after just four races ... and it could have been worse. Kevin Doolan was winning the first race comfortably when he pulled up with mechanical problems and this allowed Ben Wilson and Ricky Ashworth a share of the result. But when reserves Chris Mills and John Oliver outpaced Paul Cooper and Benji Compton, who fell, in the second race, there was no looking back for the Norfolk side. Kyle Legault was nominated for double points in the next outing and needed a re-run after Trevor Harding, the former Sheffield rider, fell and partner Oliver couldn't avoid him. Harding was excluded. Legault went on to win the race for six-points with Cooper third and Sheffield enjoyed some brief respite with a 7-2 win. Topinka and Batchelor teamed up to have the last word for Lynn in heat 15 on a night to forget for Sheffield who must now focus on restoring some pride with a win on the night tonight. KING'S LYNN: Tomas Topinks 14+1, Troy Batchelor 12+3, Daniel Nermark 9, Chris Mills 8, John Oliver 7+3, Kevin Doolan 7, Trevor Harding 6+2. TIGERS: Kyle Legault 10, Emiliano Sanchez 7+1, Jason Lyons 7, Ben Wilson 4, Ricky Ashworth 2+1, Paul Cooper 2, Benji Compton 0. JASON LYONS will deputise for Andre Compton again in the Owlerton
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Guest appearance for Kyle goes well!!

Sheffield's Premier League star Kyle Legault was called up as a guest replacement last night(Monday) for the injured Andy Smith, and he responded magnificently to score 4 (paid 7) against the Belle Vue Aces.“I haven’t been to this track for over a year since a Premier League meeting last season, but I felt really good tonight and it went really well for me.“I’d like to take this opportunity to thank Jim, Sam and all the lads for giving me this opportunity to have a crack at the Elite League.“I wish them all the best of luck for the remainder of the season.”http://www.reading-bulldogs.co.uk/en/news/a6095 for the full story.

Weather concerns unfounded as great racing prevails!!

With many heavy rain clouds looming the distance, a good field of speedway riders got ready to ride on an excellent track! The Division 2/3 were combined due to numbers which gave some good close racing with some of the division 3 riders getting a chance against the higher division riders. George Lavender was flying around the track and was only held back in the final race by a fast composed Corrine Franic and Terry Rideout. Corrine had fallen in an earlier race and needed to do some work on her bike to get it working ok, and this certainly worked for her and she won very well. Congratulations to Corrine!The Division 1 guys were all on fire, with a fired up Phil Small arriving at the track to ride the absent Michael Small's laydown, Phil decided to change the gearing to suit him better, but was caught out by the track. He unfortunately, suffered because of this continually throughout the night, and his personal goals were not met! He did however become a star through providing Joe Heye with both a bike and front wheel for Joe's bike, after Joe had a huge spectacular crash alongside Gary Hesmer on the front straight. Joe was pushing so hard that he clipped Gary along the straight and his bike took off and Joe ended up doing cartwheels along the track. Joe got straight up and Phil Small offered his bike in replacement for a battered one of his own. Sadly though, with the different set-up Phil had, Joe slid out on the first corner of the restart that Gary Hesmer won well. Phil loaned Joe his front wheel off his Weslake to get his own bike on the track for the remainder of the meeting, which saw Joe win well on his next outing!Rob Dixon was so close to taking the highlight of the night off Joe Heye, Rob was flat out coming out of turn 4 and suddenly, he caught up and did a 360 on the front straight and held on to finish the race it was amazing to watch! Throughout the night Jeff Orosz and Gary Hesmer rode hard and strong, and battled against each other that gave the crowd, some nail biting moments!But the real 'Highlight of the night' was the return to the track of a past Canadian Champion, Chris Hesmer. Aaron Hesmer's older brother looked as if the few years away was like a day away! He was superb! One heat in a battle with Jeff Orosz, he was side by side for 3-1/2 laps before powering away to win! It was also a great thing for Aaron to ride against his brother and beat him in the Final race of the night!The final event of Division 1 was also a cracker, the first corner was the best and noisiest we have seen all season! Aaron Hesmer, Joe Heye and Jeff Orosz went into the corner together and all you could hear was the bikes banging together, it was amazing stuff! Aaron pushed his was passed hard to get and hold the lead with Jeff, Joe and Chris Hesmer finishing in that order.

