Swales: It’s a really open field!
Redcar co-promoter Jamie Swales has explained the rescheduling headache ahead of tomorrow’s Teesside Silver Helmet at the ECCO Arena with tapes up at 19:30.
Swales was also at pains to point out that the line-up is still a strong one with the likes of Championship Riders Individual Champion Sam Masters, the current Silver Helmet Lewis Kerr, SGP2 star Benjamin Basso and British legend Chris Harris all gunning for glory, “ We have a really open field with a number of riders in the event that are capable of winning it.”
Swales said, “ Ahead of last week’s Silver Helmet we had one of the strongest line-ups there has been for the event but one week has made all the difference with riders travelling home amongst other reasons.”
The former rider has explained why riders such as Luke Becker and Jacob Hook are unable to take their place in the restaging, “ Luke Becker has returned home whilst Jacob Hook will be on a flight home whilst the meeting is being run. Additionally, Aaron Summers is getting everything ready for his return to Australia. Additionally, as it stands right now, (Wednesday evening) Paul Starke is on a ban for missing a Premiership meeting on Monday, there is a slight possibility that might change but as it stands right now, he won’t be in the meeting.”
The oldest individual competition in world speedway brings the curtain down on another rollercoaster of a season at the ECCO Arena. The Bears reached the play-offs, the KO Cup final and took the title of the Championship Pairs in 2022.
Other names in the line-up include Thomas Jorgensen, Ryan Douglas, Jack Thomas and Marius Hillebrand whilst there remains four Redcar representatives in the line-up with Jordan Jenkins, Lewis Kerr, Erik Riss and Jason Edwards all gunning for glory. Furthermore, Ace Pijper gets the opportunity to impress Championship promoters whilst also getting the chance to defeat his father, Theo on track!
The meeting will be live streamed at www.redcar-speedway.tv whilst live updates will be available on the club’s official Twitter page @RedcarBears.
Teesside Silver Helmet line-up
1. Thomas Jørgensen
2. Sam Masters
3. Lewis Kerr
4. Theo Pijper
5. Ace Pijper
6. Simon Lambert
7. Chris Harris
8. James Wright
9. Marius Hillebrand
10. Jordan Jenkins
11. Ryan Douglas
12. Benjamin Basso
13. Erik Riss
14. Jason Edwards
15. Jack Thomas
16. Max Clegg
Reserves:
Ben Rathbone
Archie Freeman
Danny Phillips