Rampant Redcar record big home win!
Redcar jumped up to 4th place in the SGB Championship table with a convincing 55-35 win over the Plymouth Gladiators. In truth, Plymouth were a 2 man team as their superstars Jason Crump and Bjarne Pedersen got 24 of the Gladiators 35 points.
The “Agilia” Bears were kept honest in the early stages as Plymouth recorded 4 of the first 6 race winners and were only 4 behind heading into heat 7. Redcar doubled their lead in heat 7 when Michael Palm-Toft was joined by the impressive man of the match Anders Rowe for a big Bears 5-1. Michael Palm-Toft lowered the colours of Jason Crump in heat 11 as he swooped around the Australian on lap 3 to take the chequered flag and with Anders Rowe taking 3rd the Bears extended their lead to 10. Jake Allen and Jordan Jenkins combined for a big 5-1 in heat 12 to all but secure the Bears the 3 points.
The 13th heat of an enjoyable afternoon saw a shock as Bjarne Pedersen ran a last but with Jason Crump taking the win the Bears could not extend their lead. The penultimate race saw a win for Jake Allen with Anders Rowe picking up another 3rd place ahead of tomorrow’s British final. Finally, the Bears fans sent their fans home happy as the heat leader duo of Palm-Toft and Allen combined for a 5-1 over Crump and Pedersen to record a solid 20 point win.
Redcar co-promoter Jamie Swales was happy with the result, “Plymouth are no longer a pushover but our side are all starting to hit form together and that was the key today. Sarjeant was brilliant today, he had some clutch issues earlier in the year but he has solved that issue now and he has been brilliant for us this week. Anders Rowe was brilliant tonight, I haven’t seen anyone work as hard as he did for 3 points at Scunthorpe on Friday but he did a great job today. If Anders can improve his gating he could score maximums! Finally, Jordan Jenkins found it hard at Scunthorpe but today he was excellent, he was unlucky not to get a couple more.”
The British Youth Championship was an exciting affair as the young hotshot Oliver Bovingdon who recently took a guest booking for the Cubs was the winner of group A in the 125cc class. Second place on the podium went to Stene Pijper whilst Cooper Rushen came 3rd. Group B saw Redcar’s Edward Davison take the title. Second place was Seth Norman whilst Harry Fletcher rounded off the podium spots.
Redcar Bears = 55
1. Charles Wright = 5
2. James Sarjeant = 10
3. Jake Allen = 14
4. Jordan Stewart RR = 8
5. Michael Palm Toft = 12
6. Anders Rowe = 10
7. Jordan Jenkins = 4
Plymouth Gladiators = 35
1. Jason Crump =11
2. Dillon Ruml = 3
3. Zach Cook = 2
4. Zane Keleher = 2
5. Bjarne Pedersen = 13
6. Danyon Hume (G) = 4
7. Jason Edwards = 0
125cc Group A
1st: OLIVER BOVINGDON
2nd: STENE PIJPER
3rd: COOPER RUSHEN
(257) Rico Joyce = 4
(15) Oliver Bovingdon = 7+3 (WINNER)
(3) Archie Rolph = 4
(22) Jamie Etherington = 10 (4TH)
(63) Cooper Rushen = 12+1 (3RD)
(777) Billy Budd = 3
(266) Caydin Martin = 0
(159) Stene Pijper = 8+2 (2ND)
125cc Group B
1st: EDWARD DAVISON
2nd: SETH NORMAN
3rd: HARRY FLETCHER
(111) Edward Davison = 9+3 (WINNER)
(10) Jack Franklin = 3
(6) Seth Norman = 7+2 (2ND)
(55) Ethan Hoare = 8
(4) Casper Kluczniak = 3
(417) Becky Weston = 2
(23) Harry Fletcher = 6+1 (3RD)
(2) Laylan Richardson = 10 (4TH)