Redcar stun Scunthorpe with a late surge!
Redcar turned around another deficit as they overcame an impressive performance from the Scunthorpe Scorpions to take a huge stride to the play-offs with a 47-42 victory at the Media Prima Arena.
Scunthorpe started smartly with a 5-1 which saw Adam Ellis and the impressive Simon Lambert combine to stun the Teessiders. The visitors extended their lead with a 4-2 in heat 2 with Jordan Palin taking a tapes to flag win. Redcar steadied the ship with a shared heat 3 but heat 4 saw Redcar gain their first heat advantage with Michael Palm-Toft taking the win and Jordan Jenkins picking up an impressive third place to start an improved evening for the Norwich man.
Redcar found themselves in tactical territory again as the duo of Ellis and Lambert hit their second 5-1 of the evening in the 5th race of another exciting clash at the Media Prima Arena. Yet again, Jade Mudgway’s tactical substitute worked as Palm-Toft and Wright hit the Bears first maximum heat advantage. In truth, heat 9 was the turning point of the night as Jordan Palin crashed out whilst leading with his partner in second, Thomas Jorgensen also crashing. Palin was forced to withdraw from the meeting with a potential collarbone injury. With the rising star looking likely to take his full complement of 7 rides, the pendulum swung in favour of the Bears.
The withdrawal of Palin left Scunthorpe reeling as Redcar recorded 4 successive 4-2 heat advantages to take a slender 2 point lead into heat 13. Heat 13’s first bend saw a clash between Wright and Ellis which resulted in Wright being excluded from the re-run. The second staging saw Thomas Jorgensen break the tapes and he was replaced with Josh Macdonald who had a solid evening overall. Macdonald was then excluded after a coming together with Palm-Toft which left only 2 riders in the third and final staging. Ellis made the gate and defeated Palm-Toft to bring the Scorpions within 1 of Redcar. Jake Allen won heat 14 to send the meeting into a final race, something we are now used to at Redcar!
The 15th heat of a tremendous evening’s entertainment saw Charles Wright and Jake Allen bolt from the gate to secure a hard fought win for Redcar in front of a large, vociferous audience at the MPA.
Redcar’s Danish star, Michael Palm-Toft was pleased with his evenings work, “I wanted to partake in heat 15 but after heat 13 I had bike problems which meant I couldn’t take my place. I’m very happy with my performance this evening, unfortunately I didn’t have the speed to catch Adam Ellis in heat 13 but overall it was a good night’s work.”
Redcar Bears : 47
1. Charles Wright = 9+2
2. James Sarjeant = 4+2
3. Jake Allen = 15
4. Jordan Stewart R/R = 5+1
5. Michael Palm Toft = 11
6. Anders Rowe = 4
7. Jordan Jenkins = 4
Scunthorpe Scorpions : 42
1. Adam Ellis = 12
2. Simon Lambert = 10+2
3. Max Clegg (G) = 1
4. Tero Aarnio R/R = 7
5. Thomas Jorgensen = 9
6. Jordan Palin = 4
7. Josh MacDonald = 6+1