Rain,Rain go away!! (Updated at 13.00 hours)

This shot, from the web cam at Brantford airport , was taken at 8.30 Saturday morning and it's pretty overcast but no rain at the moment. Butt, however, the forecast is 2-4 mms of rain in the next 24 hours so it does not look too good for tonights racing at the Paris fairground. NEWS. I just spoke to Arron Hesmer and he says that at this time, 1300hrs the race is on!!

Jason Crump is in this picture!!

Ok, so you think its tough being World champion? Whats it like for his wife having to clean up after the fourth place finish at the recent Scandinavian Grand prix? The 2005 world champion is currently 61 points ahead of second place American Greg Hancock. It looks inevitable Crumpie will repeat his success again this year!

Great return from Kyle Legault on his return!!

KYLE Legault made a stunning return from injury as Sheffield Pirtek Tigers brushed aside Edinburgh 61-31 at Owlerton on Thursday night. Legault, who missed last week's meetings with Redcar, dropped just one-point from his four outings - and skipper Andre Compton was again at his immaculate best as he went five races unbeaten. The meeting was delayed 45-minutes thanks to a massive downpour leading up to start time - but it was worth the wait for Sheffield supporters. Reg Wilson's men produced a powerful display which included Ben Wilson recovering from a third place in his opening ride to reel off four straight wins. Any concerns about track conditions were brushed aside from the moment Ricky Ashworth worked hard to pass Theo Pijper in the opening race - and visiting reserve Derek Sneddon looked at home with his impressive win in the next heat. Compton completed his maximum by teaming up with Wilson in the last outing as Sheffield secured all three-points for their efforts. TIGERS: Andre Compton 14+1, Ben Wilson 13, Emiliano Sanchez 10, Kyle Legault 9+2, Ricky Ashworth 8+2, Paul Cooper 4+1, Benji Compton 3+1. EDINBURGH: Matthew Wethers 10+1, Derek Sneddon 8+1, Henrik Moller 5, Theo Pijper 4, Danielle Tessari 2, William Lawson 2, Sean Stoddart 0.

Kyle still only 50/50 to race!!

KYLE Legault is still rated as "50/50" ahead of Thursday's Owlerton clash with Edinburgh.The Canadian youngster is having treatment at Sheffield United's Academy in a bid to recover from the bumps and bruises sustained from a string of recent crashes. Sheffield co-owner Neil Machin said: "It's a day-by-day thing for Kyle. He's been singing the praises of the staff at Sheffield United's academy and we would like to thank them very mich for the help they have given to him."

Murray wins D 3 at Action park!!

Action Park August 12th.2006. Overall Results. Speedway Division One. A Main1. Casey Donholt. 2. Mikey Buman. 3. Chris Strong. 4. Adam Mittl(f) B Main. 1. Brain Hollenbeck. 2. Tuff McBride. 3. Jesse Diem. C Main. 1. Kelvin Herrala. 2. Alex Heath. 3. Russ Cornell. 4. Andy Crawford. NOTE: Herrala and Cornell were tied on points but declined to run off for the last spot in the B Main. Both chose to run the C main instead. Division Two. 1. Dee Holden. 2. Katalin Davis. 3. Stefan Laessing. 4. Correy Brookes(DNF) Division two was VERY competitive. Division Three1. Tim Murray. 2. Dennis Dottierer. 3. James Conklin.

Former World Finalist John Cook was seriously injured at the celebrities race at Washougal MX National in Washington state on Saturday. Injuries include one broken vertabrae, other crushed vertibrae, broken ribs and a possible broken ankle. His back was operated on the following day. His injury took place when he overshot a landing from a jump and landed in a hole, at the side of the track. It is too early to say what the long term effects will be, but he thinks his motorcycle racing days are over. He is currently hospitalized in Vancover, WA.
In recent years John has limited his racing to top US events. Last week he rode in the annual North versus South at Fast Fridays. Last year he rode one round of the AMA US National as well as riding as Johan Karlsson in the US versus the World. In 2002 and 2003 he rode the Costa Mesa National, both times making the main event. Gary Roberts.

End of a glorious racing career!!

Tony Rickardsson declared earlier today that he will not ride any more speedway! - My body tells me no and I´ve got to listen to it, says Tony. - The impact at Parken was not that bad but I still don´t feel good so what would another concussion do to me and my body?! We will get back tomorrow with more details about Tony´s decision to stop speedway. - I will run the two Final Laps as planned, one in Poland and the last one in Avesta, Sweden. It will give me plenty of time to recover and the racing will hopefully not be as hard as it is normally, says Tony.