Parr: Let’s turn the tables!
Redcar boss Gavin Parr has challenged his improving Bears side to turn the tables on Scunthorpe when the two sides meet tomorrow night at the ECCO Arena with tapes up at 7:30.
Parr, in his 2nd year as team manager, is confident ahead of Redcar’s first Cab Direct Championship league fixture of the season, “ After the Workington performance, I’m hoping we can carry that performance forward against Scunthorpe. Several of our riders have gained huge amounts of confidence from the match against the Comets which can only bode well for us.”
Despite tasting defeat at home against Scunthorpe a mere 13 days ago, Parr saw the positives in the BSN Series defeat, “ The BSN Series match wasn’t a complete disaster, we led for 13 heats and had a last heat decider so let’s see if we can turn the tables on the previous match against the Scorpions.”
As reported yesterday, Redcar have brought in Erik Riss as a guest for the injured Danny King with Parr explaining how he is planning for the next month, “ We have brought Erik in to guest in both of our matches this weekend. We have been in long discussions with Erik to try and bring him in on a 28 day injury replacement but he unfortunately has too many other commitments that will clash so I am planning as far ahead as possible with guests for the next few weeks.”
Parr offered an injury update on Redcar’s star, Danny King, “ Danny went to speak to the hand specialist on Tuesday and he will be having surgery either later this week or early next week. Danny is going to have a plate put in which will hopefully ‘fix’ the issue. We are hoping Danny will be back at the start of June so he will hopefully only miss a month of action.”
The passionate team boss is also happy with the potential shown in last Friday’s fixture, “ I read a comment online from a supporter claiming that at the end of the season we could potentially end up with 5 heat leaders when we have only had 2 so far! If Connor (Bailey) can keep the level that he showed against Workington up then he will put himself in a strong position to be the 3rd heat leader. However, Jonas (Knudsen) is looking better and better every week and Jason (Edwards) has had a superb start to the season.”
Parr was also keen to praise the performances of Jake Mulford and Ben Trigger who outscored Workington’s reserves by 10 points last Friday, something that was key to Redcar’s success, “ Jake is cock a hoop at the moment, he text me on Saturday saying that he couldn’t believe that race against Craig Cook. The cutback on Craig was the move of a seasoned professional and he’s only 19! Ben (Trigger) did exactly what I needed him to do on Friday and beat his opposite number 3 times. If Ben can do that every meeting then he’s doing his job.”
The Bears bring in the aforementioned German Erik Riss to guest for Danny King at number 5. The new calendar month brings a change to the averages with Charles Wright moving to number 1 in the side to partner Jonas Knudsen in heat 1. The Scorpions bring in Oxford’s Ashton Boughen to guest in place of ankle injury victim, Nathan Ablitt whilst Jake Allen will be hoping for better after his 5 point return against the Bears last time out.
Any fans who are unable to attend the meeting are reminded that the meeting will be live streamed by our streaming partners, Tapes Up Productions @ www.redcar-speedway.tv
Redcar “Agilia” Bears
1- Charles Wright © 8.12
2- Jonas Knudsen 5.51
3- Connor Bailey 5.53
4- Jason Edwards 5.32
5- Erik Riss (G) 7.87
6- Jake Mulford 3.20
7- Ben Trigger 2.25
™: Gavin Parr
Scunthorpe Scorpions
1 Kyle Howarth 7.73
2 Connor Mountain 5.55
3 Simon Lambert © 6.11
4 Michael Palm-Toft 7.24
5 Jake Allen 7.74
6 Ashton Boughen (G) 3.41
7 Luke Harrison 2.00
™: David Howe