Parr: Let’s repay the faith!
Redcar boss Gavin Parr has challenged his “Agilia” Bears to repay the faith shown in them by the Bears faithful ahead of Redcar’s crucial BSN Series clash against Scunthorpe at the ECCO Arena with tapes up at 7:30 tomorrow at the ECCO Arena.
Parr, in his second year in charge of the Bears, wants his side to improve on their performance against Workington after the Bears defeat on home shale last Friday, “ Myself and the promotion have had some long and hard chats with the riders over the last week. The performance against Workington is not what we want or not what we expect of them and the riders know that. I know It’s still very early in the season and the riders are getting their set-ups sorted but the paying public do deserve more.”
Despite an early home defeat, Parr still believes the Bears can qualify from their BSN Series group, “ If we can beat Scunthorpe and Workington and overcome both aggregate deficits then we can qualify! I know it will be difficult but it all starts tomorrow night, we need a big home performance.”
Parr also believes in Redcar’s Jonas Knudsen, despite the Dane’s slow start to the season, “ Jonas knows he is far better than he has shown so far. Jonas has been struggling with his set-up at home but he felt more comfortable in his final ride last Friday so he will be starting with that set-up tomorrow night.”
The Newcastle born boss is confident his side can return to winning ways, “ If you look at last week’s match, we know it was not a good performance but if Charles was 6 inches to the left we would have won the match. We know we have riders in our side who are not firing at the moment but Friday is about winning and getting a smile back on people’s faces!”
Parr has elected to swap Jonas Knudsen and Jason Edwards in the riding order with Edwards moving to number 4 to partner Connor Bailey whilst Jonas Knudsen moves up to number 2 partner Danny King in heat 1. Charles Wright will be hoping to continue his blistering start to the season whilst Jake Mulford and Ben Trigger will be hoping to improve on their performances against Workington.
The Scorpions track a number of ex Bears including Jake Allen and Michael Palm-Toft, whilst Luke Harrison rode 16 meetings as a guest for Redcar last season. The Scorpions also track track specialist Simon Lambert who hit a sublime paid 14 against the Bears in October last season. Joining the ex Bears in the visitors line-up is Jack Smith who rode for Redcar in 2019.
Any fans who are unable to attend the ECCO Arena are reminded that the meeting will be live streamed via our streaming partners, Tapes Up Productions @ www.redcar-speedway.tv
Redcar Agilia Bears
1- Danny King 8.41
2- Jonas Knudsen 5.39
3- Connor Bailey 5.23
4- Jason Edwards 4.55
5- Charles Wright (c) 7.80
6- Jake Mulford 3.06
7- Ben Trigger 2.08
TM – Gavin Parr
Scunthorpe Scorpions
1 Kyle Howarth 7.76
2 Connor Mountain 5.28
3 Simon Lambert 5.87 ©
4 Michael Palm Toft 7.01
5 Jake Allen 7.16
6 Jack Smith (G)
7 Luke Harrison 2.00
™ – David Howe
